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Epoxy Resin Curing Processes

Epoxy Resin Curing Processes is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 22k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the synthesis, modification, and application of epoxy resins and related thermosetting polymers. It covers topics such as toughening mechanisms, cure kinetics, molecular modeling, and the mechanical properties of epoxy-based materials and composite laminates.

  • Epoxy Resins
  • Polybenzoxazines
  • Thermosetting Resins
  • Nanoparticle Modification
  • Toughening Mechanisms
  • Cure Kinetics
  • Molecular Modeling
  • Composite Laminates
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Polymerization
Research works
22k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+32%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
50% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Epoxy Resin Curing Processes

Which countries lead Epoxy Resin Curing Processes research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (1.6k and 320 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1.6k works
  2. 2 India 320 works
  3. 3 United States 304 works
  4. 4 Russia 172 works
  5. 5 Germany 154 works
  6. 6 Japan 146 works
  7. 7 France 130 works
  8. 8 South Korea 125 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 106 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 97 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.

China: 50.5%India: 10.2%United States: 9.7%Russia: 5.5%6 others listed: 24.2%50%largest
China1,583 · 50.5%India320 · 10.2%United States304 · 9.7%Russia172 · 5.5%6 others listed757 · 24.2%

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

Which institutions lead Epoxy Resin Curing Processes research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Epoxy Resin Curing Processes research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Russian Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 82 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 63 works
  3. 3 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 51 works
  4. 4 East China University of Science and TechnologyChina 41 works
  5. 5 Sichuan UniversityChina 33 works
  6. 6 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 33 works
  7. 7 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 32 works
  8. 8 Dalian University of TechnologyChina 30 works
  9. 9 Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyChina 30 works
  10. 10 Donghua UniversityChina 29 works

Who are the leading researchers in Epoxy Resin Curing Processes?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Epoxy Resin Curing Processes include Wei Huang, Ben Zhong Tang and Kai You Wang.

  1. 1 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  2. 2 Ben Zhong Tang China 261k citations
  3. 3 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  4. 4 Lei Jiang China 214k citations
  5. 5 Kläus Müllen Germany 182k citations
  6. 6 Krzysztof Matyjaszewski United States 165k citations
  7. 7 Huan Liu Australia 148k citations
  8. 8 Zhanhu Guo United States 148k 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 Epoxy Resin Curing Processes?

The most cited paper in Epoxy Resin Curing Processes is "A Thermally Re-mendable Cross-Linked Polymeric Material" (Xiangxu Chen, Matheus Adrianus Dam, Kanji Ono et al., 2002), with 2,641 citations. Next come "Advanced polyimide materials: Syntheses, physical properties and applications" (2,197) and "Synthesis and application of epoxy resins: A review" (2,151).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Thermally Re-mendable Cross-Linked Polymeric Material Xiangxu Chen, Matheus Adrianus Dam, Kanji Ono et al. · Science Mar 2002 2,641
2 Advanced polyimide materials: Syntheses, physical properties and applications Der‐Jang Liaw, Kung-Li Wang, Ying‐Chi Huang et al. · Progress in Polymer Science Mar 2012 2,197
3 Synthesis and application of epoxy resins: A review Fan‐Long Jin, Xiang Li, Soo‐Jin Park · Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 6 Apr 2015 2,151
4 Microwave processing: fundamentals and applications Erik T. Thostenson, Tsu-Wei Chou · Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing Sep 1999 1,538
5 The impact resistance of composite materials — a review W.J. Cantwell, John P. Morton · Composites Sep 1991 1,410
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Epoxy Resin Curing Processes research done?

The largest centres of Epoxy Resin Curing Processes research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Villeurbanne.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 245 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 137 works
  3. 3 NanjingChina 95 works
  4. 4 Xi'anChina 94 works
  5. 5 MoscowRussia 79 works
  6. 6 ChengduChina 78 works
  7. 7 HarbinChina 76 works
  8. 8 WuhanChina 61 works
  9. 9 HangzhouChina 52 works
  10. 10 DalianChina 51 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. VilleurbanneFR · 21.3 works10×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Epoxy Resin Curing Processes than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Epoxy Resin Curing Processes?

Among universities, judged by research, Jiangsu University, Donghua University and East China 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.

0%20%40%mean 22.56%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Jiangsu UniversityDonghua UniversityNorthwestern Polytec…East China Universit…
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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.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Jiangsu UniversityChina 71.829.5%5.7×16 +56.4%
2Donghua UniversityChina 70.020.5%22.7×30 +19.4%
3East China University of Science and TechnologyChina 66.811.7%23.3×41 +97.7%
4Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 66.820.1%8.2×33 +146.4%
5PSG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND APPLIED RESEARCHIndia 66.617.8%49.0×27 +196.4%
6Dalian University of TechnologyChina 66.118.6%8.9×30 +56.9%
7Jiangnan UniversityChina 64.424.3%8.1×17 +145.9%
8University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 63.736.0%2.8×12 +146.9%
9Beijing University of Chemical TechnologyChina 62.114.2%19.4×30 +35.0%
10Kyushu UniversityJapan 59.832.9%4.8×10 +90.3%

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 Epoxy Resin Curing Processes, country by country

Is Epoxy Resin Curing Processes research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 32% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Epoxy Resin Curing Processes.

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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 Epoxy Resin Curing Processes as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.017% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Epoxy Resin Curing Processes 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.

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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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