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Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques

Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 39k 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 focuses on advancements in dimensional metrology, error measurement, and compensation techniques for machine tools. It covers topics such as thermal error modeling, geometric error identification, precision measurement technologies, nanopositioning, and large-scale metrology. The research aims to enhance the accuracy and quality of machining processes through improved error compensation methods and precision measurement systems.

  • Dimensional Metrology
  • Error Compensation
  • Machine Tools
  • Thermal Error Modeling
  • Geometric Error Identification
  • Precision Measurement
  • CNC Machining Centers
  • Nanopositioning Technology
  • Large-Scale Metrology
  • Coordinate Measuring Machines
Research works
39k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+6%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
60% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques

Which countries lead Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.4k and 395 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 2.4k works
  2. 2 United States 395 works
  3. 3 Germany 324 works
  4. 4 Japan 199 works
  5. 5 Russia 151 works
  6. 6 India 140 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 107 works
  8. 8 Taiwan 96 works
  9. 9 France 93 works
  10. 10 Italy 84 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: 60.3%United States: 9.9%Germany: 8.1%Japan: 5.0%6 others listed: 16.8%60%largest
China2,415 · 60.3%United States395 · 9.9%Germany324 · 8.1%Japan199 · 5.0%6 others listed672 · 16.8%

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

Which institutions lead Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques research, followed by Tsinghua University and Harbin Institute of Technology.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 130 works
  2. 2 Tsinghua UniversityChina 72 works
  3. 3 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 64 works
  4. 4 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 63 works
  5. 5 Tianjin UniversityChina 58 works
  6. 6 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 55 works
  7. 7 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 53 works
  8. 8 Dalian University of TechnologyChina 40 works
  9. 9 Zhejiang UniversityChina 39 works
  10. 10 Chongqing UniversityChina 39 works

Who are the leading researchers in Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques include Wei Huang, Xiaogang Wang and Kai You Wang.

  1. 1 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  2. 2 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  3. 3 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  4. 4 Lei Jiang China 214k 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 Measurement and Metrology Techniques?

The most cited paper in Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques is "UMAP: Uniform Manifold Approximation and Projection" (Leland McInnes, John Healy, Nathaniel Saul et al., 2018), with 10,200 citations. Next come "A versatile camera calibration technique for high-accuracy 3D machine vision metrology using off-the-shelf TV cameras and lenses" (5,863) and "A Kinematic Notation for Lower-Pair Mechanisms Based on Matrices" (4,551).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 UMAP: Uniform Manifold Approximation and Projection Leland McInnes, John Healy, Nathaniel Saul et al. · The Journal of Open Source Software Open access 2 Sep 2018 10,200
2 A versatile camera calibration technique for high-accuracy 3D machine vision metrology using off-the-shelf TV cameras and lenses R. Tsai · IEEE Journal on Robotics and Automation Aug 1987 5,863
3 A Kinematic Notation for Lower-Pair Mechanisms Based on Matrices Jacques Denavit, Richard S. Hartenberg · Journal of Applied Mechanics Jun 1955 4,551
4 Fourier-transform method of fringe-pattern analysis for computer-based topography and interferometry Mitsuo Wada Takeda, Hideki Ina, Seiji Kobayashi · Journal of the Optical Society of America 1982 4,295
5 A new finite element model for welding heat sources JOHN A. GOLDAK, Aditya Chakravarti, Malcolm Bibby · Metallurgical Transactions B Jun 1984 3,394
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Where is Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques research done?

The largest centres of Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Xi'an (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Braunschweig and Mianyang.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 422 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 202 works
  3. 3 Xi'anChina 165 works
  4. 4 NanjingChina 119 works
  5. 5 HarbinChina 111 works
  6. 6 TianjinChina 109 works
  7. 7 WuhanChina 104 works
  8. 8 HangzhouChina 94 works
  9. 9 ChengduChina 82 works
  10. 10 ChongqingChina 80 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BraunschweigDE · 28.1 works16×
  2. MianyangCN · 22.0 works8.4×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques?

Among universities, judged by research, Chongqing University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Tsinghua 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 22.4%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Sichuan UniversityChongqing UniversityShanghai Jiao Tong U…Tsinghua University
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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.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Chongqing UniversityChina 82.331.2%8.5×39 +49.8%
2Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 80.623.5%5.2×63 +26.7%
3Tsinghua UniversityChina 75.321.1%7.4×72 +55.0%
4Sichuan UniversityChina 69.131.9%2.6×24 +58.0%
5Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 67.519.2%9.4×64 +10.5%
6Harbin University of Science and TechnologyChina 66.827.9%31.2×25 +189.8%
7Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 66.318.2%7.0×53 +3.3%
8Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 64.418.0%7.5×55 -3.6%
9Tianjin UniversityChina 60.916.6%11.4×58 -15.4%
10Zhejiang UniversityChina 59.616.4%3.5×39 +33.7%

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 Measurement and Metrology Techniques, country by country

Is Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2010. The fastest-growing topics are Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques.

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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 Measurement and Metrology Techniques as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.023% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques 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.

still counting5%10%15%Advanced Measurement and Metrology Techniques9.9% in 2025200020102020

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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