Topic · Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty

Risk and Safety Analysis

Risk and Safety Analysis is a research topic within Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty. Science Explorer counts 51k 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 covers recent advances in risk analysis and management, with a focus on topics such as Bayesian networks, fault tree analysis, quantitative risk assessment, dynamic safety analysis, domino effect in industrial accidents, inherent safety, human reliability analysis, process safety, hazardous materials transportation, and uncertainty handling.

Bayesian Networks
Fault Tree Analysis
Quantitative Risk Assessment
Dynamic Safety Analysis
Domino Effect
Inherent Safety
Human Reliability Analysis
Process Safety
Hazardous Materials Transportation
Uncertainty Handling

Research works: 51k
In the world top 10%: 5.2k
Top-10% rate: 10.1%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: +23%
Largest producer: China

Risk and Safety Analysis

Which countries lead Risk and Safety Analysis research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (3.6k and 1.5k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 China 3.6k works
2 United States 1.5k works
3 India 464 works
4 United Kingdom 369 works
5 Indonesia 365 works
6 South Korea 320 works
7 Türkiye 314 works
8 Germany 297 works
9 Brazil 261 works
10 Italy 254 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.

China3,611 · 46.5%United States1,511 · 19.5%India464 · 6.0%United Kingdom369 · 4.8%6 others listed1,811 · 23.3%

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

Which institutions lead Risk and Safety Analysis research?

By volume in 2022-now, Beihang University publishes the most Risk and Safety Analysis research, followed by China General Nuclear Power Corporation (China) and Tsinghua University.

By volume, 2022-now

1 Beihang UniversityChina 82 works
2 China General Nuclear Power Corporation (China)China 81 works
3 Tsinghua UniversityChina 69 works
4 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 64 works
5 Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (China)China 60 works
6 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 59 works
7 Dalian Maritime UniversityChina 55 works
8 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 53 works
9 Harbin Engineering UniversityChina 52 works
10 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 52 works

Who are the leading researchers in Risk and Safety Analysis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Risk and Safety Analysis include David Moher, Yoshua Bengio and Ted R. Miller.

1 David Moher Canada 898k citations
2 Yoshua Bengio Canada 476k citations
3 Ted R. Miller United States 279k citations
4 Martin McKee United Kingdom 270k citations
5 Wei Huang China 267k 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 Risk and Safety Analysis?

The most cited paper in Risk and Safety Analysis is "Perception of Risk" (Paul Slovic, 1987), with 9,303 citations. Next come "Human error: models and management" (5,556) and "Compromise solution by MCDM methods: A comparative analysis of VIKOR and TOPSIS" (4,978).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	Perception of Risk Paul Slovic · Science	17 Apr 1987	9,303
2	Human error: models and management JAMES T. REASON · BMJ Open access	18 Mar 2000	5,556
3	Compromise solution by MCDM methods: A comparative analysis of VIKOR and TOPSIS Serafim C. Opricovic, Gwo‐Hshiung Tzeng · European Journal of Operational Research	4 Apr 2003	4,978
4	Nasa-Task Load Index (NASA-TLX); 20 Years Later Sandra G. Hart · Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting	Oct 2006	4,276
5	The Social Amplification of Risk: A Conceptual Framework Roger E. Kasperson, Ortwin Renn, Paul Slovic et al. · Risk Analysis Open access	Jun 1988	3,671

All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Risk and Safety Analysis research done?

The largest centres of Risk and Safety Analysis research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Xi'an (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Petroşani and Idaho Falls.

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 BeijingChina 864 works
2 ShanghaiChina 293 works
3 Xi'anChina 229 works
4 NanjingChina 207 works
5 WuhanChina 138 works
6 DalianChina 123 works
7 ShenzhenChina 123 works
8 TehranIran 111 works
9 TianjinChina 106 works
10 IstanbulTürkiye 103 works

Where it is the local speciality

PetroşaniRO · 34.9 works112×
Idaho FallsUS · 45.8 works35×

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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Risk and Safety Analysis than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Risk and Safety Analysis?

Among universities, judged by research, China University of Mining and Technology, Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Dalian Maritime 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.

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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.

