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Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization

Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 58k research works in it since 1951. 19.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the next generation of wireless networks, particularly 5G technology. It covers topics such as Massive MIMO, interference alignment, device-to-device communication, green cellular networks, spectral and energy efficiency, multiuser MIMO, and heterogeneous networks.

  • Massive MIMO
  • Cellular Networks
  • Interference Alignment
  • Device-to-Device Communication
  • Green Cellular Networks
  • Spectral Efficiency
  • Multiuser MIMO
  • Energy Efficiency
  • Heterogeneous Networks
  • Coordinated Multipoint
Research works
58k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
11k
per year above
Top-10% rate
19.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-8%
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Which countries lead Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (2.7k and 1.5k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 2.7k works
  2. 2 India 1.5k works
  3. 3 United States 847 works
  4. 4 South Korea 441 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 364 works
  6. 6 Japan 321 works
  7. 7 Germany 298 works
  8. 8 Canada 285 works
  9. 9 France 209 works
  10. 10 Taiwan 175 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: 37.9%India: 21.4%United States: 11.7%South Korea: 6.1%6 others listed: 22.8%38%largest
China2,743 · 37.9%India1,549 · 21.4%United States847 · 11.7%South Korea441 · 6.1%6 others listed1,652 · 22.8%

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

Which institutions lead Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Southeast University publishes the most Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization research, followed by Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications and University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Southeast UniversityChina 200 works
  2. 2 Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 154 works
  3. 3 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 103 works
  4. 4 Xidian UniversityChina 77 works
  5. 5 Nanjing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 75 works
  6. 6 Beijing Jiaotong UniversityChina 63 works
  7. 7 Tsinghua UniversityChina 61 works
  8. 8 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 55 works
  9. 9 University of OuluFinland 55 works
  10. 10 Purple Mountain LaboratoriesChina 54 works

Who are the leading researchers in Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization include H. Vincent Poor, Ian F. Akyildiz and Robert W. Heath.

  1. 1 H. Vincent Poor United States 9.5k citations
  2. 2 Ian F. Akyildiz United States 8.2k citations
  3. 3 Robert W. Heath United States 7.1k citations
  4. 4 Rui Zhang Singapore 6k citations
  5. 5 Mohamed‐Slim Alouini Saudi Arabia 5.9k citations
  6. 6 Xuemin Shen Canada 5.1k citations
  7. 7 Zhu Han United States 4.7k citations
  8. 8 Georgios B. Giannakis United States 4.6k citations
  9. 9 Dusit Niyato Singapore 4.5k citations
  10. 10 Zhiguo Ding United Kingdom 4.4k citations

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

Where is Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization research done?

The largest centres of Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Seoul (South Korea) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Kista, Fujimino and Oulu.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 637 works
  2. 2 Nanjing China 431 works
  3. 3 Seoul South Korea 212 works
  4. 4 Xi'an China 192 works
  5. 5 Shanghai China 165 works
  6. 6 Tokyo Japan 152 works
  7. 7 Shenzhen China 152 works
  8. 8 Chengdu China 152 works
  9. 9 Chennai India 149 works
  10. 10 London United Kingdom 102 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. KistaSE · 39.9 works90×
  2. FujiminoJP · 20.5 works83×
  3. OuluFI · 55.3 works18×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Luxembourg, Southeast University and Singapore University of Technology and Design 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 23.86%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Luxembourg: 24, 40.9%Southeast University: 200, 15.2%Singapore University of Technology and Design: 12, 31.6%University of Oulu: 55, 20.6%University of Electronic Science and Technology of China: 102, 18.3%Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications: 75, 10.5%Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen: 21, 24.0%KTH Royal Institute of Technology: 40, 22.5%Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications: 154, 14.8%Queen Mary University of London: 22, 40.2%University of Luxemb…Singapore University…University of OuluSoutheast University
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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
1 University of LuxembourgLuxembourg 70.440.9%10.5×24 +108.3%
2 Southeast UniversityChina 64.115.2%14.7×200 +85.3%
3 Singapore University of Technology and DesignSingapore 63.231.6%13.2×12 +116.3%
4 University of OuluFinland 58.020.6%21.7×55 +18.8%
5 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 57.718.3%9.0×102 +75.6%
6 Nanjing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 57.610.5%17.2×75 +144.3%
7 Chinese University of Hong Kong, ShenzhenChina 56.224.0%11.5×21 —
8 KTH Royal Institute of TechnologySweden 55.622.5%10.7×40 -18.2%
9 Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 55.314.8%24.6×154 -5.7%
10 Queen Mary University of LondonUnited Kingdom 54.840.2%5.4×22 +73.0%

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 MIMO Systems Optimization research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2017. The fastest-growing topics are Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization.

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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.