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Advanced Machining and Optimization Techniques

Advanced Machining and Optimization Techniques is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 24k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers represents the advancements and research trends in Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM), including topics such as micromachining, wire EDM, electrochemical machining, optimization of process parameters, surface modification, and the use of hybrid processes. The papers cover a wide range of studies on material removal rate, Taguchi method, and the influence of various factors on EDM performance.

  • Electrical Discharge Machining
  • Micromachining
  • Wire EDM
  • Electrochemical Machining
  • Optimization
  • Surface Modification
  • Taguchi Method
  • Material Removal Rate
  • Process Parameters
  • Hybrid Processes
Research works
24k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-2%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
40% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Advanced Machining and Optimization Techniques

Which countries lead Advanced Machining and Optimization Techniques research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (1.8k and 1.6k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1.8k works
  2. 2 India 1.6k works
  3. 3 Türkiye 254 works
  4. 4 United States 195 works
  5. 5 Germany 163 works
  6. 6 Japan 129 works
  7. 7 Vietnam 110 works
  8. 8 Brazil 107 works
  9. 9 ?? 101 works
  10. 10 Indonesia 95 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: 39.5%India: 34.8%Türkiye: 5.6%United States: 4.3%6 others listed: 15.7%40%largest
China1,779 · 39.5%India1,568 · 34.8%Türkiye254 · 5.6%United States195 · 4.3%6 others listed705 · 15.7%

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

Which institutions lead Advanced Machining and Optimization Techniques research?

By volume in 2022-now, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics publishes the most Advanced Machining and Optimization Techniques research, followed by Saveetha University and Dalian University of Technology.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 112 works
  2. 2 Saveetha UniversityIndia 62 works
  3. 3 Dalian University of TechnologyChina 55 works
  4. 4 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 49 works
  5. 5 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 45 works
  6. 6 Henan Polytechnic UniversityChina 40 works
  7. 7 Northeastern UniversityChina 40 works
  8. 8 Shandong UniversityChina 40 works
  9. 9 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 36 works
  10. 10 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 35 works

Who are the leading researchers in Advanced Machining and Optimization Techniques?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Advanced Machining and Optimization Techniques include Kai You Wang, Hua Zhang and Qiang Zhang.

  1. 1 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  2. 2 Hua Zhang Singapore 196k citations
  3. 3 Qiang Zhang China 184k citations
  4. 4 V. Sharma France 178k citations
  5. 5 Kazuo Shinozaki Japan 170k citations
  6. 6 Han Zhang China 161k citations
  7. 7 Shi‐Zhang Qiao Australia 159k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Advanced Machining and Optimization Techniques?

The most cited paper in Advanced Machining and Optimization Techniques is "State of the art electrical discharge machining (EDM)" (K.H Ho, Stephen T. Newman, 2003), with 1,697 citations. Next come "Modeling of strength of high-performance concrete using artificial neural networks" (1,457) and "Design optimization of cutting parameters for turning operations based on the Taguchi method" (1,302).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 State of the art electrical discharge machining (EDM) K.H Ho, Stephen T. Newman · International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture 12 Sep 2003 1,697
2 Modeling of strength of high-performance concrete using artificial neural networks I‐Cheng Yeh · Cement and Concrete Research Dec 1998 1,457
3 Design optimization of cutting parameters for turning operations based on the Taguchi method Weihong Yang, Y.S. Tarng · Journal of Materials Processing Technology Dec 1998 1,302
4 Machining induced surface integrity in titanium and nickel alloys: A review Durul Ulutan, Tuğrul Özel · International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture 25 Nov 2010 1,262
5 RAPID MANUFACTURING AND RAPID TOOLING WITH LAYER MANUFACTURING (LM) TECHNOLOGIES, STATE OF THE ART AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES Gideon N. Levy, Ralf Schindel, Jean‐Pierre Kruth · CIRP Annals Open access 2003 1,122
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Where is Advanced Machining and Optimization Techniques research done?

The largest centres of Advanced Machining and Optimization Techniques research in 2022-now are Chennai (India), Beijing (China), Nanjing (China) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Jiaozuo.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 ChennaiIndia 192 works
  2. 2 BeijingChina 176 works
  3. 3 NanjingChina 158 works
  4. 4 ShanghaiChina 100 works
  5. 5 HarbinChina 94 works
  6. 6 Xi'anChina 88 works
  7. 7 DalianChina 72 works
  8. 8 WuhanChina 70 works
  9. 9 ShenyangChina 69 works
  10. 10 TianjinChina 60 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. JiaozuoCN · 40.4 works22×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Advanced Machining and Optimization Techniques than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Advanced Machining and Optimization Techniques?

Among universities, judged by research, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Selçuk University and Chongqing University 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.

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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 67.515.0%24.9×112 +17.7%
2Selçuk UniversityTürkiye 62.731.6%6.6×11 +78.6%
3Chongqing UniversityChina 61.721.5%6.0×33 +122.3%
4Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 61.426.2%3.8×35 +13.8%
5Northeastern UniversityChina 60.918.6%8.8×40 +40.3%
6Dalian University of TechnologyChina 60.516.5%11.5×55 +26.6%
7Henan Polytechnic UniversityChina 60.022.7%27.9×40 +101.6%
8University of Engineering and Technology LahorePakistan 59.521.9%25.2×13 +65.8%
9Saveetha UniversityIndia 56.67.2%12.9×62 +238.1%
10Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 55.424.8%4.8×28 -10.0%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Advanced Machining and Optimization Techniques, country by country

Is Advanced Machining and Optimization Techniques research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2020.

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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 Advanced Machining and Optimization Techniques as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.026% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Advanced Machining and Optimization Techniques 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.

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Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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