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Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design research

Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design is a subfield of Computer Science. Science Explorer counts 98k research works in it since 1950. 15.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: sub-field of computer science.

Research works
98k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
15k
per year above
Top-10% rate
15.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
4
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+7%
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What is Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design research about, and what is growing?

By the world's output in 2019–23, its most used keywords are Digital Media Technology, Visual Communication Design, Computer Graphics, Visualization, Delaunay Triangulations, Mesh Generation. Gaining share since 2009–13: Digital Media Technology, Visual Communication Design. Losing share: Delaunay Triangulations, Mesh Generation, Computer Graphics, Visualization.

▲ gaining share of this field◆ holding its share▼ losing share

Size is the world's fractional works in 2019–23 in the topics tagged with each word; colour compares the word's share of this field with 2009–13. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 8 words, with their numbers
  1. Digital Media Technology8,565▲ 1.29×1 topic
  2. Visual Communication Design8,565▲ 1.29×1 topic
  3. Computer Graphics5,266▼ 0.85×1 topic
  4. Visualization5,266▼ 0.85×1 topic
  5. Delaunay Triangulations2,866▼ 0.72×1 topic
  6. Mesh Generation2,866▼ 0.72×1 topic
  7. Artificial Neural Network1,093◆ 1.11×1 topic
  8. Reliability Assessment1,093◆ 1.11×1 topic

Which countries lead Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, China, the United States and Germany rank highest in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design. By volume, China and the United States publish the most (7.3k and 1.7k works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China · #2 all time 12.4% top 10% · 7.3k works
  2. 2 United States · #1 all time 21.4% top 10% · 1.7k works
  3. 3 Germany · #3 all time 18.8% top 10% · 542 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom · #4 all time 18.4% top 10% · 414 works
  5. 5 South Korea · #15 all time 14.1% top 10% · 468 works
  6. 6 Canada · #6 all time 20.4% top 10% · 254 works
  7. 7 India · #17 all time 10.1% top 10% · 539 works
  8. 8 France · #5 all time 16.0% top 10% · 357 works
  9. 9 Italy · #9 all time 19.6% top 10% · 211 works
  10. 10 Malaysia · #28 all time 9.1% top 10% · 411 works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 17 countries ranked in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 7.3k works
  2. 2 United States 1.7k works
  3. 3 Germany 542 works
  4. 4 India 539 works
  5. 5 Russia 507 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 479 works
  7. 7 South Korea 468 works
  8. 8 Japan 445 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 414 works
  10. 10 Malaysia 411 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: 56.9%United States: 13.5%Germany: 4.2%India: 4.2%6 others listed: 21.2%57%largest
China7,323 · 56.9%United States1,742 · 13.5%Germany542 · 4.2%India539 · 4.2%6 others listed2,724 · 21.2%

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

Which institutions lead Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design research?

Tsinghua University (China) ranks first in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design on research quality in 2022–2025, followed by Peking University and Zhejiang University.

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Tsinghua University China · Beijing · #11 all time 34.4% top 10% · 107 works
  2. 2 Peking University China · Beijing · #33 all time 33.3% top 10% · 69 works
  3. 3 Zhejiang University China · Hangzhou · #17 all time 27.3% top 10% · 95 works
  4. 4 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China · Shanghai · #56 all time 25.0% top 10% · 86 works
  5. 5 Universiti Teknologi MARA Malaysia · Shah Alam · #95 all time 7.3% top 10% · 95 works
  6. 6 Wuhan Textile University China · Wuhan 4.4% top 10% · 144 works
  7. 7 Hubei University of Technology China · Wuhan 5.7% top 10% · 89 works
  8. 8 Anhui University of Finance and Economics China · Bengbu 2.6% top 10% · 103 works
  9. 9 Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute China · Jingdezhen · #100 all time 2.8% top 10% · 66 works
  10. 10 Shenyang Jianzhu University China · Shenyang 2.5% top 10% · 63 works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 10 institutions above the floor of 40 fractional works in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design.

