Cellular and Composite Structures
Cellular and Composite Structures is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 18k research works in it since 1950. 22.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the manufacture, characterization, and application of cellular metals and metal foams, including topics such as mechanical metamaterials, additive manufacturing, porous metals for biomedical implants, auxetic materials, and energy absorption. The research covers a wide range of mechanical properties and structural performance of these materials.
- Cellular Metals
- Metal Foams
- Mechanical Metamaterials
- Additive Manufacturing
- Porous Metals
- Auxetic Materials
- Biomedical Implants
- Mechanical Properties
- Energy Absorption
- Structural Performance
- Research works
- 18k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 4.1k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 22.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +61% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Cellular and Composite Structures research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (2.2k and 428 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 2.2k works
- 2 India 428 works
- 3 United States 417 works
- 4 Türkiye 191 works
- 5 Iran 183 works
- 6 United Kingdom 180 works
- 7 Italy 164 works
- 8 Germany 144 works
- 9 France 116 works
- 10 Australia 103 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 Cellular and Composite Structures research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Harbin Institute of Technology publishes the most Cellular and Composite Structures research, followed by Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Beijing Institute of Technology.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Harbin Institute of Technology China 65 works
- 2 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics China 64 works
- 3 Beijing Institute of Technology China 62 works
- 4 Xi'an Jiaotong University China 60 works
- 5 Northwestern Polytechnical University China 57 works
- 6 Dalian University of Technology China 48 works
- 7 Central South University China 44 works
- 8 Wuhan University of Technology China 37 works
- 9 Huazhong University of Science and Technology China 36 works
- 10 Chongqing University China 35 works
Who are the leading researchers in Cellular and Composite Structures?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Cellular and Composite Structures include Seeram Ramakrishna, Huan Liu and John W. Hutchinson.
- 1 Seeram Ramakrishna 5.1k citations
- 2 Huan Liu 4.9k citations
- 3 John W. Hutchinson 3.2k citations
- 4 Michael F. Ashby 2.6k citations
- 5 Tuan Ngo 2.6k citations
- 6 Hong Hao 2.5k citations
- 7 N.A. Fleck 2.1k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Cellular and Composite Structures research done?
The largest centres of Cellular and Composite Structures research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Xi'an (China) and Shanghai (China).
Where is the best place to study Cellular and Composite Structures?
Among universities, judged by research, RMIT University, Beijing Institute of Technology and Khalifa University of Science and Technology 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 | RMIT University Australia | 88.7 | 66.8% | 12.6× | 23 | +208.7% |
| 2 | Beijing Institute of Technology China | 74.5 | 32.9% | 9.9× | 62 | +290.1% |
| 3 | Khalifa University of Science and Technology United Arab Emirates | 73.8 | 43.8% | 18.3× | 23 | +146.8% |
| 4 | Swinburne University of Technology Australia | 68.2 | 60.2% | 11.2× | 15 | +32.8% |
| 5 | Nanjing Tech University China | 65.6 | 52.4% | 10.8× | 28 | +15.5% |
| 6 | Northwestern Polytechnical University China | 63.8 | 31.9% | 9.5× | 57 | +55.9% |
| 7 | Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics China | 62.9 | 25.6% | 13.7× | 64 | +56.7% |
| 8 | Dalian University of Technology China | 62.7 | 34.4% | 9.7× | 48 | +40.1% |
| 9 | National University of Singapore Singapore | 62.0 | 53.4% | 3.6× | 18 | +390.9% |
| 10 | Harbin Institute of Technology China | 59.1 | 37.0% | 7.5× | 65 | +9.2% |
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 Cellular and Composite Structures research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 61% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Cellular and Composite Structures.
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.