Surface Treatment and Residual Stress
Surface Treatment and Residual Stress is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 8k research works in it since 1950. 15.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores various surface modification techniques such as Laser Shock Processing, Surface Mechanical Attrition Treatment, Shot Peening, and Ultrasonic Impact Peening to induce nanostructured surface layers, improve fatigue behavior, enhance corrosion resistance, and refine grain structures in metal alloys. The focus is on understanding the effects of these techniques on microstructure evolution and residual stress, with potential applications in improving the mechanical and corrosion properties of metallic materials.
- Laser Shock Processing
- Surface Mechanical Attrition Treatment
- Shot Peening
- Ultrasonic Impact Peening
- Residual Stress
- Nanostructured Surface Layer
- Fatigue Behavior
- Corrosion Resistance
- Grain Refinement
- Microstructure Evolution
- Research works
- 8k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 1.2k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 15.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +41% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Surface Treatment and Residual Stress research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (988 and 117 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Surface Treatment and Residual Stress research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Jiangsu University publishes the most Surface Treatment and Residual Stress research, followed by Northwestern Polytechnical University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Jiangsu UniversityChina 43 works
- 2 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 35 works
- 3 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 21 works
- 4 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 20 works
- 5 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 19 works
- 6 Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina 17 works
- 7 Central South UniversityChina 16 works
- 8 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 16 works
- 9 Beihang UniversityChina 16 works
- 10 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 16 works
Who are the leading researchers in Surface Treatment and Residual Stress?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Surface Treatment and Residual Stress include Marc A. Meyers, Yuntian Zhu and Zenji Horita.
- 1 Marc A. Meyers United States 3.2k citations
- 2 Yuntian Zhu United States 2.3k citations
- 3 Zenji Horita Japan 2.1k citations
- 4 K. Lu China 2k citations
- 5 Jian Lü Hong Kong 1.7k citations
- 6 Р. З. Валиев Russia 1.6k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Surface Treatment and Residual Stress research done?
The largest centres of Surface Treatment and Residual Stress research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Shanghai (China) and Wuhan (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Zhenjiang.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- ZhenjiangCN · 47.8 works23×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Surface Treatment and Residual Stress than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Surface Treatment and Residual Stress?
Among universities, judged by research, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Wuhan University of Technology and Southwest Jiaotong 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 | Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina | 80.5 | 24.0% | 16.0× | 35 | +141.9% |
| 2 | Wuhan University of TechnologyChina | 77.2 | 27.7% | 10.1× | 16 | +313.5% |
| 3 | Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina | 76.1 | 30.6% | 11.3× | 17 | +116.9% |
| 4 | Jiangsu UniversityChina | 73.0 | 22.6% | 29.8× | 43 | -20.4% |
| 5 | Beihang UniversityChina | 68.2 | 32.6% | 7.4× | 16 | +105.0% |
| 6 | Northeastern UniversityChina | 63.7 | 29.7% | 8.2× | 14 | +70.2% |
| 7 | Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina | 61.3 | 28.4% | 6.5× | 20 | +53.3% |
| 8 | Air Force Engineering UniversityChina | 58.5 | 29.4% | 51.9× | 14 | -45.2% |
| 9 | University of Science and Technology BeijingChina | 52.1 | 12.9% | 10.7× | 16 | +43.3% |
| 10 | Chongqing UniversityChina | 50.5 | 30.9% | 5.4× | 11 | -9.1% |
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 Residual Stress research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 41% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Surface Treatment and Residual Stress.
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.