Topic · Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors

Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 65k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers advances in fiber optic sensor technology, including topics such as Brillouin scattering, surface plasmon resonance, structural health monitoring, long-period gratings, photonic crystal fiber, refractive index sensors, and distributed sensing.

Fiber Optic Sensors
Optical Fiber
Sensor Technology
Brillouin Scattering
Surface Plasmon Resonance
Structural Health Monitoring
Long-Period Gratings
Photonic Crystal Fiber
Refractive Index Sensor
Distributed Sensing

Research works: 65k
In the world top 10%: 6.4k
Top-10% rate: 9.9%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: +18%
Largest producer: China

Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors

Which countries lead Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (5.9k and 831 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 China 5.9k works
2 United States 831 works
3 India 657 works
4 Japan 428 works
5 Russia 316 works
6 Germany 307 works
7 United Kingdom 304 works
8 France 297 works
9 Italy 258 works
10 Canada 197 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.

China5,878 · 62.0%United States831 · 8.8%India657 · 6.9%Japan428 · 4.5%6 others listed1,679 · 17.7%

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

Which institutions lead Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Wuhan University of Technology.

By volume, 2022-now

1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 263 works
2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 131 works
3 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 127 works
4 Northeastern UniversityChina 113 works
5 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 112 works
6 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 109 works
7 National University of Defense TechnologyChina 105 works
8 Harbin Engineering UniversityChina 103 works
9 Shanghai UniversityChina 101 works
10 Tianjin UniversityChina 100 works

Who are the leading researchers in Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors include Zhong Lin Wang, George M. Whitesides and Wei Huang.

1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
2 George M. Whitesides United States 267k citations
3 Wei Huang China 267k citations
4 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
5 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
6 Lei Jiang China 214k citations
7 L. Li France 211k citations
8 Younan Xia United States 207k citations
9 Hua Zhang Singapore 196k citations
10 Zhenan Bao United States 187k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors?

The most cited paper in Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors is "Nonlinear Oscillations" (Ali Hasan Nayfeh, Dean T. Mook, Phillip Holmes, 1980), with 4,685 citations. Next come "Fiber grating sensors" (3,599) and "Fiber grating spectra" (3,364).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	Nonlinear Oscillations Ali Hasan Nayfeh, Dean T. Mook, Phillip Holmes · Journal of Applied Mechanics	Sep 1980	4,685
2	Fiber grating sensors Alan D. Kersey, Michael A. Davis, H.J. Patrick et al. · Journal of Lightwave Technology	1997	3,599
3	Fiber grating spectra T. Erdoğan · Journal of Lightwave Technology	1997	3,364
4	Fiber Bragg grating technology fundamentals and overview K. O. Hill, G. Meltz · Journal of Lightwave Technology	1997	3,060
5	All-silica single-mode optical fiber with photonic crystal cladding J. C. Knight, T. A. Birks, Philip St.J. Russell et al. · Optics Letters	Oct 1996	2,961

All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors research done?

The largest centres of Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Wuhan (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 Qinhuangdao, Huangshi and Rolla.

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 BeijingChina 967 works
2 WuhanChina 432 works
3 ShanghaiChina 407 works
4 NanjingChina 284 works
5 HarbinChina 274 works
6 Xi'anChina 253 works
7 HangzhouChina 248 works
8 TianjinChina 230 works
9 GuangzhouChina 225 works
10 ShenzhenChina 222 works

Where it is the local speciality

Qinhuangdao21.3 works133×
HuangshiCN · 37.2 works32×
RollaUS · 30.3 works22×

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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors?

Among universities, judged by research, Northeastern University, Islamic University of Technology and Università Campus Bio-Medico 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.

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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged

