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Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses

Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 41k 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 various welding techniques, including laser welding, gas tungsten arc welding, and electron beam welding. It explores topics such as residual stress measurement, numerical simulation of welding processes, heat transfer and fluid flow during welding, and the effects of welding parameters on microstructure and mechanical properties. Additionally, the cluster delves into the optimization of welding processes and the impact of residual stresses on fatigue performance.

  • Welding
  • Residual Stress
  • Laser Welding
  • Numerical Simulation
  • Heat Transfer
  • Weld Pool Dynamics
  • Keyhole Formation
  • Process Optimization
  • Microstructure Analysis
  • Fatigue Performance
Research works
41k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+27%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
51% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses

Which countries lead Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (4.1k and 1.2k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 4.1k works
  2. 2 India 1.2k works
  3. 3 United States 714 works
  4. 4 Germany 503 works
  5. 5 Japan 344 works
  6. 6 Russia 285 works
  7. 7 South Korea 277 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 259 works
  9. 9 Indonesia 217 works
  10. 10 Italy 196 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: 50.8%India: 14.5%United States: 8.9%Germany: 6.2%6 others listed: 19.6%51%largest
China4,096 · 50.8%India1,173 · 14.5%United States714 · 8.9%Germany503 · 6.2%6 others listed1,578 · 19.6%

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

Which institutions lead Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses research?

By volume in 2022-now, Harbin Institute of Technology publishes the most Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 123 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 109 works
  3. 3 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 95 works
  4. 4 Northeastern UniversityChina 94 works
  5. 5 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 94 works
  6. 6 University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 71 works
  7. 7 Tianjin UniversityChina 68 works
  8. 8 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 67 works
  9. 9 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 66 works
  10. 10 Dalian University of TechnologyChina 64 works

Who are the leading researchers in Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses include Wei Huang, Xiaogang Wang and Kai You Wang.

  1. 1 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  2. 2 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  3. 3 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  4. 4 Hua Zhang Singapore 196k citations
  5. 5 Ronald M. Evans United States 192k citations
  6. 6 Qiang Zhang China 184k 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 Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses?

The most cited paper in Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses is "Additive manufacturing of metallic components – Process, structure and properties" (T. DebRoy, Huiliang Wei, James S. Zuback et al., 2017), with 8,766 citations. Next come "Initial reports of the deep sea drilling project" (3,996) and "A new finite element model for welding heat sources" (3,394).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Additive manufacturing of metallic components – Process, structure and properties T. DebRoy, Huiliang Wei, James S. Zuback et al. · Progress in Materials Science Open access 12 Oct 2017 8,766
2 Initial reports of the deep sea drilling project Roland E. von Huene · Marine Geology Feb 1971 3,996
3 A new finite element model for welding heat sources JOHN A. GOLDAK, Aditya Chakravarti, Malcolm Bibby · Metallurgical Transactions B Jun 1984 3,394
4 A study of the microstructural evolution during selective laser melting of Ti–6Al–4V Lore Thijs, Frederik Verhaeghe, Tom Craeghs et al. · Acta Materialia 17 Mar 2010 2,962
5 Laser powder-bed fusion additive manufacturing: Physics of complex melt flow and formation mechanisms of pores, spatter, and denudation zones Saad A. Khairallah, Andrew T. Anderson, Alexander M. Rubenchik et al. · Acta Materialia Open access 23 Feb 2016 2,788
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Where is Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses research done?

The largest centres of Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Wuhan (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Xuhui, Cheonan and Anshan.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 637 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 301 works
  3. 3 WuhanChina 230 works
  4. 4 Xi'anChina 197 works
  5. 5 NanjingChina 185 works
  6. 6 HarbinChina 182 works
  7. 7 ShenyangChina 168 works
  8. 8 ChengduChina 141 works
  9. 9 TianjinChina 131 works
  10. 10 GuangzhouChina 125 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. XuhuiCN · 20.7 works27×
  2. CheonanKR · 27.3 works16×
  3. AnshanCN · 25.6 works15×
  4. ChidambaramIN · 27.3 works13×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses?

Among universities, judged by research, Nanyang Technological University, Northeastern University and Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur 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 22.96%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Nanyang Technologica…Indian Institute of …Northeastern Univers…Huazhong University …
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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
1Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore 73.233.4%2.6×19 +29.3%
2Northeastern UniversityChina 67.916.8%11.5×94 +73.9%
3Indian Institute of Technology JodhpurIndia 67.832.1%17.3×20 +37.3%
4Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 67.416.8%5.8×95 +16.1%
5Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 67.320.2%3.6×94 +21.3%
6University of Science and Technology BeijingChina 67.119.7%10.0×71 +52.8%
7Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina 66.923.6%8.4×59 +56.0%
8Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 64.29.8%8.3×123 +17.7%
9Tianjin UniversityChina 63.519.0%6.1×68 +51.9%
10Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom 60.938.2%1.2×11 +20.8%

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 Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses, country by country

Is Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses.

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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 Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.050% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses0.044% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses 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%Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses9.8% 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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