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Materials Engineering and Processing

Materials Engineering and Processing is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the recycling and utilization of foundry waste materials, such as waste foundry sand and oyster shells, in concrete production. The research explores the mechanical, environmental, and engineering properties of concrete incorporating these waste materials, aiming to promote sustainable construction practices and reduce environmental impact. It also investigates the use of controlled low-strength materials (CLSM) and industrial by-products in concrete manufacturing.

  • Foundry Waste
  • Recycling
  • Concrete Properties
  • Waste Utilization
  • Mechanical Characteristics
  • Environmental Assessment
  • Controlled Low-Strength Material
  • Aggregate Substitution
  • Industrial By-Products
  • Sustainable Construction
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+38%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
40% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Materials Engineering and Processing

Which countries lead Materials Engineering and Processing research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (711 and 318 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 711 works
  2. 2 India 318 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 167 works
  4. 4 United States 137 works
  5. 5 Brazil 98 works
  6. 6 Poland 95 works
  7. 7 Russia 67 works
  8. 8 Japan 65 works
  9. 9 Germany 51 works
  10. 10 Malaysia 48 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.

China: 40.5%India: 18.1%Indonesia: 9.5%United States: 7.8%6 others listed: 24.2%40%largest
China711 · 40.5%India318 · 18.1%Indonesia167 · 9.5%United States137 · 7.8%6 others listed425 · 24.2%

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

Which institutions lead Materials Engineering and Processing research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of Science and Technology Beijing publishes the most Materials Engineering and Processing research, followed by Northeastern University and AGH University of Krakow.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 43 works
  2. 2 Northeastern UniversityChina 27 works
  3. 3 AGH University of KrakowPoland 21 works
  4. 4 Wuhan University of Science and TechnologyChina 21 works
  5. 5 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 19 works
  6. 6 Central South UniversityChina 17 works
  7. 7 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 15 works
  8. 8 Chongqing UniversityChina 15 works
  9. 9 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 12 works
  10. 10 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 12 works

Who are the leading researchers in Materials Engineering and Processing?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Materials Engineering and Processing include Mietek Jaroniec and Yong Sik Ok.

  1. 1 Mietek Jaroniec United States 141k citations
  2. 2 Yong Sik Ok South Korea 126k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Materials Engineering and Processing?

The most cited paper in Materials Engineering and Processing is "The kinetics of precipitation from supersaturated solid solutions" (I.M. Lifshitz, V.V. Slyozov, 1961), with 8,460 citations. Next come "Microwave processing: fundamentals and applications" (1,538) and "Thermodynamic modelling of the effect of temperature on the hydration and porosity of Portland cement" (1,036).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The kinetics of precipitation from supersaturated solid solutions I.M. Lifshitz, V.V. Slyozov · Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids Apr 1961 8,460
2 Microwave processing: fundamentals and applications Erik T. Thostenson, Tsu-Wei Chou · Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing Sep 1999 1,538
3 Thermodynamic modelling of the effect of temperature on the hydration and porosity of Portland cement Barbara Lothenbach, Thomas Matschei, Göril Möschner et al. · Cement and Concrete Research 21 Sep 2007 1,036
4 Characteristics and environmental aspects of slag: A review Nadine M. Piatak, Michael B. Parsons, Robert R. Seal · Applied Geochemistry 30 Apr 2014 755
5 Chemical, Mineralogical, and Morphological Properties of Steel Slag İrem Zeynep Yıldırım, Mônica Prezzi · Advances in Civil Engineering Open access 2011 735
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Where is Materials Engineering and Processing research done?

The largest centres of Materials Engineering and Processing research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Wuhan (China), Shenyang (China) and Nanjing (China).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 134 works
  2. 2 WuhanChina 53 works
  3. 3 ShenyangChina 41 works
  4. 4 NanjingChina 36 works
  5. 5 Xi'anChina 33 works
  6. 6 KrakowPoland 32 works
  7. 7 ShanghaiChina 29 works
  8. 8 ChennaiIndia 28 works
  9. 9 ChangshaChina 24 works
  10. 10 ChongqingChina 22 works
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Where is the best place to study Materials Engineering and Processing?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Northeastern University and Wuhan University of Science and 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.

0%20%40%mean 17.51%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Southeast UniversityWuhan University of …Northeastern Univers…University of Scienc…
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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.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 73.316.1%25.1×43 +33.9%
2Northeastern UniversityChina 64.417.7%13.9×27 +57.2%
3Wuhan University of Science and TechnologyChina 62.722.7%28.5×21 +74.2%
4Southeast UniversityChina 57.632.8%3.1×10 +124.4%
5Central South UniversityChina 52.719.0%4.0×17 +61.9%
6Chongqing UniversityChina 50.721.0%6.3×15 +13.2%
7China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 48.420.7%7.2×12 +445.0%
8University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 47.93.6%13.8×19 +411.8%
9Hohai UniversityChina 45.415.8%7.8×10 +77.6%
10AGH University of KrakowPoland 36.25.7%25.3×21 -36.5%

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 Materials Engineering and Processing, country by country

Is Materials Engineering and Processing research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 38% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Materials Engineering and Processing.

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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 Materials Engineering and Processing as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.011% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Materials Engineering and Processing0.012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Materials Engineering and Processing 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.

still counting5%10%15%Materials Engineering and Processing10.4% in 2025200020102020

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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