Solidification and crystal growth phenomena
Solidification and crystal growth phenomena is a research topic within Materials Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 21k research works in it since 1950. 15.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the application of phase-field models to study microstructure evolution, solidification, crystal growth, and elasticity in materials science. It covers topics such as diffuse interface methods for simulating complex fluids, modeling of multicomponent alloys, dendritic growth, and thermodynamically consistent numerical simulations.
- Phase-Field Models
- Solidification
- Microstructure Evolution
- Crystal Growth
- Diffuse Interface Method
- Elasticity
- Multicomponent Alloys
- Dendritic Growth
- Thermodynamic Consistency
- Numerical Simulation
- Research works
- 21k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3.4k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 15.7% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +2% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Solidification and crystal growth phenomena research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (927 and 244 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 927 works
- 2 United States 244 works
- 3 Germany 156 works
- 4 Russia 138 works
- 5 Japan 119 works
- 6 France 88 works
- 7 India 85 works
- 8 United Kingdom 51 works
- 9 South Korea 47 works
- 10 Italy 39 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 Solidification and crystal growth phenomena research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Northwestern Polytechnical University publishes the most Solidification and crystal growth phenomena research, followed by University of Science and Technology Beijing and Northeastern University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 48 works
- 2 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 45 works
- 3 Northeastern UniversityChina 45 works
- 4 Shanghai UniversityChina 30 works
- 5 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 26 works
- 6 Central South UniversityChina 22 works
- 7 Ural Federal UniversityRussia 22 works
- 8 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 20 works
- 9 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 19 works
- 10 Chongqing UniversityChina 17 works
Who are the leading researchers in Solidification and crystal growth phenomena?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Solidification and crystal growth phenomena include Akihisa Inoue, Dierk Raabe and Kurt Binder.
- 1 Akihisa Inoue Japan 4.7k citations
- 2 Dierk Raabe Germany 4.5k citations
- 3 Kurt Binder Germany 3.5k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Solidification and crystal growth phenomena research done?
The largest centres of Solidification and crystal growth phenomena research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Shanghai (China) and Shenyang (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Yekaterinburg and Shenyang.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- YekaterinburgRU · 29.2 works14×
- ShenyangCN · 59.4 works9.4×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Solidification and crystal growth phenomena than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Solidification and crystal growth phenomena?
Among universities, judged by research, Northeastern University, Northwestern Polytechnical University 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northeastern UniversityChina | 73.6 | 20.9% | 22.9× | 45 | +46.6% |
| 2 | Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina | 63.5 | 15.3% | 18.8× | 48 | -36.4% |
| 3 | Central South UniversityChina | 63.5 | 27.5% | 6.1× | 22 | +77.3% |
| 4 | Korea UniversitySouth Korea | 61.9 | 19.6% | 13.8× | 16 | -0.9% |
| 5 | University of Science and Technology BeijingChina | 60.6 | 11.8% | 25.7× | 45 | +3.0% |
| 6 | Shanghai UniversityChina | 58.9 | 12.0% | 18.5× | 30 | +39.1% |
| 7 | Kyoto Institute of TechnologyJapan | 55.5 | 14.9% | 71.3× | 10 | +134.7% |
| 8 | Ural Federal UniversityRussia | 54.1 | 1.8% | 33.6× | 22 | +212.1% |
| 9 | Montanuniversität LeobenAustria | 52.1 | 14.3% | 75.5× | 11 | -6.8% |
| 10 | Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina | 51.2 | 11.1% | 7.4× | 26 | +88.8% |
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 Solidification and crystal growth phenomena research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 2% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Solidification and crystal growth phenomena.
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.