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. 10.2% 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
In the world top 10%: 969
Top-10% rate: 10.2%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: +2%
Largest producer: Indonesia

Material Selection and Properties

Which countries lead Material Selection and Properties research?

By volume, Indonesia and the United States publish the most (1.6k and 220 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 Indonesia 1.6k works
2 United States 220 works
3 India 149 works
4 China 95 works
5 Brazil 84 works
6 ?? 79 works
7 Germany 46 works
8 United Kingdom 43 works
9 Nigeria 43 works
10 Italy 37 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.

Indonesia1,585 · 66.5%United States220 · 9.3%India149 · 6.2%China95 · 4.0%6 others listed333 · 14.0%

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

Which institutions lead Material Selection and Properties research?

By volume in 2022-now, State University of Malang publishes the most Material Selection and Properties research, followed by American Society of Genealogists and University of Singaperbangsa Karawang.

By volume, 2022-now

1 State University of MalangIndonesia 42 works
2 American Society of GenealogistsUnited States 39 works
3 University of Singaperbangsa KarawangIndonesia 37 works
4 University of Bangka BelitungIndonesia 33 works
5 Institut Sains dan Teknologi Terpadu SurabayaIndonesia 31 works
6 Universitas TidarIndonesia 30 works
7 Jakarta State PolytechnicIndonesia 26 works
8 State University of PadangIndonesia 25 works
9 Bandung Institute of TechnologyIndonesia 23 works
10 Sriwijaya UniversityIndonesia 23 works

What are the most cited papers in Material Selection and Properties?

The most cited paper in Material Selection and Properties is "A simplified method for calculating the debye temperature from elastic constants" (Orson L. Anderson, 1963), with 3,706 citations. Next come "Physical Chemistry of Surfaces" (2,992) and "Moisture Absorption and Desorption of Composite Materials" (1,320).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	A simplified method for calculating the debye temperature from elastic constants Orson L. Anderson · Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids	Jul 1963	3,706
2	Physical Chemistry of Surfaces A. W. Adamson, Julius Klerer · Journal of The Electrochemical Society	May 1977	2,992
3	Moisture Absorption and Desorption of Composite Materials Chi-Hung Shen, George Ś. Springer · Journal of Composite Materials Open access	1976	1,320
4	Green composites: A review of adequate materials for automotive applications Georgios Koronis, Arlindo Silva, Mihail Fontul · Composites Part B Engineering	25 Jul 2012	1,195
5	Elastic constants versus melting temperature in metals M. E. Fine, L.D. Brown, H.L. Marcus · Scripta Metallurgica	Sep 1984	1,151

All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Material Selection and Properties research done?

The largest centres of Material Selection and Properties research in 2022-now 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 Sharon, Pangkalpinang and Magelang.

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 JakartaIndonesia 148 works
2 SurabayaIndonesia 124 works
3 MalangIndonesia 85 works
4 MedanIndonesia 73 works
5 SemarangIndonesia 70 works
6 PadangIndonesia 64 works
7 MakassarIndonesia 64 works
8 BandungIndonesia 60 works
9 YogyakartaIndonesia 52 works
10 DepokIndonesia 48 works

Where it is the local speciality

SharonUS · 38.7 works131×
PangkalpinangID · 32.9 works72×
MagelangID · 30.6 works52×
SlemanID · 36.2 works36×
KarawangID · 37.2 works35×

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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Material Selection and Properties than the world average.

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

Among universities, judged by research, Universitas Tidar, Medan Area University and Institut Sains dan Teknologi Terpadu Surabaya 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.

