Material Science and Thermodynamics
Material Science and Thermodynamics is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 7.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on railway engineering, material science, and related environmental and operational aspects. It covers topics such as high-frequency vibrations in rolling stock elements, structural-phase transformations in alloys, thermoelectric properties of materials, energy efficiency in railway turnouts, and nanowaste treatment. The research also delves into the calculation of track component failure, dynamic behavior modeling of railway tracks, and heat distribution in electric heating systems for turnouts.
- Railway Bridges
- Structural-Phase Transformations
- High-Frequency Vibrations
- Thermoelectric Properties
- Rolling Stock
- Track Component Failure
- Nanowaste Treatment
- Energy Efficiency
- Dynamic Behavior Modeling
- Heat Distribution
- Research works
- 12k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 816 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 7.0% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +41% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Material Science and Thermodynamics research?
By volume, Russia and the United States publish the most (532 and 111 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Russia 532 works
- 2 United States 111 works
- 3 Ukraine 103 works
- 4 China 91 works
- 5 India 57 works
- 6 Uzbekistan 42 works
- 7 Kazakhstan 37 works
- 8 Japan 24 works
- 9 France 24 works
- 10 Belarus 22 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 Material Science and Thermodynamics research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Lomonosov Moscow State University publishes the most Material Science and Thermodynamics research, followed by Siberian Transport University and Russian University of Transport.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Lomonosov Moscow State University Russia 25 works
- 2 Siberian Transport University Russia 16 works
- 3 Russian University of Transport Russia 13 works
- 4 Petersburg State Transport University Russia 13 works
- 5 Weatherford College United States 11 works
- 6 Ural Federal University Russia 11 works
- 7 Russian Academy of Sciences Russia 10 works
- 8 Moscow Aviation Institute Russia 9 works
- 9 Moscow Power Engineering Institute Russia 8 works
- 10 Moscow State University Tajikistan 8 works
Who are the leading researchers in Material Science and Thermodynamics?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Material Science and Thermodynamics include Akihisa Inoue.
- 1 Akihisa Inoue 4.7k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Material Science and Thermodynamics research done?
The largest centres of Material Science and Thermodynamics research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Saint Petersburg (Russia), Novosibirsk (Russia) and Kyiv (Ukraine). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Novosibirsk and Yekaterinburg.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Moscow Russia 174 works
- 2 Saint Petersburg Russia 53 works
- 3 Novosibirsk Russia 38 works
- 4 Kyiv Ukraine 29 works
- 5 Yekaterinburg Russia 28 works
- 6 Tashkent Uzbekistan 27 works
- 7 Almaty Kazakhstan 20 works
- 8 Beijing China 19 works
- 9 Rostov-on-Don Russia 18 works
- 10 Kazan’ Russia 17 works
Where it is the local speciality
- NovosibirskRU · 37.6 works24×
- YekaterinburgRU · 27.8 works23×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Material Science and Thermodynamics than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Material Science and Thermodynamics?
Among universities, judged by research, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russian University of Transport and Moscow Aviation Institute 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 | Lomonosov Moscow State University Russia | 72.4 | 2.9% | 22.6× | 25 | +100.9% |
| 2 | Russian University of Transport Russia | 55.9 | 5.1% | 161.6× | 13 | — |
| 3 | Moscow Aviation Institute Russia | 55.7 | 4.8% | 46.8× | 9 | +168.0% |
| 4 | Ural Federal University Russia | 45.9 | 0.0% | 29.8× | 11 | +121.3% |
| 5 | Siberian Transport University Russia | 42.6 | 0.0% | 438.2× | 16 | — |
| 6 | Moscow Power Engineering Institute Russia | 42.0 | 0.0% | 42.4× | 8 | +383.4% |
| 7 | Petersburg State Transport University Russia | 39.7 | 0.0% | 148.0× | 13 | — |
| 8 | Weatherford College United States | 30.3 | 3.6% | 6.7× | 11 | +127.2% |
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 Science and Thermodynamics research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 41% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Material Science and Thermodynamics.
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.