Advanced Materials and Mechanics
Advanced Materials and Mechanics is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 27k research works in it since 1950. 25.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the advancements in 4D printing technologies, focusing on biomimetic materials, polymer films, liquid crystal elastomers, shape memory polymers, actuators, wrinkling patterns, bioinspired materials, soft robotics, hydrogels, and mechanical metamaterials. The research covers a wide range of applications and functionalities enabled by the development of these innovative materials and printing techniques.
- Biomimetic
- Polymer Films
- Liquid Crystal Elastomers
- Shape Memory Polymers
- Actuators
- Wrinkling Patterns
- Bioinspired Materials
- Soft Robotics
- Hydrogels
- Mechanical Metamaterials
- Research works
- 27k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 7k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 25.6% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +72% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Advanced Materials and Mechanics research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (3.3k and 1.2k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 3.3k works
- 2 United States 1.2k works
- 3 Japan 383 works
- 4 South Korea 349 works
- 5 India 335 works
- 6 United Kingdom 300 works
- 7 Germany 256 works
- 8 France 215 works
- 9 Italy 201 works
- 10 Canada 122 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 Mechanics research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Harbin Institute of Technology publishes the most Advanced Materials and Mechanics research, followed by Zhejiang University and Tsinghua University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 124 works
- 2 Zhejiang UniversityChina 84 works
- 3 Tsinghua UniversityChina 73 works
- 4 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 71 works
- 5 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 68 works
- 6 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 67 works
- 7 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 54 works
- 8 Southeast UniversityChina 53 works
- 9 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 51 works
- 10 South China University of TechnologyChina 50 works
Who are the leading researchers in Advanced Materials and Mechanics?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Advanced Materials and Mechanics include Zhong Lin Wang, Kenji Watanabe and Takashi Taniguchi.
- 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 11k citations
- 2 Kenji Watanabe Japan 6.4k citations
- 3 Takashi Taniguchi Japan 6.2k citations
- 4 P. G. de Gennes France 4.3k citations
- 5 Lei Jiang China 3.8k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Advanced Materials and Mechanics research done?
The largest centres of Advanced Materials and Mechanics research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Eindhoven and Qinhuangdao.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- EindhovenNL · 27.1 works7.6×
- QinhuangdaoCN · 22.7 works7.1×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Advanced Materials and Mechanics than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Advanced Materials and Mechanics?
Among universities, judged by research, RMIT University, Nottingham Trent University and Harbin Institute 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.
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 | RMIT UniversityAustralia | 68.1 | 62.5% | 7.0× | 19 | +121.2% |
| 2 | Nottingham Trent UniversityUnited Kingdom | 67.0 | 68.6% | 9.2× | 11 | +74.8% |
| 3 | Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina | 66.3 | 35.2% | 9.6× | 124 | +51.5% |
| 4 | Anhui Jianzhu UniversityChina | 64.4 | 49.9% | 51.1× | 36 | — |
| 5 | Donghua UniversityChina | 61.6 | 34.1% | 17.4× | 50 | +73.7% |
| 6 | Tianjin UniversityChina | 59.4 | 41.3% | 5.2× | 49 | +193.7% |
| 7 | Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina | 59.4 | 32.7% | 9.4× | 39 | — |
| 8 | Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina | 58.9 | 32.9% | 5.4× | 68 | +240.1% |
| 9 | Khalifa University of Science and TechnologyUnited Arab Emirates | 58.6 | 40.0% | 9.1× | 17 | — |
| 10 | Zhejiang UniversityChina | 57.7 | 35.8% | 5.4× | 84 | +124.9% |
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 Mechanics research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 72% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Advanced Materials and Mechanics.
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.