Status of Materials Science Research Status of Materials Science Research in Indiain India

Department of Metallurgical & Materials EngineeringIndian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India

murty@iitm.ac.in

B.S. Murty

National Output of Materials Science Research Papers indexed in Web of Science (2005-2009)

Top ten countries ranked by number of papers

S.No Country Papers

1. China 55,003

2. USA 38,189

3. Japan 25,473

4. Germany 16,832

5. South Korea 15,261

6. India 12,693

7. France 12,344

8. UK 11,611

9. Russia 7,927

10. Taiwan 7,410

Source: Jonathan Adams, David Pendlebury - Global Research Report, Materials Science and Technology, June 2011,, Evidence, Thomson Reuters

Quality aspects of the publications from India and other leading countries in Materials Science:

Indexed in Web of Science, Ranked by Impact (2005-2009)

S.No Country Papers Citations Impact

1. USA 38,189 222,552 5.83

2. EU-15 53,283 216,712 4.07

3. Taiwan 7,410 85,866 3.37

4. Japan 25,473 23,303 3.14

5. South Korea 15,261 47,334 3.10

6. China 55,003 143,665 2.61

7. India 12,693 32,411 2.55

Source: Jonathan Adams, David Pendlebury - Global Research Report, Materials Science and Technology, June 2011,, Evidence, Thomson Reuters

Indian Universities on Global Map in Materials Science Research: World top 5, Indexed in Web of Science, 2001 - 2011

Institutions Papers Institutions Citations Institutions Impact

Chinese Academy of Sciences

14,019 Chinese Academy of Sciences

104,104 University of Washington

30.41

Russian Academy of Sciences

6,679 Max Planck Society, Germany

56,720 University of California Santa

Barbara

27.41

Tohoku University 5,511 Tohoku University

40,135 University of California Berkeley

26.58

Tsinghua University

5,129 NIMS, Japan 36,578 University of Groningen

25.07

Indian Institute of Technology

4,522 MIT, USA 35,329 Harvard University

24.46

No Indian University in Top 20 also, in terms of citations and impact – Calls for more focus on Quality Aspects

Source: Jonathan Adams, David Pendlebury - Global Research Report, Materials Science and Technology, June 2011,, Evidence, Thomson Reuters

Contribution of Scientific Disciplines from India to publications in top 1% journals – Top 5

Rank Discipline No of papers in Top 1% impact journal (2006-2010)

No of papers in Top 1% impact journal (2001-2005)

1. Engineering 1204 324

2. Chemistry 797 685

3. Physics 587 572

4. Materials Science 454 340

5. Clinical Medicine 369 155

Source: Bibliometric Study of India’s Scientific Publications Outputs during 2001-2010, July 2012, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, New Delhi

Premier Institutes in India for Materials Science Research

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Hyderabad Indian Institute of Chemical Technology Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Indian Institutes of Technology Indian Space Research Organization, Bangalore Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore National Institutes of Technology Naval Materials Research Laboratory, Ambernath Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai

Nano Coatings

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Nano in Extractive Metallurgy

%Cr recovery

Recovery from conventional ore: 9%Cr Recovery from 10h milled ore : 98%Cr

Sintering of Nano Tungsten

Breakthrough99% densification at 16000C

Breakthrough99% densification at 16000C

High Strength Al based Nanocomposites

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High Strength Nanocomposites

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Nanostructured ODS Steels with High Creep Resistance

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Ti2Y2O7(220)-0.357 nm

Nanocrystalline High Entropy Alloys

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