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Materials innovation institute

In research, Materials innovation institute stands highest in Engineering (#2,079 of 9,532 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#4,093 of 17,446 worldwide) and Mechanical Engineering (#730 of 2,525 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#12,518
of 34,923
Rank in Netherlands
#177
of 407
Research works
621
▼ 41% vs 2018-21
Citations
20k
31.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.22×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
Materials innovation institute

What is Materials innovation institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
EngineeringField #2,079 of 9,532 18.4%339
Physical SciencesDomain #4,093 of 17,446 17.3%578
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #730 of 2,525 22.1%127
Materials ScienceField #1,408 of 3,771 19.1%124

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Materials innovation institute 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Materials innovation institute work in?

In 2022-now, 89% of research at Materials innovation institute is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (54%), Materials Science (16%), Environmental Science (6%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 88.6% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 54.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 14.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 11.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 10.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 5.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 16.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 11.1% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMetals and Alloys: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 5.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKMaterialsinnovation…21fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences89%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences5%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1154.4%
    2. Materials Science316.1%
    3. Environmental Science15.7%
    4. Computer Science14.0%
    5. Mathematics13.0%
    6. Energy12.8%
    7. Physics and Astronomy01.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences01.1%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology14.5%
    2. Neuroscience00.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting02.1%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.6%
    3. Decision Sciences01.1%
    1. Health Professions00.7%
    2. Dentistry00.4%
    3. Medicine00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.05× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.63× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 4.61× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.57× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science4.61×3 works
  2. Engineering3.63×11 works
  3. Energy3.05×1 works
  4. Mathematics2.57×1 works
  5. Environmental Science1.15×1 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.12×0 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.83×1 works
  8. Dentistry0.83×0 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.76×0 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.72×0 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.67×0 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.55×0 works
  13. Computer Science0.52×1 works
  14. Neuroscience0.33×0 works
  15. Health Professions0.26×0 works
  16. Chemistry0.09×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×0 works
  18. Medicine0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Materials innovation institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Anouar Krairi, Marcel de Bruin and Ulrich Sowada lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Materials innovation institute.

  1. 1 Anouar Krairi Netherlands · #2,486,312 worldwide 488 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Marcel de Bruin Netherlands · #2,586,261 worldwide 996 citations · 47 works
  3. 3 Ulrich Sowada Netherlands · #2,725,311 worldwide 737 citations · 41 works
  4. 4 Patricia Gobernado Netherlands · #3,578,357 worldwide 161 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Hans W. Prins Netherlands · #4,822,629 worldwide 217 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Jan P.W. Houtman Netherlands · #5,443,691 worldwide 530 citations · 57 works
  7. 7 Mgd Marc Geers Netherlands · #7,638,937 worldwide 98 citations · 207 works
All ranked researchers at Materials innovation institute

What are the most cited papers from Materials innovation institute?

The most cited paper from Materials innovation institute is "Multi-scale computational homogenization: Trends and challenges" (M.G.D. Geers, Varvara G. Kouznetsova, W.A.M. Brekelmans, 2009), with 1,066 citations. Next come "Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Stoney equation for film stress: Developments from polycrystalline steel strips to single crystal silicon wafers" (712) and "Twinning superlattices in indium phosphide nanowires" (660).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Multi-scale computational homogenization: Trends and challenges M.G.D. Geers, Varvara G. Kouznetsova, W.A.M. Brekelmans · Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics Open access 19 Aug 2009 1,066
2 Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Stoney equation for film stress: Developments from polycrystalline steel strips to single crystal silicon wafers G. C. A. M. Janssen, Mostafa Abdalla, F. van Keulen et al. · Thin Solid Films 25 Jul 2008 712
3 Twinning superlattices in indium phosphide nanowires Rienk E. Algra, Marcel A. Verheijen, Magnus T. Borgström et al. · Nature Open access Nov 2008 660
4 Recent advances in layered double hydroxide electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction Zhengyang Cai, Xiuming Bu, Ping Wang et al. · Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2019 607
5 An improved X-ray diffraction analysis method to characterize dislocation density in lath martensitic structures Farideh HajyAkbary, Jilt Sietsma, A. Böttger et al. · Materials Science and Engineering A 11 May 2015 373
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Materials innovation institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Microstructure, Grain Refinement, Mechanical Properties, High-Strength Steels, Martensite Transformation, Finite Element Analysis, Biomedical Applications and Sustainability.

▲ 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-now 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 9 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 9 words, with their numbers
  1. Microstructure2▲ 17×5 topics
  2. Grain Refinement1▲ 60×2 topics
  3. Mechanical Properties1▲ 6.3×7 topics
  4. Biomedical Applications1▲ 4.5×10 topics
  5. Finite Element Analysis1▲ 24×4 topics
  6. High-Strength Steels1▲ 164×1 topic
  7. Machine Learning1▲ 1.65×4 topics
  8. Martensite Transformation1▲ 164×1 topic
  9. Sustainability1▲ 2.0×5 topics

Which research topics does Materials innovation institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels, Mechanical Behavior of Composites, Machine Learning in Materials Science and Metallurgy and Material Forming.

Microstructure and Mecha…1Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels: 1 fractional worksMechanical Behavior of Composites: 1 fractional worksMachine Learning in Materials Science: 0 fractional worksMetallurgy and Material Forming: 0 fractional worksMetal Forming Simulation Techniques: 0 fractional worksTopology Optimization in Engineering: 0 fractional worksComputational Drug Disco…0Computational Drug Discovery Methods: 0 fractional worksThin-Film Transistor Technologies: 0 fractional worksScience and Climate Studies: 0 fractional worksProtein Structure and Dynamics: 0 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsMaterials ChemistryCivil and Structural Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Mechanical Behavior of Composites Mechanics of Materials 1 works
  3. 3 Machine Learning in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 0 works
  4. 4 Metallurgy and Material Forming Mechanics of Materials 0 works
  5. 5 Metal Forming Simulation Techniques Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Topology Optimization in Engineering Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 0 works
  8. 8 Thin-Film Transistor Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Science and Climate Studies Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  10. 10 Protein Structure and Dynamics Molecular Biology 0 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 available36.0%not open64.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.9%domestic only73.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Materials innovation institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 41% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Materials innovation institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000077% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Materials innovation institute0.00011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Materials innovation institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

10%20%30%Materials innovation institute15.2% in 2016all institutions10.0% in 20162010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 29.3% in 2008.

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