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Structural mechanics and materials

Structural mechanics and materials is a research topic within Materials Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 9.7k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

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Research works
9.7k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
964
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-24%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Russia
54% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Structural mechanics and materials

Which countries lead Structural mechanics and materials research?

By volume, Russia and Ukraine publish the most (1.1k and 352 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russia 1.1k works
  2. 2 Ukraine 352 works
  3. 3 United States 116 works
  4. 4 Uzbekistan 111 works
  5. 5 China 101 works
  6. 6 Vietnam 92 works
  7. 7 Kazakhstan 70 works
  8. 8 India 50 works
  9. 9 Poland 49 works
  10. 10 Belarus 40 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.

Russia: 53.5%Ukraine: 16.7%United States: 5.5%Uzbekistan: 5.3%6 others listed: 19.0%54%largest
Russia1,131 · 53.5%Ukraine352 · 16.7%United States116 · 5.5%Uzbekistan111 · 5.3%6 others listed402 · 19.0%

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

Which institutions lead Structural mechanics and materials research?

By volume in 2022-now, Moscow State University of Civil Engineering publishes the most Structural mechanics and materials research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Moscow State University of Civil EngineeringRussia 182 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 70 works
  3. 3 National Academy of Sciences of UkraineUkraine 49 works
  4. 4 Don State Technical UniversityRussia 41 works
  5. 5 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 36 works
  6. 6 Kyiv National University of Construction and ArchitectureUkraine 35 works
  7. 7 Moscow Aviation InstituteRussia 33 works
  8. 8 Belgorod State Technological UniversityRussia 29 works
  9. 9 Lviv Polytechnic National UniversityUkraine 28 works
  10. 10 Saint Petersburg State University of Architecture and Civil EngineeringRussia 24 works

Who are the leading researchers in Structural mechanics and materials?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Structural mechanics and materials include Masayuki P. Yamamoto, Willy Verstraete and JAMES R. RICE.

  1. 1 Masayuki P. Yamamoto Japan 162k citations
  2. 2 Willy Verstraete Belgium 97k citations
  3. 3 JAMES R. RICE United States 82k citations
  4. 4 Junuthula Narasimha Reddy United States 80k 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 mechanics and materials?

The most cited paper in Structural mechanics and materials is "Second gradient of strain and surface-tension in linear elasticity" (R. D. Mindlin, 1965), with 2,069 citations. Next come "On the elastic moduli of some heterogeneous materials" (1,703) and "Linear theory of nonlocal elasticity and dispersion of plane waves" (1,452).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Second gradient of strain and surface-tension in linear elasticity R. D. Mindlin · International Journal of Solids and Structures Nov 1965 2,069
2 On the elastic moduli of some heterogeneous materials Bernard Budiansky · Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids Aug 1965 1,703
3 Linear theory of nonlocal elasticity and dispersion of plane waves A. Cemal Eringen · International Journal of Engineering Science May 1972 1,452
4 Creep Problems in Structural Members Yu. N. Rabotnov, Frederick A. Leckie, William Prager · Journal of Applied Mechanics Mar 1970 1,379
5 Plane Problems of Cracks in Dissimilar Media JAMES R. RICE, G. C. Sih · Journal of Applied Mechanics Jun 1965 1,223
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Structural mechanics and materials research done?

The largest centres of Structural mechanics and materials research in 2022-now are Moscow (Russia), Kyiv (Ukraine), Saint Petersburg (Russia) and Tashkent (Uzbekistan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Belgorod.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MoscowRussia 420 works
  2. 2 KyivUkraine 116 works
  3. 3 Saint PetersburgRussia 88 works
  4. 4 TashkentUzbekistan 61 works
  5. 5 Rostov-on-DonRussia 59 works
  6. 6 Kazan’Russia 55 works
  7. 7 KharkivUkraine 42 works
  8. 8 LvivUkraine 42 works
  9. 9 NovosibirskRussia 40 works
  10. 10 WeatherfordUnited States 36 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BelgorodRU · 29.4 works83×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Structural mechanics and materials than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Structural mechanics and materials?

Among universities, judged by research, Tashkent State Transport University, National Aerospace University – Kharkiv Aviation Institute and Moscow State University of Civil Engineering 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 17.76%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Tashkent State Trans…National Aerospace U…Weatherford CollegeMoscow State Univers…
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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
1Tashkent State Transport UniversityUzbekistan 70.830.3%144.9×19 +163.3%
2National Aerospace University – Kharkiv Aviation InstituteUkraine 57.727.2%72.1×8 +11.6%
3Moscow State University of Civil EngineeringRussia 50.56.0%619.6×182 -52.7%
4Weatherford CollegeUnited States 49.59.3%12.8×36 +87.4%
5Lviv Polytechnic National UniversityUkraine 49.515.3%49.8×28 -12.8%
6National University of Water and Environmental EngineeringUkraine 49.018.5%142.8×14 -3.8%
7National University of Civil Protection of UkraineUkraine 48.611.3%103.5×12 +29.8%
8Don State Technical UniversityRussia 47.018.1%161.4×41 -47.3%
9Moscow Aviation InstituteRussia 47.018.8%99.9×33 -25.5%
10Vladimir State UniversityRussia 45.022.8%104.5×11 -26.0%

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 mechanics and materials, country by country

Is Structural mechanics and materials research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2021.

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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 mechanics and materials as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0079% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Structural mechanics and materials 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 mechanics and materials10.0% 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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