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
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
Russia
123 works
- 2
United States
71 works
- 3
Australia
55 works
- 4
China
42 works
- 5
India
35 works
- 6
Ukraine
32 works
- 7
United Kingdom
20 works
- 8
Kazakhstan
10 works
- 9
Brazil
8 works
- 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.
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.
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
Geoscience AustraliaAustralia
49 works
- 2
Carter CenterUnited States
48 works
- 3
Russian Academy of SciencesRussia
24 works
- 4
Siberian State Industrial UniversityRussia
12 works
- 5
Petersburg State Transport UniversityRussia
9 works
- 6
GLA UniversityIndia
9 works
- 7
Russian University of TransportRussia
9 works
- 8
National Academy of Sciences of UkraineUkraine
7 works
- 9
Department of Archaeology
Sri Lanka
6 works
- 10
Siberian Transport UniversityRussia
5 works
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
CanberraAustralia
50 works
- 2
AtlantaUnited States
49 works
- 3
MoscowRussia
29 works
- 4
Saint PetersburgRussia
13 works
- 5
NovokuznetskRussia
13 works
- 6
KyivUkraine
10 works
- 7
NovosibirskRussia
10 works
- 8
BeijingChina
9 works
- 9
MathuraIndia
9 works
- 10
DniproUkraine
9 works
Where it is the local speciality
- CanberraAU · 50.0 works70×
- AtlantaUS · 48.7 works45×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Railway Systems and Materials Science than the world average.
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.
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.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GLA UniversityIndia |
51.9 | 18.7% | 111.3× | 9 | -75.4% |
| 2 | Petersburg State Transport UniversityRussia |
36.7 | 4.1% | 324.2× | 9 | +211.3% |
| 3 | Siberian State Industrial UniversityRussia |
32.3 | 0.8% | 1708.5× | 12 | -46.7% |
| 4 | Russian University of TransportRussia |
22.5 | 3.2% | 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 countryIs 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.
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.
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.
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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