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.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	China University of Mining and TechnologyChina	69.1	25.8%	8.4×	64	+62.9%
2	Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina	68.8	29.2%	3.4×	29	+71.8%
3	Dalian Maritime UniversityChina	67.9	28.4%	15.5×	55	+278.6%
4	China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina	66.8	31.4%	9.0×	41	+9.9%
5	Liverpool John Moores UniversityUnited Kingdom	65.0	44.4%	10.4×	15	-4.5%
6	Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina	62.8	24.5%	4.5×	52	+33.9%
7	Istanbul Technical UniversityTürkiye	62.2	20.0%	9.4×	32	+116.4%
8	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan UniversityTürkiye	62.1	41.5%	6.5×	10	+235.1%
9	Dalian University of TechnologyChina	60.7	24.0%	4.4×	41	+143.8%
10	Xi'an University of Science and TechnologyChina	60.5	24.6%	15.5×	34	+98.7%
11	Wuhan University of TechnologyChina	59.9	19.9%	6.6×	52	+41.5%
12	Tsinghua UniversityChina	59.7	15.1%	3.1×	69	+47.5%
13	University of BolognaItaly	59.7	22.9%	3.3×	26	+35.1%
14	Chongqing UniversityChina	58.9	28.3%	2.9×	30	+49.5%
15	Dalian UniversityChina	58.9	30.4%	7.4×	17	+286.7%
16	Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNorway	57.8	21.1%	8.2×	46	-22.6%
17	University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina	57.7	21.3%	3.2×	37	+41.4%
18	Beihang UniversityChina	57.1	16.6%	7.7×	82	-2.4%
19	National University of SingaporeSingapore	56.7	9.0%	3.5×	40	+177.3%
20	Nanjing Tech UniversityChina	56.6	18.5%	9.4×	45	+75.2%
21	China University of Petroleum, BeijingChina	56.3	23.1%	8.5×	32	+16.0%
22	Macquarie UniversityAustralia	55.7	39.2%	2.6×	9	+49.1%
23	Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina	55.1	12.6%	5.3×	59	+21.7%
24	Tianjin UniversityChina	55.1	34.3%	2.0×	24	+47.8%
25	Southeast UniversityChina	54.6	27.3%	1.8×	26	+92.3%
26	Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina	54.5	21.2%	1.6×	44	+36.4%
27	Shanghai Maritime UniversityChina	54.5	18.6%	14.0×	33	+88.3%
28	Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore	54.3	30.4%	1.5×	12	+62.8%
29	Politecnico di MilanoItaly	54.2	18.7%	3.8×	26	+38.9%
30	Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina	53.9	13.0%	6.2×	53	+57.9%
31	Tongji UniversityChina	53.8	17.8%	2.6×	38	+62.9%
32	Beijing Institute of Petrochemical TechnologyChina	53.5	29.8%	23.1×	17	+206.8%
33	Texas A&M UniversityUnited States	53.4	19.9%	4.6×	37	+2.2%
34	Memorial University of NewfoundlandCanada	53.4	24.7%	8.3×	16	-61.6%
35	Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina	52.6	17.6%	2.4×	41	+91.1%
36	Harbin Engineering UniversityChina	52.5	9.1%	10.3×	52	+88.3%
37	Fuzhou UniversityChina	52.5	24.3%	3.7×	20	+136.9%
38	Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands	52.1	23.1%	4.8×	31	-35.1%
39	Nanjing University of Science and TechnologyChina	52.0	21.0%	3.6×	28	+185.0%
40	University of StrathclydeUnited Kingdom	51.5	21.1%	8.5×	22	+1.5%
41	University of TasmaniaAustralia	48.0	40.9%	3.6×	8	-33.2%
42	Curtin UniversityAustralia	47.4	36.6%	3.3×	10	-27.3%
43	City University of Hong KongChina	46.2	28.9%	1.7×	10	-30.6%
44	Cranfield UniversityUnited Kingdom	43.5	11.9%	15.3×	20	-4.0%
45	University of Technology SydneyAustralia	42.7	23.0%	1.9×	8	+155.4%
46	California Maritime AcademyUnited States	42.6	19.3%	31.9×	8	+74.3%
47	Civil Aviation University of ChinaChina	41.9	5.7%	23.9×	33	+44.6%
48	University of StavangerNorway	41.9	13.3%	13.1×	19	-47.2%
49	Luleå University of TechnologySweden	36.3	9.0%	7.3×	8	+33.7%
50	Universiti Teknologi PetronasMalaysia	34.9	13.2%	8.8×	13	-34.1%
51	Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom	19.6	11.5%	0.8×	8	-34.4%

Universities only. The score blends 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 Risk and Safety Analysis, country by country

Is Risk and Safety Analysis research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Risk and Safety Analysis.

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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 Risk and Safety Analysis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.055% in 2024.

Fractional works of Risk and Safety Analysis 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.

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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Which countries lead Risk and Safety Analysis research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Risk and Safety Analysis research?

By volume, 2022-now

Who are the leading researchers in Risk and Safety Analysis?

What are the most cited papers in Risk and Safety Analysis?

Where is Risk and Safety Analysis research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where it is the local speciality

Where is the best place to study Risk and Safety Analysis?

Is Risk and Safety Analysis research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

Discussion