Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties
Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 37k research works in it since 1950. 18.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the design, processing, microstructure, properties, and applications of advanced intermetallic TiAl alloys, with a particular emphasis on high-temperature structural materials for aerospace applications. The papers cover topics such as diffusion in the Ti-Al system, mechanical behavior, oxidation resistance, and processing techniques for intermetallic alloys.
- Intermetallic Alloys
- TiAl Alloys
- High-Temperature Materials
- Microstructure
- Processing Techniques
- Mechanical Properties
- Aerospace Applications
- Gamma Titanium Aluminides
- Oxidation Resistance
- Diffusion in Alloys
- Research works
- 37k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 6.8k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 18.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +15% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties research?
By volume, China and Russia publish the most (2.4k and 492 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 2.4k works
- 2 Russia 492 works
- 3 United States 310 works
- 4 India 261 works
- 5 Japan 200 works
- 6 Germany 171 works
- 7 France 104 works
- 8 Ukraine 90 works
- 9 Poland 79 works
- 10 South Korea 76 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 Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Harbin Institute of Technology publishes the most Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties research, followed by Northwestern Polytechnical University and University of Science and Technology Beijing.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 136 works
- 2 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 115 works
- 3 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 95 works
- 4 Central South UniversityChina 92 works
- 5 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 67 works
- 6 Institute of Structural Macrokinetics and Materials ScienceRussia 58 works
- 7 Northeastern UniversityChina 48 works
- 8 Institute of Strength Physics and Materials ScienceRussia 39 works
- 9 Beihang UniversityChina 36 works
- 10 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 35 works
Who are the leading researchers in Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties include Akihisa Inoue and Dierk Raabe.
- 1 Akihisa Inoue Japan 4.7k citations
- 2 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 Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties research done?
The largest centres of Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Harbin (China) and Changsha (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tomsk, Chernogolovka and Tomsk.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- TomskRU · 38.8 works169×
- ChernogolovkaRU · 64.2 works125×
- TomskRU · 38.3 works15×
- QinhuangdaoCN · 23.6 works12×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties?
Among universities, judged by research, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Harbin Institute of Technology and Northeastern 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 | Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina | 62.5 | 19.8% | 20.4× | 115 | +30.9% |
| 2 | Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina | 59.0 | 14.5% | 16.9× | 136 | +10.3% |
| 3 | Northeastern UniversityChina | 58.0 | 19.3% | 11.1× | 48 | +69.5% |
| 4 | Anhui University of TechnologyChina | 56.8 | 47.1% | 9.1× | 8 | +6.2% |
| 5 | Central South UniversityChina | 56.1 | 15.5% | 11.4× | 92 | -6.3% |
| 6 | University of Science and Technology BeijingChina | 55.3 | 14.7% | 24.7× | 95 | -10.1% |
| 7 | Southwest Petroleum UniversityChina | 52.8 | 39.2% | 5.4× | 8 | +1107.5% |
| 8 | University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina | 51.2 | 30.0% | 4.6× | 27 | +160.2% |
| 9 | National Research Tomsk State UniversityRussia | 50.3 | 0.5% | 26.6× | 25 | +244.7% |
| 10 | Shenyang University of TechnologyChina | 50.2 | 15.9% | 23.3× | 25 | +60.7% |
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 Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 15% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy 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.