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Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels

Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 51k research works in it since 1950. 13.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the advancements in high-strength steel materials, particularly related to microstructure, martensite transformation, austenite stability, strain hardening, TRIP/TWIP steels, dislocation density, nanoprecipitation, bainite formation, and grain refinement.

  • High-Strength Steels
  • Microstructure
  • Martensite Transformation
  • Austenite Stability
  • Strain Hardening
  • TRIP/TWIP Steels
  • Dislocation Density
  • Nanoprecipitation
  • Bainite Formation
  • Grain Refinement
Research works
51k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
6.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
13.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+8%
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Which countries lead Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (3.1k and 485 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 3.1k works
  2. 2 India 485 works
  3. 3 Japan 441 works
  4. 4 Russia 390 works
  5. 5 United States 336 works
  6. 6 Germany 278 works
  7. 7 South Korea 213 works
  8. 8 France 157 works
  9. 9 Brazil 147 works
  10. 10 Poland 143 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: 54.5%India: 8.5%Japan: 7.8%Russia: 6.9%6 others listed: 22.4%54%largest
China3,096 · 54.5%India485 · 8.5%Japan441 · 7.8%Russia390 · 6.9%6 others listed1,273 · 22.4%

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

Which institutions lead Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Science and Technology Beijing publishes the most Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels research, followed by Northeastern University and Yanshan University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 287 works
  2. 2 Northeastern UniversityChina 236 works
  3. 3 Yanshan UniversityChina 78 works
  4. 4 Shanghai UniversityChina 77 works
  5. 5 Wuhan University of Science and TechnologyChina 76 works
  6. 6 China Iron and Steel Research Institute GroupChina 75 works
  7. 7 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 75 works
  8. 8 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 56 works
  9. 9 Central South UniversityChina 53 works
  10. 10 Nippon Steel (Japan)Japan 45 works

Who are the leading researchers in Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels include Huan Liu, Akihisa Inoue and Dierk Raabe.

  1. 1 Huan Liu Australia 4.9k citations
  2. 2 Akihisa Inoue Japan 4.7k citations
  3. 3 Dierk Raabe Germany 4.5k citations
  4. 4 Han Zhang China 3.2k citations
  5. 5 Terence G. Langdon United States 3k citations

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

Where is Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels research done?

The largest centres of Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shenyang (China), Shanghai (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Anshan, Baotou and Leoben.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 752 works
  2. 2 Shenyang China 293 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 236 works
  4. 4 Xi'an China 131 works
  5. 5 Tokyo Japan 130 works
  6. 6 Wuhan China 129 works
  7. 7 Moscow Russia 108 works
  8. 8 Taiyuan China 88 works
  9. 9 Mumbai India 84 works
  10. 10 Qinhuangdao China 79 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. AnshanCN · 61.4 works55×
  2. BaotouCN · 39.8 works30×
  3. LeobenAT · 22.2 works29×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels?

Among universities, judged by research, Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, 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.

0%20%40%mean 14.84%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur: 10, 41.3%Northeastern University: 236, 13.3%University of Science and Technology Beijing: 286, 12.6%University of Oulu: 27, 16.5%Yanshan University: 78, 13.8%Ural Federal University: 24, 2.1%Wuhan University of Science and Technology: 76, 10.5%South Ural State University: 12, 5.4%Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur: 27, 16.2%Babol Noshirvani University of Technology: 13, 16.7%Indian Institute of …University of OuluNortheastern Univers…University of Scienc…
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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 Indian Institute of Technology JodhpurIndia 63.641.3%11.3×10 —
2 Northeastern UniversityChina 59.313.3%38.4×236 +29.1%
3 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 57.012.6%52.1×286 -20.0%
4 University of OuluFinland 54.116.5%15.7×27 +51.9%
5 Yanshan UniversityChina 50.913.8%33.0×78 -11.5%
6 Ural Federal UniversityRussia 49.42.1%11.7×24 +300.6%
7 Wuhan University of Science and TechnologyChina 48.810.5%32.3×76 -2.1%
8 South Ural State UniversityRussia 48.25.4%14.4×12 +485.0%
9 Indian Institute of Technology KharagpurIndia 47.916.2%7.6×27 +115.4%
10 Babol Noshirvani University of TechnologyIran 47.316.7%21.5×13 —

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 Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels.

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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.