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Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis

Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis is a research topic within Civil and Structural Engineering. Science Explorer counts 47k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the vibration serviceability of footbridges, particularly under human-induced excitation and pedestrian loads. It covers topics such as lateral vibration, dynamic interaction, crowd-structure interaction, modal analysis, and active vibration control. The cluster also discusses the specific challenges related to suspension bridges and the optimization of cable forces.

  • Footbridges
  • Vibration Serviceability
  • Human-Induced Excitation
  • Pedestrian Loads
  • Lateral Vibration
  • Dynamic Interaction
  • Crowd-Structure Interaction
  • Modal Analysis
  • Active Vibration Control
  • Suspension Bridges
Research works
47k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+22%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
54% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis

Which countries lead Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (3.3k and 536 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 3.3k works
  2. 2 India 536 works
  3. 3 United States 518 works
  4. 4 Italy 351 works
  5. 5 Japan 307 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 253 works
  7. 7 Brazil 248 works
  8. 8 Indonesia 226 works
  9. 9 Iran 193 works
  10. 10 Canada 191 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: 54.2%India: 8.7%United States: 8.4%Italy: 5.7%6 others listed: 23.0%54%largest
China3,338 · 54.2%India536 · 8.7%United States518 · 8.4%Italy351 · 5.7%6 others listed1,418 · 23.0%

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

Which institutions lead Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis research?

By volume in 2022-now, Tongji University publishes the most Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis research, followed by Southeast University and Chongqing University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Tongji UniversityChina 168 works
  2. 2 Southeast UniversityChina 102 works
  3. 3 Chongqing UniversityChina 90 works
  4. 4 Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina 80 works
  5. 5 Central South UniversityChina 70 works
  6. 6 Beijing University of TechnologyChina 68 works
  7. 7 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 62 works
  8. 8 Chang'an UniversityChina 55 works
  9. 9 Xi'an University of Architecture and TechnologyChina 48 works
  10. 10 Politecnico di MilanoItaly 47 works

Who are the leading researchers in Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis include Kai You Wang, Lei Jiang and Paul M. Thompson.

  1. 1 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  2. 2 Lei Jiang China 214k citations
  3. 3 Paul M. Thompson United States 196k citations
  4. 4 Qiang Zhang China 184k citations
  5. 5 Kalyanmoy Deb United States 171k 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 Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis?

The most cited paper in Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis is "Coupling of substructures for dynamic analyses." (Roy R. Craig, MERVYN C. C. BAMPTON, 1968), with 3,432 citations. Next come "Flexural Members with Confined Concrete" (1,980) and "Developments and advanced applications of concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) structures: Members" (1,814).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Coupling of substructures for dynamic analyses. Roy R. Craig, MERVYN C. C. BAMPTON · AIAA Journal Open access Jul 1968 3,432
2 Flexural Members with Confined Concrete Dudley Charles Kent, Robert Park · Journal of the Structural Division Jul 1971 1,980
3 Developments and advanced applications of concrete-filled steel tubular (CFST) structures: Members Lin‐Hai Han, Wei Li, Reidar Bjorhovde · Journal of Constructional Steel Research 13 May 2014 1,814
4 Buckling of Bars, Plates, and Shells DON O. BRUSH, B. O. Almroth, John Woodside Hutchinson · Journal of Applied Mechanics Dec 1975 1,700
5 Dynamics of Structures Ray W. Clough, Joseph Penzien, D. S. Griffin · Journal of Applied Mechanics Open access Jun 1977 1,588
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Where is Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis research done?

The largest centres of Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Chongqing (China).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 514 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 307 works
  3. 3 NanjingChina 218 works
  4. 4 ChongqingChina 170 works
  5. 5 Xi'anChina 160 works
  6. 6 ChangshaChina 148 works
  7. 7 WuhanChina 148 works
  8. 8 ChengduChina 128 works
  9. 9 GuangzhouChina 123 works
  10. 10 HarbinChina 111 works
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Where is the best place to study Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis?

Among universities, judged by research, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Chongqing University 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 27.76%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Hong Kong Polytechni…Chongqing UniversitySoutheast UniversityTongji University
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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
1Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina 75.733.5%6.4×41 +70.7%
2Chongqing UniversityChina 70.325.9%11.2×90 +84.2%
3Southeast UniversityChina 66.720.6%9.3×102 +51.2%
4Tongji UniversityChina 66.517.7%14.8×168 +28.4%
5Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore 65.042.1%1.9×11 +19.4%
6Beijing University of TechnologyChina 61.522.9%13.2×68 +129.4%
7Central South UniversityChina 60.724.0%4.9×70 +73.2%
8Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 59.325.2%5.1×62 +36.9%
9Hunan UniversityChina 58.529.9%6.5×34 +81.8%
10Shanghai UniversityChina 58.235.8%3.5×19 +43.1%

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 Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis, country by country

Is Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis.

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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 Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.044% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis0.035% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis 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%Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis10.0% 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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