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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. 7.6% 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%
1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
7.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+36%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies research?

By volume, Russia and China publish the most (304 and 273 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Russia 304 works
  2. 2 China 273 works
  3. 3 United States 251 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 131 works
  5. 5 India 115 works
  6. 6 Ukraine 112 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 93 works
  8. 8 Japan 82 works
  9. 9 Italy 82 works
  10. 10 Germany 66 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: 20.1%China: 18.0%United States: 16.6%Indonesia: 8.7%6 others listed: 36.5%20%largest
Russia304 · 20.1%China273 · 18.0%United States251 · 16.6%Indonesia131 · 8.7%6 others listed551 · 36.5%

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

Which institutions lead Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Bauman Moscow State Technical University publishes the most Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies research, followed by Azerbaijan State Marine Academy and Yogyakarta State University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Bauman Moscow State Technical UniversityRussia 19 works
  2. 2 Azerbaijan State Marine AcademyAzerbaijan 15 works
  3. 3 Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia 13 works
  4. 4 University of Rome Tor VergataItaly 11 works
  5. 5 Don State Technical UniversityRussia 10 works
  6. 6 Universidad de JaénSpain 9 works
  7. 7 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 9 works
  8. 8 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 8 works
  9. 9 University of MosulIraq 7 works
  10. 10 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 7 works

Who are the leading researchers in Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies include R. D. Blandford and A. C. Fabian.

  1. 1 R. D. Blandford United States 4.8k citations
  2. 2 A. C. Fabian United Kingdom 3.1k citations

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

Where is Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies research done?

The largest centres of Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan) and Saint Petersburg (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Baku.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Moscow Russia 101 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 56 works
  3. 3 Tokyo Japan 29 works
  4. 4 Saint Petersburg Russia 29 works
  5. 5 Kyiv Ukraine 29 works
  6. 6 Baku Azerbaijan 23 works
  7. 7 Rome Italy 22 works
  8. 8 Yogyakarta Indonesia 17 works
  9. 9 Istanbul Türkiye 17 works
  10. 10 Nanjing China 16 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BakuAZ · 22.7 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, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Don State Technical University and Yogyakarta State University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%2.5%5%7.5%mean 1.84286%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Rome Tor Vergata: 11, 6.1%Don State Technical University: 10, 3.4%Yogyakarta State University: 13, 3.4%Bauman Moscow State Technical University: 19, 0.0%Azerbaijan State Marine Academy: 15, 0.0%Universidad de Jaén: 9, 0.0%Weatherford College: 9, 0.0%University of Rome T…Don State Technical …Yogyakarta State Uni…Bauman Moscow State …
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of Rome Tor VergataItaly 70.46.1%15.1×11 +79.6%
2 Don State Technical UniversityRussia 60.53.4%36.5×10 +222.9%
3 Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia 57.73.4%9.8×13 —
4 Bauman Moscow State Technical UniversityRussia 55.30.0%45.7×19 +149.5%
5 Azerbaijan State Marine AcademyAzerbaijan 45.00.0%440.7×15 —
6 Universidad de JaénSpain 41.40.0%27.0×9 —
7 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 4.20.0%2.9×9 +76.0%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies.

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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.