Seismic Performance and Analysis
Seismic Performance and Analysis is a research topic within Civil and Structural Engineering. Science Explorer counts 32k research works in it since 1952. 22.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers covers advancements in seismic engineering, ground motion analysis, and probabilistic methods for assessing earthquake hazards. It includes topics such as structural dynamics, performance-based design, fragility functions, seismic retrofit, and empirical models for predicting ground motion parameters. The research contributes to improving the understanding of seismic behavior and enhancing the resilience of structures to earthquakes.
- Seismic Engineering
- Ground Motion
- Probabilistic Analysis
- Structural Dynamics
- Earthquake Hazard
- Performance-Based Design
- Fragility Functions
- Dynamic Analysis
- Seismic Retrofit
- Empirical Models
- Research works
- 32k fractional, since 1952
- In the world top 10%
- 7.4k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 22.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +47% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Seismic Performance and Analysis research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (2.4k and 780 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 2.4k works
- 2 India 780 works
- 3 Italy 633 works
- 4 United States 516 works
- 5 Iran 399 works
- 6 Türkiye 360 works
- 7 Japan 318 works
- 8 Canada 214 works
- 9 United Kingdom 154 works
- 10 South Korea 152 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 Seismic Performance and Analysis research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Tongji University publishes the most Seismic Performance and Analysis research, followed by China Earthquake Administration and Beijing University of Technology.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Tongji University China 198 works
- 2 China Earthquake Administration China 105 works
- 3 Beijing University of Technology China 93 works
- 4 University of Naples Federico II Italy 82 works
- 5 Southeast University China 79 works
- 6 Harbin Institute of Technology China 68 works
- 7 Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology China 66 works
- 8 Chongqing University China 59 works
- 9 Dalian University of Technology China 56 works
- 10 Guangzhou University China 52 works
Who are the leading researchers in Seismic Performance and Analysis?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Seismic Performance and Analysis include Hong Hao.
- 1 Hong Hao 2.5k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Seismic Performance and Analysis research done?
The largest centres of Seismic Performance and Analysis research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Tehran (Iran) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Pavia and Christchurch.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- PaviaIT · 60.7 works21×
- ChristchurchNZ · 27.2 works18×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Seismic Performance and Analysis than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Seismic Performance and Analysis?
Among universities, judged by research, Gdańsk University of Technology, Tongji University and Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori di Pavia 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 | Gdańsk University of Technology Poland | 73.5 | 58.7% | 9.3× | 11 | +181.7% |
| 2 | Tongji University China | 62.8 | 20.8% | 20.9× | 198 | +30.7% |
| 3 | Istituto Universitario di Studi Superiori di Pavia Italy | 61.0 | 17.8% | 158.2× | 30 | +172.4% |
| 4 | Kharazmi University Iran | 59.9 | 29.0% | 16.2× | 11 | +214.9% |
| 5 | Southeast University China | 59.7 | 26.2% | 7.9× | 79 | +112.3% |
| 6 | University of Naples Federico II Italy | 58.6 | 18.3% | 18.7× | 82 | +52.3% |
| 7 | Polytechnic University of Bari Italy | 57.4 | 46.6% | 12.5× | 11 | -1.0% |
| 8 | Heilongjiang University China | 57.1 | 52.7% | 8.8× | 11 | — |
| 9 | Beijing University of Technology China | 56.5 | 23.2% | 17.7× | 93 | +2.1% |
| 10 | Politecnico di Milano Italy | 56.4 | 15.9% | 9.6× | 50 | +100.3% |
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 Seismic Performance and Analysis research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 47% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Seismic Performance and Analysis.
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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.