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Simulation and Modeling Applications

Simulation and Modeling Applications is a research topic within Control and Systems Engineering. Science Explorer counts 60k research works in it since 1950. 9.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the simulation and optimization of industrial processes, including the use of virtual reality, training systems, network simulation, collision detection, and tactical communication. It covers topics such as Flexsim, modeling, and industrial enterprise applications.

  • Simulation
  • Optimization
  • Virtual Reality
  • Training System
  • Network Simulation
  • Collision Detection
  • Tactical Communication
  • Modeling
  • Flexsim
  • Industrial Enterprise
Research works
60k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+62%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
81% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Simulation and Modeling Applications

Which countries lead Simulation and Modeling Applications research?

By volume, China and Japan publish the most (2.7k and 152 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 2.7k works
  2. 2 Japan 152 works
  3. 3 United States 124 works
  4. 4 India 86 works
  5. 5 South Korea 74 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 56 works
  7. 7 ?? 52 works
  8. 8 Russia 47 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 33 works
  10. 10 Malaysia 29 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.

China: 80.7%Japan: 4.5%United States: 3.7%India: 2.5%6 others listed: 8.6%81%largest
China2,735 · 80.7%Japan152 · 4.5%United States124 · 3.7%India86 · 2.5%6 others listed291 · 8.6%

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

Which institutions lead Simulation and Modeling Applications research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Simulation and Modeling Applications research, followed by National University of Defense Technology and Beijing Institute of Technology.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 40 works
  2. 2 National University of Defense TechnologyChina 34 works
  3. 3 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 31 works
  4. 4 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 29 works
  5. 5 Tongji UniversityChina 28 works
  6. 6 Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (China)China 27 works
  7. 7 Beihang UniversityChina 24 works
  8. 8 Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina 23 works
  9. 9 China Automotive Technology and Research CenterChina 21 works
  10. 10 Chang'an UniversityChina 21 works

Who are the leading researchers in Simulation and Modeling Applications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Simulation and Modeling Applications include Zhong Lin Wang, Wei Huang and Xiaogang Wang.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  2. 2 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  3. 3 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  4. 4 Hua Zhang Singapore 196k citations
  5. 5 Han Zhang China 161k citations
  6. 6 Huan Liu Australia 148k 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 Simulation and Modeling Applications?

The most cited paper in Simulation and Modeling Applications is "Illumination for computer generated pictures" (Bui Tuong Phong, 1975), with 3,014 citations. Next come "THE OMNET++ DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION SYSTEM" (1,945) and "The CAVE: audio visual experience automatic virtual environment" (1,770).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Illumination for computer generated pictures Bui Tuong Phong · Communications of the ACM Open access Jun 1975 3,014
2 THE OMNET++ DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION SYSTEM A. Varga 2003 1,945
3 The CAVE: audio visual experience automatic virtual environment Carolina Cruz‐Neira, Daniel J. Sandin, Thomas A. DeFanti et al. · Communications of the ACM Jun 1992 1,770
4 A dynamic seamless modeling method for the global multi-scale terrain based on DQG Zhao Longfei, Xuesheng Zhao Conference paper Jun 2015 603
5 A review of rapid prototyping technologies and systems Xue Song Yan, Peng Gu · Computer-Aided Design Apr 1996 567
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Where is Simulation and Modeling Applications research done?

The largest centres of Simulation and Modeling Applications research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Wuhan (China) and Xi'an (China).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 503 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 178 works
  3. 3 WuhanChina 151 works
  4. 4 Xi'anChina 144 works
  5. 5 NanjingChina 117 works
  6. 6 TianjinChina 100 works
  7. 7 GuangzhouChina 90 works
  8. 8 ChengduChina 81 works
  9. 9 ChongqingChina 80 works
  10. 10 ChangshaChina 68 works
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Where is the best place to study Simulation and Modeling Applications?

Among universities, judged by research, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beihang University and Tongji 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.

0%10%20%mean 13.62%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Tsinghua UniversityBeihang UniversityTongji UniversityBeijing Institute of…
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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.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 78.412.1%8.3×31 +197.6%
2Beihang UniversityChina 75.814.9%7.0×24 +58.7%
3Tongji UniversityChina 73.112.7%5.9×28 +9.6%
4Tsinghua UniversityChina 70.118.3%2.5×18 +97.5%
5National University of Defense TechnologyChina 68.310.6%14.1×34 +48.5%
6Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 66.07.3%11.7×29 +15.5%
7Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 65.519.2%5.0×18 +125.1%
8Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina 65.48.6%9.5×23 +44.1%
9Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 63.616.3%3.3×17 +56.6%
10Beijing Jiaotong UniversityChina 62.916.2%10.3×20 -14.6%

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 Simulation and Modeling Applications, country by country

Is Simulation and Modeling Applications research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 62% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2010. The fastest-growing topics are Simulation and Modeling Applications.

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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 Simulation and Modeling Applications as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.025% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Simulation and Modeling Applications 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.

still counting5%10%15%Simulation and Modeling Applications9.7% in 2025200020102020

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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