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Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties

Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties is a research topic within Aerospace Engineering. Science Explorer counts 51k research works in it since 1950. 29.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on recent developments in aluminium alloys for aerospace and automotive applications. It covers topics such as precipitation strengthening, grain refinement, microstructural evolution, corrosion behavior, mechanical properties, age hardening, and the role of intermetallic phases.

  • Aluminium Alloys
  • Aerospace Applications
  • Automotive Industry
  • Precipitation Strengthening
  • Grain Refinement
  • Microstructural Evolution
  • Corrosion Behavior
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Age Hardening
  • Intermetallic Phases
Research works
51k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
15k
per year above
Top-10% rate
29.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+18%
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Which countries lead Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (4.1k and 858 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 4.1k works
  2. 2 India 858 works
  3. 3 United States 461 works
  4. 4 Japan 312 works
  5. 5 Russia 294 works
  6. 6 Germany 265 works
  7. 7 South Korea 184 works
  8. 8 Iran 171 works
  9. 9 Canada 167 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 166 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: 58.8%India: 12.3%United States: 6.6%Japan: 4.5%6 others listed: 17.8%59%largest
China4,112 · 58.8%India858 · 12.3%United States461 · 6.6%Japan312 · 4.5%6 others listed1,246 · 17.8%

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

Which institutions lead Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Central South University publishes the most Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties research, followed by Northeastern University and University of Science and Technology Beijing.

Who are the leading researchers in Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties include Akihisa Inoue, Dierk Raabe and Terence G. Langdon.

  1. 1 Akihisa Inoue Japan 4.7k citations
  2. 2 Dierk Raabe Germany 4.5k citations
  3. 3 Terence G. Langdon United States 3k citations
  4. 4 Fusheng Pan China 2.7k citations

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

Where is Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties research done?

The largest centres of Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Changsha (China), Shenyang (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Saguenay, Leoben and Anshan.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 700 works
  2. 2 Changsha China 325 works
  3. 3 Shenyang China 277 works
  4. 4 Xi'an China 228 works
  5. 5 Shanghai China 227 works
  6. 6 Harbin China 174 works
  7. 7 Chongqing China 155 works
  8. 8 Taiyuan China 140 works
  9. 9 Jinan China 115 works
  10. 10 Wuhan China 111 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. SaguenayCA · 26.0 works45×
  2. LeobenAT · 30.8 works33×
  3. AnshanCN · 27.9 works21×
  4. ChangwonKR · 23.3 works19×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties?

Among universities, judged by research, Central South University, Brunel University of London and Université du Québec à Chicoutimi 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%25%50%75%mean 49.36%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Central South University: 279, 52.4%Brunel University of London: 23, 65.2%Université du Québec à Chicoutimi: 24, 65.2%Northeastern University: 172, 36.0%National University of Science and Technology: 34, 47.4%University of Science and Technology Beijing: 167, 31.4%Dalian Jiaotong University: 23, 65.9%University of Žilina: 15, 49.0%Jönköping University: 12, 48.2%Chongqing University: 98, 32.9%Brunel University of…Université du Québec…Central South Univer…Northeastern Univers…
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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 Central South UniversityChina 69.852.4%20.0×279 -17.5%
2 Brunel University of LondonUnited Kingdom 67.665.2%18.2×23 +26.2%
3 Université du Québec à ChicoutimiCanada 67.365.2%50.5×24 +62.9%
4 Northeastern UniversityChina 61.836.0%23.1×172 +17.0%
5 National University of Science and TechnologyRussia 61.747.4%57.9×34 +65.3%
6 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 58.731.4%25.0×167 -0.3%
7 Dalian Jiaotong UniversityChina 58.165.9%29.8×23 -72.8%
8 University of ŽilinaSlovakia 58.049.0%15.4×15 +72.9%
9 Jönköping UniversitySweden 57.248.2%27.5×12 +56.2%
10 Chongqing UniversityChina 56.732.9%10.5×98 -0.3%

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 Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties.

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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.