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Media Technology research

Media Technology is a subfield of Engineering. Science Explorer counts 301k research works in it since 1950. 16.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: field of study and practice that explores the development, application, and impact of digital and media technologies in communication, entertainment, and information dissemination.

Research works
301k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
48k
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
12
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+41%
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What is Media Technology research about, and what is growing?

By the world's output in 2019–23, its most used keywords are Hyperspectral, Remote Sensing, Engineering Education, Deep Learning, Classification, Image Analysis. Gaining share since 2009–13: IoT, Smart Refrigerator, Smart Cities, Urban Innovation, ALPR. Losing share: Economic Development, Telecommunications, RFID, Security.

▲ 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 29 words, with their numbers
  1. Hyperspectral19k▲ 1.30×2 topics
  2. Remote Sensing19k▲ 1.30×2 topics
  3. Engineering Education18k◆ 0.88×2 topics
  4. Deep Learning17k▲ 1.54×2 topics
  5. Classification11k▲ 1.37×1 topic
  6. Image Analysis11k▲ 1.37×1 topic
  7. Remote Laboratories10k◆ 0.89×1 topic
  8. Virtual Labs10k◆ 0.89×1 topic
  9. Autofocusing8,307▼ 0.72×1 topic
  10. Depth Estimation8,307▼ 0.72×1 topic
  11. Image Fusion8,255▲ 1.21×1 topic
  12. Multispectral8,255▲ 1.21×1 topic
  13. Curriculum Development7,980▼ 0.86×1 topic
  14. Outcome-Based Education7,980▼ 0.86×1 topic
  15. Smart Cities7,426▲ 5.7×1 topic
  16. Urban Innovation7,426▲ 5.7×1 topic
  17. ALPR5,753▲ 2.0×1 topic
  18. Automatic License Plate Recognition5,753▲ 2.0×1 topic
  19. Economic Development5,421▼ 0.51×1 topic
  20. Telecommunications5,421▼ 0.51×1 topic
  21. Inventory Management4,837▼ 0.77×2 topics
  22. Holographic Displays3,706▼ 0.70×1 topic
  23. Stereoscopic Displays3,706▼ 0.70×1 topic
  24. RFID3,206▼ 0.52×1 topic
  25. Security3,206▼ 0.52×1 topic
  26. 5G3,124▲ 1.17×1 topic
  27. Broadcasting3,124▲ 1.17×1 topic
  28. IoT1,631▲ 14×1 topic
  29. Smart Refrigerator1,631▲ 14×1 topic

Which countries lead Media Technology research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, China, the United States and India rank highest in Media Technology. By volume, China and the United States publish the most (21k and 8.2k works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China · #2 all time 20.2% top 10% · 21k works
  2. 2 United States · #1 all time 10.9% top 10% · 8.2k works
  3. 3 India · #5 all time 10.8% top 10% · 6.7k works
  4. 4 United Kingdom · #3 all time 19.8% top 10% · 1.5k works
  5. 5 Australia · #6 all time 26.8% top 10% · 806 works
  6. 6 Germany · #4 all time 15.7% top 10% · 1.4k works
  7. 7 Italy · #7 all time 20.4% top 10% · 1.1k works
  8. 8 Indonesia · #22 all time 5.8% top 10% · 4.1k works
  9. 9 Saudi Arabia · #25 all time 31.1% top 10% · 429 works
  10. 10 Spain · #9 all time 17.9% top 10% · 867 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 47 countries ranked in Media Technology. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Media Technology

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 21k works
  2. 2 United States 8.2k works
  3. 3 India 6.7k works
  4. 4 Indonesia 4.1k works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 1.5k works
  6. 6 Germany 1.4k works
  7. 7 Japan 1.4k works
  8. 8 South Korea 1.1k works
  9. 9 Italy 1.1k works
  10. 10 Brazil 1k 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: 44.3%United States: 17.2%India: 14.1%Indonesia: 8.6%6 others listed: 15.8%44%largest
China21k · 44.3%United States8,183 · 17.2%India6,695 · 14.1%Indonesia4,071 · 8.6%6 others listed7,524 · 15.8%

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

Which institutions lead Media Technology research?

Wuhan University (China) ranks first in Media Technology on research quality in 2022–2025, followed by Xidian University and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Wuhan University China · Wuhan · #1 all time 40.0% top 10% · 340 works
  2. 2 Xidian University China · Xi'an · #2 all time 31.7% top 10% · 447 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of Sciences China · Beijing · #3 all time 28.8% top 10% · 356 works
  4. 4 Northwestern Polytechnical University China · Xi'an · #6 all time 32.5% top 10% · 289 works
  5. 5 Beijing Institute of Technology China · Beijing · #19 all time 22.7% top 10% · 311 works
  6. 6 Harbin Institute of Technology China · Harbin · #10 all time 24.2% top 10% · 259 works
  7. 7 Nanjing University of Science and Technology China · Nanjing · #22 all time 23.2% top 10% · 233 works
  8. 8 China University of Geosciences China · Wuhan · #25 all time 38.1% top 10% · 174 works
  9. 9 Tsinghua University China · Beijing · #7 all time 24.0% top 10% · 225 works
  10. 10 University of Electronic Science and Technology of China China · Chengdu · #11 all time 21.0% top 10% · 249 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 129 institutions above the floor of 40 fractional works in Media Technology.

