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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%
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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. 1 China 4.3k works
  2. 2 India 1.1k works
  3. 3 United States 636 works
  4. 4 Germany 498 works
  5. 5 Japan 407 works
  6. 6 Russia 254 works
  7. 7 South Korea 211 works
  8. 8 France 193 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 192 works
  10. 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.

China: 54.3%India: 13.7%United States: 8.0%Germany: 6.2%6 others listed: 17.8%54%largest
China4,344 · 54.3%India1,097 · 13.7%United States636 · 8.0%Germany498 · 6.2%6 others listed1,427 · 17.8%

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

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.

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. 1 Akihisa Inoue Japan 4.7k citations
  2. 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

  1. 1 Beijing China 555 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 303 works
  3. 3 Nanjing China 235 works
  4. 4 Harbin China 226 works
  5. 5 Wuhan China 205 works
  6. 6 Xi'an China 204 works
  7. 7 Tianjin China 181 works
  8. 8 Dalian China 163 works
  9. 9 Shenyang China 141 works
  10. 10 Tokyo Japan 141 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. JiaozuoCN · 44.4 works14×
  2. ZiboCN · 46.6 works14×
  3. ChemnitzDE · 21.2 works14×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques than the world average.

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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.

0%10%20%30%mean 21.2%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Dalian University of Technology: 136, 23.1%Northeastern University: 78, 17.5%Harbin Institute of Technology: 156, 17.0%Hong Kong Polytechnic University: 50, 22.7%Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics: 130, 14.7%Henan Polytechnic University: 44, 25.5%Huazhong University of Science and Technology: 94, 21.2%Qingdao University of Technology: 17, 28.0%Hunan University of Science and Technology: 20, 18.0%Southern University of Science and Technology: 30, 24.3%Dalian University of…Hong Kong Polytechni…Northeastern Univers…Harbin Institute of …
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Dalian University of TechnologyChina 70.323.1%14.9×136 -0.2%
2 Northeastern UniversityChina 66.917.5%9.3×78 +126.9%
3 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 64.317.0%9.8×156 -15.8%
4 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 63.222.7%5.9×50 +45.4%
5 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 61.514.7%15.1×130 -7.7%
6 Henan Polytechnic UniversityChina 61.125.5%16.0×44 -49.5%
7 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 58.021.2%6.2×94 +31.2%
8 Qingdao University of TechnologyChina 58.028.0%11.0×17 -49.8%
9 Hunan University of Science and TechnologyChina 57.018.0%12.9×20 +81.3%
10 Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina 56.624.3%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.

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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.

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.