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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. 9.9% 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%
5.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+14%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
59% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties

Which countries lead Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (4.6k and 965 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 4.6k works
  2. 2 India 965 works
  3. 3 United States 503 works
  4. 4 Japan 336 works
  5. 5 Russia 313 works
  6. 6 Germany 287 works
  7. 7 South Korea 198 works
  8. 8 Iran 184 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 184 works
  10. 10 Canada 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: 59.2%India: 12.5%United States: 6.5%Japan: 4.4%6 others listed: 17.4%59%largest
China4,579 · 59.2%India965 · 12.5%United States503 · 6.5%Japan336 · 4.4%6 others listed1,349 · 17.4%

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

Which institutions lead Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties research?

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

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Central South UniversityChina 312 works
  2. 2 Northeastern UniversityChina 193 works
  3. 3 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 183 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 125 works
  5. 5 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 119 works
  6. 6 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 118 works
  7. 7 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 115 works
  8. 8 Chongqing UniversityChina 108 works
  9. 9 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 85 works
  10. 10 Kunming University of Science and TechnologyChina 80 works

Who are the leading researchers in Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties include Zhong Lin Wang, Sudhir Kumar and Wei Huang.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  2. 2 Sudhir Kumar United States 295k citations
  3. 3 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  4. 4 Yi Ping Cui United States 261k citations
  5. 5 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  6. 6 Ralph B. D’Agostino United States 255k citations
  7. 7 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  8. 8 Lei Jiang China 214k citations
  9. 9 Harry Eugene Stanley United States 198k citations
  10. 10 Hua Zhang Singapore 196k 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 Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties?

The most cited paper in Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties is "Friction stir welding and processing" (Rajiv Sharan Mishra, Z.Y. Ma, 2005), with 6,773 citations. Next come "A microscopic theory for antiphase boundary motion and its application to antiphase domain coarsening" (3,836) and "Phase-Field Models for Microstructure Evolution" (2,998).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Friction stir welding and processing Rajiv Sharan Mishra, Z.Y. Ma · Materials Science and Engineering R Reports Aug 2005 6,773
2 A microscopic theory for antiphase boundary motion and its application to antiphase domain coarsening Samuel M. Allen, John W. Cahn · Acta Metallurgica Jun 1979 3,836
3 Phase-Field Models for Microstructure Evolution Long‐Qing Chen · Annual Review of Materials Research Review 28 Jul 2002 2,998
4 3D printing of high-strength aluminium alloys John H. Martin, Brennan D. Yahata, Jacob M. Hundley et al. · Nature Sep 2017 2,967
5 Recent developments in advanced aircraft aluminium alloys Tolga Dursun, Costas Soutis · Materials & Design (1980-2015) 13 Dec 2013 2,830
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Where is Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties research done?

The largest centres of Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties research in 2022-now 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-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 771 works
  2. 2 ChangshaChina 355 works
  3. 3 ShenyangChina 310 works
  4. 4 Xi'anChina 250 works
  5. 5 ShanghaiChina 249 works
  6. 6 HarbinChina 189 works
  7. 7 ChongqingChina 172 works
  8. 8 TaiyuanChina 151 works
  9. 9 JinanChina 129 works
  10. 10 WuhanChina 121 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. SaguenayCA · 28.3 works45×
  2. LeobenAT · 32.9 works33×
  3. AnshanCN · 30.9 works20×
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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, Harbin Institute of Technology and Shanghai Jiao Tong 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 18.48%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Shanghai Jiao Tong U…Harbin Institute of …Chongqing UniversityCentral South Univer…
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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.

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
1Central South UniversityChina 71.716.3%19.4×312 +37.5%
2Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 63.017.6%8.7×119 +16.7%
3Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 62.920.9%4.8×115 +12.1%
4Chongqing UniversityChina 62.316.9%11.9×108 +42.8%
5Tianjin UniversityChina 61.827.1%3.0×31 +53.4%
6University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 60.612.4%28.2×183 +47.0%
7Northeastern UniversityChina 58.310.1%25.9×193 +50.2%
8Shandong UniversityChina 58.117.8%5.8×64 +11.5%
9Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 55.715.7%12.5×118 +3.9%
10Northwestern UniversityUnited States 55.630.0%1.8×13 -2.8%

Universities only. The score blends 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 Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties, country by country

Is Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties.

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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 Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.042% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties0.039% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties 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.

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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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