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Microstructure and mechanical properties

Microstructure and mechanical properties is a research topic within Materials Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 48k research works in it since 1950. 23.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the synthesis, characterization, and mechanical properties of nanomaterials, particularly nanocrystalline metals, produced through severe plastic deformation techniques. It explores the effects of grain refinement, grain boundary engineering, and size-dependent deformation mechanisms on the strength and ductility of these materials.

  • Nanocrystalline Materials
  • Severe Plastic Deformation
  • Grain Refinement
  • Strength and Ductility
  • Metal Processing
  • Crystal Plasticity
  • Grain Boundary Engineering
  • Atomistic Simulation
  • Size Effects
  • Deformation Mechanisms
Research works
48k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
11k
per year above
Top-10% rate
23.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+15%
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Which countries lead Microstructure and mechanical properties research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (3.2k and 524 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 3.2k works
  2. 2 United States 524 works
  3. 3 Russia 346 works
  4. 4 India 345 works
  5. 5 Japan 300 works
  6. 6 Germany 181 works
  7. 7 France 180 works
  8. 8 Iran 138 works
  9. 9 South Korea 135 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 122 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: 58.5%United States: 9.6%Russia: 6.3%India: 6.3%6 others listed: 19.3%58%largest
China3,200 · 58.5%United States524 · 9.6%Russia346 · 6.3%India345 · 6.3%6 others listed1,057 · 19.3%

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

Which institutions lead Microstructure and mechanical properties research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Central South University publishes the most Microstructure and mechanical properties research, followed by University of Science and Technology Beijing and Northeastern University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Central South UniversityChina 198 works
  2. 2 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 115 works
  3. 3 Northeastern UniversityChina 101 works
  4. 4 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 88 works
  5. 5 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 82 works
  6. 6 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 81 works
  7. 7 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 80 works
  8. 8 Chongqing UniversityChina 60 works
  9. 9 Yanshan UniversityChina 48 works
  10. 10 Shandong UniversityChina 42 works

Who are the leading researchers in Microstructure and mechanical properties?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Microstructure and mechanical properties include Steven J. Plimpton, Huan Liu and Akihisa Inoue.

  1. 1 Steven J. Plimpton United States 10k citations
  2. 2 Huan Liu Australia 4.9k citations
  3. 3 Akihisa Inoue Japan 4.7k citations
  4. 4 Dierk Raabe Germany 4.5k citations
  5. 5 Ted Belytschko United States 4.1k citations
  6. 6 Alexander Stukowski Germany 3.5k citations
  7. 7 N. F. Mott United Kingdom 3.4k citations
  8. 8 Efthimios Kaxiras United States 3.2k citations
  9. 9 Marc A. Meyers United States 3.2k citations
  10. 10 John W. Hutchinson United States 3.2k 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 research done?

The largest centres of Microstructure and mechanical properties research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Changsha (China), Xi'an (China) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tomsk, Leoben and Changwon.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 539 works
  2. 2 Changsha China 242 works
  3. 3 Xi'an China 215 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 184 works
  5. 5 Shenyang China 153 works
  6. 6 Nanjing China 122 works
  7. 7 Harbin China 116 works
  8. 8 Taiyuan China 114 works
  9. 9 Wuhan China 95 works
  10. 10 Moscow Russia 95 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. TomskRU · 27.2 works93×
  2. LeobenAT · 27.3 works40×
  3. ChangwonKR · 20.4 works23×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Microstructure and mechanical properties than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Microstructure and mechanical properties?

Among universities, judged by research, Central South University, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi and Northeastern 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.

0%50%100%mean 39.9%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Central South University: 198, 50.8%Université du Québec à Chicoutimi: 13, 72.5%Northeastern University: 102, 33.9%National University of Science and Technology: 30, 35.7%University of Science and Technology Beijing: 115, 28.7%Anhui University of Technology: 14, 31.8%Northwestern Polytechnical University: 80, 28.3%Dalian Jiaotong University: 18, 63.9%Chongqing University: 60, 31.1%Taiyuan University of Technology: 32, 22.3%Université du Québec…Central South Univer…National University …Northeastern Univers…
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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 Central South UniversityChina 71.050.8%19.4×198 +10.6%
2 Université du Québec à ChicoutimiCanada 67.972.5%36.5×13 +74.7%
3 Northeastern UniversityChina 61.833.9%18.6×102 +49.7%
4 National University of Science and TechnologyRussia 61.435.7%71.2×30 +132.7%
5 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 60.428.7%23.5×115 +47.6%
6 Anhui University of TechnologyChina 57.331.8%11.8×14 +200.0%
7 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 57.228.3%11.3×80 +31.1%
8 Dalian Jiaotong UniversityChina 56.663.9%32.6×18 -53.3%
9 Chongqing UniversityChina 56.331.1%8.9×60 +74.8%
10 Taiyuan University of TechnologyChina 55.822.3%12.5×32 +149.7%

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 Microstructure and mechanical properties research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Microstructure and mechanical 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.

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.