Soil Mechanics and Vehicle Dynamics
Soil Mechanics and Vehicle Dynamics is a research topic within Civil and Structural Engineering. Science Explorer counts 22k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on advancements in soil mechanics, terrain interaction, and wheel-soil dynamics. It covers topics such as planetary rover mobility, discrete element method simulations, tillage forces, tractor performance, and traction prediction. The research encompasses applications in agricultural machinery, planetary exploration, and off-road vehicle dynamics.
- Soil Mechanics
- Terrain Interaction
- Planetary Rovers
- Discrete Element Method
- Tillage
- Wheel-Soil Interaction
- DEM Simulation
- Tractor Performance
- Traction Prediction
- Terramechanics Models
- Research works
- 22k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 2.3k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +27% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Soil Mechanics and Vehicle Dynamics research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (1.6k and 337 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.6k works
- 2 India 337 works
- 3 Russia 273 works
- 4 United States 271 works
- 5 Japan 165 works
- 6 Italy 109 works
- 7 Germany 95 works
- 8 Ukraine 93 works
- 9 South Korea 77 works
- 10 Uzbekistan 77 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 Soil Mechanics and Vehicle Dynamics research?
By volume in 2022–2025, China Agricultural University publishes the most Soil Mechanics and Vehicle Dynamics research, followed by Jiangsu University and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China Agricultural UniversityChina 68 works
- 2 Jiangsu UniversityChina 66 works
- 3 Ministry of Agriculture and Rural AffairsChina 55 works
- 4 Shandong University of TechnologyChina 37 works
- 5 Jilin UniversityChina 36 works
- 6 Northeast Agricultural UniversityChina 27 works
- 7 Nanjing Institute of Agricultural MechanizationChina 26 works
- 8 Inner Mongolia Agricultural UniversityChina 26 works
- 9 Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina 23 works
- 10 South China Agricultural UniversityChina 23 works
Who are the leading researchers in Soil Mechanics and Vehicle Dynamics?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Soil Mechanics and Vehicle Dynamics include Roland Siegwart.
- 1 Roland Siegwart Switzerland 3.3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Soil Mechanics and Vehicle Dynamics research done?
The largest centres of Soil Mechanics and Vehicle Dynamics research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Zhenjiang (China) and Harbin (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Shihezi, Zibo and Zhenjiang.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- ShiheziCN · 24.3 works29×
- ZiboCN · 38.1 works27×
- ZhenjiangCN · 67.9 works15×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Soil Mechanics and Vehicle Dynamics than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Soil Mechanics and Vehicle Dynamics?
Among universities, judged by research, Jiangsu University, China Agricultural University and Anhui Agricultural 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 | Jiangsu UniversityChina | 82.6 | 38.9% | 21.1× | 66 | -11.7% |
| 2 | China Agricultural UniversityChina | 72.6 | 24.0% | 29.3× | 68 | +8.2% |
| 3 | Anhui Agricultural UniversityChina | 63.3 | 14.9% | 28.6× | 21 | +494.4% |
| 4 | Northwest A&F UniversityChina | 61.3 | 19.9% | 11.5× | 19 | +72.3% |
| 5 | Politecnico di TorinoItaly | 60.0 | 17.2% | 7.2× | 14 | +232.5% |
| 6 | Nanjing Agricultural UniversityChina | 59.7 | 22.8% | 14.4× | 23 | -22.5% |
| 7 | Henan University of Science and TechnologyChina | 55.6 | 11.5% | 17.9× | 18 | +157.9% |
| 8 | Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurIndia | 55.6 | 14.7% | 7.8× | 16 | +200.7% |
| 9 | South China Agricultural UniversityChina | 55.2 | 19.0% | 16.0× | 23 | -28.3% |
| 10 | Jilin Agricultural UniversityChina | 55.0 | 14.7% | 24.1× | 14 | +119.8% |
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 Soil Mechanics and Vehicle Dynamics research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 27% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Soil Mechanics and Vehicle Dynamics.
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.