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Division of Materials Science and Engineering

In research, Division of Materials Science and Engineering stands highest in Physical Sciences (#416 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#400 of 6,636 worldwide) and Materials Science (#156 of 2,468 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Materials Science — Materials Chemistry is 9.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#735
of 28,054 · #743 all time
Rank in Australia
#23
of 391
Research works
10k
▼ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
255k
24.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Division of Materials Science and Engineering known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #416 of 12,888 21.6%1,485 #522
EngineeringField #400 of 6,636 21.9%695 #435
Materials ScienceField #156 of 2,468 19.5%499 #178
Materials ChemistrySubfield #159 of 1,556 19.7%297 #183
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #284 of 2,318 27.3%261 #385
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #268 of 1,351 17.3%177 #149
ChemistryField #318 of 1,330 24.7%82 #678
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentSubfield #190 of 563 27.7%79 #306
Biomedical EngineeringSubfield #589 of 1,568 18.9%110 #507
EnergyField #264 of 694 28.0%80 #457

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Division of Materials Science and Engineering sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#522 #416
  2. Engineering#435 #400
  3. Materials Science#178 #156
  4. Materials Chemistry#183 #159
  5. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#385 #284
  6. Mechanical Engineering#149 #268
  7. Chemistry#678 #318
  8. Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment#306 #190
  9. Biomedical Engineering#507 #589
  10. Energy#457 #264
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Division of Materials Science and Engineering specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Materials Chemistry takes 9.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 297.2 works9.6×
  2. Electronic, Optical and Magnetic MaterialsSubfield · 68.4 works9.5×
  3. Materials ScienceField · 499.4 works9.1×
  4. Polymers and PlasticsSubfield · 57.7 works9.1×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.43× its world share, 36 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.30× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.86× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 5.07× its world share, 28 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.32× its world share, 82 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 8 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 5.54× its world share, 80 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.94× its world share, 695 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.53× its world share, 41 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 9.07× its world share, 499 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.16× its world share, 41 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 23 worksMedicineNursing: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 9.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Division of Materials Science and Engineering?

Ranked on the composite score, Yoshimasa Funakawa, Stephen C. Hawkins and Dawei Zhang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Division of Materials Science and Engineering.

  1. 1 Yoshimasa Funakawa Australia · #297,384 worldwide 142 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Stephen C. Hawkins Australia · #577,927 worldwide 128 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Dawei Zhang Australia · #853,712 worldwide 100 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Farshid Pahlevani Australia · #872,197 worldwide 102 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 Shih‐Hsien Liu Australia · #1,374,038 worldwide 36 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Yuxiang Wu Australia · #1,623,083 worldwide 16 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Division of Materials Science and Engineering

Which keywords describe research at Division of Materials Science and Engineering?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Nanomaterials, Energy Storage, Microstructure, Cathode Materials, Nanocomposites, Graphene and Biomedical Applications.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Mechanical Properties157▲ 10×34 topics
  2. Nanomaterials126▲ 7.6×19 topics
  3. Energy Storage114▲ 11×8 topics
  4. Microstructure114▲ 14×18 topics
  5. Cathode Materials108▲ 17×3 topics
  6. Nanocomposites106▲ 8.4×22 topics
  7. Nanoparticles106▲ 5.3×40 topics
  8. Biomedical Applications104▲ 5.6×32 topics
  9. Graphene97▲ 8.9×12 topics
  10. Catalysis82▲ 7.8×27 topics
  11. Lithium-ion Batteries77▲ 11×4 topics
  12. Rechargeable Batteries71▲ 17×2 topics
  13. Metal-Organic Frameworks71▲ 11×6 topics
  14. Water Splitting64▲ 11×4 topics
  15. Tissue Engineering62▲ 6.4×12 topics
  16. Electrocatalysis62▲ 14×5 topics
  17. Nanocrystals53▲ 12×5 topics
  18. Nanostructures53▲ 8.3×17 topics
  19. Semiconductors52▲ 11×5 topics
  20. Catalysts47▲ 15×3 topics
  21. Battery Materials47▲ 18×1 topic
  22. Crystal Growth47▲ 10×10 topics
  23. Efficiency47▲ 9.7×4 topics
  24. Nanostructured Anodes47▲ 18×1 topic
  25. Semiconductor46▲ 8.5×7 topics
  26. Carbon Nanotubes44▲ 8.3×9 topics
  27. Energy Conversion43▲ 13×5 topics
  28. Two-Dimensional Materials43▲ 12×4 topics
  29. Lithium-Sulfur Batteries42▲ 18×2 topics
  30. Materials41▲ 11×6 topics
  31. Additive Manufacturing40▲ 8.3×8 topics
  32. Microstructural Evolution40▲ 17×4 topics
  33. Thin Films39▲ 13×10 topics
  34. Fuel Cells38▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Electronic Structure38▲ 13×8 topics
  36. Ionic Conductivity38▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Grain Refinement38▲ 21×4 topics
  38. Nanofibers38▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Nanostructured Cathodes37▲ 19×1 topic
  40. Solid-State Electrolytes37▲ 19×1 topic

Which research topics does Division of Materials Science and Engineering publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advancements in Battery Materials, Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion and Perovskite Materials and Applications.

Advancements in Battery …47Advancements in Battery Materials: 47 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materia…37Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 37 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Ene…34Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 34 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and…30Perovskite Materials and Applications: 30 fractional worksConducting polymers and applications: 26 fractional worksAdvanced battery technologies research: 25 fractional worksAdvanced Photocatalysis …25Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques: 25 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 22 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in Materials Science: 21 fractional worksSupercapacitor Materials…20Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication: 20 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentPolymers and PlasticsBiomedical Engineering2 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 47 works
  2. 2 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 37 works
  3. 3 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 34 works
  4. 4 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 30 works
  5. 5 Conducting polymers and applications Polymers and Plastics 26 works
  6. 6 Advanced battery technologies research Electrical and Electronic Engineering 25 works
  7. 7 Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 25 works
  8. 8 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 22 works
  9. 9 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 21 works
  10. 10 Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 20 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available44.2%not open55.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors84.0%domestic only16.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Division of Materials Science and Engineering's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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