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Engineering and Material Science Research

Engineering and Material Science Research is a research topic within General Materials Science. Science Explorer counts 6.5k research works in it since 1950. 10.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics in materials science and engineering, including combustion behavior of metals in high-pressure oxygen environments, flammability limits of alloys, seismic performance of structures, soil contamination, and risk assessment. It also includes studies on geotechnical properties and the compatibility of materials with oxygen. The papers reflect a focus on understanding the behavior and performance of materials under various conditions and environments.

  • Materials Science
  • Engineering
  • Combustion
  • Flammability
  • Oxygen Compatibility
  • Seismic Performance
  • Soil Contamination
  • Risk Assessment
  • Geotechnical Properties
  • High-Pressure Environments
Research works
6.5k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
683
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+14%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
38% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Engineering and Material Science Research

Which countries lead Engineering and Material Science Research research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (274 and 122 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 274 works
  2. 2 China 122 works
  3. 3 Brazil 73 works
  4. 4 India 56 works
  5. 5 Germany 43 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 40 works
  7. 7 France 31 works
  8. 8 Japan 27 works
  9. 9 Canada 24 works
  10. 10 Australia 23 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.

United States: 38.4%China: 17.2%Brazil: 10.2%India: 7.9%6 others listed: 26.3%38%largest
United States274 · 38.4%China122 · 17.2%Brazil73 · 10.2%India56 · 7.9%6 others listed188 · 26.3%

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

Which institutions lead Engineering and Material Science Research research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of Montana publishes the most Engineering and Material Science Research research, followed by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and American Society of Genealogists.

Who are the leading researchers in Engineering and Material Science Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Engineering and Material Science Research include David Moher and Roger Chou.

  1. 1 David Moher Canada 898k citations
  2. 2 Roger Chou United States 248k 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 Engineering and Material Science Research?

The most cited paper in Engineering and Material Science Research is "Pyroxene thermometry in simple and complex systems" (Peter R. A. Wells, 1977), with 1,565 citations. Next come "A plasticity concrete material model for DYNA3D" (1,034) and "Stress Corrosion and Static Fatigue of Glass" (991).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Pyroxene thermometry in simple and complex systems Peter R. A. Wells · Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 1977 1,565
2 A plasticity concrete material model for DYNA3D L. J. Malvar, John E. Crawford, James W. Wesevich et al. · International Journal of Impact Engineering Oct 1997 1,034
3 Stress Corrosion and Static Fatigue of Glass Sheldon M. Wiederhorn, Leonard H. Bolz · Journal of the American Ceramic Society Oct 1970 991
4 The ballistic impact characteristics of Kevlar® woven fabrics impregnated with a colloidal shear thickening fluid Young Shin Lee, Eric D. Wetzel, Norman J. Wagner · Journal of Materials Science Jul 2003 901
5 FAST User's Guide Jason M. Jonkman, Marshall Buhl 2005 802
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Engineering and Material Science Research research done?

The largest centres of Engineering and Material Science Research research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Nanjing (China) and Paris (France).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 25 works
  2. 2 LondonUnited Kingdom 13 works
  3. 3 NanjingChina 13 works
  4. 4 ParisFrance 11 works
  5. 5 São PauloBrazil 10 works
  6. 6 MissoulaUnited States 10 works
  7. 7 ShanghaiChina 9 works
  8. 8 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 9 works
  9. 9 TokyoJapan 9 works
  10. 10 Silver SpringUnited States 9 works
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Where is the best place to study Engineering and Material Science Research?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Montana 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.

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
1University of MontanaUnited States 5.00.4%123.9×10 -

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 Engineering and Material Science Research, country by country

Is Engineering and Material Science Research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Engineering and Material Science Research.

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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 Engineering and Material Science Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0026% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Engineering and Material Science Research 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.

still counting5%10%15%Engineering and Material Science Research10.7% in 2025200020102020

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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