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Metal Alloys Wear and Properties

Metal Alloys Wear and Properties is a research topic within Materials Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 42k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the effects of cryogenic treatment on the microstructure, wear resistance, and mechanical properties of various materials, including tool steels and high chromium cast iron. The research focuses on understanding the influence of cryogenic treatment on carbide formation, abrasive wear behavior, and the enhancement of material properties.

  • Cryogenic Treatment
  • Microstructure
  • Wear Resistance
  • Tool Steels
  • High Chromium Cast Iron
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Carbides
  • Hardfacing Alloys
  • Abrasive Wear
  • High Speed Steel
Research works
42k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+2%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
50% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Metal Alloys Wear and Properties

Which countries lead Metal Alloys Wear and Properties research?

By volume, China and Russia publish the most (2.6k and 549 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 2.6k works
  2. 2 Russia 549 works
  3. 3 India 472 works
  4. 4 United States 262 works
  5. 5 Germany 249 works
  6. 6 Japan 239 works
  7. 7 Poland 225 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 212 works
  9. 9 Brazil 168 works
  10. 10 Ukraine 139 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: 50.3%Russia: 10.8%India: 9.3%United States: 5.2%6 others listed: 24.3%50%largest
China2,551 · 50.3%Russia549 · 10.8%India472 · 9.3%United States262 · 5.2%6 others listed1,233 · 24.3%

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

Which institutions lead Metal Alloys Wear and Properties research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of Science and Technology Beijing publishes the most Metal Alloys Wear and Properties research, followed by Northeastern University and Russian Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 159 works
  2. 2 Northeastern UniversityChina 146 works
  3. 3 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 113 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 80 works
  5. 5 Yanshan UniversityChina 64 works
  6. 6 Central South UniversityChina 60 works
  7. 7 Wuhan University of Science and TechnologyChina 53 works
  8. 8 Shanghai UniversityChina 53 works
  9. 9 China Iron and Steel Research Institute GroupChina 44 works
  10. 10 National Academy of Sciences of UkraineUkraine 42 works

Who are the leading researchers in Metal Alloys Wear and Properties?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Metal Alloys Wear and Properties include Wei Huang, Xiaogang Wang and Kai You Wang.

  1. 1 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  2. 2 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  3. 3 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  4. 4 Qiang Zhang China 184k citations
  5. 5 Douglas Scott Canada 172k citations
  6. 6 Masayuki P. Yamamoto Japan 162k citations
  7. 7 Han Zhang China 161k citations
  8. 8 Rajesh Sagar India 156k citations
  9. 9 Huan Liu Australia 148k 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 Metal Alloys Wear and Properties?

The most cited paper in Metal Alloys Wear and Properties is "New Fe-based soft magnetic alloys composed of ultrafine grain structure" (Yoshihito Yoshizawa, S Oguma, Kenta Yamauchi, 1988), with 3,439 citations. Next come "Dislocations and Plastic Flow in Crystals" (2,673) and "Introduction to artificial neural systems" (2,011).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 New Fe-based soft magnetic alloys composed of ultrafine grain structure Yoshihito Yoshizawa, S Oguma, Kenta Yamauchi · Journal of Applied Physics 15 Nov 1988 3,439
2 Dislocations and Plastic Flow in Crystals Alan Howard Cottrell, David L. Dexter · American Journal of Physics Apr 1954 2,673
3 Introduction to artificial neural systems D.E. Nelson, Jun Wang · Neurocomputing Dec 1992 2,011
4 A general equation prescribing the extent of the austenite-martensite transformation in pure iron-carbon alloys and plain carbon steels D. P. Koistinen, R. E. Marburger · Acta Metallurgica 1959 1,951
5 High strength Fe–Mn–(Al, Si) TRIP/TWIP steels development — properties — application O. Grässel, Louis Krüger, G. Frommeyer et al. · International Journal of Plasticity 2000 1,822
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Where is Metal Alloys Wear and Properties research done?

The largest centres of Metal Alloys Wear and Properties research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shenyang (China), Moscow (Russia) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Novokuznetsk and Anshan.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 505 works
  2. 2 ShenyangChina 200 works
  3. 3 MoscowRussia 155 works
  4. 4 ShanghaiChina 144 works
  5. 5 Xi'anChina 120 works
  6. 6 WuhanChina 112 works
  7. 7 ChangshaChina 74 works
  8. 8 TaiyuanChina 72 works
  9. 9 ChengduChina 69 works
  10. 10 TokyoJapan 66 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. NovokuznetskRU · 24.6 works184×
  2. AnshanCN · 35.1 works33×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Metal Alloys Wear and Properties than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Metal Alloys Wear and Properties?

Among universities, judged by research, Northeastern University, Southwest Jiaotong University and University of Science and Technology Beijing score highest, combining citation 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%30%mean 19.73%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Southwest Jiaotong U…Northeastern Univers…Yanshan UniversityUniversity 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.

Citation 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
1Northeastern UniversityChina 78.921.5%28.3×146 +23.0%
2Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina 71.727.6%7.7×34 +42.6%
3University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 69.114.1%35.5×159 +18.9%
4Yanshan UniversityChina 69.020.2%31.7×64 +50.8%
5Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurIndia 65.325.8%5.4×16 +14.4%
6Central South UniversityChina 64.119.6%5.4×60 +131.7%
7Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 60.521.6%5.2×34 +66.9%
8Wuhan University of Science and TechnologyChina 58.915.7%27.4×53 +30.2%
9Shanghai UniversityChina 57.312.3%12.7×52 +79.0%
10University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 56.318.9%2.6×18 +47.2%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Metal Alloys Wear and Properties, country by country

Is Metal Alloys Wear and Properties research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Metal Alloys Wear 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 Metal Alloys Wear and Properties as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.032% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Metal Alloys Wear 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.

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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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