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. 18.7% 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 fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 9.6k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 18.7% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +22% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Risk and Safety Analysis research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (3.3k and 1.4k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 3.3k works
- 2 United States 1.4k works
- 3 India 423 works
- 4 United Kingdom 346 works
- 5 Indonesia 337 works
- 6 South Korea 297 works
- 7 Türkiye 294 works
- 8 Germany 279 works
- 9 Brazil 252 works
- 10 Italy 233 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.
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Which institutions lead Risk and Safety Analysis research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Beihang University publishes the most Risk and Safety Analysis research, followed by China General Nuclear Power Corporation (China) and Tsinghua University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Beihang UniversityChina 78 works
- 2 China General Nuclear Power Corporation (China)China 69 works
- 3 Tsinghua UniversityChina 64 works
- 4 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 60 works
- 5 Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (China)China 59 works
- 6 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 56 works
- 7 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 50 works
- 8 Dalian Maritime UniversityChina 50 works
- 9 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 49 works
- 10 Harbin Engineering UniversityChina 47 works
Who are the leading researchers in Risk and Safety Analysis?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Risk and Safety Analysis include Gilles Deleuze.
- 1 Gilles Deleuze France 4.6k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Risk and Safety Analysis research done?
The largest centres of Risk and Safety Analysis research in 2022–2025 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, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- PetroşaniRO · 34.9 works113×
- Idaho FallsUS · 44.2 works34×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Risk and Safety Analysis than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Risk and Safety Analysis?
Among universities, judged by research, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Memorial University of Newfoundland and China University of Mining 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 | Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNorway | 62.8 | 36.6% | 7.9× | 44 | +85.6% |
| 2 | Memorial University of NewfoundlandCanada | 61.8 | 55.4% | 7.6× | 16 | +125.5% |
| 3 | China University of Mining and TechnologyChina | 61.0 | 52.7% | 7.4× | 60 | -2.9% |
| 4 | Dalian Maritime UniversityChina | 60.4 | 45.5% | 13.3× | 50 | -46.3% |
| 5 | Xi'an University of Science and TechnologyChina | 60.2 | 44.3% | 13.7× | 32 | +27.6% |
| 6 | Dalian UniversityChina | 60.1 | 75.8% | 6.2× | 15 | +84.8% |
| 7 | China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina | 58.8 | 51.3% | 7.4× | 36 | +46.2% |
| 8 | Cranfield UniversityUnited Kingdom | 58.2 | 27.9% | 13.8× | 19 | +110.0% |
| 9 | Beijing Institute of Petrochemical TechnologyChina | 57.4 | 58.4% | 21.2× | 16 | -13.9% |
| 10 | Nanjing Tech UniversityChina | 56.9 | 50.6% | 8.4× | 42 | -51.3% |
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 Risk and Safety Analysis research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 22% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Risk and Safety Analysis.
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.