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Advanced machining processes and optimization

Advanced machining processes and optimization is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 58k 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 focuses on advanced monitoring and optimization of machining operations, including topics such as surface integrity, tool wear, cutting parameters, chatter vibration, minimum quantity lubrication, and high speed machining. It also covers the machining of composite materials and the control of surface roughness in various machining processes.

  • Machining
  • Surface Integrity
  • Tool Wear
  • Cutting Parameters
  • Metal Cutting
  • Chatter Vibration
  • Minimum Quantity Lubrication
  • Composite Materials
  • High Speed Machining
  • Surface Roughness
Research works
58k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+4%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
52% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Advanced machining processes and optimization

Which countries lead Advanced machining processes and optimization research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (5.2k and 1.9k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 5.2k works
  2. 2 India 1.9k works
  3. 3 Germany 617 works
  4. 4 United States 482 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 415 works
  6. 6 Russia 385 works
  7. 7 Japan 308 works
  8. 8 Poland 234 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 224 works
  10. 10 Vietnam 202 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: 52.1%India: 19.0%Germany: 6.2%United States: 4.9%6 others listed: 17.8%52%largest
China5,168 · 52.1%India1,883 · 19.0%Germany617 · 6.2%United States482 · 4.9%6 others listed1,769 · 17.8%

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

Which institutions lead Advanced machining processes and optimization research?

By volume in 2022-now, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics publishes the most Advanced machining processes and optimization research, followed by Dalian University of Technology and Harbin Institute of Technology.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 179 works
  2. 2 Dalian University of TechnologyChina 160 works
  3. 3 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 123 works
  4. 4 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 116 works
  5. 5 Chongqing UniversityChina 116 works
  6. 6 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 111 works
  7. 7 Northeastern UniversityChina 106 works
  8. 8 Harbin University of Science and TechnologyChina 104 works
  9. 9 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 94 works
  10. 10 Shandong UniversityChina 91 works

Who are the leading researchers in Advanced machining processes and optimization?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Advanced machining processes and optimization include Yury G. Gogotsi, Xiaogang Wang and Kai You Wang.

  1. 1 Yury G. Gogotsi United States 313k citations
  2. 2 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  3. 3 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  4. 4 John Joseph McGrath Australia 214k citations
  5. 5 Hua Zhang Singapore 196k citations
  6. 6 Qiang Zhang China 184k citations
  7. 7 V. Sharma France 178k citations
  8. 8 Douglas Scott Canada 172k citations
  9. 9 Kalyanmoy Deb United States 171k 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 processes and optimization?

The most cited paper in Advanced machining processes and optimization is "Bettering operation of Robots by learning" (Suguru Arimoto, Sadao Kawamura, Fumio Miyazaki, 1984), with 3,486 citations. Next come "A survey of models, analysis tools and compensation methods for the control of machines with friction" (2,685) and "Stress Singularities Resulting From Various Boundary Conditions in Angular Corners of Plates in Extension" (2,504).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Bettering operation of Robots by learning Suguru Arimoto, Sadao Kawamura, Fumio Miyazaki · Journal of Robotic Systems Jun 1984 3,486
2 A survey of models, analysis tools and compensation methods for the control of machines with friction Brian Armstrong-Hélouvry, Pierre E. Dupont, Carlos Canudas de Wit · Automatica Open access Jul 1994 2,685
3 Stress Singularities Resulting From Various Boundary Conditions in Angular Corners of Plates in Extension Malcolm L. Williams · Journal of Applied Mechanics Dec 1952 2,504
4 Analytical Prediction of Stability Lobes in Milling Yusuf Altıntaş, Erhan Budak · CIRP Annals 1995 1,929
5 Manufacturing Automation: Metal Cutting Mechanics, Machine Tool Vibrations, and CNC Design Yusuf Altıntaş, AA Ber · Applied Mechanics Reviews Sep 2001 1,765
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Advanced machining processes and optimization research done?

The largest centres of Advanced machining processes and optimization research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Xi'an (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Thái Nguyên.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 589 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 305 works
  3. 3 Xi'anChina 300 works
  4. 4 NanjingChina 297 works
  5. 5 HarbinChina 265 works
  6. 6 ChennaiIndia 222 works
  7. 7 WuhanChina 217 works
  8. 8 ShenyangChina 217 works
  9. 9 DalianChina 198 works
  10. 10 ChongqingChina 174 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Thái NguyênVN · 31.6 works22×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Advanced machining processes and optimization than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Advanced machining processes and optimization?

Among universities, judged by research, Chongqing University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Dalian University of 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%10%20%30%mean 22.08%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Huazhong University …Northeastern Univers…Chongqing UniversityDalian University of…
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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
1Chongqing UniversityChina 71.621.9%9.5×116 +88.4%
2Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 71.126.3%5.5×111 +15.2%
3Dalian University of TechnologyChina 70.619.0%15.0×160 +29.9%
4Northeastern UniversityChina 70.422.3%10.6×106 +40.3%
5Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina 70.026.5%4.3×42 +98.7%
6Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 69.115.4%18.0×179 +26.0%
7Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 65.821.0%6.7×123 +19.1%
8University of Engineering and Technology LahorePakistan 65.728.2%12.2×14 +47.8%
9Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 63.519.2%3.6×116 +10.9%
10Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 62.621.0%7.0×89 +3.2%

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 processes and optimization, country by country

Is Advanced machining processes and optimization research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Advanced machining processes and optimization.

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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 processes and optimization as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.058% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Advanced machining processes and optimization0.052% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Advanced machining processes and optimization 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.

still counting5%10%15%Advanced machining processes and optimization9.9% in 2025200020102020

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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