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Metallurgy and Material Science

Metallurgy and Material Science is a research topic within Materials Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 10k research works in it since 1950. 4.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the corrosion behavior, microstructure, cavitation erosion, and tribocorrosion of nickel-aluminium bronze alloys. It also explores the effects of surface modification, friction stir processing, and the machinability of lead-free brass alloys.

  • Nickel-Aluminium Bronze
  • Corrosion
  • Microstructure
  • Cavitation Erosion
  • Friction Stir Processing
  • Machinability
  • Lead-Free Brass
  • Surface Modification
  • Tribocorrosion
  • Wear Behavior
Research works
10k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
483
per year above
Top-10% rate
4.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-27%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Metallurgy and Material Science research?

By volume, China and Japan publish the most (340 and 85 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 340 works
  2. 2 Japan 85 works
  3. 3 United States 84 works
  4. 4 India 54 works
  5. 5 Russia 44 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 35 works
  7. 7 Germany 31 works
  8. 8 France 28 works
  9. 9 Poland 24 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 23 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: 45.4%Japan: 11.4%United States: 11.2%India: 7.3%6 others listed: 24.8%45%largest
China340 · 45.4%Japan85 · 11.4%United States84 · 11.2%India54 · 7.3%6 others listed185 · 24.8%

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

Which institutions lead Metallurgy and Material Science research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Science and Technology Beijing publishes the most Metallurgy and Material Science research, followed by Central South University and Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 16 works
  2. 2 Central South UniversityChina 10 works
  3. 3 Institute of Strength Physics and Materials ScienceRussia 7 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of EngineeringChina 7 works
  5. 5 Kunming University of Science and TechnologyChina 6 works
  6. 6 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 5 works
  7. 7 North China Electric Power UniversityChina 5 works
  8. 8 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 5 works
  9. 9 AGH University of KrakowPoland 5 works
  10. 10 Northeastern UniversityChina 4 works

Who are the leading researchers in Metallurgy and Material Science?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Metallurgy and Material Science include Akihisa Inoue and En–Hou Han.

  1. 1 Akihisa Inoue Japan 4.7k citations
  2. 2 En–Hou Han China 1.9k citations

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

Where is Metallurgy and Material Science research done?

The largest centres of Metallurgy and Material Science research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan), Nanjing (China) and Wuhan (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tokyo and Beijing.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 95 works
  2. 2 Tokyo Japan 27 works
  3. 3 Nanjing China 17 works
  4. 4 Wuhan China 14 works
  5. 5 Shanghai China 14 works
  6. 6 Changsha China 13 works
  7. 7 Xi'an China 10 works
  8. 8 Shenyang China 10 works
  9. 9 Tianjin China 9 works
  10. 10 Guangzhou China 9 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. TokyoJP · 26.8 works3.3×
  2. BeijingCN · 95.3 works2.8×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Metallurgy and Material Science than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Metallurgy and Material Science?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Science and Technology Beijing and Central South University 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.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 75.06.6%20.6×16 -79.7%
2 Central South UniversityChina 10.05.6%6.1×10 -92.7%

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 Science research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2011.

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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.