Lubricants and Their Additives
Lubricants and Their Additives is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 23k research works in it since 1950. 16.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the tribological properties, including friction and wear, of various lubricants and additives such as nanoparticles, ionic liquids, and graphene. It also explores the development of biodegradable and renewable resource-based lubricants for environmentally friendly applications.
- Lubricants
- Tribology
- Nanoparticles
- Ionic Liquids
- Graphene
- Additives
- Friction
- Wear
- Biodegradable
- Renewable Resources
- Research works
- 23k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3.9k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 16.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +35% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Lubricants and Their Additives research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (1.6k and 643 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.6k works
- 2 India 643 works
- 3 United States 244 works
- 4 Japan 142 works
- 5 Russia 140 works
- 6 Malaysia 132 works
- 7 Germany 129 works
- 8 Indonesia 112 works
- 9 Nigeria 95 works
- 10 United Kingdom 95 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Lubricants and Their Additives research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Lubricants and Their Additives research, followed by Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics and Tsinghua University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 74 works
- 2 Lanzhou Institute of Chemical PhysicsChina 66 works
- 3 Tsinghua UniversityChina 59 works
- 4 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 41 works
- 5 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 28 works
- 6 Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina 27 works
- 7 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 27 works
- 8 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 25 works
- 9 University of Technology MalaysiaMalaysia 22 works
- 10 Hefei University of TechnologyChina 21 works
Who are the leading researchers in Lubricants and Their Additives?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Lubricants and Their Additives include Xinliang Feng and Hong Li.
- 1 Xinliang Feng Germany 3k citations
- 2 Hong Li China 3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Lubricants and Their Additives research done?
The largest centres of Lubricants and Their Additives research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Lanzhou (China) and Chennai (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Lanzhou and Johor Bahru.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- LanzhouCN · 92.2 works9.8×
- Johor BahruMY · 22.0 works9.5×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Lubricants and Their Additives than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Lubricants and Their Additives?
Among universities, judged by research, Wuhan University of Technology, Southwest Jiaotong University and Tsinghua 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 | Wuhan University of TechnologyChina | 64.7 | 22.1% | 11.4× | 42 | +69.4% |
| 2 | Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina | 63.7 | 33.7% | 7.7× | 27 | +73.5% |
| 3 | Tsinghua UniversityChina | 62.9 | 28.4% | 6.7× | 59 | +36.8% |
| 4 | Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina | 62.0 | 40.1% | 5.4× | 28 | +60.3% |
| 5 | Yantai UniversityChina | 60.2 | 31.4% | 14.0× | 13 | — |
| 6 | Luleå University of TechnologySweden | 59.5 | 27.8% | 16.4× | 9 | +23.9% |
| 7 | Indian Institute of Technology DhanbadIndia | 57.1 | 21.8% | 9.6× | 9 | +768.8% |
| 8 | Qingdao University of TechnologyChina | 55.5 | 25.0% | 18.8× | 14 | +40.0% |
| 9 | Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan AbdullahMalaysia | 54.6 | 10.9% | 16.0× | 15 | +138.6% |
| 10 | University of Technology MalaysiaMalaysia | 51.9 | 11.1% | 10.1× | 22 | +19.6% |
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 Lubricants and Their Additives research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 35% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Lubricants and Their Additives.
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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.