●Foreword
Part A Methodology
1．Identification of engineering research fronts
1．1 Acquisition and preprocessing of paper data
1．2 Mining of clustered literature topics
1．3 Determination and interpretation of research fronts
2 Identification of engineering development fronts
2．1 Acquisition and preparation of the ThemeScape maps
2．2 Mining of patenttopics
2．3 Determination and interpretation of development fronts
3 Terminologies
Part B Reports in Different Fields
Ⅰ．Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering
1 Engineering research fronts
1．1 Trends in top 10 engineering research fronts
1．2 Interpretations for three key engineering research fronts
2 Engineering development fronts
2．1 Trends in top 10 engineering development fronts
2．2 Interpretations for three key engineering development fronts
Ⅱ．Information and Electronic Engineering
1 Engineering research fronts
1．1 Trends in top 10 engineering research fronts
1．2 Interpretations for three key engineering research fronts
2 Engineering development fronts
2．1 Trends in top 10 engineering development fronts
2．2 Interpretations for three key engineering development fronts
Ⅲ．Chemical， Metallurgical， and Materials Engineering
1 Engineering research fronts
1．1 Trends in top 10 engineering research fronts
1．2 Interpretations forthree key engineering research fronts
2 Engineering development fronts
2．1 Trends in top 10 engineering development fronts
2．2 Interpretations for three key engineering development fronts
Ⅳ．Energy and Mining Engineering
1 Engineering research fronts
1．1 Trends in top 12 engineering research fronts
1．2 Interpretations for four key engineering research fronts
2 Engineering development fronts
2．1 Trends in top 12 engineering development fronts
2．2 Interpretations for four key engineering development fronts
Ⅴ．Civil， Hyd rauIic， and Architectural Engineering
1 Engineering research fronts
1．1 Trends in top 10 engineering research fronts
1．2 Interpretations for three key engineering research fronts
2 Engineering development fronts
2．1 Trends in top 10 engineering development fronts
2．2 Interpretations for three key engineering development fronts
Ⅵ．Environmental and Light Textile Engineering
1 Engineering research fronts
1．1 Trends in top 10 engineering research fronts
1．2 Interpretations for three key engineering research fronts
2 Engineering development fronts
2．1 Trends in top 10 engineering development fronts
2．2 Interpretations for three key engineering development fronts
Ⅶ．Agriculture
1 Engineering research fronts
1．1 Trends in top 11 engineering research fronts
1．2 Interpretations for three key engineering research fronts
2 Engineering development fronts
2．1 Trends in top 9 engineering development fronts
2．2 Interpretations for three key engineering development fronts
Ⅷ．Medicine and Health
1 Engineering research fronts
1．1 Trends in top 10 engineering research fronts
1．2 Interpretation for three key engineering research fronts
2 Engineering development fronts
2．1 Trends in top 10 engineering development fronts
2．2 Interpretations for three key engineering development fronts
Ⅸ．Engineering Management
1 Engineering research fronts
1．1 Trends in top 10 engineering research fronts
1．2 Interpretations for three key engineering research fronts
2 Engineering development fronts
2．1 Trends in top 10 engineering development fronts
2．2 Interpretations for three key engineering development fronts
Participants of General Plan Group

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