Advanced Photonic Communication Systems
Advanced Photonic Communication Systems is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 46k research works in it since 1950. 13.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the intersection of microwave photonics and optical access networks, covering topics such as photonic signal processing, radio over fiber, passive optical networks, millimeter-wave generation, photonic integrated circuits, dynamic bandwidth allocation, fiber-wireless networks, and analog-to-digital converters.
- Microwave Photonics
- Photonic Signal Processing
- Optical Access Networks
- Radio Over Fiber
- Passive Optical Network
- Millimeter-Wave Generation
- Photonic Integrated Circuits
- Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation
- Fiber-Wireless Networks
- Analog-to-Digital Converters
- Research works
- 46k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 6k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 13.0% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -5% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Advanced Photonic Communication Systems research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.7k and 590 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 2.7k works
- 2 United States 590 works
- 3 India 583 works
- 4 Japan 509 works
- 5 Germany 231 works
- 6 United Kingdom 230 works
- 7 Italy 180 works
- 8 Canada 173 works
- 9 France 152 works
- 10 Spain 123 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 Photonic Communication Systems research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications publishes the most Advanced Photonic Communication Systems research, followed by NTT (Japan) and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 205 works
- 2 NTT (Japan)Japan 93 works
- 3 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 88 works
- 4 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 85 works
- 5 Fudan UniversityChina 84 works
- 6 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 71 works
- 7 Peng Cheng LaboratoryChina 57 works
- 8 Zhejiang UniversityChina 57 works
- 9 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 53 works
- 10 Tsinghua UniversityChina 51 works
Who are the leading researchers in Advanced Photonic Communication Systems?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Advanced Photonic Communication Systems include Mohamed‐Slim Alouini, Ryogo Kubo and Victor C. M. Leung.
- 1 Mohamed‐Slim Alouini Saudi Arabia 5.9k citations
- 2 Ryogo Kubo Japan 4.1k citations
- 3 Victor C. M. Leung Canada 3.7k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Advanced Photonic Communication Systems research done?
The largest centres of Advanced Photonic Communication Systems research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Tokyo (Japan) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Coppell and Fujimino.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- CoppellUS · 22.8 works211×
- FujiminoJP · 20.8 works125×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Advanced Photonic Communication Systems than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Advanced Photonic Communication Systems?
Among universities, judged by research, Fudan University, Guru Nanak Dev University and Aston 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 | Fudan UniversityChina | 60.9 | 13.0% | 11.1× | 84 | +29.8% |
| 2 | Guru Nanak Dev UniversityIndia | 59.1 | 15.5% | 12.3× | 10 | +194.3% |
| 3 | Aston UniversityUnited Kingdom | 58.0 | 6.6% | 31.5× | 26 | +156.3% |
| 4 | Universidad Carlos III de MadridSpain | 55.8 | 10.9% | 10.9× | 17 | +123.7% |
| 5 | Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina | 54.4 | 5.3% | 48.9× | 205 | -7.9% |
| 6 | Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina | 53.2 | 8.0% | 8.7× | 53 | +118.6% |
| 7 | University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina | 50.4 | 5.2% | 11.0× | 85 | +5.3% |
| 8 | Eindhoven University of TechnologyNetherlands | 49.7 | 5.9% | 16.5× | 40 | +1.3% |
| 9 | University of Technology - IraqIraq | 49.4 | 9.0% | 11.2× | 18 | +78.7% |
| 10 | Politecnico di TorinoItaly | 49.3 | 5.2% | 10.1× | 31 | +54.2% |
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 Photonic Communication Systems research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 5% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Advanced Photonic Communication Systems.
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.