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. 10.9% 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 fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 7.1k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +15% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (5.2k and 764 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 5.2k works
- 2 United States 764 works
- 3 India 588 works
- 4 Japan 400 works
- 5 Russia 296 works
- 6 Germany 278 works
- 7 United Kingdom 276 works
- 8 France 273 works
- 9 Italy 236 works
- 10 Canada 184 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 Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Wuhan University of Technology publishes the most Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors research, followed by Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Harbin Institute of Technology.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Wuhan University of TechnologyChina 112 works
- 2 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 103 works
- 3 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 101 works
- 4 National University of Defense TechnologyChina 97 works
- 5 Shanghai UniversityChina 94 works
- 6 Harbin Engineering UniversityChina 94 works
- 7 Tianjin UniversityChina 92 works
- 8 Northeastern UniversityChina 85 works
- 9 Zhejiang UniversityChina 76 works
- 10 Shenzhen UniversityChina 75 works
Who are the leading researchers in Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors include Hua Zhang, Wei Huang and R. Ulrich.
- 1 Hua Zhang Singapore 5.9k citations
- 2 Wei Huang China 5.5k citations
- 3 R. Ulrich Germany 4.3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors research done?
The largest centres of Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors research in 2022–2025 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 Huangshi and Rolla.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- HuangshiCN · 33.3 works32×
- RollaUS · 27.6 works22×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors?
Among universities, judged by research, Northeastern University, Parthenope University of Naples and Shenzhen 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.
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 UniversityChina | 73.4 | 15.9% | 9.0× | 85 | +198.4% |
| 2 | Parthenope University of NaplesItaly | 70.2 | 25.2% | 10.2× | 9 | +195.8% |
| 3 | Shenzhen UniversityChina | 67.1 | 11.8% | 9.4× | 75 | +129.3% |
| 4 | Rajshahi University of Engineering and TechnologyBangladesh | 67.1 | 19.5% | 21.5× | 12 | +209.9% |
| 5 | Liaocheng UniversityChina | 64.5 | 26.3% | 13.5× | 26 | -22.2% |
| 6 | Indian Institute of Technology DhanbadIndia | 63.3 | 13.7% | 9.9× | 22 | +374.8% |
| 7 | Indian Institute of Technology BhubaneswarIndia | 62.5 | 17.3% | 10.4× | 12 | +306.6% |
| 8 | Università Campus Bio-MedicoItaly | 62.0 | 21.3% | 11.8× | 9 | +111.9% |
| 9 | Guilin University of Electronic TechnologyChina | 61.9 | 6.4% | 17.9× | 54 | +245.1% |
| 10 | Islamic University of TechnologyBangladesh | 61.9 | 23.2% | 36.6× | 12 | — |
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 Fiber Optic Sensors research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 15% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors.
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.