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Soil, Finite Element Methods

Soil, Finite Element Methods is a research topic within Mechanics of Materials. Science Explorer counts 11k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to the fundamentals and applications of finite element analysis, including optimal control, mechanical properties of materials, slope stability, environmental impact, rock mechanics, structural analysis, numerical simulation, geotechnical engineering, and material behavior.

  • Finite Element Method
  • Optimal Control
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Slope Stability
  • Environmental Impact
  • Rock Mechanics
  • Structural Analysis
  • Numerical Simulation
  • Geotechnical Engineering
  • Material Behavior
Research works
11k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+11%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
58% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Soil, Finite Element Methods

Which countries lead Soil, Finite Element Methods research?

By volume, China and Indonesia publish the most (343 and 112 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 343 works
  2. 2 Indonesia 112 works
  3. 3 United States 39 works
  4. 4 Japan 27 works
  5. 5 India 23 works
  6. 6 Russia 13 works
  7. 7 Germany 9 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 9 works
  9. 9 ?? 8 works
  10. 10 Vietnam 8 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: 58.0%Indonesia: 18.9%United States: 6.7%Japan: 4.6%6 others listed: 11.8%58%largest
China343 · 58.0%Indonesia112 · 18.9%United States39 · 6.7%Japan27 · 4.6%6 others listed70 · 11.8%

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

Which institutions lead Soil, Finite Element Methods research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Soil, Finite Element Methods research, followed by China National Petroleum Corporation (China) and Dalian University of Technology.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 9 works
  2. 2 China National Petroleum Corporation (China)China 6 works
  3. 3 Dalian University of TechnologyChina 6 works
  4. 4 Powerchina Huadong Engineering Corporation (China)China 5 works
  5. 5 Tongji UniversityChina 5 works
  6. 6 PowerChina (China)China 5 works
  7. 7 China Earthquake AdministrationChina 4 works
  8. 8 Hohai UniversityChina 4 works
  9. 9 Tsinghua UniversityChina 4 works
  10. 10 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 4 works

Who are the leading researchers in Soil, Finite Element Methods?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Soil, Finite Element Methods include Xiaogang Wang, Hao Chen and Thomas J.R. Hughes.

  1. 1 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  2. 2 Hao Chen China 118k citations
  3. 3 Thomas J.R. Hughes United States 106k citations
  4. 4 Ted Belytschko United States 89k 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 Soil, Finite Element Methods?

The most cited paper in Soil, Finite Element Methods is "The finite element method. Linear static and dynamic finite element analysis" (Thomas Zimmermann, 1987), with 5,132 citations. Next come "Importance measures in global sensitivity analysis of nonlinear models" (2,015) and "Handbook for soil thin section description" (1,471).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The finite element method. Linear static and dynamic finite element analysis Thomas Zimmermann · Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering Nov 1987 5,132
2 Importance measures in global sensitivity analysis of nonlinear models Toshimitsu Homma, Andrea Saltelli · Reliability Engineering & System Safety Apr 1996 2,015
3 Handbook for soil thin section description Susan Limbrey · Journal of Archaeological Science Sep 1986 1,471
4 Boundary Element Techniques. Theory and Applications in Engineering C. A. Brebbia, J.C.F. Telles, Luiz Carlos Wrobel et al. · Journal of Applied Mechanics Open access Mar 1985 1,465
5 An introduction to the Finite Element Method Jiangming Kan Book chapter 1992 1,386
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Soil, Finite Element Methods research done?

The largest centres of Soil, Finite Element Methods 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 Beijing.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 76 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 19 works
  3. 3 Xi'anChina 18 works
  4. 4 NanjingChina 15 works
  5. 5 WuhanChina 15 works
  6. 6 JakartaIndonesia 14 works
  7. 7 HangzhouChina 12 works
  8. 8 ChongqingChina 11 works
  9. 9 ChengduChina 11 works
  10. 10 TokyoJapan 9 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BeijingCN · 76.2 works3.3×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Soil, Finite Element Methods than the world average.

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Is Soil, Finite Element Methods research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2011. The fastest-growing topics are Soil, Finite Element Methods.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Soil, Finite Element Methods as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0036% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Soil, Finite Element Methods 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.

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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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