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Tribology and Wear Analysis

Tribology and Wear Analysis is a research topic within Mechanics of Materials. Science Explorer counts 31k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the tribological properties, wear behavior, and friction characteristics of polymer composites and nanocomposites. It explores the role of transfer films, filler reinforcement, and nanoscale additives in enhancing the mechanical and tribological performance of polymers.

  • Polymer Tribology
  • Wear Behavior
  • Nanocomposites
  • Friction Properties
  • Transfer Films
  • Filler Reinforcement
  • Tribological Performance
  • Polymer Composites
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Tribological Studies
Research works
31k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+9%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
46% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Tribology and Wear Analysis

Which countries lead Tribology and Wear Analysis research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (2.4k and 1.2k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 2.4k works
  2. 2 India 1.2k works
  3. 3 Russia 321 works
  4. 4 United States 315 works
  5. 5 Türkiye 250 works
  6. 6 Germany 168 works
  7. 7 Japan 158 works
  8. 8 Poland 144 works
  9. 9 Malaysia 121 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 117 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: 46.1%India: 22.6%Russia: 6.3%United States: 6.2%6 others listed: 18.8%46%largest
China2,355 · 46.1%India1,156 · 22.6%Russia321 · 6.3%United States315 · 6.2%6 others listed958 · 18.8%

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

Which institutions lead Tribology and Wear Analysis research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Tribology and Wear Analysis research, followed by Russian Academy of Sciences and Northwestern Polytechnical University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 217 works
  2. 2 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 111 works
  3. 3 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 57 works
  4. 4 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 55 works
  5. 5 Tsinghua UniversityChina 50 works
  6. 6 Saveetha UniversityIndia 49 works
  7. 7 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 42 works
  8. 8 Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina 38 works
  9. 9 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 36 works
  10. 10 Qingdao University of Science and TechnologyChina 36 works

Who are the leading researchers in Tribology and Wear Analysis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Tribology and Wear Analysis include Zhong Lin Wang, Yury G. Gogotsi and Wei Huang.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  2. 2 Yury G. Gogotsi United States 313k citations
  3. 3 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  4. 4 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  5. 5 Lei Jiang China 214k citations
  6. 6 Seeram Ramakrishna Singapore 186k citations
  7. 7 Qiang Zhang China 184k citations
  8. 8 Hui–Ming Cheng China 183k citations
  9. 9 Pulickel Madhavapanicker Ajayan United States 173k citations
  10. 10 Douglas Scott Canada 172k 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 Tribology and Wear Analysis?

The most cited paper in Tribology and Wear Analysis is "Surface energy and the contact of elastic solids" (Kenneth Langstreth Johnson, Kevin Kendall, A. D. Roberts, 1971), with 8,054 citations. Next come "Effects of particle size, particle/matrix interface adhesion and particle loading on mechanical properties of particulate–polymer composites" (3,538) and "Chemical Treatments of Natural Fiber for Use in Natural Fiber-Reinforced Composites: A Review" (2,905).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Surface energy and the contact of elastic solids Kenneth Langstreth Johnson, Kevin Kendall, A. D. Roberts · Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences 8 Sep 1971 8,054
2 Effects of particle size, particle/matrix interface adhesion and particle loading on mechanical properties of particulate–polymer composites Shao‐Yun Fu, Xi‐Qiao Feng, Bernd Lauke et al. · Composites Part B Engineering 3 Mar 2008 3,538
3 Chemical Treatments of Natural Fiber for Use in Natural Fiber-Reinforced Composites: A Review Xue Li, Lope G. Tabil, Satyanarayan Panigrahi · Journal of Polymers and the Environment 3 Jan 2007 2,905
4 Natural fiber polymer composites: A review D. Nabi Saheb, Jyoti Prakash Jog · Advances in Polymer Technology 1999 2,302
5 A review on the tensile properties of natural fiber reinforced polymer composites Harry S Ku, Hao Wang, N. Pattarachaiyakoop et al. · Composites Part B Engineering 18 Jan 2011 2,277
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Where is Tribology and Wear Analysis research done?

The largest centres of Tribology and Wear Analysis research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Chennai (India) and Moscow (Russia).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 413 works
  2. 2 Xi'anChina 168 works
  3. 3 ChennaiIndia 164 works
  4. 4 MoscowRussia 131 works
  5. 5 ShanghaiChina 125 works
  6. 6 WuhanChina 113 works
  7. 7 ChengduChina 106 works
  8. 8 LanzhouChina 101 works
  9. 9 QingdaoChina 80 works
  10. 10 NanjingChina 76 works
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Where is the best place to study Tribology and Wear Analysis?

Among universities, judged by research, Saveetha University, Northwestern Polytechnical University 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.

0%20%40%mean 23.71%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Saveetha UniversityNorthwestern Polytec…Southwest Jiaotong U…Wuhan University 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
1Saveetha UniversityIndia 90.830.3%8.7×49 +290.6%
2Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 84.929.3%8.4×57 +51.5%
3Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina 72.622.4%8.4×38 +76.3%
4Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 72.415.8%11.5×55 +61.3%
5Tsinghua UniversityChina 71.419.4%3.6×50 +24.0%
6King Mongkut's University of Technology North BangkokThailand 67.729.3%17.8×13 +15.1%
7University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 64.420.6%3.3×32 +2.2%
8Manipal Academy of Higher EducationIndia 63.321.4%5.8×25 +34.2%
9Yantai UniversityChina 62.123.5%12.1×15 +784.1%
10Chongqing UniversityChina 61.425.1%2.9×19 +44.8%

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 Tribology and Wear Analysis, country by country

Is Tribology and Wear Analysis research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Tribology and Wear Analysis.

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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 Tribology and Wear Analysis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.030% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Tribology and Wear Analysis 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.

still counting5%10%15%Tribology and Wear Analysis10.0% in 2025200020102020

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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