Metallurgy and Material Forming
Metallurgy and Material Forming is a research topic within Mechanics of Materials. Science Explorer counts 66k research works in it since 1950. 10.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the phenomenon of dynamic recrystallization in metallic materials under hot, cold, and severe plastic deformation conditions. It includes research on constitutive modeling, flow behavior, microstructural evolution, and nucleation mechanisms at high temperatures. The use of artificial neural networks and processing maps is also explored in predicting and analyzing the dynamic recrystallization process.
- Dynamic Recrystallization
- Hot Deformation
- Constitutive Modeling
- Metallic Materials
- Flow Behavior
- Microstructural Evolution
- High Temperature
- Nucleation Mechanisms
- Artificial Neural Networks
- Processing Maps
- Research works
- 66k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 6.9k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -13% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Metallurgy and Material Forming research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (3.6k and 613 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 3.6k works
- 2 India 613 works
- 3 United States 461 works
- 4 Russia 455 works
- 5 Germany 407 works
- 6 Japan 394 works
- 7 South Korea 220 works
- 8 Indonesia 187 works
- 9 Poland 171 works
- 10 France 169 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 Metallurgy and Material Forming research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of Science and Technology Beijing publishes the most Metallurgy and Material Forming research, followed by Northeastern University and Central South University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 209 works
- 2 Northeastern UniversityChina 164 works
- 3 Central South UniversityChina 117 works
- 4 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 89 works
- 5 Yanshan UniversityChina 84 works
- 6 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 77 works
- 7 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 75 works
- 8 Chongqing UniversityChina 61 works
- 9 Taiyuan University of Science and TechnologyChina 57 works
- 10 RWTH Aachen UniversityGermany 54 works
Who are the leading researchers in Metallurgy and Material Forming?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Metallurgy and Material Forming include Huan Liu, Akihisa Inoue and Dierk Raabe.
- 1 Huan Liu Australia 4.9k citations
- 2 Akihisa Inoue Japan 4.7k citations
- 3 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 Metallurgy and Material Forming research done?
The largest centres of Metallurgy and Material Forming research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Shenyang (China) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Qinhuangdao and Anshan.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- QinhuangdaoCN · 85.6 works25×
- AnshanCN · 31.9 works24×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Metallurgy and Material Forming than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Metallurgy and Material Forming?
Among universities, judged by research, Central South University, Northeastern 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.
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 | Central South UniversityChina | 69.1 | 31.5% | 8.5× | 117 | -45.4% |
| 2 | Northeastern UniversityChina | 62.0 | 16.8% | 22.2× | 164 | -27.4% |
| 3 | University of Science and Technology BeijingChina | 58.3 | 12.5% | 31.7× | 209 | -54.6% |
| 4 | Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina | 56.8 | 17.6% | 9.3× | 89 | -40.4% |
| 5 | Babol Noshirvani University of TechnologyIran | 54.5 | 17.6% | 21.1× | 15 | +65.1% |
| 6 | Taiyuan University of TechnologyChina | 54.3 | 21.3% | 9.8× | 34 | -54.9% |
| 7 | South Ural State UniversityRussia | 53.8 | 7.6% | 14.6× | 14 | +573.3% |
| 8 | University of New HampshireUnited States | 52.1 | 15.5% | 15.1× | 12 | +70.8% |
| 9 | Korea Institute of Materials ScienceSouth Korea | 51.9 | 22.9% | 46.9× | 13 | -43.4% |
| 10 | Indian Institute of Technology RoorkeeIndia | 51.4 | 26.3% | 4.9× | 19 | +96.5% |
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 Metallurgy and Material Forming research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 13% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2011.
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.