Fusion materials and technologies
Fusion materials and technologies is a research topic within Materials Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 31k research works in it since 1950. 19.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the materials challenges in fusion energy research, including radiation damage, plasma-facing components, irradiation-resistant steels, tungsten alloys, neutron irradiation effects, oxide dispersion-strengthened steels, and the development of interatomic potentials and molecular dynamics simulations for studying material behavior under fusion-relevant conditions.
- fusion materials
- radiation damage
- plasma-facing components
- irradiation-resistant steels
- tungsten alloys
- neutron irradiation effects
- oxide dispersion-strengthened steels
- structural materials
- interatomic potential
- molecular dynamics simulations
- Research works
- 31k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 6.2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 19.7% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +6% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Fusion materials and technologies research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.3k and 690 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.3k works
- 2 United States 690 works
- 3 Russia 303 works
- 4 Japan 215 works
- 5 Germany 198 works
- 6 France 194 works
- 7 United Kingdom 157 works
- 8 India 122 works
- 9 Italy 121 works
- 10 South Korea 103 works
How concentrated that is
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Which institutions lead Fusion materials and technologies research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Fusion materials and technologies research, followed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory and University of Science and Technology of China.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 97 works
- 2 Oak Ridge National LaboratoryUnited States 80 works
- 3 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 58 works
- 4 Idaho National LaboratoryUnited States 50 works
- 5 Max Planck Institute for Plasma PhysicsGermany 49 works
- 6 Kurchatov InstituteRussia 48 works
- 7 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 47 works
- 8 Institute of Plasma PhysicsChina 46 works
- 9 Sichuan UniversityChina 42 works
- 10 Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyGermany 42 works
Who are the leading researchers in Fusion materials and technologies?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Fusion materials and technologies include S. M. Gibson, Y. Arai and J. Buchanan.
- 1 S. M. Gibson United States 7.4k citations
- 2 Y. Arai Japan 6k citations
- 3 J. Buchanan France 4.9k citations
- 4 Y. Yang China 4.7k citations
- 5 Dierk Raabe Germany 4.5k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Fusion materials and technologies research done?
The largest centres of Fusion materials and technologies research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Hefei (China), Moscow (Russia) and Chengdu (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Vinon-sur-Verdon, Abingdon and Saint-Paul-lès-Durance.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- Vinon-sur-VerdonFR · 33.3 works706×
- AbingdonGB · 80.4 works429×
- Saint-Paul-lès-DuranceFR · 21.5 works325×
- Plainsboro CenterUS · 28.8 works272×
- GarchingDE · 51.8 works134×
- Idaho FallsUS · 51.7 works107×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Fusion materials and technologies than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Fusion materials and technologies?
Among universities, judged by research, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, University of Science and Technology of China and Xi'an Jiaotong 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 | École Polytechnique Fédérale de LausanneSwitzerland | 69.8 | 66.8% | 11.2× | 17 | +5.8% |
| 2 | University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina | 62.6 | 12.3% | 12.9× | 58 | +281.9% |
| 3 | Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina | 55.1 | 17.2% | 7.8× | 47 | +178.0% |
| 4 | National Research Nuclear University MEPhIRussia | 53.5 | 4.6% | 67.5× | 31 | +257.3% |
| 5 | Homi Bhabha National InstituteIndia | 50.6 | 8.0% | 23.0× | 18 | +726.4% |
| 6 | Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyGermany | 49.4 | 10.9% | 21.1× | 42 | +9.9% |
| 7 | Hefei University of TechnologyChina | 49.0 | 4.0% | 9.8× | 20 | +346.4% |
| 8 | University of Science and Technology BeijingChina | 48.0 | 13.1% | 13.4× | 40 | +11.4% |
| 9 | National Research Tomsk State UniversityRussia | 47.6 | 5.7% | 17.4× | 12 | +634.8% |
| 10 | Tomsk Polytechnic UniversityRussia | 47.6 | 6.6% | 41.4× | 11 | +655.1% |
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 Fusion materials and technologies research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 6% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2017. The fastest-growing topics are Fusion materials and technologies.
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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.