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% the tick is no change
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 China 2.3k works
- 2 India 1.1k works
- 3 United States 270 works
- 4 Japan 254 works
- 5 Germany 218 works
- 6 Iran 193 works
- 7 Russia 156 works
- 8 Indonesia 132 works
- 9 South Korea 130 works
- 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.
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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.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 107 works
- 2 Central South UniversityChina 73 works
- 3 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 71 works
- 4 The University of OsakaJapan 66 works
- 5 Chongqing UniversityChina 55 works
- 6 Dalian University of TechnologyChina 53 works
- 7 Tianjin UniversityChina 48 works
- 8 Shandong UniversityChina 47 works
- 9 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 46 works
- 10 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 41 works
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 Kai Wang China 3.1k citations
- 2 Hiroshi Yamaguchi Japan 2.9k citations
- 3 Fusheng Pan China 2.7k citations
- 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
Where it is the local speciality
- BabolIR · 24.8 works26×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis than the world average.
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.
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 | Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina | 67.3 | 19.0% | 10.9× | 107 | +9.7% |
| 2 | Central South UniversityChina | 67.1 | 29.8% | 7.5× | 74 | +9.2% |
| 3 | Delhi Technological UniversityIndia | 64.9 | 19.2% | 13.9× | 23 | +471.4% |
| 4 | Universiti Teknologi PetronasMalaysia | 64.7 | 16.5% | 10.1× | 9 | +256.2% |
| 5 | Northeastern UniversityChina | 64.4 | 29.3% | 6.9× | 36 | +100.7% |
| 6 | Shandong UniversityChina | 63.2 | 24.9% | 6.6× | 47 | +112.8% |
| 7 | National Institute of Technology PatnaIndia | 62.9 | 30.4% | 17.4× | 15 | — |
| 8 | Indian Institute of Technology GuwahatiIndia | 62.6 | 13.9% | 12.5× | 26 | +232.6% |
| 9 | Amirkabir University of TechnologyIran | 62.6 | 31.3% | 9.5× | 14 | +7.1% |
| 10 | Iran University of Science and TechnologyIran | 60.9 | 26.7% | 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.
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.