Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies
Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies is a research topic within Media Technology. Science Explorer counts 22k research works in it since 1950. 14.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores various technologies and methods related to three-dimensional displays, including stereoscopic displays, holographic displays, integral imaging, virtual reality, and augmented reality. It also investigates visual discomfort and fatigue associated with viewing 3D content, as well as techniques such as computer-generated holography and near-eye displays.
- Stereoscopic Displays
- Holographic Displays
- Integral Imaging
- Virtual Reality
- Augmented Reality
- Visual Fatigue
- Computer-Generated Holography
- Near-Eye Displays
- Light Field Displays
- Spatial Light Modulators
- Research works
- 22k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3.1k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 14.0% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +3% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.1k and 376 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.1k works
- 2 United States 376 works
- 3 Japan 334 works
- 4 South Korea 210 works
- 5 Taiwan 98 works
- 6 Germany 97 works
- 7 India 92 works
- 8 United Kingdom 90 works
- 9 Russia 82 works
- 10 France 60 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 Optical Imaging Technologies research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Beijing Institute of Technology publishes the most Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies research, followed by Tsinghua University and BOE Technology Group (China).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 45 works
- 2 Tsinghua UniversityChina 35 works
- 3 BOE Technology Group (China)China 29 works
- 4 Beihang UniversityChina 29 works
- 5 University of Central FloridaUnited States 27 works
- 6 Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 26 works
- 7 Sichuan UniversityChina 25 works
- 8 Utsunomiya UniversityJapan 24 works
- 9 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 23 works
- 10 Seoul National UniversitySouth Korea 22 works
Who are the leading researchers in Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies include P. R. Hobson.
- 1 P. R. Hobson United Kingdom 3.5k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies research done?
The largest centres of Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan), Seoul (South Korea) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Utsunomiya, Orlando and Chiba.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- UtsunomiyaJP · 24.2 works125×
- OrlandoUS · 26.7 works18×
- ChibaJP · 20.4 works15×
- HsinchuTW · 27.3 works11×
- TucsonUS · 21.7 works8.9×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies?
Among universities, judged by research, Beijing Institute of Technology, Hong Kong Polytechnic University and University of Central Florida 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 | Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina | 72.0 | 17.6% | 12.8× | 45 | +75.0% |
| 2 | Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong | 71.5 | 28.9% | 5.6× | 14 | +493.9% |
| 3 | University of Central FloridaUnited States | 64.5 | 12.8% | 24.3× | 27 | +122.4% |
| 4 | Beihang UniversityChina | 64.1 | 16.5% | 8.8× | 29 | +118.5% |
| 5 | Tsinghua UniversityChina | 63.7 | 22.4% | 6.1× | 36 | +93.4% |
| 6 | Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina | 62.2 | 9.2% | 14.3× | 26 | +172.2% |
| 7 | Hefei University of TechnologyChina | 62.0 | 14.9% | 12.5× | 20 | +113.6% |
| 8 | National Research Nuclear University MEPhIRussia | 57.6 | 19.2% | 24.2× | 9 | +132.8% |
| 9 | Seoul National UniversitySouth Korea | 55.6 | 9.9% | 9.6× | 22 | +56.4% |
| 10 | University of Shanghai for Science and TechnologyChina | 55.4 | 21.2% | 9.7× | 12 | +8.7% |
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 Optical Imaging Technologies research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 3% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies.
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.