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Injection Molding Process and Properties

Injection Molding Process and Properties is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 17k 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 optimization of injection molding processes, including the control of process parameters, reduction of warpage, design of conformal cooling channels, replication of microstructures, analysis of rheological properties, and application of the Taguchi method. It also explores the use of neural networks for quality prediction and optimization.

  • Injection Molding
  • Optimization
  • Process Parameters
  • Warpage
  • Conformal Cooling Channels
  • Microstructure Replication
  • Rheological Properties
  • Taguchi Method
  • Thin-shell Parts
  • Neural Network
Research works
17k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+21%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
36% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Injection Molding Process and Properties

Which countries lead Injection Molding Process and Properties research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (814 and 327 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 814 works
  2. 2 United States 327 works
  3. 3 Germany 292 works
  4. 4 India 271 works
  5. 5 Japan 118 works
  6. 6 Italy 98 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 97 works
  8. 8 France 92 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 91 works
  10. 10 Russia 87 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: 35.6%United States: 14.3%Germany: 12.8%India: 11.8%6 others listed: 25.5%36%largest
China814 · 35.6%United States327 · 14.3%Germany292 · 12.8%India271 · 11.8%6 others listed582 · 25.5%

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

Which institutions lead Injection Molding Process and Properties research?

By volume in 2022-now, Zhaotong University publishes the most Injection Molding Process and Properties research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and RWTH Aachen University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Zhaotong UniversityChina 51 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 38 works
  3. 3 RWTH Aachen UniversityGermany 30 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 29 works
  5. 5 Central South UniversityChina 28 works
  6. 6 Fraunhofer-GesellschaftGermany 28 works
  7. 7 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 18 works
  8. 8 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 18 works
  9. 9 Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergGermany 18 works
  10. 10 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 16 works

Who are the leading researchers in Injection Molding Process and Properties?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Injection Molding Process and Properties include George M. Whitesides, Seeram Ramakrishna and Qiang Zhang.

  1. 1 George M. Whitesides United States 267k citations
  2. 2 Seeram Ramakrishna Singapore 186k citations
  3. 3 Qiang Zhang China 184k citations
  4. 4 Kalyanmoy Deb United States 171k 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 Injection Molding Process and Properties?

The most cited paper in Injection Molding Process and Properties is "3D printing of ceramics: A review" (Zhangwei Chen, Ziyong Li, Junjie Li et al., 2018), with 2,129 citations. Next come "Correlation of dynamic and steady flow viscosities" (2,075) and "Mechanical characterization of bulk Sylgard 184 for microfluidics and microengineering" (1,506).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 3D printing of ceramics: A review Zhangwei Chen, Ziyong Li, Junjie Li et al. · Journal of the European Ceramic Society Open access 6 Nov 2018 2,129
2 Correlation of dynamic and steady flow viscosities W. P. Cox, E. H. Merz · Journal of Polymer Science Apr 1958 2,075
3 Mechanical characterization of bulk Sylgard 184 for microfluidics and microengineering Ian D. Johnston, Daniel K. McCluskey, Christabel Tan et al. · Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering Open access 28 Feb 2014 1,506
4 Design optimization of cutting parameters for turning operations based on the Taguchi method Weihong Yang, Y.S. Tarng · Journal of Materials Processing Technology Dec 1998 1,302
5 A review on 3D micro-additive manufacturing technologies Mohammad Vaezi, Hermann Seitz, Shoufeng Yang · The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 24 Nov 2012 1,289
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Where is Injection Molding Process and Properties research done?

The largest centres of Injection Molding Process and Properties research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Zhaotong (China), Shanghai (China) and Wuhan (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Zhaotong and Aachen.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 113 works
  2. 2 ZhaotongChina 51 works
  3. 3 ShanghaiChina 50 works
  4. 4 WuhanChina 38 works
  5. 5 Xi'anChina 36 works
  6. 6 ChangshaChina 35 works
  7. 7 TokyoJapan 35 works
  8. 8 AachenGermany 34 works
  9. 9 HangzhouChina 34 works
  10. 10 NanjingChina 30 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ZhaotongCN · 51.0 works590×
  2. AachenDE · 34.4 works11×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Injection Molding Process and Properties than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Injection Molding Process and Properties?

Among universities, judged by research, East China University of Science and Technology, University of Minho 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.

0%10%20%30%mean 14.68%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Northwestern Polytec…East China Universit…University of MinhoHuazhong University …
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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
1East China University of Science and TechnologyChina 61.121.0%6.5×10 +83.8%
2University of MinhoPortugal 56.620.9%10.0×10 +36.6%
3Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 54.426.8%2.6×9 +53.5%
4Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 53.816.3%3.4×18 +9.7%
5Central South UniversityChina 52.710.0%4.9×28 +54.8%
6RWTH Aachen UniversityGermany 52.32.1%12.7×30 +29.0%
7Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 52.018.8%2.0×10 +81.1%
8Ghent UniversityBelgium 51.210.8%3.5×8 +82.9%
9Technical University of DenmarkDenmark 48.211.0%9.4×14 -47.7%
10Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergGermany 46.19.1%10.2×18 -15.1%

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 Injection Molding Process and Properties, country by country

Is Injection Molding Process and Properties research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Injection Molding Process and Properties.

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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 Injection Molding Process and Properties as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.016% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Injection Molding Process and Properties 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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