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Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications

Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications is a research topic within Biomaterials. Science Explorer counts 23k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the use of magnesium and its alloys as biodegradable materials for orthopedic and biomedical applications. The research covers topics such as corrosion resistance, biocompatibility, texture modification, degradation behavior, and the development of implantable devices and metallic stents.

  • Magnesium Alloys
  • Biodegradable Materials
  • Orthopedic Biomaterials
  • Corrosion Resistance
  • Biocompatibility
  • Texture Modification
  • Degradation Behavior
  • Implantable Devices
  • Metallic Stents
  • Microstructure Evolution
Research works
23k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+17%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
65% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications

Which countries lead Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (3.3k and 540 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 3.3k works
  2. 2 India 540 works
  3. 3 United States 233 works
  4. 4 Japan 196 works
  5. 5 Iran 189 works
  6. 6 Germany 176 works
  7. 7 Russia 144 works
  8. 8 South Korea 121 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 114 works
  10. 10 Poland 86 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: 65.1%India: 10.5%United States: 4.5%Japan: 3.8%6 others listed: 16.1%65%largest
China3,347 · 65.1%India540 · 10.5%United States233 · 4.5%Japan196 · 3.8%6 others listed830 · 16.1%

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

Which institutions lead Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chongqing University publishes the most Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Northeastern University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chongqing UniversityChina 190 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 105 works
  3. 3 Northeastern UniversityChina 102 works
  4. 4 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 94 works
  5. 5 Central South UniversityChina 88 works
  6. 6 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 69 works
  7. 7 Taiyuan University of TechnologyChina 62 works
  8. 8 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 57 works
  9. 9 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 54 works
  10. 10 Jilin UniversityChina 53 works

Who are the leading researchers in Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications include Wei Huang, Xiaogang Wang and Alberto Arduan Ortiz.

  1. 1 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  2. 2 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  3. 3 Alberto Arduan Ortiz Spain 219k citations
  4. 4 Seeram Ramakrishna Singapore 186k citations
  5. 5 Qiang Zhang China 184k 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 Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications?

The most cited paper in Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications is "Magnesium" (Barry Leslie Mordike, T.R. Ebert, 2001), with 4,545 citations. Next come "Magnesium and its alloys as orthopedic biomaterials: A review" (4,473) and "Principles of equal-channel angular pressing as a processing tool for grain refinement" (4,148).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Magnesium Barry Leslie Mordike, T.R. Ebert · Materials Science and Engineering A Apr 2001 4,545
2 Magnesium and its alloys as orthopedic biomaterials: A review Mark P. Staiger, Alexis Mari Pietak, Jerawala Huadmai et al. · Biomaterials 25 Oct 2005 4,473
3 Principles of equal-channel angular pressing as a processing tool for grain refinement Ruslan Zufarovich Valiev, Terence G. Langdon · Progress in Materials Science 27 Apr 2006 4,148
4 The iterative calculation of a few of the lowest eigenvalues and corresponding eigenvectors of large real-symmetric matrices Ernest R. Davidson · Journal of Computational Physics 1975 2,566
5 Protective coatings on magnesium and its alloys — a critical review Joy Gray, Ben Li Luan · Journal of Alloys and Compounds Apr 2002 2,537
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications research done?

The largest centres of Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Chongqing (China), Shenyang (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Geesthacht and Taiyuan.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 373 works
  2. 2 ChongqingChina 279 works
  3. 3 ShenyangChina 208 works
  4. 4 Xi'anChina 190 works
  5. 5 TaiyuanChina 178 works
  6. 6 ShanghaiChina 170 works
  7. 7 HarbinChina 162 works
  8. 8 ChangshaChina 132 works
  9. 9 NanjingChina 116 works
  10. 10 TehranIran 109 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. GeesthachtDE · 45.7 works163×
  2. TaiyuanCN · 178.4 works17×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications?

Among universities, judged by research, Chongqing University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Jilin 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.

0%20%40%60%mean 19.29%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Jilin UniversityShanghai Jiao Tong U…Chongqing UniversityNortheastern Univers…
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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
1Chongqing UniversityChina 63.815.9%33.2×190 +73.7%
2Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 53.918.9%6.2×94 +7.2%
3Jilin UniversityChina 53.020.4%8.8×53 +30.6%
4Northeastern UniversityChina 52.89.0%21.6×102 +30.3%
5Bu-Ali Sina UniversityIran 52.755.3%17.9×9 -31.7%
6Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 50.513.1%8.0×69 +14.8%
7Central South UniversityChina 49.310.8%8.7×88 +7.5%
8Peking UniversityChina 48.125.2%2.1×23 +11.8%
9North University of ChinaChina 45.910.1%40.1×52 +57.2%
10Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 45.314.2%7.1×43 +19.2%

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 Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications, country by country

Is Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications.

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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 Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.022% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications 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%Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications9.9% 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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