Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics
Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics is a research topic within Aerospace Engineering. Science Explorer counts 17k research works in it since 1950. 30.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on nuclear thermal hydraulics, particularly in the context of passive systems. It covers topics such as direct contact condensation, natural circulation loops, safety assessment, large eddy simulation, uncertainty evaluation, T-junction mixing, stability behavior, and reliability evaluation.
- Passive Systems
- Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis
- Direct Contact Condensation
- Natural Circulation Loops
- Safety Assessment
- Large Eddy Simulation
- Uncertainty Evaluation
- T-Junction Mixing
- Stability Behavior
- Reliability Evaluation
- Research works
- 17k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 5.1k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 30.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +20% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.2k and 497 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.2k works
- 2 United States 497 works
- 3 South Korea 156 works
- 4 India 155 works
- 5 Russia 130 works
- 6 Japan 126 works
- 7 France 113 works
- 8 Germany 103 works
- 9 Italy 76 works
- 10 United Kingdom 68 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Xi'an Jiaotong University publishes the most Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics research, followed by Harbin Engineering University and China General Nuclear Power Corporation (China).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 124 works
- 2 Harbin Engineering UniversityChina 81 works
- 3 China General Nuclear Power Corporation (China)China 80 works
- 4 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 65 works
- 5 Tsinghua UniversityChina 52 works
- 6 Idaho National LaboratoryUnited States 39 works
- 7 Japan Atomic Energy AgencyJapan 34 works
- 8 Korea Atomic Energy Research InstituteSouth Korea 33 works
- 9 Oak Ridge National LaboratoryUnited States 28 works
- 10 North China Electric Power UniversityChina 27 works
Who are the leading researchers in Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics include George Em Karniadakis and Enrico Zio.
- 1 George Em Karniadakis United States 6.3k citations
- 2 Enrico Zio Italy 2.4k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics research done?
The largest centres of Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Shanghai (China) and Harbin (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tōkai Mura, Idaho Falls and Oak Ridge.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- Tōkai MuraJP · 34.2 works135×
- Idaho FallsUS · 40.1 works101×
- Oak RidgeUS · 27.9 works26×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics?
Among universities, judged by research, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences and Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina | 77.1 | 46.3% | 24.9× | 124 | +92.3% |
| 2 | Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied SciencesPakistan | 67.4 | 62.7% | 80.7× | 9 | +38.8% |
| 3 | Ulsan National Institute of Science and TechnologySouth Korea | 64.2 | 37.4% | 28.3× | 13 | +339.9% |
| 4 | Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina | 62.9 | 40.3% | 9.7× | 65 | -10.3% |
| 5 | Harbin Engineering UniversityChina | 61.6 | 32.0% | 49.8× | 81 | +18.4% |
| 6 | Texas A&M UniversityUnited States | 58.2 | 44.0% | 7.7× | 18 | +126.7% |
| 7 | North Carolina State UniversityUnited States | 58.2 | 42.6% | 7.8× | 14 | +172.0% |
| 8 | KTH Royal Institute of TechnologySweden | 57.7 | 35.1% | 14.5× | 16 | +29.2% |
| 9 | Tsinghua UniversityChina | 57.5 | 39.8% | 8.5× | 52 | -9.5% |
| 10 | Homi Bhabha National InstituteIndia | 56.9 | 24.5% | 23.4× | 15 | +636.2% |
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 Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 20% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Nuclear Engineering Thermal-Hydraulics.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
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.