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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. 9.9% 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%
6.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+5%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
56% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques

Which countries lead Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (4.9k and 1.2k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 4.9k works
  2. 2 India 1.2k works
  3. 3 United States 674 works
  4. 4 Germany 536 works
  5. 5 Japan 437 works
  6. 6 Russia 264 works
  7. 7 South Korea 230 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 209 works
  9. 9 France 202 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 183 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: 55.8%India: 13.1%United States: 7.7%Germany: 6.1%6 others listed: 17.3%56%largest
China4,909 · 55.8%India1,155 · 13.1%United States674 · 7.7%Germany536 · 6.1%6 others listed1,525 · 17.3%

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

Which institutions lead Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques research, followed by Harbin Institute of Technology and Dalian University of Technology.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 193 works
  2. 2 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 168 works
  3. 3 Dalian University of TechnologyChina 154 works
  4. 4 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 141 works
  5. 5 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 111 works
  6. 6 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 102 works
  7. 7 Shandong UniversityChina 92 works
  8. 8 Northeastern UniversityChina 88 works
  9. 9 Tsinghua UniversityChina 80 works
  10. 10 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 79 works

Who are the leading researchers in Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques include Zhong Lin Wang, Yury G. Gogotsi and Róbert Langer.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  2. 2 Yury G. Gogotsi United States 313k citations
  3. 3 Róbert Langer United States 303k citations
  4. 4 George M. Whitesides United States 267k citations
  5. 5 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  6. 6 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  7. 7 Kenji Watanabe Japan 237k citations
  8. 8 Takashi Taniguchi Japan 227k citations
  9. 9 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  10. 10 Lei Jiang China 214k 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 Surface Polishing Techniques?

The most cited paper in Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques is "A method for interpreting the data from depth-sensing indentation instruments" (Mary F. Doerner, William D. Nix, 1986), with 2,846 citations. Next come "The Journal of Materials Processing Technology 2007-17" (2,478) and "Design and Kinematic Modeling of Constant Curvature Continuum Robots: A Review" (2,304).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A method for interpreting the data from depth-sensing indentation instruments Mary F. Doerner, William D. Nix · Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources Aug 1986 2,846
2 The Journal of Materials Processing Technology 2007-17 Julian M. Allwood, A. Erman Tekkaya · Journal of Materials Processing Technology 7 Sep 2017 2,478
3 Design and Kinematic Modeling of Constant Curvature Continuum Robots: A Review Robert James Webster III, Bryan A. Jones · The International Journal of Robotics Research 10 Jun 2010 2,304
4 On the theory of normal and abnormal grain growth Mats Hillert · Acta Metallurgica Mar 1965 2,142
5 A laser–plasma accelerator producing monoenergetic electron beams Jérôme Faure, Y. Glinec, Alexander Pukhov et al. · Nature Sep 2004 2,129
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Where is Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques research done?

The largest centres of Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques research in 2022-now 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 Thái Nguyên, Jiaozuo and Zibo.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 610 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 339 works
  3. 3 NanjingChina 254 works
  4. 4 HarbinChina 246 works
  5. 5 Xi'anChina 227 works
  6. 6 WuhanChina 225 works
  7. 7 TianjinChina 203 works
  8. 8 DalianChina 183 works
  9. 9 ShenyangChina 162 works
  10. 10 TokyoJapan 151 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Thái NguyênVN · 21.1 works18×
  2. JiaozuoCN · 49.0 works15×
  3. ZiboCN · 50.8 works14×
  4. ChemnitzDE · 22.6 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, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Dalian University of Technology and Huazhong University of Science and Technology score highest, combining citation 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 20.83%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Hong Kong Polytechni…Huazhong University …Dalian University of…Harbin Institute 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.

Citation 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
1Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina 75.926.0%6.8×54 +77.6%
2Dalian University of TechnologyChina 75.323.0%17.5×154 +39.6%
3Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 70.223.7%6.1×102 +31.7%
4Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 68.417.8%11.1×168 +15.9%
5Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina 67.923.5%6.8×33 +66.2%
6Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 67.616.0%17.2×141 +18.8%
7Northeastern UniversityChina 67.219.7%10.6×88 +37.5%
8Chongqing UniversityChina 66.824.0%6.7×67 +115.0%
9Shandong UniversityChina 65.317.3%7.6×92 +22.0%
10Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 64.717.3%4.2×111 +27.6%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Surface Polishing Techniques, country by country

Is Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher than in 2018-2021, 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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.050% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques0.045% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques 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 Surface Polishing Techniques9.8% 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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