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Railway Systems and Materials Science

Railway Systems and Materials Science is a research topic within Mechanics of Materials. Science Explorer counts 1.9k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the mechanical and thermal properties of nanocomposites, particularly those reinforced with graphene and carbon nanotubes. The papers cover reviews, molecular dynamics simulations, functionalization effects, and applications in structural materials.

  • Nanocomposites
  • Graphene
  • Carbon Nanotubes
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Thermal Properties
  • Polymer
  • Review
  • Functionalization
  • Molecular Dynamics
  • Epoxy
Research works
1.9k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
192
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+20%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Russia
30% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Railway Systems and Materials Science

Which countries lead Railway Systems and Materials Science research?

By volume, Russia and the United States publish the most (123 and 71 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russia 123 works
  2. 2 United States 71 works
  3. 3 Australia 55 works
  4. 4 China 42 works
  5. 5 India 35 works
  6. 6 Ukraine 32 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 20 works
  8. 8 Kazakhstan 10 works
  9. 9 Brazil 8 works
  10. 10 Indonesia 8 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.

Russia: 30.4%United States: 17.6%Australia: 13.6%China: 10.5%6 others listed: 27.9%30%largest
Russia123 · 30.4%United States71 · 17.6%Australia55 · 13.6%China42 · 10.5%6 others listed113 · 27.9%

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

Which institutions lead Railway Systems and Materials Science research?

By volume in 2022-now, Geoscience Australia publishes the most Railway Systems and Materials Science research, followed by Carter Center and Russian Academy of Sciences.

What are the most cited papers in Railway Systems and Materials Science?

The most cited paper in Railway Systems and Materials Science is "Matrix Elements and Operator Equivalents Connected with the Magnetic Properties of Rare Earth Ions" (K W H Stevens, 1952), with 1,696 citations. Next come "Processing of vanadium: a review" (963) and "Nomenclature of pyroxenes." (570).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Matrix Elements and Operator Equivalents Connected with the Magnetic Properties of Rare Earth Ions K W H Stevens · Proceedings of the Physical Society Section A Open access Mar 1952 1,696
2 Processing of vanadium: a review R.R. Moskalyk, Akram M. Alfantazi · Minerals Engineering 22 Jul 2003 963
3 Nomenclature of pyroxenes. Nobuo Morimoto · Mineralogical Journal Open access 1989 570
4 Environmental impact and remediation of acid mine drainage: a management problem Nicholas F Gray · Environmental Geology 24 Mar 1997 380
5 Rhodium-Catalyzed Hydroformylation Piet W. N. M. van Leeuwen · Stereoselective Synthesis 1 Stereoselective Reactions of Carbon—Carbon Double Bonds Book chapter 2011 333
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Where is Railway Systems and Materials Science research done?

The largest centres of Railway Systems and Materials Science research in 2022-now are Canberra (Australia), Atlanta (United States), Moscow (Russia) and Saint Petersburg (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Canberra and Atlanta.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 CanberraAustralia 50 works
  2. 2 AtlantaUnited States 49 works
  3. 3 MoscowRussia 29 works
  4. 4 Saint PetersburgRussia 13 works
  5. 5 NovokuznetskRussia 13 works
  6. 6 KyivUkraine 10 works
  7. 7 NovosibirskRussia 10 works
  8. 8 BeijingChina 9 works
  9. 9 MathuraIndia 9 works
  10. 10 DniproUkraine 9 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. CanberraAU · 50.0 works70×
  2. AtlantaUS · 48.7 works45×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Railway Systems and Materials Science than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Railway Systems and Materials Science?

Among universities, judged by research, GLA University, Petersburg State Transport University and Siberian State Industrial 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%10%20%mean 6.7%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →GLA UniversityPetersburg State Tra…Russian University o…Siberian State Indus…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1GLA UniversityIndia 51.918.7%111.3×9 -75.4%
2Petersburg State Transport UniversityRussia 36.74.1%324.2×9 +211.3%
3Siberian State Industrial UniversityRussia 32.30.8%1708.5×12 -46.7%
4Russian University of TransportRussia 22.53.2%308.5×8 -32.3%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Railway Systems and Materials Science, country by country

Is Railway Systems and Materials Science research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Railway Systems and Materials Science.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Railway Systems and Materials Science as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0016% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Railway Systems and Materials Science over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Railway Systems and Materials Science10.1% in 202520102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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