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Advanced Computing and Algorithms

Advanced Computing and Algorithms is a research topic within Urban Studies. Science Explorer counts 10k research works in it since 1956. 14.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the dynamics of urban structure through spatial network analysis, covering topics such as 3D visualization, internet of things, wireless sensor networks, remote sensing images, community detection, and traffic management in the context of smart cities.

  • Spatial Network Analysis
  • Urban Structure
  • Spatial Query
  • 3D Visualization
  • Internet of Things
  • Wireless Sensor Networks
  • Remote Sensing Images
  • Community Detection
  • Traffic Management
  • Smart Cities
Research works
10k
fractional, since 1956
In the world top 10%
1.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
14.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+56%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Advanced Computing and Algorithms research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (2.5k and 320 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 2.5k works
  2. 2 India 320 works
  3. 3 United States 125 works
  4. 4 Japan 76 works
  5. 5 South Korea 65 works
  6. 6 ?? 62 works
  7. 7 Indonesia 51 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 42 works
  9. 9 Malaysia 34 works
  10. 10 Iraq 32 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: 75.7%India: 9.6%United States: 3.7%Japan: 2.3%6 others listed: 8.6%76%largest
China2,517 · 75.7%India320 · 9.6%United States125 · 3.7%Japan76 · 2.3%6 others listed286 · 8.6%

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

Which institutions lead Advanced Computing and Algorithms research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications publishes the most Advanced Computing and Algorithms research, followed by Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications and Xidian University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications China 33 works
  2. 2 Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications China 25 works
  3. 3 Xidian University China 22 works
  4. 4 Northwestern Polytechnical University China 22 works
  5. 5 University of Electronic Science and Technology of China China 22 works
  6. 6 State Grid Corporation of China (China) China 20 works
  7. 7 Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications China 19 works
  8. 8 Southeast University China 19 works
  9. 9 China Mobile (China) China 19 works
  10. 10 Southwest Jiaotong University China 19 works

Who are the leading researchers in Advanced Computing and Algorithms?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Advanced Computing and Algorithms include Dusit Niyato.

  1. 1 Dusit Niyato 4.5k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Advanced Computing and Algorithms research done?

The largest centres of Advanced Computing and Algorithms research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Shanghai (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Guilin.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 372 works
  2. 2 Xi'an China 142 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 117 works
  4. 4 Nanjing China 116 works
  5. 5 Wuhan China 106 works
  6. 6 Guangzhou China 104 works
  7. 7 Chengdu China 81 works
  8. 8 Jinan China 70 works
  9. 9 Tianjin China 68 works
  10. 10 Chongqing China 67 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. GuilinCN · 25.0 works8.3×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Advanced Computing and Algorithms than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Advanced Computing and Algorithms?

Among universities, judged by research, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Xidian University and Northwestern Polytechnical 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 26.33%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications: 18, 19.6%Xidian University: 22, 32.0%Northwestern Polytechnical University: 22, 34.4%Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications: 33, 11.3%Nanchang Hangkong University: 8, 43.6%Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications: 19, 21.2%Tianjin University: 12, 46.7%Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications: 25, 6.6%Guilin University of Electronic Technology: 15, 20.5%Southwest Jiaotong University: 19, 27.4%Northwestern Polytec…Xidian UniversityNanjing University o…Beijing University o…
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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
1Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications China 68.719.6%11.9×18 +137.9%
2Xidian University China 64.532.0%8.5×22 -5.3%
3Northwestern Polytechnical University China 64.334.4%5.4×22 +77.1%
4Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications China 63.011.3%14.7×33 +42.8%
5Nanchang Hangkong University China 60.843.6%18.7×8
6Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications China 60.321.2%18.5×19 +20.0%
7Tianjin University China 55.646.7%2.7×12 +65.0%
8Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications China 54.06.6%33.8×25 +50.0%
9Guilin University of Electronic Technology China 51.920.5%14.9×15 -12.5%
10Southwest Jiaotong University China 50.927.4%6.7×19 -33.3%

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 Advanced Computing and Algorithms research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 56% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Advanced Computing and Algorithms.

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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.