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. 13.5% 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%
- 2.3k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 13.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +29% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Injection Molding Process and Properties research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (741 and 305 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 741 works
- 2 United States 305 works
- 3 Germany 263 works
- 4 India 240 works
- 5 Japan 108 works
- 6 Italy 88 works
- 7 France 87 works
- 8 United Kingdom 87 works
- 9 Russia 83 works
- 10 Türkiye 82 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.
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Which institutions lead Injection Molding Process and Properties research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Zhaotong University publishes the most Injection Molding Process and Properties research, followed by RWTH Aachen University and Central South University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Zhaotong UniversityChina 51 works
- 2 RWTH Aachen UniversityGermany 26 works
- 3 Central South UniversityChina 25 works
- 4 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 17 works
- 5 Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergGermany 15 works
- 6 Technical University of DenmarkDenmark 14 works
- 7 Zhejiang UniversityChina 12 works
- 8 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 12 works
- 9 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 12 works
- 10 Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyGermany 11 works
Who are the leading researchers in Injection Molding Process and Properties?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Injection Molding Process and Properties include Chuntai Liu.
- 1 Chuntai Liu China 2.1k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Injection Molding Process and Properties research done?
The largest centres of Injection Molding Process and Properties research in 2022–2025 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, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- ZhaotongCN · 51.0 works675×
- AachenDE · 30.1 works11×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Injection Molding Process and Properties than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Injection Molding Process and Properties?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Minho, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Technical University of Denmark 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 | University of MinhoPortugal | 56.8 | 25.4% | 8.4× | 9 | -42.2% |
| 2 | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergGermany | 54.7 | 3.6% | 10.6× | 15 | +122.3% |
| 3 | Technical University of DenmarkDenmark | 54.2 | 9.9% | 8.5× | 14 | +49.1% |
| 4 | RWTH Aachen UniversityGermany | 53.5 | 1.8% | 11.8× | 26 | +76.7% |
| 5 | Zhaotong UniversityChina | 51.2 | 0.0% | 675.4× | 51 | — |
| 6 | Paderborn UniversityGermany | 41.7 | 0.0% | 19.4× | 8 | +125.7% |
| 7 | East China University of Science and TechnologyChina | 41.4 | 20.3% | 6.1× | 9 | -28.2% |
| 8 | Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina | 37.1 | 15.7% | 3.5× | 17 | -8.0% |
| 9 | Central South UniversityChina | 35.2 | 8.9% | 5.0× | 25 | -41.4% |
| 10 | Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina | 32.5 | 17.5% | 2.0× | 10 | +27.1% |
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 Injection Molding Process and Properties research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 29% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Injection Molding Process and Properties.
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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.