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Metals and Alloys research

Metals and Alloys is a subfield of Materials Science. Science Explorer counts 40k research works in it since 1950. 15.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: an alloy designation system widely accepted in North America.

Research works
40k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
6.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
15.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
1
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+29%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Metals and Alloys research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, China, the United States and India rank highest in Metals and Alloys. By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.6k and 531 works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China · #2 all time 16.7% top 10% · 2.6k works
  2. 2 United States · #1 all time 9.5% top 10% · 531 works
  3. 3 India · #7 all time 12.6% top 10% · 482 works
  4. 4 Japan · #4 all time 9.7% top 10% · 358 works
  5. 5 Germany · #5 all time 10.4% top 10% · 209 works
  6. 6 South Korea · #9 all time 12.7% top 10% · 211 works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 6 countries ranked in Metals and Alloys. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Metals and Alloys

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 2.6k works
  2. 2 United States 531 works
  3. 3 India 482 works
  4. 4 Japan 358 works
  5. 5 South Korea 211 works
  6. 6 Germany 209 works
  7. 7 France 183 works
  8. 8 Russia 175 works
  9. 9 Brazil 164 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 161 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

China: 51.4%United States: 10.4%India: 9.5%Japan: 7.0%6 others listed: 21.7%51%largest
China2,613 · 51.4%United States531 · 10.4%India482 · 9.5%Japan358 · 7.0%6 others listed1,104 · 21.7%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Metals and Alloys research?

University of Science and Technology Beijing (China) ranks first in Metals and Alloys on research quality in 2022–2025, followed by Northeastern University and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of Science and Technology Beijing China · Beijing · #1 all time 23.4% top 10% · 205 works
  2. 2 Northeastern University China · Shenyang · #5 all time 20.3% top 10% · 99 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of Sciences China · Beijing · #2 all time 16.4% top 10% · 81 works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 3 institutions above the floor of 40 fractional works in Metals and Alloys.

Top 100 Metals and Alloys institutions

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 205 works
  2. 2 Northeastern UniversityChina 99 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 81 works
  4. 4 China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina 47 works
  5. 5 Southwest Petroleum UniversityChina 47 works
  6. 6 Shanghai UniversityChina 41 works
  7. 7 China National Petroleum Corporation (China)China 41 works
  8. 8 Tohoku UniversityJapan 40 works
  9. 9 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 40 works
  10. 10 Tianjin UniversityChina 39 works

Who are the leading researchers in Metals and Alloys?

Among the most productive authors in Metals and Alloys, M. I. Baskes, Alan Cottrell and M.A. Quraishi rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 M. I. Baskes United States · #4,257 worldwide 2.2k citations · 70 works
  2. 2 Alan Cottrell United Kingdom · #7,046 worldwide 1.2k citations · 58 works
  3. 3 M.A. Quraishi India · #7,630 worldwide 1.7k citations · 83 works
  4. 4 D. Grahame Hardie United Kingdom · #7,759 worldwide 1.1k citations · 89 works
  5. 5 Robert O. Ritchie United States · #8,330 worldwide 2.5k citations · 177 works
  6. 6 Nobuhiro Tsuji Japan · #8,462 worldwide 2.3k citations · 172 works
  7. 7 K. Ullakko Finland · #8,669 worldwide 1.1k citations · 63 works
  8. 8 H. K. D. H. Bhadeshia United Kingdom · #9,406 worldwide 1.4k citations · 161 works
  9. 9 John J. Jonas Canada · #9,722 worldwide 1.3k citations · 101 works
  10. 10 E. R. G. Eckert United States · #10,809 worldwide 1k citations · 67 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 3,665 highest-output authors in Metals and Alloys. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Metals and Alloys researchers

Where is Metals and Alloys research done?

The largest centres of Metals and Alloys research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Shenyang (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Anshan.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 654 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 169 works
  3. 3 Shenyang China 129 works
  4. 4 Xi'an China 128 works
  5. 5 Chengdu China 115 works
  6. 6 Tokyo Japan 114 works
  7. 7 Qingdao China 96 works
  8. 8 Wuhan China 94 works
  9. 9 Nanjing China 82 works
  10. 10 Tianjin China 68 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. AnshanCN · 21.1 works20×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Metals and Alloys than the world average.

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Metals and Alloys research by country

The best places for Metals and Alloys research inside each country, with that country's researchers and world standing.

Where is the best place to study Metals and Alloys?

Among universities, judged by research, China University of Petroleum, East China, Université Ibn-Tofail and Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%60%mean 24.94%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →China University of Petroleum, East China: 48, 26.7%Université Ibn-Tofail: 16, 40.7%Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur: 13, 54.1%University of Science and Technology Beijing: 205, 23.4%Northeastern University: 99, 20.3%King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals: 24, 24.0%Southwest Petroleum University: 47, 13.9%Covenant University: 15, 7.6%Yanshan University: 28, 16.5%Taiyuan University of Technology: 19, 22.2%Indian Institute of …Université Ibn-TofailChina University of …University of Scienc…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina 67.126.7%14.8×48 +261.9%
2 Université Ibn-TofailMorocco 66.640.7%12.0×16 +167.1%
3 Indian Institute of Technology JodhpurIndia 65.754.1%14.8×13 —
4 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 63.623.4%38.4×205 +20.5%
5 Northeastern UniversityChina 63.520.3%16.6×99 +123.0%
6 King Fahd University of Petroleum and MineralsSaudi Arabia 58.224.0%9.9×24 +73.4%
7 Southwest Petroleum UniversityChina 52.113.9%21.8×47 +72.3%
8 Covenant UniversityNigeria 51.77.6%28.8×15 +1091.9%
9 Yanshan UniversityChina 51.616.5%12.3×28 +93.0%
10 Taiyuan University of TechnologyChina 50.022.2%6.8×19 +214.2%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Metals and Alloys research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 29% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals.

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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.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

What does Metals and Alloys include?