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Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques

Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques is a research topic within Radiation. Science Explorer counts 25k research works in it since 1950. 19.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on advanced X-ray imaging techniques and applications, including phase retrieval, tomography, ptychography, coherent diffractive imaging, nanoscale imaging, soft X-ray microscopy, and phase contrast imaging. The papers cover a wide range of topics such as femtosecond X-ray pulses, high-resolution imaging, and the use of novel algorithms for image reconstruction.

  • X-ray Imaging
  • Phase Retrieval
  • Tomography
  • Ptychography
  • Coherent Diffractive Imaging
  • Nanoscale Imaging
  • Soft X-ray Microscopy
  • Diffraction Microscopy
  • Phase Contrast Imaging
  • Femtosecond X-ray Pulses
Research works
25k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
4.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
19.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-2%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (755 and 662 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 755 works
  2. 2 United States 662 works
  3. 3 Germany 364 works
  4. 4 Japan 218 works
  5. 5 France 152 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 149 works
  7. 7 Russia 141 works
  8. 8 Italy 96 works
  9. 9 Switzerland 79 works
  10. 10 South Korea 76 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: 28.0%United States: 24.6%Germany: 13.5%Japan: 8.1%6 others listed: 25.8%28%largest
China755 · 28.0%United States662 · 24.6%Germany364 · 13.5%Japan218 · 8.1%6 others listed694 · 25.8%

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

Which institutions lead Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques research, followed by Argonne National Laboratory and Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of Sciences China 51 works
  2. 2 Argonne National Laboratory United States 49 works
  3. 3 Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY Germany 47 works
  4. 4 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China 40 works
  5. 5 Paul Scherrer Institute Switzerland 37 works
  6. 6 SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory United States 36 works
  7. 7 European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Germany 32 works
  8. 8 Tsinghua University China 32 works
  9. 9 Diamond Light Source United Kingdom 29 works
  10. 10 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory United States 27 works

Who are the leading researchers in Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques include M. Morii.

  1. 1 M. Morii 9.6k citations

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

Where is Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques research done?

The largest centres of Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Hamburg (Germany), Moscow (Russia) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Schenefeld, Sayō and Villigen.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 221 works
  2. 2 Hamburg Germany 85 works
  3. 3 Moscow Russia 65 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 64 works
  5. 5 Tokyo Japan 50 works
  6. 6 Lemont United States 49 works
  7. 7 Hefei China 46 works
  8. 8 Menlo Park United States 41 works
  9. 9 Nanjing China 40 works
  10. 10 Sayō Japan 37 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. SchenefeldDE · 32.3 works732×
  2. SayōJP · 37.4 works305×
  3. VilligenCH · 37.2 works137×
  4. DidcotGB · 31.5 works121×
  5. Menlo ParkUS · 40.9 works86×
  6. LemontUS · 49.0 works80×
  7. UptonUS · 23.9 works77×
  8. PudongCN · 31.0 works36×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, University of Antwerp and Nanjing University of Science and Technology 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 23.01%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Chinese Academy of Sciences: 40, 20.0%University of Antwerp: 11, 31.2%Nanjing University of Science and Technology: 21, 15.0%Universität Hamburg: 16, 24.1%ShanghaiTech University: 10, 21.5%University College London: 15, 35.6%Lund University: 10, 28.4%Tsinghua University: 32, 24.7%Technical University of Denmark: 11, 17.7%Pohang University of Science and Technology: 12, 11.9%University of AntwerpUniversität HamburgUniversity of Chines…Nanjing University o…
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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
1University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China 65.220.0%7.8×40 +152.4%
2University of Antwerp Belgium 61.431.2%12.2×11 +4.2%
3Nanjing University of Science and Technology China 57.215.0%8.3×21 +242.0%
4Universität Hamburg Germany 56.924.1%9.5×16 +18.3%
5ShanghaiTech University China 52.521.5%17.9×10 —
6University College London United Kingdom 52.035.6%3.5×15 +35.2%
7Lund University Sweden 49.428.4%5.8×10 +61.7%
8Tsinghua University China 49.224.7%5.2×32 -7.0%
9Technical University of Denmark Denmark 42.617.7%6.6×11 +65.6%
10Pohang University of Science and Technology South Korea 42.311.9%19.1×12 -1.9%

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 X-ray Imaging Techniques research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques.

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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.