Transport Systems and Technology
Transport Systems and Technology is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 7.4k 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 advancements in Weigh-in-Motion (WIM) technology, including the development and application of sensors, dynamic compensation methods, vehicle weight enforcement systems, axle load sensors, and traffic monitoring systems. It also explores the use of piezoelectric sensors and intelligent transport systems for accurate measurement and enforcement of vehicle weights on highways.
- Weigh-in-Motion
- Sensors
- Dynamic Compensation
- Vehicle Weight Enforcement
- Axle Load Sensors
- Traffic Monitoring Systems
- Piezoelectric Sensors
- Dynamic Weighing System
- Intelligent Transport Systems
- Highway Vehicles
- Research works
- 7.4k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 735 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 9.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- +11% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
China
41% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Which countries lead Transport Systems and Technology research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (363 and 168 works in 2022-now).
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
China
363 works
- 2
United States
168 works
- 3
India
129 works
- 4
Indonesia
47 works
- 5
Brazil
44 works
- 6
Poland
33 works
- 7
Germany
28 works
- 8
United Kingdom
25 works
- 9
Iraq
24 works
- 10
Malaysia
23 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 Transport Systems and Technology research?
By volume in 2022-now, Chang'an University publishes the most Transport Systems and Technology research, followed by Tongji University and Southeast University.
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
Chang'an UniversityChina
16 works
- 2
Tongji UniversityChina
14 works
- 3
Southeast UniversityChina
13 works
- 4
Changsha University of Science and TechnologyChina
12 works
- 5
Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina
7 works
- 6
Jilin UniversityChina
7 works
- 7
Wuhan University of TechnologyChina
7 works
- 8
Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina
6 works
- 9
University of Technology - IraqIraq
5 works
- 10
Chongqing Jiaotong UniversityChina
5 works
Who are the leading researchers in Transport Systems and Technology?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Transport Systems and Technology include Paul M. Thompson and Carlos H. Caldas.
- 1
Paul M. Thompson
United States
196k citations
- 2
Carlos H. Caldas
United Kingdom
129k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Transport Systems and Technology research done?
The largest centres of Transport Systems and Technology research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Xi'an (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Changsha and Xi'an.
Largest cities, 2022-now
Where it is the local speciality
- ChangshaCN · 20.4 works3.3×
- Xi'anCN · 26.4 works2.7×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Transport Systems and Technology than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Transport Systems and Technology?
Among universities, judged by research, Chang'an University, Southeast University and Tongji 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 first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chang'an UniversityChina |
80.1 | 31.9% | 39.8× | 16 | +30.9% |
| 2 | Southeast UniversityChina |
66.5 | 34.0% | 8.0× | 13 | +47.1% |
| 3 | Tongji UniversityChina |
51.1 | 29.0% | 8.2× | 14 | +15.5% |
| 4 | Changsha University of Science and TechnologyChina |
20.0 | 18.4% | 44.5× | 12 | +114.3% |
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 Transport Systems and Technology, country by countryIs Transport Systems and Technology research growing?
Output in 2022-2025 was 11% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Transport Systems and Technology.
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 Transport Systems and Technology as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0064% in 2024.
Fractional works of Transport Systems and Technology 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.
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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