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Engineering Technology and Methodologies

Engineering Technology and Methodologies is a research topic within Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering. Science Explorer counts 32k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the development, optimization, and control of Computer Numerical Control (CNC) systems in manufacturing processes. It encompasses topics such as machine tools, cutting processes, diagnostics and prediction of tool wear, surface quality improvement, impact of thermal loading, metrological assurance, and the integration of Industry 4.0 concepts in digital manufacturing.

CNC Systems
Machine Tools
Cutting Processes
Diagnostics
Tool Wear
Surface Quality
Thermal Loading
Metrological Assurance
Industry 4.0
Digital Manufacturing

Research works: 32k
In the world top 10%: 3.2k
Top-10% rate: 10.0%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: -18%
Largest producer: Russia

Engineering Technology and Methodologies

Which countries lead Engineering Technology and Methodologies research?

By volume, Russia and China publish the most (2.5k and 738 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 Russia 2.5k works
2 China 738 works
3 Ukraine 729 works
4 United States 378 works
5 Uzbekistan 246 works
6 India 193 works
7 Poland 185 works
8 Germany 151 works
9 Japan 119 works
10 Belarus 100 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.

Russia2,534 · 47.2%China738 · 13.7%Ukraine729 · 13.6%United States378 · 7.0%6 others listed994 · 18.5%

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

Which institutions lead Engineering Technology and Methodologies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Engineering Technology and Methodologies research, followed by Bauman Moscow State Technical University and Volgograd State Technical University.

By volume, 2022-now

1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 194 works
2 Bauman Moscow State Technical UniversityRussia 106 works
3 Volgograd State Technical UniversityRussia 60 works
4 National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”Ukraine 58 works
5 Voronezh State University of Forestry and TechnologiesRussia 56 works
6 Don State Technical UniversityRussia 51 works
7 Moscow Aviation InstituteRussia 47 works
8 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 44 works
9 National Academy of Sciences of UkraineUkraine 43 works
10 Moscow State Technological UniversityRussia 41 works

Who are the leading researchers in Engineering Technology and Methodologies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Engineering Technology and Methodologies include Ali Bijani.

1 Ali Bijani Iran 141k 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 Technology and Methodologies?

The most cited paper in Engineering Technology and Methodologies is "Hydrophilic Gels for Biological Use" (O. Wichterle, D. Lím, 1960), with 2,981 citations. Next come "A Simple Method of Increasing the Adhesion of Acrylic Filling Materials to Enamel Surfaces" (2,617) and "Digital signal processing" (1,744).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	Hydrophilic Gels for Biological Use O. Wichterle, D. Lím · Nature	1960	2,981
2	A Simple Method of Increasing the Adhesion of Acrylic Filling Materials to Enamel Surfaces Michael G. Buonocore · Journal of Dental Research	Dec 1955	2,617
3	Digital signal processing R. Yarlagadda · IEEE Transactions on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing	Dec 1976	1,744
4	Digital signal processing J.W. Mark · Proceedings of the IEEE	Oct 1975	1,569
5	Metal cutting principles Milton C. SHAW, J.O. Cookson · Tribology International	Feb 1985	1,273

All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Engineering Technology and Methodologies research done?

The largest centres of Engineering Technology and Methodologies research in 2022-now are Moscow (Russia), Saint Petersburg (Russia), Kyiv (Ukraine) and Tashkent (Uzbekistan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bryansk, Komsomol'skiy and Volgograd.

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 MoscowRussia 783 works
2 Saint PetersburgRussia 214 works
3 KyivUkraine 209 works
4 TashkentUzbekistan 144 works
5 VoronezhRussia 116 works
6 KharkivUkraine 107 works
7 BeijingChina 105 works
8 Rostov-on-DonRussia 89 works
9 SamaraRussia 88 works
10 VolgogradRussia 80 works

Where it is the local speciality

BryanskRU · 27.7 works93×
Komsomol'skiyRU · 31.8 works79×
VolgogradRU · 80.4 works53×

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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Engineering Technology and Methodologies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Engineering Technology and Methodologies?

Among universities, judged by research, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Tashkent State Transport University and Dalian University of 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.

