Tailings Management and Properties
Tailings Management and Properties is a research topic within Civil and Structural Engineering. Science Explorer counts 6.3k research works in it since 1957. 15.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the characteristics, failure, and remediation of mine tailings dams, with an emphasis on environmental impacts and sustainable management practices. It covers topics such as the design and application of cemented paste backfill, the effects of curing temperature on mechanical properties, and the environmental impacts of tailing dam failures. The cluster also explores the socio-economic and ecological impacts of dam breaches, as well as strategies for waste management and disaster risk disclosure in the mining industry.
- Tailings Dams
- Environmental Impacts
- Cemented Paste Backfill
- Sustainable Development
- Disaster Risk Disclosure
- Hydraulic Properties
- Environmental Sustainability
- Waste Management
- Rheological Properties
- Heavy Metal Contamination
- Research works
- 6.3k fractional, since 1957
- In the world top 10%
- 982 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 15.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +128% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Tailings Management and Properties research?
By volume, China and Brazil publish the most (905 and 488 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 905 works
- 2 Brazil 488 works
- 3 Canada 111 works
- 4 United States 84 works
- 5 India 69 works
- 6 Australia 56 works
- 7 South Africa 35 works
- 8 Türkiye 30 works
- 9 Indonesia 30 works
- 10 United Kingdom 29 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Tailings Management and Properties research?
By volume in 2022–2025, China University of Mining and Technology publishes the most Tailings Management and Properties research, followed by University of Science and Technology Beijing and Central South University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 93 works
- 2 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 92 works
- 3 Central South UniversityChina 41 works
- 4 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 27 works
- 5 Liaoning Technical UniversityChina 24 works
- 6 Xi'an University of Science and TechnologyChina 23 works
- 7 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 20 works
- 8 University of OttawaCanada 19 works
- 9 Kunming University of Science and TechnologyChina 19 works
- 10 Anhui University of Science and TechnologyChina 18 works
Where is Tailings Management and Properties research done?
The largest centres of Tailings Management and Properties research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Xuzhou (China), São Paulo (Brazil) and Belo Horizonte (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Fuxin, Xuzhou and Huainan.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Beijing China 229 works
- 2 Xuzhou China 95 works
- 3 São Paulo Brazil 54 works
- 4 Belo Horizonte Brazil 50 works
- 5 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 49 works
- 6 Changsha China 49 works
- 7 Xi'an China 42 works
- 8 Wuhan China 40 works
- 9 Kunming China 26 works
- 10 Ottawa Canada 24 works
Where it is the local speciality
- FuxinCN · 24.0 works66×
- XuzhouCN · 95.1 works49×
- HuainanCN · 22.3 works37×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Tailings Management and Properties than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Tailings Management and Properties?
Among universities, judged by research, China University of Mining and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 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 | China University of Mining and TechnologyChina | 72.3 | 21.7% | 56.0× | 93 | +349.4% |
| 2 | University of Science and Technology BeijingChina | 67.8 | 31.1% | 56.1× | 92 | +47.9% |
| 3 | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan UniversityTürkiye | 66.1 | 65.5% | 35.8× | 12 | — |
| 4 | Central South UniversityChina | 64.0 | 24.1% | 12.0× | 41 | +136.2% |
| 5 | University of OttawaCanada | 60.6 | 18.2% | 18.0× | 19 | +156.1% |
| 6 | Xi'an University of Science and TechnologyChina | 58.1 | 37.7% | 47.8× | 23 | — |
| 7 | Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil | 56.5 | 7.3% | 17.8× | 27 | +254.1% |
| 8 | Northeastern UniversityChina | 54.4 | 37.1% | 9.4× | 17 | — |
| 9 | Liaoning Technical UniversityChina | 50.3 | 19.3% | 65.8× | 24 | +67.1% |
| 10 | Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil | 49.9 | 9.7% | 13.2× | 20 | +105.2% |
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 Tailings Management and Properties research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 128% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Tailings Management and Properties.
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.