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Metallurgical and Alloy Processes

Metallurgical and Alloy Processes is a research topic within General Materials Science. Science Explorer counts 15k research works in it since 1950. 17.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics in materials science and engineering, including alloys, phase diagrams, thermodynamics, nanomaterials, crystal growth, mechanical properties, thin films, solid-state phase equilibria, microstructure, and electrochemical properties.

  • Alloys
  • Phase Diagrams
  • Thermodynamics
  • Nanomaterials
  • Crystal Growth
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Thin Films
  • Solid-state Phase Equilibria
  • Microstructure
  • Electrochemical Properties
Research works
15k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
17.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-28%
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Which countries lead Metallurgical and Alloy Processes research?

By volume, China and Russia publish the most (352 and 125 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 352 works
  2. 2 Russia 125 works
  3. 3 United States 111 works
  4. 4 Japan 81 works
  5. 5 India 46 works
  6. 6 Germany 46 works
  7. 7 France 35 works
  8. 8 Poland 30 works
  9. 9 Ukraine 29 works
  10. 10 South Korea 20 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: 40.2%Russia: 14.3%United States: 12.6%Japan: 9.3%6 others listed: 23.7%40%largest
China352 · 40.2%Russia125 · 14.3%United States111 · 12.6%Japan81 · 9.3%6 others listed207 · 23.7%

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

Which institutions lead Metallurgical and Alloy Processes research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Central South University publishes the most Metallurgical and Alloy Processes research, followed by University of Science and Technology Beijing and Tohoku University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Central South UniversityChina 19 works
  2. 2 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 18 works
  3. 3 Tohoku UniversityJapan 17 works
  4. 4 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 14 works
  5. 5 Northeastern UniversityChina 12 works
  6. 6 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 10 works
  7. 7 Guilin University of Electronic TechnologyChina 9 works
  8. 8 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 8 works
  9. 9 Shanghai UniversityChina 8 works
  10. 10 Chongqing UniversityChina 6 works

Who are the leading researchers in Metallurgical and Alloy Processes?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Metallurgical and Alloy Processes include Huan Liu, Akihisa Inoue and Alex Zunger.

  1. 1 Huan Liu Australia 4.9k citations
  2. 2 Akihisa Inoue Japan 4.7k citations
  3. 3 Alex Zunger United States 4.7k citations
  4. 4 Dierk Raabe Germany 4.5k citations

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

Where is Metallurgical and Alloy Processes research done?

The largest centres of Metallurgical and Alloy Processes research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Changsha (China) and Xi'an (China).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 61 works
  2. 2 Moscow Russia 42 works
  3. 3 Changsha China 22 works
  4. 4 Xi'an China 21 works
  5. 5 Shanghai China 19 works
  6. 6 Yekaterinburg Russia 19 works
  7. 7 Shenyang China 18 works
  8. 8 Tokyo Japan 18 works
  9. 9 Sendai Japan 17 works
  10. 10 Harbin China 14 works
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Where is the best place to study Metallurgical and Alloy Processes?

Among universities, judged by research, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Central South University and University of Science and Technology Beijing 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%10%20%mean 10.2429%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Northwestern Polytechnical University: 14, 15.8%Central South University: 19, 11.3%University of Science and Technology Beijing: 18, 11.0%Tohoku University: 17, 4.0%Northeastern University: 12, 10.9%Guilin University of Electronic Technology: 9, 9.7%Harbin Institute of Technology: 10, 9.0%Northwestern Polytec…Central South Univer…University of Scienc…Tohoku University
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 71.015.8%10.5×14 -41.7%
2 Central South UniversityChina 69.311.3%10.4×19 -40.0%
3 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 67.011.0%20.3×18 -17.1%
4 Tohoku UniversityJapan 66.44.0%23.4×17 +122.7%
5 Northeastern UniversityChina 56.710.9%11.8×12 -4.2%
6 Guilin University of Electronic TechnologyChina 47.69.7%27.1×9 +46.9%
7 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 20.09.0%5.2×10 -39.1%

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 Metallurgical and Alloy Processes research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2006.

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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.

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.