Smart Materials for Construction
Smart Materials for Construction is a research topic within Pollution. Science Explorer counts 26k research works in it since 1950. 14.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the impact of road salt and deicing chemicals on freshwater salinization, particularly in the northeastern United States. It explores the use of concrete sensors with carbon nanotubes for environmental monitoring and damage detection in structures, as well as the implications for water quality and the environment.
- Road Salt
- Freshwater Salinization
- Environmental Impact
- Concrete Sensors
- Carbon Nanotubes
- Damage Detection
- Electrical Resistance Measurement
- Smart Structures
- Environmental Monitoring
- Water Quality
- Research works
- 26k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3.9k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 14.7% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +25% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Smart Materials for Construction research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.1k and 587 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 2.1k works
- 2 United States 587 works
- 3 India 300 works
- 4 South Korea 169 works
- 5 Canada 152 works
- 6 Japan 134 works
- 7 United Kingdom 131 works
- 8 Germany 124 works
- 9 Italy 120 works
- 10 Russia 113 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Smart Materials for Construction research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chang'an University publishes the most Smart Materials for Construction research, followed by Harbin Institute of Technology and Tongji University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chang'an UniversityChina 54 works
- 2 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 47 works
- 3 Tongji UniversityChina 46 works
- 4 Southeast UniversityChina 42 works
- 5 Central South UniversityChina 35 works
- 6 Chongqing UniversityChina 30 works
- 7 Dalian University of TechnologyChina 29 works
- 8 Zhejiang UniversityChina 28 works
- 9 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 26 works
- 10 Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina 25 works
Who are the leading researchers in Smart Materials for Construction?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Smart Materials for Construction include Victor C. Li.
- 1 Victor C. Li United States 3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Smart Materials for Construction research done?
The largest centres of Smart Materials for Construction research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Nanjing (China) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Ames.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- AmesUS · 22.3 works11×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Smart Materials for Construction than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Smart Materials for Construction?
Among universities, judged by research, Iowa State University, UiT The Arctic University of Norway and Hong Kong Polytechnic 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.
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 | Iowa State UniversityUnited States | 67.3 | 33.8% | 11.6× | 22 | +234.7% |
| 2 | UiT The Arctic University of NorwayNorway | 63.0 | 39.7% | 9.9× | 8 | +474.3% |
| 3 | Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong | 55.6 | 41.9% | 4.9× | 22 | +62.2% |
| 4 | Chang'an UniversityChina | 55.0 | 16.3% | 27.5× | 54 | -26.6% |
| 5 | Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNorway | 52.3 | 45.8% | 4.5× | 13 | +163.2% |
| 6 | University of PerugiaItaly | 52.2 | 9.5% | 11.0× | 12 | +310.1% |
| 7 | Luleå University of TechnologySweden | 49.9 | 6.9% | 18.9× | 12 | +131.2% |
| 8 | The University of Texas at ArlingtonUnited States | 48.7 | 16.1% | 13.4× | 14 | +92.0% |
| 9 | Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina | 48.3 | 71.9% | 6.5× | 9 | -28.6% |
| 10 | Tongji UniversityChina | 47.0 | 21.4% | 6.8× | 46 | -24.9% |
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 Smart Materials for Construction research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 25% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Smart Materials for Construction.
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.