Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques
Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 65k research works in it since 1950. 11.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the techniques, mechanisms, and simulations related to chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) in the context of microelectronics manufacturing. It covers topics such as material removal mechanisms, molecular dynamics simulation, ultra-precision grinding, surface and subsurface damage, nanometric cutting, magnetorheological finishing, polishing slurry chemistry, and tool wear.
- Chemical Mechanical Planarization
- Material Removal Mechanism
- Molecular Dynamics Simulation
- Ultra-Precision Grinding
- Surface Damage
- Nanometric Cutting
- Magnetorheological Finishing
- Subsurface Damage
- Polishing Slurry Chemistry
- Tool Wear
- Research works
- 65k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 7.2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 11.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +5% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (4.3k and 1.1k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 4.3k works
- 2 India 1.1k works
- 3 United States 636 works
- 4 Germany 498 works
- 5 Japan 407 works
- 6 Russia 254 works
- 7 South Korea 211 works
- 8 France 193 works
- 9 United Kingdom 192 works
- 10 Türkiye 171 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.
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Which institutions lead Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Harbin Institute of Technology publishes the most Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques research, followed by Dalian University of Technology and Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 156 works
- 2 Dalian University of TechnologyChina 136 works
- 3 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 130 works
- 4 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 95 works
- 5 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 94 works
- 6 Shandong UniversityChina 80 works
- 7 Northeastern UniversityChina 78 works
- 8 Tsinghua UniversityChina 70 works
- 9 Tianjin UniversityChina 64 works
- 10 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 61 works
Who are the leading researchers in Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques include Akihisa Inoue and Dierk Raabe.
- 1 Akihisa Inoue Japan 4.7k citations
- 2 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 Surface Polishing Techniques research done?
The largest centres of Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Harbin (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Jiaozuo, Zibo and Chemnitz.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- JiaozuoCN · 44.4 works14×
- ZiboCN · 46.6 works14×
- ChemnitzDE · 21.2 works14×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques?
Among universities, judged by research, Dalian University of Technology, Northeastern 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 | Dalian University of TechnologyChina | 70.3 | 23.1% | 14.9× | 136 | -0.2% |
| 2 | Northeastern UniversityChina | 66.9 | 17.5% | 9.3× | 78 | +126.9% |
| 3 | Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina | 64.3 | 17.0% | 9.8× | 156 | -15.8% |
| 4 | Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong | 63.2 | 22.7% | 5.9× | 50 | +45.4% |
| 5 | Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina | 61.5 | 14.7% | 15.1× | 130 | -7.7% |
| 6 | Henan Polytechnic UniversityChina | 61.1 | 25.5% | 16.0× | 44 | -49.5% |
| 7 | Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina | 58.0 | 21.2% | 6.2× | 94 | +31.2% |
| 8 | Qingdao University of TechnologyChina | 58.0 | 28.0% | 11.0× | 17 | -49.8% |
| 9 | Hunan University of Science and TechnologyChina | 57.0 | 18.0% | 12.9× | 20 | +81.3% |
| 10 | Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina | 56.6 | 24.3% | 5.9× | 30 | — |
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 Surface Polishing Techniques research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 5% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques.
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.