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Advanced ceramic materials synthesis

Advanced ceramic materials synthesis is a research topic within Ceramics and Composites. Science Explorer counts 68k research works in it since 1950. 16.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers advancements in ceramic materials and processing techniques, with a focus on topics such as spark plasma sintering, high-temperature applications, composite materials, nanocrystalline ceramics, oxidation resistance, porous ceramics, and ultra-high temperature ceramics (UHTCs). The research encompasses the synthesis, consolidation, properties, and applications of ceramic materials for various industrial and aerospace uses.

  • Ceramic Materials
  • Sintering
  • Spark Plasma Sintering
  • High-Temperature Applications
  • Composite Materials
  • Nanocrystalline Ceramics
  • Oxidation Resistance
  • Porous Ceramics
  • Ultra-High Temperature Ceramics (UHTCs)
  • Material Properties
Research works
68k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
11k
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+15%
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Which countries lead Advanced ceramic materials synthesis research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (4.7k and 826 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 4.7k works
  2. 2 India 826 works
  3. 3 United States 638 works
  4. 4 Russia 463 works
  5. 5 Japan 350 works
  6. 6 Germany 279 works
  7. 7 France 233 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 213 works
  9. 9 South Korea 196 works
  10. 10 Iran 166 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: 58.2%India: 10.3%United States: 7.9%Russia: 5.8%6 others listed: 17.9%58%largest
China4,675 · 58.2%India826 · 10.3%United States638 · 7.9%Russia463 · 5.8%6 others listed1,436 · 17.9%

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

Which institutions lead Advanced ceramic materials synthesis research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Northwestern Polytechnical University publishes the most Advanced ceramic materials synthesis research, followed by Harbin Institute of Technology and Central South University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 192 works
  2. 2 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 182 works
  3. 3 Central South UniversityChina 135 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 133 works
  5. 5 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 115 works
  6. 6 Wuhan University of Science and TechnologyChina 106 works
  7. 7 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 101 works
  8. 8 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 76 works
  9. 9 Northeastern UniversityChina 69 works
  10. 10 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 62 works

Who are the leading researchers in Advanced ceramic materials synthesis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Advanced ceramic materials synthesis include Takashi Taniguchi, Fujio Izumi and Wei Huang.

  1. 1 Takashi Taniguchi Japan 6.2k citations
  2. 2 Fujio Izumi Japan 5.8k citations
  3. 3 Wei Huang China 5.5k citations
  4. 4 Yury Gogotsi United States 5.1k citations
  5. 5 Qiang Zhang China 4.5k citations
  6. 6 Dierk Raabe Germany 4.5k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Advanced ceramic materials synthesis research done?

The largest centres of Advanced ceramic materials synthesis research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Wuhan (China) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Freiberg, Chernogolovka and Ma'anshan City.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 799 works
  2. 2 Xi'an China 446 works
  3. 3 Wuhan China 312 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 238 works
  5. 5 Changsha China 236 works
  6. 6 Harbin China 231 works
  7. 7 Nanjing China 179 works
  8. 8 Moscow Russia 138 works
  9. 9 Chengdu China 137 works
  10. 10 Jinan China 123 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. FreibergDE · 26.0 works32×
  2. ChernogolovkaRU · 28.5 works29×
  3. Ma'anshan CityCN · 28.9 works16×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Advanced ceramic materials synthesis than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Advanced ceramic materials synthesis?

Among universities, judged by research, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Harbin Institute of Technology and Wuhan University of Science and Technology 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%mean 25.21%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Northwestern Polytechnical University: 192, 33.9%Harbin Institute of Technology: 182, 21.7%Wuhan University of Science and Technology: 106, 19.7%Wuhan University of Technology: 115, 21.7%Beijing Institute of Aeronautical Materials: 19, 30.5%Guangdong University of Technology: 38, 18.6%Kunming University of Science and Technology: 57, 21.3%Central South University: 135, 18.5%Xiangtan University: 18, 38.2%Anhui University of Technology: 29, 28.0%Northwestern Polytec…Harbin Institute of …Wuhan University of …Wuhan University of …
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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 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 71.933.9%17.6×192 -11.5%
2 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 63.921.7%11.7×182 -1.0%
3 Wuhan University of Science and TechnologyChina 63.019.7%33.5×106 +74.0%
4 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 61.021.7%15.0×115 +2.1%
5 Beijing Institute of Aeronautical MaterialsChina 59.630.5%67.6×19 +87.6%
6 Guangdong University of TechnologyChina 57.418.6%7.3×38 +294.6%
7 Kunming University of Science and TechnologyChina 57.021.3%10.4×57 +27.1%
8 Central South UniversityChina 56.418.5%8.7×135 -4.3%
9 Xiangtan UniversityChina 55.538.2%7.6×18 +32.8%
10 Anhui University of TechnologyChina 54.728.0%16.3×29 -20.9%

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 Advanced ceramic materials synthesis research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Advanced ceramic materials synthesis.

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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.