40%

Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share

10%

Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale

30%

Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%

10%

Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad

10%

Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	Northeastern UniversityChina	74.9	22.5%	12.2×	114	+35.0%
2	Islamic University of TechnologyBangladesh	68.2	35.5%	38.9×	13	+32.5%
3	Università Campus Bio-MedicoItaly	66.4	37.8%	12.4×	14	+148.1%
4	Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina	66.3	16.9%	6.1×	55	+19.8%
5	Shenzhen UniversityChina	63.3	15.9%	10.7×	82	+12.5%
6	Wuhan University of TechnologyChina	62.1	11.5%	15.2×	127	+29.7%
7	Yanshan UniversityChina	61.7	22.0%	20.8×	76	+61.1%
8	Missouri University of Science and TechnologyUnited States	60.4	21.1%	25.9×	30	+48.2%
9	Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina	60.1	12.5%	6.4×	110	+28.3%
10	Zhejiang UniversityChina	57.1	12.9%	3.2×	90	+16.7%
11	Tianjin UniversityChina	56.9	12.3%	7.9×	100	+7.8%
12	Liaocheng UniversityChina	56.8	24.2%	14.9×	27	+310.0%
13	Harbin Engineering UniversityChina	55.7	7.5%	19.1×	103	+56.0%
14	Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina	55.6	8.3%	6.0×	112	+14.6%
15	University of AveiroPortugal	55.4	17.5%	8.6×	29	+17.4%
16	Shanghai UniversityChina	54.5	4.8%	13.6×	101	+37.2%
17	City University of Hong KongChina	54.2	17.7%	3.4×	20	+34.4%
18	Chongqing UniversityChina	53.5	12.1%	5.0×	56	+63.9%
19	Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina	53.4	14.9%	6.3×	35	+121.2%
20	North University of ChinaChina	53.2	12.2%	23.1×	59	+62.0%
21	Northwest UniversityChina	53.2	18.1%	11.5×	35	+7.9%
22	Guangdong University of TechnologyChina	52.5	13.9%	7.9×	45	+161.7%
23	University of SouthamptonUnited Kingdom	51.9	11.5%	10.2×	55	-18.5%
24	Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina	51.5	4.2%	12.8×	86	+30.1%
25	Dalian University of TechnologyChina	51.5	17.5%	4.7×	46	+9.4%
26	Hubei Normal UniversityChina	51.2	14.8%	59.9×	37	+974.5%
27	Beijing Jiaotong UniversityChina	51.1	9.4%	11.6×	74	+6.0%
28	University of Shanghai for Science and TechnologyChina	50.9	20.7%	7.0×	32	+17.3%
29	Guilin University of Electronic TechnologyChina	50.5	9.0%	19.7×	57	+67.6%
30	National University of Defense TechnologyChina	50.3	6.7%	13.1×	105	+2.4%
31	Tsinghua UniversityChina	50.1	11.0%	2.5×	60	+21.0%
32	Shenzhen Technology UniversityChina	49.8	11.9%	19.9×	29	+215.1%
33	Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina	49.5	11.8%	2.7×	80	+0.4%
34	Southeast UniversityChina	49.4	13.6%	2.9×	44	+48.3%
35	University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina	49.3	7.0%	5.9×	69	+11.0%
36	Taiyuan University of TechnologyChina	49.2	10.9%	8.8×	38	+29.0%
37	Jinan UniversityChina	49.1	17.2%	6.5×	37	-1.9%
38	Shanxi UniversityChina	48.8	18.8%	7.9×	22	+68.7%
39	University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina	48.7	9.5%	3.4×	58	+43.4%
40	Shandong UniversityChina	48.7	15.1%	3.0×	41	+48.0%
41	Chinese University of Hong KongChina	48.7	20.9%	2.1×	16	+9.3%
42	University of MacauChina	47.0	16.5%	3.3×	11	+141.9%
43	King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia	46.7	19.4%	3.7×	10	+30.5%
44	Dalian UniversityChina	45.1	23.6%	5.5×	14	+3.1%
45	Bangladesh University of Engineering and TechnologyBangladesh	44.0	29.6%	5.6×	8	+18.3%
46	Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore	41.7	16.4%	2.9×	24	-45.5%
47	Rajshahi University of Engineering and TechnologyBangladesh	41.5	21.9%	23.4×	13	-50.6%
48	ETH ZurichSwitzerland	39.2	11.7%	1.6×	12	+23.7%
49	King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia	38.5	17.2%	1.0×	10	+465.5%
50	University of Hong KongChina	38.2	18.0%	0.8×	8	+46.2%
51	Parthenope University of NaplesItaly	37.6	26.3%	11.1×	9	-14.4%
52	University of British ColumbiaCanada	37.6	27.3%	0.7×	8	-6.9%
53	Universidad del NoresteMexico	34.2	2.1%	10.8×	10	+590.6%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors, country by country

Is Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.054% in 2024.

Fractional works of Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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Which countries lead Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors research?

By volume, 2022-now

Who are the leading researchers in Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors?

What are the most cited papers in Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors?

Where is Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where it is the local speciality

Where is the best place to study Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors?

Is Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

Discussion