Laser Material Processing Techniques
Laser Material Processing Techniques is a research topic within Computational Mechanics. Science Explorer counts 34k research works in it since 1950. 14.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the use of femtosecond laser technology for micromachining transparent materials, exploring mechanisms of laser ablation, nanosurgery of cells and tissues, electron-phonon coupling, surface structuring, waveguide writing, and heat accumulation effects. The research covers a wide range of applications from materials processing to optofluidic lab-on-chips and photonic device fabrication.
- Femtosecond Laser
- Micromachining
- Transparent Materials
- Ultrafast Dynamics
- Laser Ablation
- Surface Structures
- Nanosurgery
- Waveguide Writing
- Heat Accumulation
- Nanostructuring
- Research works
- 34k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 4.8k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 14.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +18% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Laser Material Processing Techniques research?
By volume, China and Germany publish the most (1.7k and 421 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.7k works
- 2 Germany 421 works
- 3 United States 401 works
- 4 Russia 320 works
- 5 Japan 222 works
- 6 India 219 works
- 7 France 214 works
- 8 United Kingdom 121 works
- 9 Italy 94 works
- 10 South Korea 84 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 Laser Material Processing Techniques research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Harbin Institute of Technology publishes the most Laser Material Processing Techniques research, followed by Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Chinese Academy of Sciences.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Harbin Institute of Technology China 68 works
- 2 Huazhong University of Science and Technology China 53 works
- 3 Chinese Academy of Sciences China 42 works
- 4 Xi'an Jiaotong University China 41 works
- 5 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China 37 works
- 6 China Academy of Engineering Physics China 36 works
- 7 Beijing Institute of Technology China 35 works
- 8 Changchun University of Science and Technology China 33 works
- 9 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China 32 works
- 10 Jiangsu University China 30 works
Who are the leading researchers in Laser Material Processing Techniques?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Laser Material Processing Techniques include Qiang Zhang and Hideo Hosono.
- 1 Qiang Zhang 4.5k citations
- 2 Hideo Hosono 2.9k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Laser Material Processing Techniques research done?
The largest centres of Laser Material Processing Techniques research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Shanghai (China) and Wuhan (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Livermore and Mianyang.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- LivermoreUS · 29.1 works24×
- MianyangCN · 41.8 works16×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Laser Material Processing Techniques than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Laser Material Processing Techniques?
Among universities, judged by research, Harbin Institute of Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University 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.
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 | Harbin Institute of Technology China | 67.1 | 27.0% | 9.1× | 68 | +2.9% |
| 2 | Xi'an Jiaotong University China | 56.5 | 27.5% | 5.7× | 41 | +56.7% |
| 3 | Huazhong University of Science and Technology China | 56.0 | 20.1% | 7.4× | 53 | +21.1% |
| 4 | Beijing Institute of Technology China | 55.2 | 21.8% | 6.5× | 35 | +98.0% |
| 5 | Changchun University of Science and Technology China | 53.2 | 9.6% | 32.0× | 32 | +81.4% |
| 6 | Jiangsu University China | 53.1 | 23.5% | 8.7× | 30 | -49.0% |
| 7 | Southern University of Science and Technology China | 51.3 | 41.0% | 4.2× | 10 | — |
| 8 | Central South University China | 51.0 | 27.8% | 2.8× | 21 | +453.4% |
| 9 | Shandong University of Technology China | 50.7 | 21.4% | 15.0× | 18 | -26.7% |
| 10 | ITMO University Russia | 50.2 | 1.7% | 24.3× | 19 | +180.5% |
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 Laser Material Processing Techniques research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 18% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Laser Material Processing Techniques.
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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.