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Vibration Control and Rheological Fluids

Vibration Control and Rheological Fluids is a research topic within Civil and Structural Engineering. Science Explorer counts 23k research works in it since 1951. 23.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the advances in structural vibration control systems, including the use of magnetorheological fluids, passive and active vibration isolators, nonlinear energy sinks, tuned mass dampers, inerter-based devices, electrorheological fluids, vibration absorbers, smart material composites, and seismic control.

  • Magnetorheological Fluids
  • Passive Vibration Isolators
  • Active Suspension Systems
  • Nonlinear Energy Sinks
  • Tuned Mass Dampers
  • Inerter-based Devices
  • Electrorheological Fluids
  • Vibration Absorbers
  • Smart Material Composites
  • Seismic Control
Research works
23k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
5.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
23.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+36%
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Which countries lead Vibration Control and Rheological Fluids research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (2.4k and 388 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 2.4k works
  2. 2 India 388 works
  3. 3 United States 231 works
  4. 4 Japan 186 works
  5. 5 Iran 171 works
  6. 6 Italy 140 works
  7. 7 South Korea 116 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 100 works
  9. 9 Germany 93 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 88 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.

China: 61.1%India: 10.0%United States: 5.9%Japan: 4.8%6 others listed: 18.2%61%largest
China2,379 · 61.1%India388 · 10.0%United States231 · 5.9%Japan186 · 4.8%6 others listed708 · 18.2%

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

Which institutions lead Vibration Control and Rheological Fluids research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Tongji University publishes the most Vibration Control and Rheological Fluids research, followed by Harbin Institute of Technology and Chongqing University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Tongji University China 80 works
  2. 2 Harbin Institute of Technology China 72 works
  3. 3 Chongqing University China 54 works
  4. 4 Northwestern Polytechnical University China 51 works
  5. 5 Beijing University of Technology China 46 works
  6. 6 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics China 44 works
  7. 7 Southeast University China 44 works
  8. 8 Shanghai University China 43 works
  9. 9 Tsinghua University China 41 works
  10. 10 Northeastern University China 40 works

Who are the leading researchers in Vibration Control and Rheological Fluids?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Vibration Control and Rheological Fluids include Guanrong Chen, Peng Shi and Qing‐Long Han.

  1. 1 Guanrong Chen 5.4k citations
  2. 2 Peng Shi 5k citations
  3. 3 Qing‐Long Han 3.8k citations
  4. 4 Huijun Gao 2.8k citations
  5. 5 Hong Hao 2.5k citations
  6. 6 Dennis S. Bernstein 2.3k citations
  7. 7 Daniel J. Inman 2.3k citations
  8. 8 Masayoshi Tomizuka 2.2k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Vibration Control and Rheological Fluids research done?

The largest centres of Vibration Control and Rheological Fluids research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Qinhuangdao and Zhenjiang.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 316 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 221 works
  3. 3 Nanjing China 177 works
  4. 4 Xi'an China 144 works
  5. 5 Harbin China 111 works
  6. 6 Wuhan China 105 works
  7. 7 Chongqing China 96 works
  8. 8 Guangzhou China 82 works
  9. 9 Shenyang China 72 works
  10. 10 Tehran Iran 70 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. QinhuangdaoCN · 22.4 works11×
  2. ZhenjiangCN · 45.2 works8.5×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Vibration Control and Rheological Fluids than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Vibration Control and Rheological Fluids?

Among universities, judged by research, Shanghai University, Hong Kong Polytechnic 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.

0%20%40%mean 29.9%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Shanghai University: 43, 37.5%Hong Kong Polytechnic University: 35, 39.5%Tongji University: 80, 23.7%Northeastern University: 40, 33.8%Beijing University of Technology: 46, 34.2%Northwestern Polytechnical University: 51, 24.3%Harbin Institute of Technology: 72, 26.8%Guangzhou University: 32, 31.5%Harbin Engineering University: 30, 26.9%Chongqing University: 54, 20.8%Hong Kong Polytechni…Shanghai UniversityNortheastern Univers…Tongji University
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Shanghai University China 79.937.5%12.3×43 +172.6%
2Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong 73.639.5%8.4×35 +18.6%
3Tongji University China 72.923.7%12.9×80 +128.2%
4Northeastern University China 71.933.8%9.4×40 +128.8%
5Beijing University of Technology China 68.034.2%13.4×46 +14.7%
6Northwestern Polytechnical University China 65.924.3%9.2×51 +116.7%
7Harbin Institute of Technology China 64.326.8%9.1×72 +11.7%
8Guangzhou University China 63.431.5%17.8×32 -0.3%
9Harbin Engineering University China 61.826.9%12.0×30 +63.7%
10Chongqing University China 59.920.8%10.3×54 +7.3%

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 Vibration Control and Rheological Fluids research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Vibration Control and Rheological Fluids.

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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.

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.