Class information for:
Level 1: SELECTIVE LASER MELTING//SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING//SELECTIVE LASER MELTING SLM

Basic class information

ID Publications Average number
of references
Avg. shr. active
ref. in WoS
8499 1179 22.4 54%



Bar chart of Publication_year

Last years might be incomplete

Classes in level above (level 2)



ID, lev.
above
Publications Label for level above
1672 6276 RAPID PROTOTYPING JOURNAL//SELECTIVE LASER MELTING//RAPID PROTOTYPING

Terms with highest relevance score



Rank Term Type of term Relevance score
(tfidf)
Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences
Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term
Num. of
publ. in
class
1 SELECTIVE LASER MELTING Author keyword 110 47% 15% 173
2 SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING Author keyword 65 35% 13% 151
3 SELECTIVE LASER MELTING SLM Author keyword 35 62% 3% 37
4 RAPID PROTOTYPING JOURNAL Journal 28 19% 11% 133
5 LASER SINTERING Author keyword 23 28% 6% 68
6 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Author keyword 18 16% 9% 104
7 DIRECT METAL LASER SINTERING Author keyword 18 50% 2% 26
8 SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING SLS Author keyword 16 40% 3% 32
9 DIRECT METAL LASER SINTERING DMLS Author keyword 15 67% 1% 14
10 CU BASED METAL POWDER Author keyword 14 100% 1% 7

Web of Science journal categories

Author Key Words



Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)
Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences
Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term
Num. of
publ. in
class
LCSH search Wikipedia search
1 SELECTIVE LASER MELTING 110 47% 15% 173 Search SELECTIVE+LASER+MELTING Search SELECTIVE+LASER+MELTING
2 SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING 65 35% 13% 151 Search SELECTIVE+LASER+SINTERING Search SELECTIVE+LASER+SINTERING
3 SELECTIVE LASER MELTING SLM 35 62% 3% 37 Search SELECTIVE+LASER+MELTING+SLM Search SELECTIVE+LASER+MELTING+SLM
4 LASER SINTERING 23 28% 6% 68 Search LASER+SINTERING Search LASER+SINTERING
5 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING 18 16% 9% 104 Search ADDITIVE+MANUFACTURING Search ADDITIVE+MANUFACTURING
6 DIRECT METAL LASER SINTERING 18 50% 2% 26 Search DIRECT+METAL+LASER+SINTERING Search DIRECT+METAL+LASER+SINTERING
7 SELECTIVE LASER SINTERING SLS 16 40% 3% 32 Search SELECTIVE+LASER+SINTERING+SLS Search SELECTIVE+LASER+SINTERING+SLS
8 DIRECT METAL LASER SINTERING DMLS 15 67% 1% 14 Search DIRECT+METAL+LASER+SINTERING+DMLS Search DIRECT+METAL+LASER+SINTERING+DMLS
9 CU BASED METAL POWDER 14 100% 1% 7 Search CU+BASED+METAL+POWDER Search CU+BASED+METAL+POWDER
10 DIRECT LASER SINTERING 13 69% 1% 11 Search DIRECT+LASER+SINTERING Search DIRECT+LASER+SINTERING

Key Words Plus



Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)
Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences
Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term
Num. of
publ. in
class
1 SLS PROCESS 29 75% 2% 21
2 MELTED TI 6AL 4V 23 100% 1% 10
3 STEEL POWDERS 22 81% 1% 13
4 SLS 18 53% 2% 24
5 METALLIC POWDER 18 89% 1% 8
6 SPEED STEEL POWDER 8 100% 0% 5
7 POWDER BED 7 48% 1% 11
8 TOOL STEEL POWDERS 6 71% 0% 5
9 METALLIC POWDERS 6 45% 1% 10
10 METAL PARTS 4 39% 1% 9

Journals



Rank Web of Science journal category Relevance score
(tfidf)
Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences
Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term
Num. of
publ. in
class
1 RAPID PROTOTYPING JOURNAL 28 19% 11% 133

Reviews



Title Publ. year Cit. Active references % act. ref.
to same field
Laser additive manufacturing of metallic components: materials, processes and mechanisms 2012 88 213 47%
Metal Fabrication by Additive Manufacturing Using Laser and Electron Beam Melting Technologies 2012 59 15 60%
Laser sintering of polyamides and other polymers 2012 43 65 65%
Metal Additive Manufacturing: A Review 2014 14 18 28%
Rapid prototyping and solid free form fabrication 1997 47 2 100%
Composites by rapid prototyping technology 2010 67 82 33%
Microstructure and mechanical behavior of Ti-6Al-4V produced by rapid-layer manufacturing, for biomedical applications 2009 127 16 19%
Selective laser sintering: A qualitative and objective approach 2003 76 53 68%
Physical aspects of process control in selective laser sintering of metals 2003 74 16 63%
Laser Processing Technology using Metal Powders 2012 4 54 61%

Address terms



Rank Address term Relevance score
(tfidf)
Class's shr.
of term's tot.
occurrences
Shr. of publ.
in class containing
term
Num. of
publ. in
class
1 ADDIT MFG PRINTING 3D 12 86% 0.5% 6
2 ADDIT MFG PRINTING GRP 3D 11 78% 0.6% 7
3 R ID MFG GRP 8 34% 1.7% 20
4 FREEFORM FABRICAT 8 56% 0.8% 10
5 LEHRSTUHL LEICHTBAU AUTOMOBIL AUTOMOT LIGHTWEIGHT 8 100% 0.4% 5
6 FRAUNHOFER LASER TECHNOL ILT 7 53% 0.8% 9
7 HGRP ANGEW MECH PL MECH 6 80% 0.3% 4
8 CIMJECT 6 44% 0.9% 11
9 DIPI 6 28% 1.4% 17
10 IT MACHINERY 6 100% 0.3% 4

Related classes at same level (level 1)



Rank Relatedness score Related classes
1 0.0000240021 RAPID PROTOTYPING JOURNAL//RAPID PROTOTYPING//RAPID PROTOTYPES
2 0.0000191763 SOLID FREEFORMING//DIRECT INKJET PRINTING//POWDER DISPENSING
3 0.0000140411 LASER CLADDING//LASER SOLID FORMING//LASER SURFACE ALLOYING
4 0.0000130104 POROUS TITANIUM//POROUS NITI//SPACE HOLDER
5 0.0000059208 HIGH POWER DIODE LASER HPDL//SURFACE GLAZING//WETTABILITY CHARACTERISTICS
6 0.0000057179 ROTATIONAL MOULDING//ROTATIONAL MOLDING//POLYMERS COMPOSITES GRP POLYCOM
7 0.0000056403 LASER POLISHING//SELF ION ASSISTED DEPOSITION//QUASISTATIC PROBLEM OF THERMOELASTICITY
8 0.0000054400 CONDENSED SYSTEMS//CHEM ENGN CERAM REACT ENGN//CONVERSION MODES
9 0.0000047285 SCAFFOLDS//COMP AIDED MECH DESIGN ENGN//BONE TISSUE ENGINEERING
10 0.0000033273 EP741NP//SINTERED PARTS//GH738