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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. 15.2% 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%
3.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
15.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+51%
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Which countries lead Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (2.1k and 358 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 2.1k works
  2. 2 India 358 works
  3. 3 Russia 326 works
  4. 4 United States 277 works
  5. 5 Japan 170 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 119 works
  7. 7 Germany 101 works
  8. 8 Brazil 100 works
  9. 9 South Korea 94 works
  10. 10 France 93 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: 56.7%India: 9.5%Russia: 8.6%United States: 7.3%6 others listed: 17.9%57%largest
China2,145 · 56.7%India358 · 9.5%Russia326 · 8.6%United States277 · 7.3%6 others listed677 · 17.9%

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

Which institutions lead Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Harbin Institute of Technology publishes the most Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties research, followed by Northwestern Polytechnical University and Central South University.

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

The most-cited researchers publishing on Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties include Dierk Raabe, Paul K. Chu and Terence G. Langdon.

  1. 1 Dierk Raabe Germany 4.5k citations
  2. 2 Paul K. Chu Hong Kong 3.7k citations
  3. 3 Terence G. Langdon United States 3k citations
  4. 4 J. Eckert Germany 2.7k citations
  5. 5 Robert O. Ritchie United States 2.5k citations
  6. 6 Nobuhiro Tsuji Japan 2.3k citations
  7. 7 Peter K. Liaw United States 2.3k citations
  8. 8 Yuntian Zhu United States 2.3k citations
  9. 9 Qing Liu United States 2.2k citations

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

Where is Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties research done?

The largest centres of Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties research in 2022–2025 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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 353 works
  2. 2 Xi'an China 268 works
  3. 3 Harbin China 127 works
  4. 4 Shenyang China 110 works
  5. 5 Changsha China 108 works
  6. 6 Shanghai China 108 works
  7. 7 Moscow Russia 98 works
  8. 8 Nanjing China 84 works
  9. 9 Chengdu China 68 works
  10. 10 Guangzhou China 59 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. TomskRU · 36.4 works163×
  2. TomskRU · 39.2 works16×
  3. QinhuangdaoCN · 23.1 works12×
  4. UfaRU · 20.1 works11×
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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, Northeastern University and University of Science and Technology Beijing 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 21.41%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Northwestern Polytechnical University: 102, 21.3%Northeastern University: 45, 22.3%University of Science and Technology Beijing: 50, 20.9%Harbin Institute of Technology: 103, 15.4%Central South University: 74, 16.5%RMIT University: 9, 29.6%Nanjing Tech University: 26, 12.3%Xi'an Jiaotong University: 37, 33.5%Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology: 15, 22.3%Taiyuan University of Technology: 15, 20.0%Northeastern Univers…Northwestern Polytec…University of Scienc…Harbin Institute of …
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 69.921.3%18.7×102 +20.5%
2 Northeastern UniversityChina 67.822.3%10.8×45 +83.6%
3 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 67.320.9%13.4×50 +79.3%
4 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 64.915.4%13.1×103 +25.5%
5 Central South UniversityChina 63.816.5%9.4×74 +56.2%
6 RMIT UniversityAustralia 62.229.6%5.3×9 +715.9%
7 Nanjing Tech UniversityChina 61.612.3%10.9×26 +286.5%
8 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 60.933.5%4.8×37 +58.5%
9 Xi'an University of Architecture and TechnologyChina 58.222.3%10.2×15 +77.8%
10 Taiyuan University of TechnologyChina 56.420.0%7.4×15 +221.6%

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 Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 51% higher than in 2013–2017, 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.

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.