Foreword 1
Part 1Methodology 2
1 Identification of engineering research fronts 2
1.1 Production of topics 2
1.2 Expert review 3
2 Identification of engineering development fronts 3
2.1 Production of ThemeScape map 3
2.2 Expert review 4
3 Terminologies 4
Part 2Reports in Diferent Fields 5
I. Mechanical & Vehicle Engineering 5
1 Engineering research fronts 5
1.1 Development trends in the top 10 engineering research fronts 5
1.2Interpretations for three key engineering research fronts 10
2 Engineering development fronts 17
2.1 Development trends in the top 10 engineering development fronts 17
2.2 Interpretations for three key engineering development fronts 22
II. Information & Electronic Engineering 30
1 Engineering research fronts 30
1.1 Development trends in the top 10 engineering research fronts 30
1.2 Interpretations for three key engineering research fronts 36
2Engineering development fronts 46
2.1 Development trends in the top 10 engineering development fronts 46
2.2 Interpretations for three key engineering development fronts 51
III. Chemical, Metallurgy & Materials Engineering 61
1Engineering research fronts 61
1.1 Development trends in the top 12 engineering research fronts 61
1.2 Interpretations for three key engineering research fronts 66
2Engineering development fronts74
2.1 Development trends in the top 12 engineering development fronts 74
2.2 Interpretations for three key engineering development fronts79
IV Energy & Mining Engineering 87
1 Engineering research fronts 87
1.1 Development trends in the top 13 engineering research fronts 87
1.2 Interpretations for three key engineering research fronts 94
2Engineering development fronts 108
2.1 Development trends in the Top 14 engineering development fronts108
2.2 Interpretations for three key engineering development fronts 117
V. Civil, Hydraulic & Architecture Engineering 128
1 Engineering research fronts 128
1.1 Development trends in the top 10 engineering research fronts 128
Contents Engineering
Fronts
1.2 Interpretations for three key engineering research fronts 133
2 Engineering development fronts140
2.1Development trends in the top 10 engineering development fronts140
2.2 Interpretations for three key engineering development fronts 146
VI. Environmental & Light Textile Engineering 155
1 Engineering research fronts 155
1.1 Development trends in the top 10 engineering research fronts 155
1.2 Interpretations of three key engineering research fronts 159
2 Engineering development fronts 166
2.1 Development trends in the top 10 engineering development fronts 166
2.2 Interpretations of three key engineering development fronts 172
VII. Agriculture 181
1 Engineering research fronts 181
1.1 Development trends in the top 10 engineering research fronts 181
1.2 Interpretations for three key engineering research fronts 184
2 Engineering development fronts191
2.1 Development trends in the top 10 engineering development fronts 191
2.2 Interpretations for three key engineering development fronts196
VIII. Medicine & Health202
1 Engineering research fronts 202
1.1 Development trends in the top 9 engineering research fronts 202
1.2 Interpretations for three key engineering research fronts 207
2 Engineering development fronts 215
2.1 Development trends in the top 10 engineering development fronts 215
2.2 Interpretations for three key engineering development fronts 220
IX. Engineering Management230
1 Engineering research fronts 230
1.1 Development trends in the top 10 engineering research fronts 230
1.2 Interpretations for three key engineering research fronts234
2 Engineering development fronts 242
2.1 Development trends in the top 10 engineering development fronts 242
2.2 Interpretations for three key engineering development fronts248
Participants of General Plan Group 256
Engineering
FrontsEngineering
Fronts
The Engineering Fronts reports are important guidelines for the future development directions of
engineering science and technology. The Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) has been conducting
studies pertaining to Engineering Fronts for two years since 2017, with the aim of offering academic
guidance and assistance in decision making.
In collaboration with
Clarivate Analytics
, studies in Engineering Fronts rely on nine core academic divisions
and “1+9” academic journals of the CAE (i.e., Engineering and nine other specialized journals). Each year,
the study issues 94 identified engineering research fronts and 96 engineering development fronts in both
Chinese and English. Among them, 27 key engineering research fronts and 27 key engineering development
fronts are selected for detailed interpretations.
The studies in Engineering Fronts combine quantitative and qualitative analyses. On the one hand,
published journal papers (e.g., from the SCIE), conference papers, and global patents are taken into
consideration to obtain the initial alternative fronts. On the other hand, experts are involved in the whole
study process, including proposing candidate engineering fronts from their perspective and experience,
researching the results from data-mining, and interpreting the key results.
This report consists of two parts. The first part introduces the methodology. The second part includes a
total of nine reports on the engineering research fronts and engineering development fronts in nine fields
corresponding to the nine core academic divisions.
Foreword。