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Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties

Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties is a research topic within Materials Chemistry. Science Explorer counts 20k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the advancements in titanium alloys for biomedical applications, with a particular emphasis on their mechanical properties, microstructure evolution, corrosion resistance, and shape memory effect. The research covers topics such as orthopaedic implants, metallic biomaterials, and crystal plasticity modeling of these alloys.

  • Titanium Alloys
  • Biomedical Applications
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Microstructure Evolution
  • Corrosion Resistance
  • Shape Memory Effect
  • Orthopaedic Implants
  • Metallic Biomaterials
  • Crystal Plasticity Modeling
  • Metastable Beta Alloys
Research works
20k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+22%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
58% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties

Which countries lead Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (2.6k and 411 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 2.6k works
  2. 2 India 411 works
  3. 3 Russia 349 works
  4. 4 United States 316 works
  5. 5 Japan 189 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 135 works
  7. 7 Germany 118 works
  8. 8 Brazil 112 works
  9. 9 South Korea 106 works
  10. 10 France 105 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.

China: 58.2%India: 9.3%Russia: 7.9%United States: 7.2%6 others listed: 17.3%58%largest
China2,566 · 58.2%India411 · 9.3%Russia349 · 7.9%United States316 · 7.2%6 others listed764 · 17.3%

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

Which institutions lead Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties research, followed by Northwestern Polytechnical University and Harbin Institute of Technology.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 129 works
  2. 2 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 118 works
  3. 3 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 114 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 105 works
  5. 5 Central South UniversityChina 89 works
  6. 6 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 60 works
  7. 7 Northeastern UniversityChina 54 works
  8. 8 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 51 works
  9. 9 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 45 works
  10. 10 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 42 works

Who are the leading researchers in Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties include Hua Zhang, Seeram Ramakrishna and Han Zhang.

  1. 1 Hua Zhang Singapore 196k citations
  2. 2 Seeram Ramakrishna Singapore 186k citations
  3. 3 Han Zhang China 161k citations
  4. 4 Lin Gu China 159k citations
  5. 5 Huan Liu Australia 148k citations
  6. 6 Paul K. Chu China 130k citations
  7. 7 Michel W. Barsoum United States 129k citations
  8. 8 Dierk Raabe Germany 125k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties?

The most cited paper in Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties is "Ti based biomaterials, the ultimate choice for orthopaedic implants – A review" (M. Geetha, Ajay Singh, R. Asokamani et al., 2008), with 5,436 citations. Next come "Physical metallurgy of Ti–Ni-based shape memory alloys" (4,640) and "Titanium alloys in total joint replacement—a materials science perspective" (3,527).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Ti based biomaterials, the ultimate choice for orthopaedic implants – A review M. Geetha, Ajay Singh, R. Asokamani et al. · Progress in Materials Science 12 Dec 2008 5,436
2 Physical metallurgy of Ti–Ni-based shape memory alloys Kazuhiro Otsuka, Xiaobing Ren · Progress in Materials Science 13 Jan 2005 4,640
3 Titanium alloys in total joint replacement—a materials science perspective Marc Long, Henry J. Rack · Biomaterials Sep 1998 3,527
4 Surface modification of titanium, titanium alloys, and related materials for biomedical applications Xiaoqing Liu, Paul K. Chu, Chaodong Ding · Materials Science and Engineering R Reports 24 Dec 2004 3,494
5 Perspectives on Titanium Science and Technology D. Banerjee, J C Williams · Acta Materialia 18 Jan 2013 3,051
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties research done?

The largest centres of Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Harbin (China) and Shenyang (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tomsk, Tomsk and Qinhuangdao.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 416 works
  2. 2 Xi'anChina 309 works
  3. 3 HarbinChina 144 works
  4. 4 ShenyangChina 133 works
  5. 5 ShanghaiChina 125 works
  6. 6 ChangshaChina 124 works
  7. 7 MoscowRussia 108 works
  8. 8 NanjingChina 98 works
  9. 9 ChengduChina 81 works
  10. 10 WuhanChina 73 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. TomskRU · 37.5 works161×
  2. TomskRU · 40.2 works15×
  3. QinhuangdaoCN · 26.3 works12×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties?

Among universities, judged by research, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an Jiaotong University and Harbin Institute of Technology 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%20%40%mean 19.67%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Xi'an Jiaotong Unive…Northwestern Polytec…Central South Univer…Harbin Institute of …
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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
1Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 69.816.1%21.1×118 +30.5%
2Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 67.627.0%4.9×42 +29.6%
3Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 64.711.5%14.2×114 +35.6%
4Central South UniversityChina 63.212.7%9.4×89 +35.6%
5Northeastern UniversityChina 63.217.2%12.3×54 +55.0%
6University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 59.313.5%15.7×60 +79.2%
7Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 58.919.7%3.6×51 +11.3%
8Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 58.318.3%3.7×33 +105.3%
9City University of Hong KongChina 56.423.2%3.9×11 +196.5%
10Peking UniversityChina 53.637.5%0.9×9 +52.8%

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 Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties, country by country

Is Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties.

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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 Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.023% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties0.025% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties 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.

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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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