Bauxite Residue and Utilization
Bauxite Residue and Utilization is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 11k research works in it since 1950. 15.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the management, utilization, and environmental impact of bauxite residue, also known as red mud. It covers topics such as recovery of valuable metals, recycling, alkalinity transformation, and the use of red mud in various applications including cement production and environmental remediation.
- Bauxite Residue
- Red Mud
- Utilization
- Management
- Recovery
- Recycling
- Environmental
- Alkalinity
- Rare Earths
- Catalytic Applications
- Research works
- 11k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 1.7k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 15.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +19% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Bauxite Residue and Utilization research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (1k and 195 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1k works
- 2 India 195 works
- 3 Indonesia 142 works
- 4 United States 108 works
- 5 Russia 97 works
- 6 Brazil 67 works
- 7 Japan 54 works
- 8 Australia 41 works
- 9 Germany 40 works
- 10 South Korea 39 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Bauxite Residue and Utilization research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Central South University publishes the most Bauxite Residue and Utilization research, followed by Northeastern University and University of Science and Technology Beijing.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Central South UniversityChina 77 works
- 2 Northeastern UniversityChina 63 works
- 3 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 55 works
- 4 Kunming University of Science and TechnologyChina 37 works
- 5 Guizhou UniversityChina 22 works
- 6 Guangxi UniversityChina 20 works
- 7 Taiyuan University of TechnologyChina 19 works
- 8 Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNorway 17 works
- 9 Tanjungpura UniversityIndonesia 15 works
- 10 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 14 works
Who are the leading researchers in Bauxite Residue and Utilization?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Bauxite Residue and Utilization include Hideo Ohno.
- 1 Hideo Ohno Japan 2.8k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Bauxite Residue and Utilization research done?
The largest centres of Bauxite Residue and Utilization research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Changsha (China), Shenyang (China) and Kunming (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Trondheim, Guiyang and Shenyang.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- TrondheimNO · 25.1 works13×
- GuiyangCN · 37.0 works12×
- ShenyangCN · 75.7 works11×
- KunmingCN · 52.5 works11×
- TaiyuanCN · 34.8 works8.7×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Bauxite Residue and Utilization than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Bauxite Residue and Utilization?
Among universities, judged by research, Northeastern University, University of Science and Technology Beijing and Central South 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 | Northeastern UniversityChina | 71.7 | 24.8% | 30.2× | 63 | -5.0% |
| 2 | University of Science and Technology BeijingChina | 69.9 | 24.9% | 29.8× | 55 | -21.3% |
| 3 | Central South UniversityChina | 65.8 | 17.2% | 20.0× | 77 | -29.2% |
| 4 | Kunming University of Science and TechnologyChina | 64.1 | 25.4% | 27.5× | 37 | -46.7% |
| 5 | Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNorway | 63.9 | 20.9% | 13.5× | 17 | +2.0% |
| 6 | Guizhou UniversityChina | 62.9 | 28.1% | 17.9× | 22 | -87.7% |
| 7 | Taiyuan University of TechnologyChina | 59.7 | 26.8% | 19.0× | 19 | -93.0% |
| 8 | Guangxi UniversityChina | 57.7 | 19.8% | 14.3× | 20 | +13.4% |
| 9 | Henan Polytechnic UniversityChina | 49.2 | 21.5% | 14.1× | 10 | -33.8% |
| 10 | Shandong University of Science and TechnologyChina | 49.2 | 31.3% | 7.5× | 9 | -63.6% |
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 Bauxite Residue and Utilization research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 19% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Bauxite Residue and Utilization.
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.