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Material Properties and Applications

Material Properties and Applications is a research topic within General Materials Science. Science Explorer counts 45k research works in it since 1950. 12.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers encompasses advancements in materials science and technology, focusing on polymer composite materials, carbon fiber reinforced plastics, metal nanoparticles, and their applications in aerospace engineering. The research also delves into synthesis techniques, structural properties, and the use of adhesive joints in various material compositions.

  • Polymer Composite Materials
  • Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics
  • Metal Nanoparticles
  • Aerospace Applications
  • Adhesive Joints
  • High-Temperature Composite Materials
  • Epoxy Binders
  • Synthesis Techniques
  • Structural Properties
  • Catalytic Conversions
Research works
45k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
12.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+47%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Material Properties and Applications research?

By volume, Russia and China publish the most (2.5k and 849 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Russia 2.5k works
  2. 2 China 849 works
  3. 3 Ukraine 666 works
  4. 4 United States 575 works
  5. 5 India 326 works
  6. 6 Poland 194 works
  7. 7 Uzbekistan 193 works
  8. 8 Japan 153 works
  9. 9 Germany 150 works
  10. 10 Belarus 127 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.

Russia: 44.1%China: 14.7%Ukraine: 11.5%United States: 9.9%6 others listed: 19.8%44%largest
Russia2,549 · 44.1%China849 · 14.7%Ukraine666 · 11.5%United States575 · 9.9%6 others listed1,143 · 19.8%

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

Which institutions lead Material Properties and Applications research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Bauman Moscow State Technical University publishes the most Material Properties and Applications research, followed by Volgograd State Technical University and Moscow Aviation Institute.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Bauman Moscow State Technical UniversityRussia 80 works
  2. 2 Volgograd State Technical UniversityRussia 77 works
  3. 3 Moscow Aviation InstituteRussia 74 works
  4. 4 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 54 works
  5. 5 National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”Ukraine 51 works
  6. 6 Kurchatov InstituteRussia 49 works
  7. 7 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 45 works
  8. 8 Kazan State Technological UniversityRussia 44 works
  9. 9 Saint-Petersburg State University of Technology and DesignRussia 44 works
  10. 10 Moscow Automobile and Road Construction State Technical UniversityRussia 42 works

Who are the leading researchers in Material Properties and Applications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Material Properties and Applications include Akihisa Inoue and Dierk Raabe.

  1. 1 Akihisa Inoue Japan 4.7k citations
  2. 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 Material Properties and Applications research done?

The largest centres of Material Properties and Applications research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Saint Petersburg (Russia), Kyiv (Ukraine) and Beijing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Komsomol'skiy, Tomsk and Volgograd.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Moscow Russia 834 works
  2. 2 Saint Petersburg Russia 236 works
  3. 3 Kyiv Ukraine 233 works
  4. 4 Beijing China 138 works
  5. 5 Tashkent Uzbekistan 109 works
  6. 6 Kharkiv Ukraine 109 works
  7. 7 Kazan’ Russia 108 works
  8. 8 Minsk Belarus 93 works
  9. 9 Volgograd Russia 86 works
  10. 10 Yekaterinburg Russia 81 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Komsomol'skiyRU · 36.0 works77×
  2. TomskRU · 21.5 works64×
  3. VolgogradRU · 86.1 works49×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Material Properties and Applications than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Material Properties and Applications?

Among universities, judged by research, Lublin University of Technology, Moscow Aviation Institute and Kostroma State University named after N A Nekrasov 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 19.45%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Lublin University of Technology: 19, 37.5%Moscow Aviation Institute: 74, 16.2%Kostroma State University named after N A Nekrasov: 10, 31.9%National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute": 35, 18.5%Bauman Moscow State Technical University: 80, 6.8%Moscow Automobile and Road Construction State Technical University: 42, 10.7%National Aerospace University – Kharkiv Aviation Institute: 23, 18.6%Belarusian National Technical University: 30, 10.0%Tashkent State Transport University: 24, 24.1%Saint Petersburg Mining University: 12, 20.2%Lublin University of…Kostroma State Unive…National Technical U…Moscow Aviation Inst…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Lublin University of TechnologyPoland 82.237.5%28.5×19 +198.3%
2 Moscow Aviation InstituteRussia 73.816.2%66.3×74 +636.4%
3 Kostroma State University named after N A NekrasovRussia 68.931.9%64.7×10 +200.0%
4 National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute"Ukraine 67.918.5%46.5×35 +151.3%
5 Bauman Moscow State Technical UniversityRussia 67.06.8%60.0×80 +279.4%
6 Moscow Automobile and Road Construction State Technical UniversityRussia 64.410.7%187.0×42 +253.1%
7 National Aerospace University – Kharkiv Aviation InstituteUkraine 64.318.6%57.3×23 +155.0%
8 Belarusian National Technical UniversityBelarus 63.710.0%94.2×30 +217.7%
9 Tashkent State Transport UniversityUzbekistan 62.324.1%54.4×24 —
10 Saint Petersburg Mining UniversityRussia 61.920.2%30.7×12 +908.5%

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 Material Properties and Applications research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 47% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Material 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.

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.