Wind and Air Flow Studies
Wind and Air Flow Studies is a research topic within Environmental Engineering. Science Explorer counts 57k research works in it since 1950. 25.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the modeling and simulation of urban wind environments, air quality, and atmospheric dispersion. It covers topics such as CFD simulation, urban microclimate, pedestrian wind comfort, turbulent flow, building ventilation, and boundary layer dynamics.
- CFD Simulation
- Urban Microclimate
- Air Quality
- Pedestrian Wind Comfort
- Turbulent Flow
- Building Ventilation
- Atmospheric Dispersion
- Large-Eddy Simulation
- Street Canyon
- Boundary Layer
- Research works
- 57k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 15k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 25.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +31% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Wind and Air Flow Studies research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (3.1k and 1.2k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 3.1k works
- 2 United States 1.2k works
- 3 India 517 works
- 4 United Kingdom 403 works
- 5 France 358 works
- 6 Germany 357 works
- 7 Italy 314 works
- 8 Japan 307 works
- 9 Canada 300 works
- 10 Russia 210 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 Wind and Air Flow Studies research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Tongji University publishes the most Wind and Air Flow Studies research, followed by Southwest Jiaotong University and Chongqing University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Tongji University China 104 works
- 2 Southwest Jiaotong University China 84 works
- 3 Chongqing University China 78 works
- 4 Central South University China 76 works
- 5 Harbin Institute of Technology China 76 works
- 6 Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong 66 works
- 7 Tsinghua University China 63 works
- 8 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China 61 works
- 9 Delft University of Technology Netherlands 59 works
- 10 Southeast University China 56 works
Who are the leading researchers in Wind and Air Flow Studies?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Wind and Air Flow Studies include Lídia Morawska, George Em Karniadakis and Eugenia Kalnay.
- 1 Lídia Morawska 6.4k citations
- 2 George Em Karniadakis 6.3k citations
- 3 Eugenia Kalnay 5k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Wind and Air Flow Studies research done?
The largest centres of Wind and Air Flow Studies research in 2022–2025 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 Hampton and Golden.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- HamptonUS · 24.7 works27×
- GoldenUS · 34.4 works13×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Wind and Air Flow Studies than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Wind and Air Flow Studies?
Among universities, judged by research, Delft University of Technology, Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Southwest Jiaotong 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 | Delft University of Technology Netherlands | 67.1 | 49.0% | 8.9× | 59 | +29.2% |
| 2 | Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong | 67.0 | 48.0% | 7.7× | 66 | +11.7% |
| 3 | Southwest Jiaotong University China | 66.6 | 44.3% | 11.0× | 84 | +24.8% |
| 4 | Technical University of Denmark Denmark | 65.4 | 38.9% | 9.8× | 50 | +41.4% |
| 5 | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong | 62.2 | 41.4% | 7.4× | 28 | +104.3% |
| 6 | Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg Germany | 59.4 | 47.3% | 9.5× | 14 | +114.8% |
| 7 | Central South University China | 59.0 | 53.0% | 4.7× | 76 | +82.7% |
| 8 | Cranfield University United Kingdom | 57.8 | 49.1% | 8.7× | 12 | +104.2% |
| 9 | Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology China | 57.2 | 21.4% | 18.0× | 54 | +82.7% |
| 10 | Chongqing University China | 56.7 | 30.5% | 7.3× | 78 | +69.7% |
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 Wind and Air Flow Studies research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 31% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Wind and Air Flow Studies.
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.