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Mineral Processing and Grinding

Mineral Processing and Grinding is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 35k research works in it since 1950. 13.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the process of comminution in mineral processing, including topics such as mineral liberation analysis, grinding circuits, particle size distribution, DEM modelling, energy efficiency in comminution, stirred media mills, high voltage pulses for ore pre-weakening, ore sorting technologies, and machine learning applications in mineral processing.

  • Comminution
  • Mineral Liberation Analysis
  • Grinding Circuits
  • Particle Size Distribution
  • DEM Modelling
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Stirred Media Mills
  • High Voltage Pulses
  • Ore Sorting
  • Machine Learning
Research works
35k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
13.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+34%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Mineral Processing and Grinding research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.7k and 491 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 2.7k works
  2. 2 United States 491 works
  3. 3 India 466 works
  4. 4 Russia 278 works
  5. 5 Brazil 219 works
  6. 6 Australia 218 works
  7. 7 Canada 199 works
  8. 8 Germany 194 works
  9. 9 Indonesia 162 works
  10. 10 Iran 139 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: 53.4%United States: 9.7%India: 9.2%Russia: 5.5%6 others listed: 22.3%53%largest
China2,715 · 53.4%United States491 · 9.7%India466 · 9.2%Russia278 · 5.5%6 others listed1,133 · 22.3%

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

Which institutions lead Mineral Processing and Grinding research?

By volume in 2022–2025, China University of Mining and Technology publishes the most Mineral Processing and Grinding research, followed by Central South University and Northeastern University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 174 works
  2. 2 Central South UniversityChina 140 works
  3. 3 Northeastern UniversityChina 107 works
  4. 4 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 90 works
  5. 5 Kunming University of Science and TechnologyChina 43 works
  6. 6 Anhui University of Science and TechnologyChina 42 works
  7. 7 Shandong University of Science and TechnologyChina 36 works
  8. 8 China University of GeosciencesChina 34 works
  9. 9 Jiangxi University of Science and TechnologyChina 33 works
  10. 10 Taiyuan University of TechnologyChina 32 works

Where is Mineral Processing and Grinding research done?

The largest centres of Mineral Processing and Grinding research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Xuzhou (China), Changsha (China) and Shenyang (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Freiberg, Xuzhou and Huainan.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 548 works
  2. 2 Xuzhou China 179 works
  3. 3 Changsha China 173 works
  4. 4 Shenyang China 142 works
  5. 5 Wuhan China 118 works
  6. 6 Shanghai China 112 works
  7. 7 Xi'an China 105 works
  8. 8 Chengdu China 79 works
  9. 9 Hangzhou China 77 works
  10. 10 Moscow Russia 74 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. FreibergDE · 21.5 works36×
  2. XuzhouCN · 178.8 works28×
  3. HuainanCN · 49.6 works24×
  4. DhanbadIN · 31.6 works21×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Mineral Processing and Grinding than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Mineral Processing and Grinding?

Among universities, judged by research, China University of Geosciences, Shandong University of Science and Technology 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.

0%20%40%mean 24.2%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →China University of Geosciences: 34, 46.7%Shandong University of Science and Technology: 36, 19.6%Central South University: 140, 22.3%China University of Mining and Technology: 174, 14.7%Curtin University: 21, 20.7%Northeastern University: 107, 16.4%Amirkabir University of Technology: 15, 29.2%Isfahan University of Technology: 10, 27.9%China University of Geosciences (Beijing): 22, 34.1%Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad: 23, 10.4%China University of …Central South Univer…Shandong University …China University of …
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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 China University of GeosciencesChina 70.146.7%10.6×34 +13.8%
2 Shandong University of Science and TechnologyChina 63.219.6%10.6×36 +203.8%
3 Central South UniversityChina 61.522.3%12.2×140 -15.6%
4 China University of Mining and TechnologyChina 61.114.7%31.6×174 +43.1%
5 Curtin UniversityAustralia 59.320.7%9.5×21 +111.5%
6 Northeastern UniversityChina 58.616.4%17.5×107 +36.1%
7 Amirkabir University of TechnologyIran 58.429.2%8.7×15 +142.4%
8 Isfahan University of TechnologyIran 57.827.9%8.7×10 +180.3%
9 China University of Geosciences (Beijing)China 54.934.1%10.9×22 -53.6%
10 Indian Institute of Technology DhanbadIndia 54.810.4%16.3×23 +407.4%

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 Mineral Processing and Grinding research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 34% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Mineral Processing and Grinding.

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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.