Powder Metallurgy Techniques and Materials
Powder Metallurgy Techniques and Materials is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 8.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on powder metallurgy, compaction processes, and mechanical properties of metal powders. It covers topics such as sintering, cold compaction, alloying, friction and wear behavior, and numerical simulation using the finite element method.
- Powder Metallurgy
- Compaction
- Sintering
- Mechanical Properties
- Metal Powders
- Finite Element Method
- Cold Compaction
- Alloying
- Friction and Wear
- Simulation
- Research works
- 13k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 1.2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 8.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -11% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Powder Metallurgy Techniques and Materials research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (424 and 112 works in 2022–2025).
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.
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Which institutions lead Powder Metallurgy Techniques and Materials research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Central South University publishes the most Powder Metallurgy Techniques and Materials research, followed by University of Science and Technology Beijing and Northeastern University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Central South UniversityChina 37 works
- 2 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 26 works
- 3 Northeastern UniversityChina 14 works
- 4 Chinese Academy of EngineeringChina 11 works
- 5 RWTH Aachen UniversityGermany 8 works
- 6 Institute of Strength Physics and Materials ScienceRussia 8 works
- 7 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 7 works
- 8 National Academy of Sciences of UkraineUkraine 6 works
- 9 Hefei University of TechnologyChina 6 works
- 10 AGH University of KrakowPoland 6 works
Who are the leading researchers in Powder Metallurgy Techniques and Materials?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Powder Metallurgy Techniques and Materials include Dierk Raabe and Terence G. Langdon.
- 1 Dierk Raabe Germany 4.5k citations
- 2 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 Powder Metallurgy Techniques and Materials research done?
The largest centres of Powder Metallurgy Techniques and Materials research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Changsha (China), Xi'an (China) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Changsha.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- ChangshaCN · 42.1 works6.3×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Powder Metallurgy Techniques and Materials than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Powder Metallurgy Techniques and Materials?
Among universities, judged by research, Central South University, University of Science and Technology Beijing 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.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central South UniversityChina | 60.0 | 12.9% | 16.7× | 37 | -60.4% |
| 2 | University of Science and Technology BeijingChina | 42.9 | 8.9% | 24.6× | 26 | -63.5% |
| 3 | Northeastern UniversityChina | 40.3 | 5.8% | 12.0× | 14 | -10.0% |
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 Powder Metallurgy Techniques and Materials research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 11% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2012.
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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.