Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies
Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 55k research works in it since 1950. 11.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the development, applications, and characterization of acoustic wave biosensors and thin film resonators, particularly emphasizing piezoelectric response, quartz crystal microbalance, surface acoustic wave sensors, MEMS resonators, and aluminum nitride thin films. The research covers a wide range of topics including biosensor applications, high-frequency sensing, and biological detection.
- Acoustic Wave Biosensors
- Thin Film Resonators
- Piezoelectric Response
- Quartz Crystal Microbalance
- Surface Acoustic Wave Sensors
- Biosensor Applications
- MEMS Resonators
- Aluminum Nitride Thin Films
- High-Frequency Applications
- Biological Detection
- Research works
- 55k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 6.6k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 11.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -7% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.4k and 739 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 2.4k works
- 2 United States 739 works
- 3 India 471 works
- 4 Japan 320 works
- 5 Germany 229 works
- 6 Russia 227 works
- 7 France 225 works
- 8 South Korea 152 works
- 9 Italy 124 works
- 10 United Kingdom 118 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China publishes the most Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Xi'an Jiaotong University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 96 works
- 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 77 works
- 3 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 75 works
- 4 Tsinghua UniversityChina 48 works
- 5 Xidian UniversityChina 46 works
- 6 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 44 works
- 7 Zhejiang UniversityChina 39 works
- 8 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 38 works
- 9 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 36 works
- 10 Southeast UniversityChina 36 works
Who are the leading researchers in Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies include Zhong Lin Wang, David Vanderbilt and M. Iwasaki.
- 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 11k citations
- 2 David Vanderbilt United States 7.3k citations
- 3 M. Iwasaki Japan 5.6k citations
- 4 David J. Singh United States 5.1k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies research done?
The largest centres of Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Xi'an (China) and Chengdu (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Hsinchu, Rostov-on-Don and Sendai.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- HsinchuTW · 46.6 works8.8×
- Rostov-on-DonRU · 25.0 works8.3×
- SendaiJP · 34.0 works6.9×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies?
Among universities, judged by research, Northeastern University, Hangzhou Dianzi University and University of Electronic Science and Technology of China 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northeastern UniversityUnited States | 61.5 | 15.1% | 15.6× | 29 | +101.4% |
| 2 | Hangzhou Dianzi UniversityChina | 58.4 | 16.7% | 10.7× | 22 | +110.2% |
| 3 | University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina | 56.4 | 6.8% | 14.0× | 96 | +10.2% |
| 4 | Xidian UniversityChina | 55.0 | 13.5% | 10.2× | 46 | -1.6% |
| 5 | Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina | 52.3 | 13.4% | 7.6× | 75 | -3.6% |
| 6 | Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu KielGermany | 51.4 | 23.8% | 7.3× | 10 | +73.2% |
| 7 | King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia | 47.7 | 15.8% | 4.9× | 8 | +207.9% |
| 8 | University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina | 46.2 | 17.3% | 3.8× | 38 | +104.0% |
| 9 | University of MichiganUnited States | 46.1 | 31.0% | 3.2× | 26 | -19.6% |
| 10 | ShanghaiTech UniversityChina | 45.9 | 8.8% | 12.3× | 14 | — |
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 Acoustic Wave Resonator Technologies research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 7% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2002.
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.