Top 100 Media Technology institutions

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Xidian University China 447 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of Sciences China 356 works
  3. 3 Wuhan University China 340 works
  4. 4 Beijing Institute of Technology China 311 works
  5. 5 Northwestern Polytechnical University China 289 works
  6. 6 Harbin Institute of Technology China 259 works
  7. 7 University of Electronic Science and Technology of China China 249 works
  8. 8 Nanjing University of Science and Technology China 233 works
  9. 9 Tsinghua University China 225 works
  10. 10 National University of Defense Technology China 217 works

Who are the leading researchers in Media Technology?

Among the most productive authors in Media Technology, Andrew Zisserman, Chen Change Loy and Jiaya Jia rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 Andrew Zisserman United Kingdom · #3 worldwide 25k citations · 241 works
  2. 2 Chen Change Loy Singapore · #75 worldwide 7.7k citations · 173 works
  3. 3 Jiaya Jia Hong Kong · #135 worldwide 7.5k citations · 135 works
  4. 4 Takeo Kanade United States · #140 worldwide 4.8k citations · 188 works
  5. 5 Anil K. Jain United States · #178 worldwide 6.3k citations · 275 works
  6. 6 Jean Tirole France · #189 worldwide 4.4k citations · 118 works
  7. 7 Pietro Perona United States · #223 worldwide 11k citations · 109 works
  8. 8 Alan Yuille United States · #243 worldwide 8.4k citations · 313 works
  9. 9 Wei Liu China · #275 worldwide 9.7k citations · 371 works
  10. 10 William T. Freeman United States · #682 worldwide 4.1k citations · 110 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 5,230 highest-output authors in Media Technology. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Media Technology researchers

Where is Media Technology research done?

The largest centres of Media Technology research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Wuhan (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Chaoyang and Yueyang.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 3.9k works
  2. 2 Xi'an China 1.6k works
  3. 3 Wuhan China 1.3k works
  4. 4 Nanjing China 1.2k works
  5. 5 Shanghai China 1.1k works
  6. 6 Chengdu China 767 works
  7. 7 Guangzhou China 734 works
  8. 8 Chennai India 694 works
  9. 9 Changsha China 631 works
  10. 10 Hangzhou China 601 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ChaoyangCN · 27.1 works10×
  2. YueyangCN · 23.6 works8.0×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Media Technology than the world average.

See Media Technology on the map

Media Technology research by country

The best places for Media Technology research inside each country, with that country's researchers and world standing.

Where is the best place to study Media Technology?

Among universities, judged by research, Xidian University, Aerospace Information Research Institute and Wuhan 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 34.16%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Xidian University: 447, 31.7%Aerospace Information Research Institute: 142, 36.4%Wuhan University: 340, 40.0%China University of Geosciences: 174, 38.1%Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology: 117, 30.2%Northwestern Polytechnical University: 289, 32.5%Dalian Minzu University: 37, 34.3%Shandong Institute of Business and Technology: 66, 26.2%Mississippi State University: 63, 37.0%Hunan University: 136, 35.2%Wuhan UniversityChina University of …Aerospace Informatio…Xidian 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
1Xidian University China 70.631.7%9.4×447 +46.8%
2Aerospace Information Research Institute China 66.836.4%18.8×142 —
3Wuhan University China 59.940.0%4.3×340 +30.2%
4China University of Geosciences China 58.638.1%5.9×174 +29.0%
5Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology China 53.130.2%4.4×117 +132.6%
6Northwestern Polytechnical University China 51.732.5%3.9×289 +13.9%
7Dalian Minzu University China 49.134.3%12.4×37 -68.7%
8Shandong Institute of Business and Technology China 48.726.2%12.3×66 -33.5%
9Mississippi State University United States 48.337.0%5.0×63 +40.9%
10Hunan University China 47.235.2%3.0×136 +30.6%

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 Media Technology research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 41% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Diverse Cultural Media Analysis, Smart Cities and Technologies and Vehicle License Plate Recognition.

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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. Diverse Cultural Media Analysis+2471%
  2. Smart Cities and Technologies+1133%
  3. Vehicle License Plate Recognition+171%
  4. Remote-Sensing Image Classification+129%
  5. Telecommunications and Broadcasting Technologies+86%
  6. Advanced Image Fusion Techniques+86%
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Growth in output from 2005–09 to 2015–19. Every topic is a page of its own.

What does Media Technology include?

Experimental Learning in…45kExperimental Learning in Engineering: 45k fractional worksRemote-Sensing Image Cla…38kRemote-Sensing Image Classification: 38k fractional worksImage Processing Techniq…38kImage Processing Techniques and Applications: 38k fractional worksICT Impact and Policies35kICT Impact and Policies: 35k fractional worksEngineering Education and Curriculum Development: 31k fractional worksAdvanced Image Fusion Techniques: 29k fractional worksAdvanced Optical Imaging…22kAdvanced Optical Imaging Technologies: 22k fractional worksSmart Cities and Technologies: 18k fractional worksVehicle License Plate Recognition: 16k fractional worksRFID technology advancements: 15k fractional worksTelecommunications and Broadcasting Technologies: 12k fractional worksDiverse Cultural Media Analysis: 3,459 fractional works

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