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Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies

Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the biomechanical analysis of archery techniques, equipment, and historical perspectives. It covers topics such as muscular activation patterns, kinematics of archery shooting, performance assessment, arrow behavior, machine engineering, and historical developments in mechanism design.

  • Archery
  • Biomechanics
  • Muscular Activation
  • Kinematics
  • Performance Assessment
  • EMG
  • Arrow Behavior
  • Machine Engineering
  • Historical Perspective
  • Mechanism Design
Research works
13k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+7%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Russia
20% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies

Which countries lead Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies research?

By volume, Russia and China publish the most (328 and 297 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russia 328 works
  2. 2 China 297 works
  3. 3 United States 281 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 142 works
  5. 5 India 133 works
  6. 6 Ukraine 127 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 101 works
  8. 8 Italy 90 works
  9. 9 Japan 87 works
  10. 10 Germany 71 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Russia: 19.8%China: 17.9%United States: 17.0%Indonesia: 8.6%6 others listed: 36.8%20%largest
Russia328 · 19.8%China297 · 17.9%United States281 · 17.0%Indonesia142 · 8.6%6 others listed609 · 36.8%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Bauman Moscow State Technical University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 44 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 23 works
  3. 3 Bauman Moscow State Technical UniversityRussia 20 works
  4. 4 Azerbaijan State Marine AcademyAzerbaijan 17 works
  5. 5 Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia 15 works
  6. 6 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 13 works
  7. 7 University of Rome Tor VergataItaly 11 works
  8. 8 Don State Technical UniversityRussia 10 works
  9. 9 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 10 works
  10. 10 Universidad de JaénSpain 9 works

Who are the leading researchers in Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies include Francesco Saverio Violante, M.M. Morii and A. V. Filippenko.

  1. 1 Francesco Saverio Violante Italy 181k citations
  2. 2 M.M. Morii France 161k citations
  3. 3 A. V. Filippenko United States 150k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies?

The most cited paper in Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies is "A Kinematic Notation for Lower-Pair Mechanisms Based on Matrices" (Jacques Denavit, Richard S. Hartenberg, 1955), with 4,551 citations. Next come "Kinematics of the western Mediterranean" (1,641) and "Statistical notes for clinical researchers: Chi-squared test and Fisher's exact test" (1,618).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Kinematic Notation for Lower-Pair Mechanisms Based on Matrices Jacques Denavit, Richard S. Hartenberg · Journal of Applied Mechanics Jun 1955 4,551
2 Kinematics of the western Mediterranean John Frederick Dewey, Mark Helman, Steven D. Knott et al. · Geological Society London Special Publications 1989 1,641
3 Statistical notes for clinical researchers: Chi-squared test and Fisher's exact test Hae‐Young Kim · Restorative Dentistry & Endodontics Open access 2017 1,618
4 THE PREHENSILE MOVEMENTS OF THE HUMAN HAND J. R. Napier · Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume Nov 1956 1,572
5 X-ray fluorescence from the inner disc in Cygnus X-1 A. C. Fabian, Martin John Rees, Luigi Stella et al. · Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Jun 1989 1,458
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Where is Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies research done?

The largest centres of Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies research in 2022-now are Moscow (Russia), Beijing (China), Saint Petersburg (Russia) and Kyiv (Ukraine). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Baku.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MoscowRussia 110 works
  2. 2 BeijingChina 61 works
  3. 3 Saint PetersburgRussia 34 works
  4. 4 KyivUkraine 31 works
  5. 5 TokyoJapan 31 works
  6. 6 BakuAzerbaijan 26 works
  7. 7 RomeItaly 23 works
  8. 8 YogyakartaIndonesia 19 works
  9. 9 ShanghaiChina 17 works
  10. 10 IstanbulTürkiye 17 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BakuAZ · 26.0 works13×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Yogyakarta State University, University of Rome Tor Vergata and Weatherford College score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%5%10%mean 5.45%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Yogyakarta State Uni…Weatherford CollegeUniversity of Rome T…Bauman Moscow State …
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia 80.910.5%11.9×15 +599.8%
2University of Rome Tor VergataItaly 55.44.4%15.6×11 +55.3%
3Weatherford CollegeUnited States 54.29.4%3.4×10 +137.3%
4Bauman Moscow State Technical UniversityRussia 49.21.9%49.2×20 -57.6%
5Universidad de JaénSpain 45.31.4%25.8×9 +1.6%
6Azerbaijan State Marine AcademyAzerbaijan 43.90.4%504.7×17 +184.4%
7Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 41.110.8%4.5×8 -36.9%
8Don State Technical UniversityRussia 39.04.8%39.5×10 -27.7%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies, country by country

Is Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.012% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

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Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

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