Top 100 Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design institutions

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Wuhan Textile University China 144 works
  2. 2 Tsinghua University China 107 works
  3. 3 Anhui University of Finance and Economics China 103 works
  4. 4 Universiti Teknologi MARA Malaysia 95 works
  5. 5 Zhejiang University China 95 works
  6. 6 Hubei University of Technology China 89 works
  7. 7 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China 86 works
  8. 8 Peking University China 69 works
  9. 9 Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute China 66 works
  10. 10 Shenyang Jianzhu University China 63 works

Who are the leading researchers in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design?

Among the most productive authors in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design, Li Fei-Fei, Jitendra Malik and Stanley Osher rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 Li Fei-Fei United States · #9 worldwide 17k citations · 188 works
  2. 2 Jitendra Malik United States · #39 worldwide 12k citations · 179 works
  3. 3 Stanley Osher United States · #48 worldwide 8k citations · 207 works
  4. 4 Chen Change Loy Singapore · #75 worldwide 7.7k citations · 173 works
  5. 5 Alex Pentland United States · #100 worldwide 6k citations · 219 works
  6. 6 Jiaya Jia Hong Kong · #135 worldwide 7.5k citations · 135 works
  7. 7 Takeo Kanade United States · #140 worldwide 4.8k citations · 188 works
  8. 8 Leonidas Guibas United States · #165 worldwide 6.3k citations · 229 works
  9. 9 Robert E. Tarjan United States · #193 worldwide 3.9k citations · 141 works
  10. 10 Pietro Perona United States · #223 worldwide 11k citations · 109 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 4,301 highest-output authors in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design researchers

Where is Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design research done?

The largest centres of Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Wuhan (China), Shanghai (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Jingdezhen and Bengbu.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 1k works
  2. 2 Wuhan China 532 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 445 works
  4. 4 Xi'an China 325 works
  5. 5 Hangzhou China 310 works
  6. 6 Guangzhou China 303 works
  7. 7 Nanjing China 271 works
  8. 8 Moscow Russia 201 works
  9. 9 Seoul South Korea 201 works
  10. 10 Shenyang China 197 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. JingdezhenCN · 70.8 works63×
  2. BengbuCN · 106.1 works24×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design than the world average.

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Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design research by country

The best places for Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design research inside each country, with that country's researchers and world standing.

Where is the best place to study Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design?

Among universities, judged by research, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Helwan University and Carnegie Mellon 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%60%mean 15.46%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universiti Teknologi MARA: 95, 7.3%Helwan University: 35, 0.8%Carnegie Mellon University: 49, 37.8%City University of Macau: 28, 9.6%City University Malaysia: 48, 13.0%Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology: 34, 7.7%ShanghaiTech University: 15, 52.1%Guangzhou Vocational College of Science and Technology: 26, 3.2%Wuhan Textile University: 144, 4.4%Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts: 26, 18.7%Carnegie Mellon Univ…City University of M…Universiti Teknologi…Helwan University
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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
1Universiti Teknologi MARA Malaysia 56.17.3%7.3×95 +258.1%
2Helwan University Egypt 53.50.8%10.1×35 +711.1%
3Carnegie Mellon University United States 53.337.8%7.1×49 +6.9%
4City University of Macau Macau 52.79.6%10.4×28 —
5City University Malaysia Malaysia 52.213.0%68.5×48 —
6Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology China 52.17.7%52.6×34 +161.8%
7ShanghaiTech University China 51.652.1%4.8×15 +121.5%
8Guangzhou Vocational College of Science and Technology China 50.53.2%26.2×26 +621.9%
9Wuhan Textile University China 50.04.4%55.9×144 -31.8%
10Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts Ukraine 49.918.7%23.8×26 —

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 Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Transportation Systems and Safety.

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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.

  1. Transportation Systems and Safety+239%
  2. Computational Geometry and Mesh Generation-17%
  3. Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques-25%
  4. Digital Media and Visual Art-28%
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Growth in output from 2005–09 to 2015–19. Every topic is a page of its own.

What does Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design include?

Computer Graphics and Vi…36kComputer Graphics and Visualization Techniques: 36k fractional worksDigital Media and Visual…31kDigital Media and Visual Art: 31k fractional worksComputational Geometry a…25kComputational Geometry and Mesh Generation: 25k fractional worksTransportation Systems and Safety: 5,939 fractional works

Area is fractional works in that topic. Every name below is a page of its own.