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Materials Solutions (United Kingdom)

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Research works
68
▲ 82% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.2k
17.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
48%
world 40%
International
55%
world 18%
Materials Solutions (United Kingdom)

Not ranked overall: Materials Solutions (United Kingdom) is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Materials Solutions (United Kingdom) work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research at Materials Solutions (United Kingdom) is in Physical Sciences, 15% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (44%), Materials Science (14%), Medicine (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 20 fractional works · 70.8% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 43.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 23.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 5.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 13.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 9.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 6.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFiltration and Separation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 14.8% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 8.9% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 8.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workALL ITS WORKMaterialsSolutions (Unite…29fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences71%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences8%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1243.8%
    2. Materials Science413.7%
    3. Computer Science26.1%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences01.7%
    5. Environmental Science01.6%
    6. Chemical Engineering01.2%
    7. Energy01.2%
    8. Chemistry01.1%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.5%
    1. Medicine38.9%
    2. Dentistry13.9%
    3. Health Professions01.4%
    4. Nursing00.6%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting12.5%
    3. Psychology01.2%
    4. Decision Sciences00.8%
    5. Social Sciences00.8%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Neuroscience12.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.3%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology01.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.6%
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: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.44× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.65× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.45× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.27× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.92× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.91× its world share, 4 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 8.01× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 1.19× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.26× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 8.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry8.01×1 works
  2. Materials Science3.91×4 works
  3. Chemical Engineering3.45×0 works
  4. Engineering2.92×12 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.65×0 works
  6. Neuroscience1.44×1 works
  7. Energy1.27×0 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.26×1 works
  9. Nursing1.19×0 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.08×0 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.80×0 works
  12. Computer Science0.79×2 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.78×1 works
  14. Chemistry0.68×0 works
  15. Health Professions0.52×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.48×1 works
  17. Medicine0.46×3 works
  18. Psychology0.38×0 works
  19. Environmental Science0.32×0 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.24×0 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.22×0 works
  22. Social Sciences0.06×0 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Materials Solutions (United Kingdom)?

Ranked on the quality score, E.G.M. Craenmehr and Marco Andrea Zampini lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Materials Solutions (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 E.G.M. Craenmehr United Kingdom · #3,323,703 worldwide 236 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Marco Andrea Zampini United Kingdom · #3,489,898 worldwide 95 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Materials Solutions (United Kingdom)

What are the most cited papers from Materials Solutions (United Kingdom)?

The most cited paper from Materials Solutions (United Kingdom) is "Microstructure of selective laser melted CM247LC nickel-based superalloy and its evolution through heat treatment" (V.D. Divya, R. Muñoz‐Moreno, Olivier M. D. M. Messé et al., 2016), with 282 citations. Next come "Effect of heat treatment on the microstructure, texture and elastic anisotropy of the nickel-based superalloy CM247LC processed by selective laser melting" (142) and "Metastable carbides and their impact on recrystallisation in IN738LC processed by selective laser melting" (129).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Microstructure of selective laser melted CM247LC nickel-based superalloy and its evolution through heat treatment V.D. Divya, R. Muñoz‐Moreno, Olivier M. D. M. Messé et al. · Materials Characterization Open access 17 Feb 2016 282
2 Effect of heat treatment on the microstructure, texture and elastic anisotropy of the nickel-based superalloy CM247LC processed by selective laser melting R. Muñoz‐Moreno, V.D. Divya, Sarah L. Driver et al. · Materials Science and Engineering A 15 Jul 2016 142
3 Metastable carbides and their impact on recrystallisation in IN738LC processed by selective laser melting Olivier M. D. M. Messé, R. Muñoz‐Moreno, T. Illston et al. · Additive manufacturing 24 May 2018 129
4 Stable hydrogen isotope ratios of lignin methoxyl groups as a paleoclimate proxy and constraint of the geographical origin of wood Frank Keppler, David B. Harper, Robert M. Kalin et al. · New Phytologist Open access 28 Aug 2007 118
5 Nano-sized Ag inserted into ITO films prepared by continuous roll-to-roll sputtering for high-performance, flexible, transparent film heaters Eun-Hye Ko, Hyo-Joong Kim, Hyo-Joong Kim et al. · RSC Advances 2016 83
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Which keywords describe research at Materials Solutions (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Adsorption Refrigeration, Thermochemical Heat Storage, Heat Transfer, Energy Efficiency, Phase Change Materials, Thermal Energy Storage, Environmental Impact 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 8 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 8 words, with their numbers
  1. Adsorption Refrigeration3▲ 412×1 topic
  2. Thermochemical Heat Storage3▲ 412×1 topic
  3. Heat Transfer3▲ 20×4 topics
  4. Energy Efficiency3▲ 10×2 topics
  5. Phase Change Materials2▲ 83×1 topic
  6. Thermal Energy Storage2▲ 262×1 topic
  7. Sustainability1▲ 1.51×4 topics
  8. Environmental Impact1▲ 2.1×4 topics

Which research topics does Materials Solutions (United Kingdom) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Adsorption and Cooling Systems, Phase Change Materials Research, Thermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity and Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes.

Adsorption and Cooling S…3Adsorption and Cooling Systems: 3 fractional worksPhase Change Materials R…2Phase Change Materials Research: 2 fractional worksThermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity: 1 fractional worksDental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksNeuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function: 0 fractional worksDental materials and restorations: 0 fractional worksBuilding Energy and Comfort Optimization: 0 fractional worksPower Transformer Diagnostics and Insulation: 0 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 0 fractional worksFinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance: 0 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringMaterials ChemistryOral SurgeryCognitive Neuroscience5 others

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

  1. 1 Adsorption and Cooling Systems Mechanical Engineering 3 works
  2. 2 Phase Change Materials Research Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Thermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity Materials Chemistry 1 works
  4. 4 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 1 works
  5. 5 Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function Cognitive Neuroscience 0 works
  6. 6 Dental materials and restorations Orthodontics 0 works
  7. 7 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 0 works
  8. 8 Power Transformer Diagnostics and Insulation Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 0 works
  10. 10 FinTech, Crowdfunding, Digital Finance Management Information Systems 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 available47.6%not open52.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors55.2%domestic only44.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Materials Solutions (United Kingdom)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 82% higher 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 Solutions (United Kingdom) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000095% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Materials Solutions (United Kingdom)0.00023% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Materials Solutions (United Kingdom) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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