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Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis

Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 27k research works in it since 1950. 17.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the advances in friction stir welding and processing, with an emphasis on microstructure, tool design, joining techniques for different materials, heat generation, mechanical properties, intermetallic compounds, and numerical modeling.

  • Friction Stir Welding
  • Processing
  • Microstructure
  • Aluminum Alloys
  • Tool Design
  • Joining Techniques
  • Heat Generation
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Intermetallic Compounds
  • Numerical Modeling
Research works
27k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
17.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+37%
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Which countries lead Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (2.3k and 1.1k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 2.3k works
  2. 2 India 1.1k works
  3. 3 United States 270 works
  4. 4 Japan 254 works
  5. 5 Germany 218 works
  6. 6 Iran 193 works
  7. 7 Russia 156 works
  8. 8 Indonesia 132 works
  9. 9 South Korea 130 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 120 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: 47.3%India: 22.4%United States: 5.6%Japan: 5.2%6 others listed: 19.5%47%largest
China2,298 · 47.3%India1,087 · 22.4%United States270 · 5.6%Japan254 · 5.2%6 others listed950 · 19.5%

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

Which institutions lead Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Harbin Institute of Technology publishes the most Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis research, followed by Central South University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Who are the leading researchers in Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis include Kai Wang, Hiroshi Yamaguchi and Fusheng Pan.

  1. 1 Kai Wang China 3.1k citations
  2. 2 Hiroshi Yamaguchi Japan 2.9k citations
  3. 3 Fusheng Pan China 2.7k citations
  4. 4 Michael Pecht United States 2.5k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis research done?

The largest centres of Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Harbin (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Babol.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 293 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 157 works
  3. 3 Harbin China 148 works
  4. 4 Xi'an China 118 works
  5. 5 Changsha China 108 works
  6. 6 Chennai India 104 works
  7. 7 Nanjing China 99 works
  8. 8 Chongqing China 95 works
  9. 9 Wuhan China 92 works
  10. 10 Shenyang China 84 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BabolIR · 24.8 works26×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis?

Among universities, judged by research, Harbin Institute of Technology, Central South University and Delhi Technological University 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%20%40%mean 24.1%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Harbin Institute of Technology: 107, 19.0%Central South University: 74, 29.8%Delhi Technological University: 23, 19.2%Universiti Teknologi Petronas: 9, 16.5%Northeastern University: 36, 29.3%Shandong University: 47, 24.9%National Institute of Technology Patna: 15, 30.4%Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati: 26, 13.9%Amirkabir University of Technology: 14, 31.3%Iran University of Science and Technology: 18, 26.7%Central South Univer…Delhi Technological …Harbin Institute of …Universiti Teknologi…
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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 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 67.319.0%10.9×107 +9.7%
2 Central South UniversityChina 67.129.8%7.5×74 +9.2%
3 Delhi Technological UniversityIndia 64.919.2%13.9×23 +471.4%
4 Universiti Teknologi PetronasMalaysia 64.716.5%10.1×9 +256.2%
5 Northeastern UniversityChina 64.429.3%6.9×36 +100.7%
6 Shandong UniversityChina 63.224.9%6.6×47 +112.8%
7 National Institute of Technology PatnaIndia 62.930.4%17.4×15
8 Indian Institute of Technology GuwahatiIndia 62.613.9%12.5×26 +232.6%
9 Amirkabir University of TechnologyIran 62.631.3%9.5×14 +7.1%
10 Iran University of Science and TechnologyIran 60.926.7%10.7×18 +9.9%

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 Welding Techniques Analysis research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 37% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis.

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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.