Top institutions for Civil Engineering

134 institutions · Civil Engineering

Which institutions have the most top-cited scientists in Civil Engineering?

1,455 researchers whose main subfield is Civil Engineering are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list. Tongji University has the most (52, 3.6%), followed by Southeast University (32) and Beijing University of Technology (22). A row opens its scientists in the subfield in the table of all authors.

#InstitutionCountryListed authorsTop 100kHighest-ranked author
1Tongji University China5222Li, Jie #5,246
2Southeast University China3214Xu, Zhao Dong #20,134
3Beijing University of Technology China226Du, Xiu Li #7,413
4Chongqing University China219Liu, Hanlong #6,652
5Tianjin University China216Zheng, Gang #14,474
6Dalian University of Technology China207Li, Hongnan Nanb #25,523
7The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong189Teng, Jin-Guang #3,491
8Southwest Jiaotong University China184Xu, You-Lin #13,768
9Harbin Institute of Technology China177Li, Hui #7,559
10Tsinghua University China159Han, L. H. #1,266
11Hunan University China159Deng, Lu #36,137
12College of Engineering United States153Sezen, Halil #47,562
13UNSW Sydney Australia145Uy, Brian #10,528
14School of Civil Engineering China133Guo, Wei #69,936
15Guangzhou University China123Hao, Hong #1,832
16Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Italy116Manfredi, Gaetano #32,892
17Imperial College London United Kingdom103Gardner, Leroy #926
18Beijing Jiaotong University China102Bai, B. #9,178
19Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet Norway104Faltinsen, Odd Magnus #9,330
20Faculty of Engineering Egypt103Rasmussen, Kim J.R. #15,663
21Shanghai Jiao Tong University China105Yang, Jian #41,233
22National University of Singapore Singapore93Richard Liew, J. Y. #23,412
23The University of Adelaide Australia96Zeng, Junjie #30,264
24Central South University China94Yü, Zhiwu #47,814
25State Key Laboratory of Coastal and Offshore Engineering China92Yang, You-Fu #55,423
26Hohai University China92Su, Huaizhi #69,964
27Politecnico di Milano Italy84Milani, Gabriele #7,968
28Western Sydney University Australia83Tao, Zhong #8,163
29School of Engineering and Applied Sciences United States83Bruneau, Michel #8,421
30Politecnico di Torino Italy84Cimellaro, Gian Paolo #16,553
31Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology China82Deng, Mingke #67,121
32Ocean University of China China80Liu, Guijie #112,950
33State Key Laboratory of Disaster Reduction in Civil Engineering China74Fang, Cheng #13,075
34Zhejiang University China72Chen, Yunmin #13,279
35University of Toronto Canada75Vecchio, Frank J. #20,071
36Technical University of Denmark Denmark72Nielsen, Ulrik Dam #66,668
37Seoul National University South Korea70Song, Junho #100,990
38Wuhan University of Technology China70Chen, Mingsheng #133,253
39University of Technology Sydney Australia64Stewart, Mark G. #8,570
40Curtin University Australia64Chen, Wensu #45,499
41Dalian Maritime University China61Zhang, Guoqing #50,671
42Guangxi University China61Chen, Zopngping #74,206
43University of Strathclyde United Kingdom61Tubaldi, Enrico #75,876
44Universidade do Porto Portugal61Magalhães, Filipe #93,278
45University of Melbourne Australia54Thai, Huu Tai #1,907
46ETH Zürich Switzerland52Sudret, Bruno #3,860
47The University of Western Australia Australia52Elchalakani, Mohamed F. #9,620
48École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Switzerland54Muttoni, Aurelio #21,052
49National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) Greece52Lagaros, Nikos D. #28,165
50Shenzhen University China51Ren, Weixin #36,074
51Chalmers University of Technology Sweden52Ringsberg, Jonas W. #50,737
52Changsha University of Science and Technology China51Wang, Lei #53,768
53Huazhong University of Science and Technology China52Zhu, Hongping #58,922
54College of Civil Engineering and Architecture Zhejiang University China51Ye, Xiaowei #65,789
55Kyoto University Japan51Khayyer, Abbas #67,312
56South China University of Technology China51Wu, Bo #84,721
57Zhengzhou University China51Zhang, Pu #88,428
58Università degli Studi di Palermo Italy51Campione, Giuseppe #89,343
59Karadeniz Technical University Türkiye51Altunışık, Ahmet Can #92,088
60Chang'an University China51Lai, Jinxing #98,069
61Fuzhou University China50Chen, Yu Y. #120,715
62Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong50Chang, Chihchen #122,218
63Instituto Superior Técnico Portugal43Guedes Soares, C. #2,322
64Vilniaus Gedimino Technikos Universitetas Lithuania43Zavadskas, Edmundas Kazimieras #4,232
65RMIT University Australia43Xie, Mike (Mike) #5,406
66P.C. Rossin College of Engineering & Applied Science United States43Frangopol, Dan M. #6,175
67Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering United States42Der-Kiureghian, Armen #6,906
68Technische Universität München Germany42Straub, Daniel #19,360
69University of Canterbury New Zealand42Park, Robert J.T. #23,861
70The University of Sydney Australia42Kwok, Kenny C.S. #24,419
71İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Türkiye41Akyuz, Emre #25,675
72University of California, Berkeley United States41McKenna, Frank #26,709
73Guangdong University of Technology China41Yuan, Peng #29,793
74Nanjing Tech University China42Ren, Xin #31,303
75Sichuan University China41Lin, Pengzhi #33,860
76Recep Tayyip Erdogan University Türkiye41Yaylacı, Murat #39,716
77University of Waterloo Canada41Tesfamariam, Solomon #40,845
78City, University of London United Kingdom42Fu, Feng #42,267
79Key Laboratory of Civil Engineering Safety and Durability of China Ministry of Education China42Fan, Jiansheng #47,250
80The University of Edinburgh United Kingdom42Lu, Yong #54,727
81Wuhan University China41Lu, Yiyan #56,716
82College of Shipbuilding Engineering, Harbin Engineering University China41Qin, Hongde #64,385
83Queensland University of Technology Australia41Mahendran, Mahen #65,289
84School of Traffic & Transportation Engineering China41Tian, Hongqi #66,041
85Southern University of Science and Technology China42Chen, J. F. #68,181
86Heriot-Watt University United Kingdom41Val, Dimitri V. #68,856
87University College Dublin Ireland42OBrien, Eugene J. #71,332
88The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong41Chwang, Allen T.Y. #88,066
89Jiangsu University of Science and Technology China41Gao, Junliang #88,520
90China Earthquake Administration China41Han, Qinghua #98,795
91School of Civil Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology China41Lü, Dagang #99,981
92Hefei University of Technology China40Wang, Jingfeng #121,650
93Key Laboratory of Concrete and Prestressed Concrete Structures, Ministry of Education China40Mao, Jianxiao #136,956
94Università degli Studi di Firenze Italy40Bartoli, Gianni #143,313
95University of Science and Technology Beijing China40Zhang, Maohua #150,288
96University of Auckland New Zealand40Chouw, Nawawi #159,863
97Amirkabir University of Technology Iran40Mirzaei, Mostafa #170,658
98University of Wollongong Australia31Hadi, Muhammad N.S. #8,963
99The University of Queensland Australia32Wang, C. M. #15,452
100University College London United Kingdom33Kee Paik, Jeom Kee #20,608
101MIT School of Engineering United States33Triantafyllou, Michael Stefanos #24,320
102Sejong University South Korea32Lee, Jaehong #25,133
103Fujian University of Technology China32Zhang, Wei #26,991
104Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover Germany33Elias, Said #27,858
105Western University Canada33Hong, Hanping #29,467
106Stanford University United States33Cornell, C. Allin #30,163
107University of Cambridge United Kingdom32Jasak, Hrvoje #31,721
108Johns Hopkins University United States33Guest, James K. #32,198
109The University of Manchester United Kingdom32Wang, Yongchang #33,526
110Università degli Studi di Messina Italy31De Domenico, Dario #34,399
111George R. Brown School of Engineering and Computing United States33Spanos, Pol D. #38,078
112Cullen College of Engineering United States31HSU, THOMAS T.C. #42,152
113Università degli Studi di Genova Italy31Solari, G. #46,174
114Indian Institute of Technology Delhi India31Matsagar, Vasant Annasaheb #48,025
115Hangzhou City University China31Wei, Gang #49,833
116University of Southampton United Kingdom31Mehdi Kashani, Mohammad Mehdi #57,988
117Monash University Australia32Bai, Yu #64,765
118Swinburne University of Technology Australia31Zhao, Shaoyu #67,317
119East China Jiaotong University China31Chen, Huapeng #69,871
120China University of Geosciences China31Liang, Rongzhu #76,324
121Hebei University of Technology China32Wang, Xuefei #77,093
122King Khalid University Saudi Arabia31Khedher, Khaled Mohamed #83,013
123Sungkyunkwan University South Korea31Kim, Jinkoo #83,452
124University of Leeds United Kingdom31Sarhosis, Vasilis #89,620
125Institute of Science Tokyo Japan31Kawashima, Kazuhiko #96,220
126The University of Sheffield United Kingdom31Pilakoutas, Kypros #96,241
127Sun Yat-Sen University China31Sun, Pengnan #98,536
128Università degli Studi di Salerno Italy30Martinelli, Enzo #112,368
129University of Bristol United Kingdom30Macdonald, John H. G. #116,922
130Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Malaysia30Mansur, Mohammad Abul #131,458
131Chongqing Jiaotong University China30Chen, Zhaowei #139,205
132State Key Laboratory of Ocean Engineering China30Tian, Xinliang #166,341
133Harbin Engineering University China30Guo, Chunyu #171,720
134China University of Mining and Technology China30Ye, Jihong #176,356