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Laser and Thermal Forming Techniques

Laser and Thermal Forming Techniques is a research topic within Computational Mechanics. Science Explorer counts 16k 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 modeling, analysis, and experimental investigation of the laser forming process for metal plates. It includes research on finite element modeling, prediction of bending angles, deformation analysis, neural network modeling, temperature field analysis, process optimization, and the study of mechanical and microstructural properties.

  • Laser Forming
  • Finite Element Modeling
  • Bending Angle Prediction
  • Metal Plate Deformation
  • Neural Network Modeling
  • Temperature Field Analysis
  • Sheet Metal Bending
  • Process Optimization
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Microstructural Investigation
Research works
16k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+11%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
50% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Laser and Thermal Forming Techniques

Which countries lead Laser and Thermal Forming Techniques research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (754 and 176 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 754 works
  2. 2 India 176 works
  3. 3 Germany 123 works
  4. 4 United States 110 works
  5. 5 Japan 99 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 72 works
  7. 7 Russia 58 works
  8. 8 South Korea 46 works
  9. 9 Indonesia 42 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 42 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: 49.5%India: 11.5%Germany: 8.1%United States: 7.2%6 others listed: 23.7%50%largest
China754 · 49.5%India176 · 11.5%Germany123 · 8.1%United States110 · 7.2%6 others listed360 · 23.7%

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

Which institutions lead Laser and Thermal Forming Techniques research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Laser and Thermal Forming Techniques research, followed by Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 23 works
  2. 2 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 19 works
  3. 3 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 16 works
  4. 4 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 16 works
  5. 5 Fraunhofer-GesellschaftGermany 16 works
  6. 6 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 15 works
  7. 7 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 15 works
  8. 8 Dalian University of TechnologyChina 14 works
  9. 9 Yanshan UniversityChina 13 works
  10. 10 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 12 works

Who are the leading researchers in Laser and Thermal Forming Techniques?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Laser and Thermal Forming Techniques include Zhong Lin Wang, Xiaogang Wang and Kai You Wang.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  2. 2 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  3. 3 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  4. 4 Seeram Ramakrishna Singapore 186k citations
  5. 5 Dierk Raabe Germany 125k citations
  6. 6 S. Němeček France 120k 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 Laser and Thermal Forming Techniques?

The most cited paper in Laser and Thermal Forming Techniques is "A new finite element model for welding heat sources" (JOHN A. GOLDAK, Aditya Chakravarti, Malcolm Bibby, 1984), with 3,394 citations. Next come "One-Dimensional Thermomechanical Constitutive Relations for Shape Memory Materials" (1,216) and "Asymmetric Single Point Incremental Forming of Sheet Metal" (1,161).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A new finite element model for welding heat sources JOHN A. GOLDAK, Aditya Chakravarti, Malcolm Bibby · Metallurgical Transactions B Jun 1984 3,394
2 One-Dimensional Thermomechanical Constitutive Relations for Shape Memory Materials C. Liang, C. A. Rogers · Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures Apr 1990 1,216
3 Asymmetric Single Point Incremental Forming of Sheet Metal J. Jeswiet, F. Micari, G. Hirt et al. · CIRP Annals 2005 1,161
4 Computational modeling of cold-formed steel: characterizing geometric imperfections and residual stresses Benjamin W. Schafer, Teoman Peköz · Journal of Constructional Steel Research Open access Sep 1998 894
5 Techniques of modern structural geology Roddy V. Amenta · Earth-Science Reviews May 1986 733
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Laser and Thermal Forming Techniques research done?

The largest centres of Laser and Thermal Forming Techniques research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Wuhan (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Dalian.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 109 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 60 works
  3. 3 WuhanChina 51 works
  4. 4 NanjingChina 41 works
  5. 5 Xi'anChina 40 works
  6. 6 HarbinChina 30 works
  7. 7 TokyoJapan 29 works
  8. 8 ShenyangChina 25 works
  9. 9 DalianChina 24 works
  10. 10 ChangshaChina 24 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. DalianCN · 24.3 works4.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Laser and Thermal Forming Techniques than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Laser and Thermal Forming Techniques?

Among universities, judged by research, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Huazhong 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 18.67%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Shanghai Jiao Tong U…Nanjing University o…Huazhong University …Harbin Institute of …
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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
1Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 88.627.8%3.8×20 +17.9%
2Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 76.725.4%10.4×16 +141.4%
3Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 66.422.8%4.9×16 +10.7%
4Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 61.119.1%5.1×15 +16.0%
5Dalian University of TechnologyChina 60.518.4%8.6×14 +100.7%
6RWTH Aachen UniversityGermany 58.04.5%8.7×12 +71.8%
7Zhejiang UniversityChina 57.631.9%1.9×9 +278.1%
8Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 51.010.0%10.7×15 +32.2%
9University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 45.120.1%7.5×10 +123.6%
10Yanshan UniversityChina 41.46.7%20.7×13 +74.6%

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 Laser and Thermal Forming Techniques, country by country

Is Laser and Thermal Forming Techniques research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2011. The fastest-growing topics are Laser and Thermal Forming Techniques.

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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 Laser and Thermal Forming Techniques as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.011% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Laser and Thermal Forming Techniques0.0087% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Laser and Thermal Forming Techniques 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.

still counting5%10%15%Laser and Thermal Forming Techniques10.4% in 2025200020102020

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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