Energetic Materials and Combustion
Energetic Materials and Combustion is a research topic within Mechanics of Materials. Science Explorer counts 29k research works in it since 1950. 23.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the development, characterization, and applications of energetic materials, including energetic salts, nanoenergetic materials, high-energy density materials, and metal nanoparticles. It also covers the use of reactive force fields such as ReaxFF and molecular dynamics simulations to study the behavior and properties of these materials.
- ReaxFF
- Energetic Salts
- Nanoenergetic Materials
- High-Energy Density Materials
- Metal Nanoparticles
- Ionic Liquids
- Crystal Packing
- Thermal Decomposition
- High-Performance Explosives
- Molecular Dynamics Simulations
- Research works
- 29k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 6.9k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 23.4% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +22% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Energetic Materials and Combustion research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.6k and 645 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 2.6k works
- 2 United States 645 works
- 3 Russia 354 works
- 4 India 333 works
- 5 Germany 103 works
- 6 France 100 works
- 7 Poland 90 works
- 8 Japan 86 works
- 9 United Kingdom 81 works
- 10 Italy 69 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 Energetic Materials and Combustion research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Nanjing University of Science and Technology publishes the most Energetic Materials and Combustion research, followed by Beijing Institute of Technology and Northwestern Polytechnical University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Nanjing University of Science and TechnologyChina 372 works
- 2 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 294 works
- 3 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 112 works
- 4 North University of ChinaChina 111 works
- 5 China Academy of Engineering PhysicsChina 102 works
- 6 Los Alamos National LaboratoryUnited States 52 works
- 7 Southwest University of Science and TechnologyChina 46 works
- 8 National University of Defense TechnologyChina 39 works
- 9 Nanjing Tech UniversityChina 37 works
- 10 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany 31 works
Who are the leading researchers in Energetic Materials and Combustion?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Energetic Materials and Combustion include Marc A. Meyers and William A. Goddard.
- 1 Marc A. Meyers United States 3.2k citations
- 2 William A. Goddard United States 3.2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Energetic Materials and Combustion research done?
The largest centres of Energetic Materials and Combustion research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Xi'an (China) and Mianyang (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Chernogolovka, Mianyang and Los Alamos.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- ChernogolovkaRU · 42.4 works81×
- MianyangCN · 153.8 works55×
- Los AlamosUS · 62.6 works45×
- LivermoreUS · 39.2 works30×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Energetic Materials and Combustion than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Energetic Materials and Combustion?
Among universities, judged by research, Polytechnic School of Algiers, Dalian University and Northwestern Polytechnical 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 | Polytechnic School of AlgiersAlgeria | 62.0 | 32.8% | 91.0× | 23 | +404.6% |
| 2 | Dalian UniversityChina | 61.3 | 67.3% | 10.6× | 13 | — |
| 3 | Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina | 60.3 | 43.4% | 19.5× | 112 | -4.8% |
| 4 | Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina | 58.2 | 22.8% | 49.5× | 294 | +14.1% |
| 5 | Nanjing University of Science and TechnologyChina | 57.2 | 20.2% | 90.6× | 372 | -2.0% |
| 6 | Air Force Engineering UniversityChina | 55.5 | 73.0% | 11.2× | 8 | -26.2% |
| 7 | Indian Institute of Technology KanpurIndia | 54.7 | 47.4% | 10.5× | 17 | +35.3% |
| 8 | National Institute of Technology KurukshetraIndia | 52.2 | 48.9% | 18.9× | 10 | — |
| 9 | National Research Tomsk State UniversityRussia | 52.0 | 13.7% | 17.5× | 17 | +281.2% |
| 10 | University of IdahoUnited States | 51.8 | 48.3% | 17.6× | 10 | +25.6% |
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 Energetic Materials and Combustion research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 22% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Energetic Materials and Combustion.
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.