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Material Properties and Failure Mechanisms

Material Properties and Failure Mechanisms is a research topic within Materials Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 20k research works in it since 1950. 8.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the degradation of materials, particularly steel, in gas pipelines due to factors such as corrosion, hydrogen embrittlement, and long-term operational effects. The research covers aspects of fracture mechanics, mechanical properties, and the impact of various environmental and operational conditions on the integrity of gas pipeline materials.

  • Gas Pipeline
  • Material Degradation
  • Steel
  • Corrosion
  • Fracture Mechanics
  • Hydrogen Embrittlement
  • Operational Degradation
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Long-Term Operation
  • Pipeline Steels
Research works
20k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
8.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+42%
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Which countries lead Material Properties and Failure Mechanisms research?

By volume, Russia and China publish the most (892 and 569 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Russia 892 works
  2. 2 China 569 works
  3. 3 Ukraine 364 works
  4. 4 United States 176 works
  5. 5 Japan 107 works
  6. 6 India 90 works
  7. 7 Poland 67 works
  8. 8 Germany 61 works
  9. 9 France 48 works
  10. 10 Canada 44 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: 36.9%China: 23.5%Ukraine: 15.1%United States: 7.3%6 others listed: 17.2%37%largest
Russia892 · 36.9%China569 · 23.5%Ukraine364 · 15.1%United States176 · 7.3%6 others listed416 · 17.2%

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

Which institutions lead Material Properties and Failure Mechanisms research?

By volume in 2022–2025, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine publishes the most Material Properties and Failure Mechanisms research, followed by G.V. Karpenko Physical-Mechanical Institute and Ufa State Petroleum Technological University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 National Academy of Sciences of UkraineUkraine 59 works
  2. 2 G.V. Karpenko Physical-Mechanical InstituteUkraine 30 works
  3. 3 Ufa State Petroleum Technological UniversityRussia 29 works
  4. 4 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 28 works
  5. 5 Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic UniversityRussia 24 works
  6. 6 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 22 works
  7. 7 Institute of Strength Physics and Materials ScienceRussia 22 works
  8. 8 Lviv Polytechnic National UniversityUkraine 18 works
  9. 9 National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”Ukraine 18 works
  10. 10 Ural Federal UniversityRussia 17 works

Who are the leading researchers in Material Properties and Failure Mechanisms?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Material Properties and Failure Mechanisms include Dierk Raabe, Zdeněk P. Bažant and C. Guedes Soares.

  1. 1 Dierk Raabe Germany 4.5k citations
  2. 2 Zdeněk P. Bažant United States 2.8k citations
  3. 3 C. Guedes Soares Portugal 2.7k citations
  4. 4 Robert O. Ritchie United States 2.5k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Material Properties and Failure Mechanisms research done?

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

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Moscow Russia 261 works
  2. 2 Kyiv Ukraine 145 works
  3. 3 Beijing China 127 works
  4. 4 Saint Petersburg Russia 113 works
  5. 5 Lviv Ukraine 59 works
  6. 6 Yekaterinburg Russia 51 works
  7. 7 Tokyo Japan 40 works
  8. 8 Shanghai China 39 works
  9. 9 Kharkiv Ukraine 38 works
  10. 10 Chengdu China 35 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. TomskRU · 21.7 works155×
  2. DniproUA · 33.6 works34×
  3. UfaRU · 34.6 works30×
  4. LvivUA · 59.4 works28×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Material Properties and Failure Mechanisms than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Material Properties and Failure Mechanisms?

Among universities, judged by research, China University of Petroleum, East China, University of Science and Technology Beijing and Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic 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%10%20%mean 9.4%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →China University of Petroleum, East China: 13, 23.7%University of Science and Technology Beijing: 28, 16.1%Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University: 24, 6.6%Southwest Petroleum University: 13, 12.4%Lviv Polytechnic National University: 18, 7.2%National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute": 12, 8.2%Ural Federal University: 17, 2.3%Tashkent State Transport University: 12, 13.2%Ufa State Petroleum Technological University: 28, 0.3%Perm National Research Polytechnic University: 15, 4.0%China University of …University of Scienc…Southwest Petroleum …Peter the Great St. …
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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 China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina 65.723.7%9.1×13 —
2 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 62.716.1%11.8×28 -13.8%
3 Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic UniversityRussia 62.76.6%37.9×24 +262.5%
4 Southwest Petroleum UniversityChina 62.512.4%13.6×13 +248.2%
5 Lviv Polytechnic National UniversityUkraine 60.27.2%23.1×18 +572.3%
6 National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute"Ukraine 56.48.2%36.9×12 +195.3%
7 Ural Federal UniversityRussia 55.22.3%19.8×17 +228.7%
8 Tashkent State Transport UniversityUzbekistan 53.713.2%66.3×12 —
9 Ufa State Petroleum Technological UniversityRussia 53.50.3%137.9×28 +1925.0%
10 Perm National Research Polytechnic UniversityRussia 50.74.0%78.6×15 +164.3%

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 Failure Mechanisms research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 42% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Material Properties and Failure Mechanisms.

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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.