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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.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	Universitas TidarIndonesia	64.0	5.4%	81.4×	30	+157.5%
2	Medan Area UniversityIndonesia	62.6	13.4%	26.0×	8	+84.3%
3	Institut Sains dan Teknologi Terpadu SurabayaIndonesia	62.3	3.3%	45.7×	31	+64.4%
4	State University of MalangIndonesia	60.4	4.5%	17.7×	42	-27.4%
5	Mercu Buana UniversityIndonesia	56.6	7.1%	19.6×	17	-4.9%
6	University of Bangka BelitungIndonesia	53.8	1.2%	79.7×	33	+273.3%
7	Jakarta State PolytechnicIndonesia	52.6	2.3%	39.3×	26	+116.6%
8	State University of PadangIndonesia	52.5	1.1%	9.5×	25	+5.9%
9	State University of MedanIndonesia	52.1	5.4%	8.6×	16	+20.6%
10	Universitas Kristen Indonesia PaulusIndonesia	51.7	5.6%	195.7×	11	-11.6%
11	Andalas UniversityIndonesia	51.3	8.6%	10.6×	13	-46.2%
12	University of BrawijayaIndonesia	50.9	15.3%	4.9×	11	-46.5%
13	Bandung Institute of TechnologyIndonesia	50.2	3.7%	14.0×	23	-36.0%
14	University of Singaperbangsa KarawangIndonesia	49.3	0.3%	37.4×	37	+158.9%
15	Malikussaleh UniversityIndonesia	46.8	6.4%	20.6×	14	+10.2%
16	Universitas BatamIndonesia	46.8	2.9%	38.5×	12	+60.3%
17	Universitas Muslim IndonesiaIndonesia	44.3	4.9%	15.7×	12	+58.4%
18	Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran YogyakartaIndonesia	44.2	6.5%	43.7×	17	-16.4%
19	State University of SemarangIndonesia	44.0	1.3%	10.6×	20	-33.3%
20	Sriwijaya UniversityIndonesia	42.3	3.5%	16.2×	23	-12.8%
21	Universitas Muhammadiyah SidoarjoIndonesia	41.2	1.6%	16.4×	17	+88.8%
22	Universitas Teknologi YogyakartaIndonesia	40.7	1.3%	37.6×	17	+123.8%
23	Tarumanagara UniversityIndonesia	40.4	2.2%	12.2×	16	+19.1%
24	Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia	40.1	5.5%	7.0×	16	-57.7%
25	Gunadarma UniversityIndonesia	39.5	0.4%	24.0×	12	+219.4%
26	Sumatera Institute of TechnologyIndonesia	39.0	4.7%	34.7×	9	-
27	Universitas JemberIndonesia	38.0	3.6%	8.7×	12	+16.3%
28	University of MataramIndonesia	37.8	1.0%	8.7×	17	+7.2%
29	Universitas 17 Agustus 1945 SurabayaIndonesia	37.4	3.4%	19.8×	14	+17.2%
30	Sepuluh Nopember Institute of TechnologyIndonesia	37.4	3.0%	12.6×	13	-61.8%
31	Institut Teknologi PadangIndonesia	37.4	0.0%	104.3×	13	+39.8%
32	Institut Teknologi Nasional BandungIndonesia	37.4	4.2%	79.2×	8	+34.3%
33	State University of JakartaIndonesia	36.2	5.5%	10.7×	14	-21.2%
34	Universitas BosowaIndonesia	35.4	2.0%	34.4×	12	+662.5%
35	University of Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jawa TimurIndonesia	35.4	3.1%	6.8×	11	+125.1%
36	Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia	35.3	1.7%	8.6×	16	-13.3%
37	Universitas Sumatera UtaraIndonesia	35.2	6.5%	6.8×	11	-65.2%
38	Mulawarman UniversityIndonesia	35.1	4.2%	8.9×	9	+174.4%
39	Lampung UniversityIndonesia	34.9	0.6%	16.0×	22	-15.2%
40	Jambi UniversityIndonesia	34.7	5.0%	5.8×	10	+35.8%
41	Institut Teknologi KalimantanIndonesia	34.2	4.0%	57.5×	10	-36.8%
42	Hasanuddin UniversityIndonesia	34.0	0.6%	6.1×	10	+35.0%
43	Muhammadiyah University of SurakartaIndonesia	27.5	3.9%	5.9×	9	-42.2%
44	University of IndonesiaIndonesia	25.8	5.3%	3.2×	9	-57.6%
45	Universitas Gadjah MadaIndonesia	24.1	1.8%	4.3×	10	-58.1%

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 Material Selection and Properties, country by country

Is Material Selection and Properties research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Material Selection and Properties.

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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 Material Selection and Properties as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.010% in 2024.

Fractional works of Material Selection and Properties 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.

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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Which countries lead Material Selection and Properties research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Material Selection and Properties research?

By volume, 2022-now

What are the most cited papers in Material Selection and Properties?

Where is Material Selection and Properties research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where it is the local speciality

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

Is Material Selection and Properties research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

Discussion