Material Selection and Properties
Material Selection and Properties is a research topic within Materials Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 9.5k research works in it since 1950. 3.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the interdisciplinary research and methodologies related to materials selection, design optimization, and sustainable product design. It explores the integration of material properties, multi-objective optimization, and environmental performance considerations in engineering components and product design. The cluster also emphasizes the importance of incorporating sensorial properties and manufacturing processes in the selection of materials for successful product development.
- Materials Selection
- Design Optimization
- Product Design
- Material Properties
- Sustainable Design
- Engineering Components
- Multi-objective Optimization
- Mechanical Engineering
- Environmental Performance
- Interdisciplinary Research
- Research works
- 9.5k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 343 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 3.6% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +82% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Material Selection and Properties research?
By volume, Indonesia and the United States publish the most (1.4k and 124 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Indonesia 1.4k works
- 2 United States 124 works
- 3 India 105 works
- 4 ?? 71 works
- 5 Brazil 68 works
- 6 China 65 works
- 7 Germany 34 works
- 8 United Kingdom 31 works
- 9 Nigeria 30 works
- 10 Japan 27 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 Selection and Properties research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of Singaperbangsa Karawang publishes the most Material Selection and Properties research, followed by State University of Malang and Universitas Tidar.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of Singaperbangsa KarawangIndonesia 35 works
- 2 State University of MalangIndonesia 35 works
- 3 Universitas TidarIndonesia 29 works
- 4 Institut Sains dan Teknologi Terpadu SurabayaIndonesia 29 works
- 5 University of Bangka BelitungIndonesia 28 works
- 6 State University of PadangIndonesia 25 works
- 7 Jakarta State PolytechnicIndonesia 23 works
- 8 Bandung Institute of TechnologyIndonesia 20 works
- 9 Sriwijaya UniversityIndonesia 20 works
- 10 Lampung UniversityIndonesia 19 works
Who are the leading researchers in Material Selection and Properties?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Material Selection and Properties include Michael F. Ashby.
- 1 Michael F. Ashby United Kingdom 2.6k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Material Selection and Properties research done?
The largest centres of Material Selection and Properties research in 2022–2025 are Jakarta (Indonesia), Surabaya (Indonesia), Malang (Indonesia) and Medan (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Pangkalpinang, Magelang and Sleman.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- PangkalpinangID · 28.3 works73×
- MagelangID · 29.7 works57×
- SlemanID · 34.3 works40×
- KarawangID · 35.2 works38×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Material Selection and Properties than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Material Selection and Properties?
Among universities, judged by research, Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology, State University of Malang and Bandung Institute of Technology 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 | Sepuluh Nopember Institute of TechnologyIndonesia | 76.2 | 4.1% | 12.4× | 12 | +87.4% |
| 2 | State University of MalangIndonesia | 65.0 | 0.0% | 15.6× | 34 | +882.1% |
| 3 | Bandung Institute of TechnologyIndonesia | 61.4 | 0.0% | 13.4× | 20 | +231.5% |
| 4 | Institut Sains dan Teknologi Terpadu SurabayaIndonesia | 60.1 | 0.0% | 45.9× | 29 | +1152.8% |
| 5 | University of Bangka BelitungIndonesia | 59.0 | 0.0% | 73.0× | 28 | +616.7% |
| 6 | Universitas Teknologi YogyakartaIndonesia | 52.2 | 0.0% | 38.2× | 16 | +535.7% |
| 7 | Mercu Buana UniversityIndonesia | 51.6 | 0.0% | 19.1× | 15 | +403.3% |
| 8 | University of Singaperbangsa KarawangIndonesia | 51.5 | 0.0% | 37.7× | 35 | — |
| 9 | Universitas TidarIndonesia | 49.6 | 0.0% | 84.0× | 30 | — |
| 10 | Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa UniversityIndonesia | 48.9 | 0.0% | 15.4× | 14 | +351.9% |
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 Selection and Properties research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 82% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Material Selection and Properties.
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.