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Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete

Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete is a research topic within Building and Construction. Science Explorer counts 52k research works in it since 1950. 18.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the use of Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) composites in construction, particularly in strengthening concrete structures. It covers topics such as design-oriented stress–strain models for FRP-confined concrete, bond-slip models for FRP sheets/plates bonded to concrete, and the durability performance of FRP reinforcing bars. The cluster also explores the behavior of FRP-confined concrete under axial compression, finite element analysis of FRP-to-concrete bonded joints, and stress–strain models for concrete confined by FRP composites.

  • Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites
  • Construction
  • Concrete Strengthening
  • FRP Confined Concrete
  • Structural Rehabilitation
  • Bond-Slip Models
  • Durability Performance
  • Axial Compression Behavior
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Stress–Strain Models
Research works
52k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
9.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
18.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+60%
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Which countries lead Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (4.9k and 1.1k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 4.9k works
  2. 2 India 1.1k works
  3. 3 United States 577 works
  4. 4 Iraq 516 works
  5. 5 Italy 442 works
  6. 6 Iran 394 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 375 works
  8. 8 Egypt 368 works
  9. 9 Japan 347 works
  10. 10 Canada 316 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: 52.4%India: 11.7%United States: 6.2%Iraq: 5.5%6 others listed: 24.1%52%largest
China4,877 · 52.4%India1,093 · 11.7%United States577 · 6.2%Iraq516 · 5.5%6 others listed2,242 · 24.1%

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

Which institutions lead Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Tongji University publishes the most Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete research, followed by Southeast University and Beijing University of Technology.

Who are the leading researchers in Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete include Victor C. Li, Zdeněk P. Bažant and Timon Rabczuk.

  1. 1 Victor C. Li United States 3k citations
  2. 2 Zdeněk P. Bažant United States 2.8k citations
  3. 3 Timon Rabczuk Germany 2.7k citations
  4. 4 C. Guedes Soares Portugal 2.7k citations
  5. 5 Hao Chen China 2.6k citations
  6. 6 Tuan Ngo Australia 2.6k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete research done?

The largest centres of Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Baqubah and Ad Dīwānīyah.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 669 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 402 works
  3. 3 Nanjing China 396 works
  4. 4 Xi'an China 291 works
  5. 5 Changsha China 217 works
  6. 6 Guangzhou China 211 works
  7. 7 Wuhan China 192 works
  8. 8 Baghdad Iraq 186 works
  9. 9 Chongqing China 184 works
  10. 10 Harbin China 170 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BaqubahIQ · 20.7 works13×
  2. Ad DīwānīyahIQ · 25.4 works13×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete?

Among universities, judged by research, Kafrelsheikh University, Jordan University of Science and Technology and Southeast 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%20%40%mean 31.65%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Kafrelsheikh University: 18, 46.1%Jordan University of Science and Technology: 30, 29.3%Southeast University: 188, 23.4%University of South Australia: 18, 43.2%Hong Kong Polytechnic University: 92, 30.8%Chongqing University: 109, 26.3%Tongji University: 247, 19.8%Future University in Egypt: 14, 30.8%Guangdong University of Technology: 49, 42.7%University of Engineering and Technology Taxila: 12, 24.1%Kafrelsheikh Univers…University of South …Jordan University of…Southeast University
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Kafrelsheikh UniversityEgypt 75.946.1%11.8×18 +107.8%
2 Jordan University of Science and TechnologyJordan 72.429.3%14.0×30 +236.2%
3 Southeast UniversityChina 69.223.4%10.7×188 +77.2%
4 University of South AustraliaAustralia 68.043.2%6.3×18 +493.3%
5 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 67.430.8%8.0×92 +8.7%
6 Chongqing UniversityChina 65.026.3%7.6×109 +147.4%
7 Tongji UniversityChina 62.919.8%14.7×247 -3.7%
8 Future University in EgyptEgypt 62.930.8%20.2×14
9 Guangdong University of TechnologyChina 62.742.7%6.8×49 +47.7%
10 University of Engineering and Technology TaxilaPakistan 62.624.1%18.3×12 +185.9%

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 Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 60% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete.

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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.

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.