Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques
Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques is a research topic within Aerospace Engineering. Science Explorer counts 23k research works in it since 1953. 46.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) technology and its applications. It includes research on Micro-Doppler effects, target classification using deep learning techniques, automatic target recognition, signal processing methods, Doppler radar for human activity detection, motion compensation algorithms, and the use of Convolutional Neural Networks for SAR image analysis.
- Synthetic Aperture Radar
- Micro-Doppler Effect
- Target Classification
- Convolutional Neural Networks
- Automatic Target Recognition
- Signal Processing
- Doppler Radar
- Motion Compensation
- Deep Learning
- Bistatic SAR
- Research works
- 23k fractional, since 1953
- In the world top 10%
- 11k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 46.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +40% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (4k and 392 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 4k works
- 2 United States 392 works
- 3 India 207 works
- 4 Germany 184 works
- 5 South Korea 154 works
- 6 Italy 139 works
- 7 United Kingdom 117 works
- 8 Japan 88 works
- 9 France 74 works
- 10 Canada 71 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 SAR Imaging Techniques research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China publishes the most Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques research, followed by Xidian University and National University of Defense Technology.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 311 works
- 2 Xidian UniversityChina 307 works
- 3 National University of Defense TechnologyChina 288 works
- 4 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 151 works
- 5 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 97 works
- 6 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 96 works
- 7 Aerospace Information Research InstituteChina 93 works
- 8 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 91 works
- 9 Beihang UniversityChina 89 works
- 10 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 88 works
Who are the leading researchers in Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques include Yonina C. Eldar, Petre Stoica and Antonio Plaza.
- 1 Yonina C. Eldar Israel 4k citations
- 2 Petre Stoica Sweden 3.8k citations
- 3 Antonio Plaza Spain 3.5k citations
- 4 S. Haykin Canada 3.5k citations
- 5 Chau Yuen Singapore 2.9k citations
- 6 Björn Ottersten Luxembourg 2.9k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques research done?
The largest centres of Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Chengdu (China) and Changsha (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wachtberg, Minhang and Changsha.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- WachtbergDE · 25.2 works198×
- MinhangCN · 22.6 works71×
- ChangshaCN · 346.1 works12×
- Xi'anCN · 552.0 works12×
- Beijing22.8 works9.2×
- ChengduCN · 362.9 works9.2×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques?
Among universities, judged by research, Xidian University, National University of Defense Technology and University of Electronic Science and Technology of China 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 | Xidian UniversityChina | 70.9 | 49.5% | 71.2× | 307 | +34.0% |
| 2 | National University of Defense TechnologyChina | 66.0 | 45.8% | 63.1× | 288 | +17.8% |
| 3 | University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina | 64.7 | 37.5% | 46.9× | 310 | +36.4% |
| 4 | Aerospace Information Research InstituteChina | 64.1 | 47.1% | 135.4× | 93 | — |
| 5 | Fudan UniversityChina | 61.5 | 42.9% | 7.6× | 50 | +221.8% |
| 6 | Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina | 60.9 | 43.6% | 9.5× | 88 | — |
| 7 | Air Force Engineering UniversityChina | 60.7 | 49.3% | 80.0× | 69 | +27.9% |
| 8 | Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina | 59.4 | 39.3% | 9.5× | 91 | +72.7% |
| 9 | Henan UniversityChina | 59.0 | 68.8% | 7.4× | 15 | — |
| 10 | Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina | 58.4 | 41.5% | 11.0× | 74 | +27.5% |
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 SAR Imaging Techniques research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 40% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Advanced SAR Imaging Techniques.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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