Advanced materials and composites
Advanced materials and composites is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 58k research works in it since 1950. 19.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the synthesis, sintering, and mechanical properties of cemented carbides, particularly tungsten carbide-based materials. It covers topics such as nanostructured materials, grain growth inhibition, spark plasma sintering, and the microstructure of cemented carbides. The research also delves into the application of these materials in hardmetal tools.
- Cemented Carbides
- Sintering
- Mechanical Properties
- Nanostructured Materials
- Tungsten Carbide
- Microstructure
- Grain Growth Inhibition
- Spark Plasma Sintering
- Liquid Phase Sintering
- Hardmetal Tools
- Research works
- 58k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 11k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 19.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +36% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Advanced materials and composites research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (5.6k and 1k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 5.6k works
- 2 India 1k works
- 3 Russia 880 works
- 4 United States 650 works
- 5 Germany 321 works
- 6 Japan 305 works
- 7 Türkiye 294 works
- 8 Iran 214 works
- 9 South Korea 200 works
- 10 Poland 194 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Advanced materials and composites research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Central South University publishes the most Advanced materials and composites research, followed by University of Science and Technology Beijing and Harbin Institute of Technology.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Central South University China 244 works
- 2 University of Science and Technology Beijing China 183 works
- 3 Harbin Institute of Technology China 172 works
- 4 Northwestern Polytechnical University China 157 works
- 5 Chinese Academy of Sciences China 147 works
- 6 Northeastern University China 121 works
- 7 Xi'an Jiaotong University China 100 works
- 8 Kunming University of Science and Technology China 77 works
- 9 Wuhan University of Technology China 68 works
- 10 Wuhan University of Science and Technology China 63 works
Who are the leading researchers in Advanced materials and composites?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Advanced materials and composites include George M. Pharr, Yury Gogotsi and Akihisa Inoue.
- 1 George M. Pharr 5.1k citations
- 2 Yury Gogotsi 5.1k citations
- 3 Akihisa Inoue 4.7k citations
- 4 Dierk Raabe 4.5k citations
- 5 Paul K. Chu 3.7k citations
- 6 Marc A. Meyers 3.2k citations
- 7 A.G. Evans 3.2k citations
- 8 Kai Wang 3.1k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Advanced materials and composites research done?
The largest centres of Advanced materials and composites research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Changsha (China) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tomsk, Chernogolovka and Leoben.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- TomskRU · 59.4 works109×
- ChernogolovkaRU · 53.1 works43×
- LeobenAT · 24.1 works19×
- Ma'anshan CityCN · 35.8 works16×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Advanced materials and composites than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Advanced materials and composites?
Among universities, judged by research, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Northeastern University and Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northwestern Polytechnical University China | 67.2 | 39.9% | 11.8× | 157 | +11.2% |
| 2 | Northeastern University China | 64.8 | 19.9% | 11.8× | 121 | +165.6% |
| 3 | Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology India | 60.3 | 55.0% | 18.4× | 11 | — |
| 4 | Central South University China | 59.9 | 18.6% | 12.8× | 244 | +20.2% |
| 5 | Bartin University Türkiye | 58.3 | 60.9% | 7.5× | 9 | +82.6% |
| 6 | University of Science and Technology Beijing China | 58.1 | 19.2% | 20.0× | 183 | +19.4% |
| 7 | Wuhan University of Science and Technology China | 57.9 | 18.5% | 16.1× | 63 | +131.4% |
| 8 | Anhui University of Technology China | 57.9 | 35.8% | 16.4× | 36 | +43.6% |
| 9 | National Institute of Technology Srinagar India | 56.8 | 26.0% | 11.0× | 14 | +619.4% |
| 10 | Harbin Institute of Technology China | 56.5 | 23.3% | 9.0× | 172 | +6.9% |
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 materials and composites research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 36% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Advanced materials and composites.
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.