Transportation Systems and Infrastructure
Transportation Systems and Infrastructure is a research topic within Management of Technology and Innovation. Science Explorer counts 2.7k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the strategic management of technological obsolescence, including forecasting, refreshment, and mitigation strategies for components, products, and software. It also addresses the challenges of obsolescence in long-life systems, financial services, and aerospace industry, emphasizing sustainability in engineering systems.
- Obsolescence Forecasting
- Technology Refreshment
- Component Obsolescence
- Product Deletion
- System Redesign Planning
- Financial Services Elimination
- Software Obsolescence
- DMSMS Management
- Sustainability in Engineering Systems
- Aerospace Industry Challenges
- Research works
- 2.7k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 270 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- +37% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
United States
33% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Which countries lead Transportation Systems and Infrastructure research?
By volume, the United States and Russia publish the most (158 and 139 works in 2022-now).
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
United States
158 works
- 2
Russia
139 works
- 3
China
66 works
- 4
France
22 works
- 5
India
22 works
- 6
United Kingdom
18 works
- 7
Türkiye
17 works
- 8
Germany
17 works
- 9
Brazil
14 works
- 10
Indonesia
13 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 Transportation Systems and Infrastructure research?
By volume in 2022-now, Weatherford College publishes the most Transportation Systems and Infrastructure research, followed by Federal Penitentiary Service and Film Independent.
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
Weatherford CollegeUnited States
10 works
- 2
Federal Penitentiary ServiceRussia
10 works
- 3
Film IndependentUnited States
8 works
- 4
Russian Academy of SciencesRussia
7 works
- 5
Kutafin Moscow State Law UniversityRussia
6 works
- 6
Institut Supérieur de Mécanique de ParisFrance
5 works
- 7
Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance
4 works
- 8
Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian FederationRussia
4 works
- 9
Russian State University of JusticeRussia
4 works
- 10
Academy of the Federal Security Service of the Russian FederationRussia
4 works
Who are the leading researchers in Transportation Systems and Infrastructure?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Transportation Systems and Infrastructure include Carlos H. Caldas.
- 1
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 Transportation Systems and Infrastructure research done?
The largest centres of Transportation Systems and Infrastructure research in 2022-now are Moscow (Russia), Beijing (China), Weatherford (United States) and Los Angeles (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Moscow.
Largest cities, 2022-now
- 1
MoscowRussia
62 works
- 2
BeijingChina
19 works
- 3
WeatherfordUnited States
10 works
- 4
Los AngelesUnited States
9 works
- 5
Seoul
South Korea
9 works
- 6
Saint PetersburgRussia
9 works
- 7
LondonUnited Kingdom
7 works
- 8
Saint-Ouen-sur-SeineFrance
7 works
- 9
New YorkUnited States
7 works
- 10
Washington D.C.United States
6 works
Where it is the local speciality
- MoscowRU · 61.9 works9.3×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Transportation Systems and Infrastructure than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Transportation Systems and Infrastructure?
Among universities, judged by research, Weatherford College 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.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Weatherford CollegeUnited States |
10.0 | 9.1% | 13.4× | 10 | +533.3% |
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 Transportation Systems and Infrastructure, country by countryIs Transportation Systems and Infrastructure research growing?
Output in 2022-2025 was 37% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Transportation Systems and Infrastructure.
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 Transportation Systems and Infrastructure as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0022% in 2024.
Fractional works of Transportation Systems and Infrastructure 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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