Surface Treatment and Coatings
Surface Treatment and Coatings is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 8.2k research works in it since 1950. 7.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on surface modification techniques for metal alloys, particularly titanium, using methods such as electro-spark alloying, plasma spraying, and laser treatment. The research explores the deposition of composite coatings, hydroxyapatite nanoparticles, and carbide-ceramic coatings to enhance properties such as corrosion resistance and mechanical strength.
- Electro-Spark Alloying
- Surface Coatings
- Titanium Alloy
- Composite Coatings
- Hydroxyapatite Nanoparticles
- Plasma Spraying
- Microstructural Morphology
- Nanostructured Coatings
- Laser Treatment
- Corrosion Behavior
- Research works
- 8.2k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 616 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 7.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +25% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Surface Treatment and Coatings research?
By volume, Russia and Ukraine publish the most (451 and 197 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Russia 451 works
- 2 Ukraine 197 works
- 3 China 168 works
- 4 Poland 134 works
- 5 India 93 works
- 6 United States 82 works
- 7 Kazakhstan 37 works
- 8 Türkiye 26 works
- 9 Germany 24 works
- 10 Belarus 23 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.
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Which institutions lead Surface Treatment and Coatings research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Weatherford College publishes the most Surface Treatment and Coatings research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and Silesian University of Technology.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 21 works
- 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 14 works
- 3 Silesian University of TechnologyPoland 13 works
- 4 National Academy of Sciences of UkraineUkraine 12 works
- 5 South-West State UniversityRussia 12 works
- 6 Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and GasUkraine 12 works
- 7 Khmelnytskyi National UniversityUkraine 10 works
- 8 Volgograd State Technical UniversityRussia 10 works
- 9 Bauman Moscow State Technical UniversityRussia 10 works
- 10 Don State Technical UniversityRussia 10 works
Where is Surface Treatment and Coatings research done?
The largest centres of Surface Treatment and Coatings research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Kyiv (Ukraine), Saint Petersburg (Russia) and Beijing (China).
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Moscow Russia 148 works
- 2 Kyiv Ukraine 60 works
- 3 Saint Petersburg Russia 25 works
- 4 Beijing China 23 works
- 5 Weatherford United States 21 works
- 6 Kharkiv Ukraine 21 works
- 7 Minsk Belarus 18 works
- 8 Rostov-on-Don Russia 17 works
- 9 Voronezh Russia 17 works
- 10 Warsaw Poland 16 works
Where is the best place to study Surface Treatment and Coatings?
Among universities, judged by research, Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas, Lublin University of Technology and National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute" 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 | Ivano-Frankivsk National Technical University of Oil and GasUkraine | 46.3 | 30.4% | 168.9× | 12 | — |
| 2 | Lublin University of TechnologyPoland | 43.8 | 18.9% | 68.0× | 9 | +261.7% |
| 3 | National Technical University "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute"Ukraine | 41.0 | 21.8% | 53.3× | 8 | +469.0% |
| 4 | Weatherford CollegeUnited States | 39.8 | 0.8% | 10.6× | 22 | +337.9% |
| 5 | AGH University of KrakowPoland | 31.7 | 12.6% | 16.4× | 10 | +46.9% |
| 6 | Silesian University of TechnologyPoland | 26.8 | 2.5% | 35.6× | 13 | +36.6% |
| 7 | Khmelnytskyi National UniversityUkraine | 26.4 | 3.2% | 130.1× | 10 | +507.1% |
| 8 | Poznań University of TechnologyPoland | 25.9 | 2.8% | 38.9× | 9 | +250.6% |
| 9 | Rzeszów University of TechnologyPoland | 25.6 | 3.8% | 69.7× | 10 | +174.0% |
| 10 | National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”Ukraine | 22.4 | 3.6% | 24.6× | 9 | +302.9% |
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 Surface Treatment and Coatings research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 25% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Surface Treatment and Coatings.
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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.