Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control
Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control is a research topic within Automotive Engineering. Science Explorer counts 14k research works in it since 1950. 14.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the control and analysis of noise and vibration in vehicles, particularly in relation to engine mounting systems. It covers topics such as transfer path analysis, operational transfer path analysis, sound quality evaluation, hydraulic engine mounts, and interior noise control.
- Transfer Path Analysis
- Sound Quality
- Engine Mounting Systems
- Operational Transfer Path Analysis
- Interior Noise
- Vibration Control
- Hydraulic Engine Mounts
- Structure-borne Noise
- Automotive NVH
- Psychoacoustic Model
- Research works
- 14k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 14.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +10% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (666 and 273 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 666 works
- 2 United States 273 works
- 3 India 185 works
- 4 Germany 183 works
- 5 United Kingdom 179 works
- 6 Japan 177 works
- 7 France 100 works
- 8 Italy 92 works
- 9 South Korea 91 works
- 10 Russia 57 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 Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of Southampton publishes the most Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control research, followed by Southwest Jiaotong University and Tongji University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of SouthamptonUnited Kingdom 27 works
- 2 Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina 20 works
- 3 Tongji UniversityChina 19 works
- 4 Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)Germany 19 works
- 5 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 15 works
- 6 University of SalfordUnited Kingdom 15 works
- 7 Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (China)China 15 works
- 8 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 13 works
- 9 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 13 works
- 10 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 13 works
Who are the leading researchers in Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control include Simon Øverland.
- 1 Simon Øverland Norway 2.7k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control research done?
The largest centres of Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Tokyo (Japan) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Southampton.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- SouthamptonGB · 27.7 works17×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control?
Among universities, judged by research, Southwest Jiaotong University, University of Southampton and University of Salford 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 | Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina | 68.8 | 25.2% | 10.0× | 20 | -12.5% |
| 2 | University of SouthamptonUnited Kingdom | 66.6 | 12.3% | 22.0× | 27 | -30.4% |
| 3 | University of SalfordUnited Kingdom | 66.4 | 21.6% | 61.8× | 15 | -16.9% |
| 4 | Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands | 64.4 | 32.5% | 6.3× | 11 | +14.3% |
| 5 | Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina | 49.4 | 17.0% | 6.5× | 15 | +39.8% |
| 6 | Tongji UniversityChina | 46.3 | 16.8% | 5.6× | 19 | -23.3% |
| 7 | Shanghai University of Engineering ScienceChina | 45.2 | 11.1% | 16.8× | 11 | +1.5% |
| 8 | Technische Universität DresdenGermany | 42.7 | 18.8% | 6.6× | 8 | +5.5% |
| 9 | Brigham Young UniversityUnited States | 42.0 | 7.4% | 14.0× | 9 | +39.5% |
| 10 | Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina | 41.9 | 24.4% | 3.1× | 13 | +4.7% |
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 Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 10% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Vehicle Noise and Vibration Control.
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.