Advanced optical system design
Advanced optical system design is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 15k research works in it since 1950. 5.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the advancements in freeform optics design and fabrication, including topics such as compound eyes, LED lens, microlens array, optical design, imaging systems, fabrication techniques, illumination optics, digital cameras, and biologically inspired optics.
- Freeform Optics
- Compound Eyes
- LED Lens
- Microlens Array
- Optical Design
- Imaging Systems
- Fabrication Techniques
- Illumination Optics
- Digital Cameras
- Biologically Inspired Optics
- Research works
- 15k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 802 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 5.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -8% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Advanced optical system design research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (659 and 242 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 659 works
- 2 United States 242 works
- 3 Russia 92 works
- 4 Germany 86 works
- 5 Japan 65 works
- 6 South Korea 63 works
- 7 France 54 works
- 8 Taiwan 53 works
- 9 India 48 works
- 10 United Kingdom 38 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.
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Which institutions lead Advanced optical system design research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Advanced optical system design research, followed by Beijing Institute of Technology and Chinese Academy of Sciences.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 38 works
- 2 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 36 works
- 3 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 34 works
- 4 Changchun University of Science and TechnologyChina 26 works
- 5 University of ArizonaUnited States 21 works
- 6 ITMO UniversityRussia 17 works
- 7 Zhejiang UniversityChina 17 works
- 8 Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and PhysicsChina 16 works
- 9 Soochow UniversityChina 14 works
- 10 University of RochesterUnited States 14 works
Who are the leading researchers in Advanced optical system design?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Advanced optical system design include A. Amorim.
- 1 A. Amorim France 6.1k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Advanced optical system design research done?
The largest centres of Advanced optical system design research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Changchun (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tucson and Changchun.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- TucsonUS · 22.5 works16×
- ChangchunCN · 51.1 works12×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Advanced optical system design than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Advanced optical system design?
Among universities, judged by research, Beijing Institute of Technology, University of Arizona and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences 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 | 72.5 | 4.4% | 18.1× | 36 | +42.6% |
| 2 | University of ArizonaUnited States | 69.8 | 4.9% | 20.1× | 21 | +10.6% |
| 3 | University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina | 68.3 | 3.2% | 13.8× | 38 | -11.3% |
| 4 | Zhejiang UniversityChina | 56.2 | 7.4% | 5.0× | 17 | -57.7% |
| 5 | ITMO UniversityRussia | 53.7 | 0.0% | 58.6× | 17 | +141.6% |
| 6 | Hefei University of TechnologyChina | 53.2 | 5.3% | 9.1× | 8 | +39.7% |
| 7 | Soochow UniversityChina | 52.2 | 3.2% | 10.5× | 14 | -20.0% |
| 8 | Changchun University of Science and TechnologyChina | 51.5 | 2.3% | 70.4× | 26 | -23.4% |
| 9 | University of RochesterUnited States | 45.7 | 0.8% | 28.8× | 14 | -10.7% |
| 10 | Tsinghua UniversityChina | 43.4 | 5.4% | 3.9× | 13 | +4.7% |
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 system design research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 8% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2010. The fastest-growing topics are Advanced optical system design.
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.