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Physics and Engineering Research Articles

Physics and Engineering Research Articles is a research topic within Computational Mechanics. Science Explorer counts 46k research works in it since 1950. 3.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to fluid dynamics, renewable energy integration, engineering applications, materials science, vibration analysis, thermal management, sustainability, turbine technology, and mathematical modeling. It includes research on topics such as wind energy systems, hydrodynamics, heat transfer enhancement, and the development of new composite materials for various engineering applications.

  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Renewable Energy
  • Engineering
  • Materials Science
  • Renewable Energy Integration
  • Vibration Analysis
  • Thermal Management
  • Sustainability
  • Turbine Technology
  • Mathematical Modeling
Research works
46k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
3.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-5%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Physics and Engineering Research Articles research?

By volume, Germany and the United States publish the most (3k and 209 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Germany 3k works
  2. 2 United States 209 works
  3. 3 Switzerland 164 works
  4. 4 Austria 150 works
  5. 5 China 51 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 47 works
  7. 7 Italy 34 works
  8. 8 India 31 works
  9. 9 France 27 works
  10. 10 Canada 19 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.

Germany: 80.4%United States: 5.6%Switzerland: 4.4%Austria: 4.0%6 others listed: 5.6%80%largest
Germany3,008 · 80.4%United States209 · 5.6%Switzerland164 · 4.4%Austria150 · 4.0%6 others listed209 · 5.6%

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

Which institutions lead Physics and Engineering Research Articles research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Technical University of Munich publishes the most Physics and Engineering Research Articles research, followed by University of Stuttgart and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Technical University of MunichGermany 118 works
  2. 2 University of StuttgartGermany 81 works
  3. 3 Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyGermany 74 works
  4. 4 FH MünsterGermany 55 works
  5. 5 Stuttgart ObservatoryGermany 49 works
  6. 6 TU Dortmund UniversityGermany 49 works
  7. 7 FH AachenGermany 48 works
  8. 8 RWTH Aachen UniversityGermany 48 works
  9. 9 München KlinikGermany 44 works
  10. 10 Technische Universität DarmstadtGermany 43 works

Who are the leading researchers in Physics and Engineering Research Articles?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Physics and Engineering Research Articles include C. Kittel, A. Stahl and O. Schneider.

  1. 1 C. Kittel United States 7.4k citations
  2. 2 A. Stahl Germany 5.9k citations
  3. 3 O. Schneider Switzerland 5.2k citations
  4. 4 Martin Winter Germany 4.9k citations

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

Where is Physics and Engineering Research Articles research done?

The largest centres of Physics and Engineering Research Articles research in 2022–2025 are Munich (Germany), Stuttgart (Germany), Berlin (Germany) and Karlsruhe (Germany). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Amberg, Weingarten and Esslingen am Neckar.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Munich Germany 259 works
  2. 2 Stuttgart Germany 186 works
  3. 3 Berlin Germany 164 works
  4. 4 Karlsruhe Germany 117 works
  5. 5 Aachen Germany 106 works
  6. 6 Hamburg Germany 90 works
  7. 7 Münster Germany 86 works
  8. 8 Hanover Germany 79 works
  9. 9 Vienna Austria 69 works
  10. 10 Darmstadt Germany 66 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. AmbergDE · 20.1 works547×
  2. WeingartenDE · 25.4 works352×
  3. Esslingen am NeckarDE · 35.7 works285×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Physics and Engineering Research Articles than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Physics and Engineering Research Articles?

Among universities, judged by research, Bern University of Applied Sciences, TU Wien and University of Rostock 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%5%10%15%mean 6.14%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Bern University of Applied Sciences: 12, 11.5%TU Wien: 22, 9.6%University of Rostock: 16, 12.2%RWTH Aachen University: 48, 6.1%Bochum University of Applied Sciences: 18, 5.6%Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz: 10, 11.2%Technical University of Munich: 118, 0.9%University of Stuttgart: 82, 1.4%FH Münster: 55, 0.0%Technische Universität Berlin: 37, 2.9%University of RostockBern University of A…TU WienRWTH Aachen University
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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 Bern University of Applied SciencesSwitzerland 72.411.5%44.0×12 +62.5%
2 TU WienAustria 69.19.6%18.8×22 +39.2%
3 University of RostockGermany 66.012.2%26.0×16 -43.6%
4 RWTH Aachen UniversityGermany 61.76.1%18.0×48 +11.4%
5 Bochum University of Applied SciencesGermany 61.55.6%294.4×18 +170.4%
6 Johannes Gutenberg University MainzGermany 58.711.2%8.7×10 -5.3%
7 Technical University of MunichGermany 58.50.9%40.1×118 +16.1%
8 University of StuttgartGermany 57.51.4%62.5×82 +79.3%
9 FH MünsterGermany 57.10.0%379.8×55 +188.9%
10 Technische Universität BerlinGermany 53.52.9%29.5×37 +16.0%

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 Physics and Engineering Research Articles research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2019. The fastest-growing topics are Physics and Engineering Research Articles.

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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.

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.