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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.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	Harbin University of Science and TechnologyChina	66.7	45.9%	11.6×	13	+81.9%
2	Tashkent State Transport UniversityUzbekistan	64.7	26.8%	68.8×	24	+263.1%
3	Dalian University of TechnologyChina	63.3	40.9%	2.7×	15	+129.5%
4	Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina	63.2	50.1%	2.0×	13	+101.8%
5	Poznań University of TechnologyPoland	58.3	35.4%	23.2×	20	-42.9%
6	Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina	57.8	39.1%	2.5×	13	+125.7%
7	Lublin University of TechnologyPoland	55.7	32.5%	34.0×	18	-20.5%
8	Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina	52.1	36.8%	0.8×	9	+109.6%
9	University of StuttgartGermany	51.0	23.3%	5.4×	11	+126.0%
10	Moscow State Technological UniversityRussia	50.2	11.1%	411.0×	41	-44.6%
11	Weatherford CollegeUnited States	49.4	8.2%	5.7×	44	+27.6%
12	Shandong UniversityChina	49.3	36.8%	1.2×	9	+83.3%
13	Bauman Moscow State Technical UniversityRussia	48.6	6.7%	99.5×	106	-50.6%
14	Tashkent State Technical University named after Islam KarimovUzbekistan	48.4	11.4%	74.4×	33	+8.5%
15	Technical University of KošiceSlovakia	48.4	17.0%	36.1×	31	-32.1%
16	Technical University of SofiaBulgaria	47.7	11.0%	37.4×	30	+20.7%
17	National Aerospace University – Kharkiv Aviation InstituteUkraine	47.2	12.7%	50.7×	16	+76.0%
18	Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia	46.9	14.0%	5.5×	27	-10.6%
19	Moscow Aviation InstituteRussia	46.8	13.0%	52.3×	47	-45.6%
20	Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina	46.6	30.9%	1.2×	13	+231.3%
21	Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and GasUkraine	45.9	14.2%	50.5×	14	+5.0%
22	Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina	45.8	28.0%	0.8×	14	+177.1%
23	Voronezh State University of Forestry and TechnologiesRussia	45.4	1.8%	84.7×	56	+141.7%
24	National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”Ukraine	45.3	5.7%	43.7×	58	-3.3%
25	Sumy State UniversityUkraine	43.7	17.5%	25.1×	15	-43.5%
26	Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina	43.4	24.3%	1.3×	13	+293.6%
27	RWTH Aachen UniversityGermany	43.1	12.0%	3.0×	14	+21.0%
28	Chongqing UniversityChina	42.3	25.3%	1.4×	9	+87.8%
29	Beihang UniversityChina	42.1	36.0%	1.3×	8	+3.2%
30	AGH University of KrakowPoland	41.9	27.6%	5.3×	12	-33.0%
31	Lviv Polytechnic National UniversityUkraine	41.3	12.1%	21.7×	33	-27.1%
32	Rzeszów University of TechnologyPoland	41.2	19.3%	36.5×	19	-31.1%
33	Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic UniversityRussia	39.9	7.2%	24.8×	30	-66.3%
34	Tianjin University of Technology and EducationChina	39.5	19.1%	19.5×	9	+691.6%
35	Don State Technical UniversityRussia	39.1	3.8%	75.3×	52	-44.3%
36	Peoples' Friendship University of RussiaRussia	38.0	7.0%	15.1×	28	-27.4%
37	National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of UkraineUkraine	37.6	7.0%	16.9×	11	+56.1%
38	Moscow State Agroengineering University named after V.P. GoryachkinRussia	37.4	8.5%	44.7×	13	+94.5%
39	South Ural State UniversityRussia	37.2	4.4%	41.3×	28	-59.3%
40	Volgograd State Medical UniversityRussia	37.0	5.7%	54.6×	16	+25.8%
41	Volgograd State Technical UniversityRussia	36.1	1.4%	142.9×	60	-50.9%
42	Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization EngineersUzbekistan	36.0	11.9%	22.6×	10	-9.1%
43	University of TechnologyRussia	35.1	12.6%	54.6×	9	-54.9%
44	Abylkas Saginov Karaganda Technical UniversityKazakhstan	34.7	12.5%	74.4×	12	-12.5%
45	National University of Science and TechnologyRussia	34.5	15.7%	23.7×	9	-30.6%
46	Satbayev UniversityKazakhstan	31.7	10.8%	20.0×	8	-6.7%
47	Silesian University of TechnologyPoland	26.8	11.3%	6.1×	9	-59.4%

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 Technology and Methodologies, country by country

Is Engineering Technology and Methodologies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2021.

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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 Technology and Methodologies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.033% in 2024.

Fractional works of Engineering Technology and Methodologies 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.

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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Which countries lead Engineering Technology and Methodologies research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Engineering Technology and Methodologies research?

By volume, 2022-now

Who are the leading researchers in Engineering Technology and Methodologies?

What are the most cited papers in Engineering Technology and Methodologies?

Where is Engineering Technology and Methodologies research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where it is the local speciality

Where is the best place to study Engineering Technology and Methodologies?

Is Engineering Technology and Methodologies research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

Discussion