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Augmented Reality Applications

Augmented Reality Applications is a research topic within Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Science Explorer counts 33k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the recent advances, challenges, and diverse applications of augmented reality (AR) in various fields such as education, maintenance, medical training and surgery, smart manufacturing, and user experience. The papers cover topics including marker tracking, HMD calibration, immersive simulations, environmental simulations, STEM learning, impact on consumer behavior, and the potential for enhancing museum experiences.

  • Education
  • Technology
  • Applications
  • Immersive Simulations
  • Maintenance
  • Training
  • Medical
  • Surgery
  • Smart Factory
  • User Experience
Research works
33k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+45%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
21% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Augmented Reality Applications

Which countries lead Augmented Reality Applications research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.5k and 1.3k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 1.5k works
  2. 2 China 1.3k works
  3. 3 Indonesia 1.2k works
  4. 4 India 692 works
  5. 5 Germany 662 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 407 works
  7. 7 Italy 399 works
  8. 8 Japan 387 works
  9. 9 Malaysia 336 works
  10. 10 Brazil 309 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.

United States: 20.9%China: 18.0%Indonesia: 16.6%India: 9.7%6 others listed: 34.9%21%largest
United States1,498 · 20.9%China1,289 · 18.0%Indonesia1,187 · 16.6%India692 · 9.7%6 others listed2,500 · 34.9%

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

Which institutions lead Augmented Reality Applications research?

By volume in 2022-now, Binus University publishes the most Augmented Reality Applications research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and State University of Malang.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Binus UniversityIndonesia 70 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 52 works
  3. 3 State University of MalangIndonesia 46 works
  4. 4 State University of PadangIndonesia 43 works
  5. 5 University of Technology MalaysiaMalaysia 42 works
  6. 6 Politecnico di MilanoItaly 39 works
  7. 7 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 37 works
  8. 8 Chitkara UniversityIndia 37 works
  9. 9 Technical University of MunichGermany 35 works
  10. 10 Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia 34 works

Who are the leading researchers in Augmented Reality Applications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Augmented Reality Applications include Xiangyu Zhang, Bach Xuan Tran and Kai You Wang.

  1. 1 Xiangyu Zhang 327k citations
  2. 2 Bach Xuan Tran Vietnam 263k citations
  3. 3 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  4. 4 Trevor J. Darrell United States 206k citations
  5. 5 Luc Van Gool Switzerland 177k citations
  6. 6 George A. Wells Canada 167k citations
  7. 7 Scott Burton Patten Canada 163k citations
  8. 8 Han Zhang China 161k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Augmented Reality Applications?

The most cited paper in Augmented Reality Applications is "A Survey of Augmented Reality" (Ronald T. Azuma, 1997), with 9,848 citations. Next come "Recent advances in augmented reality" (4,162) and "Tangible bits" (3,822).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Survey of Augmented Reality Ronald T. Azuma · PRESENCE Virtual and Augmented Reality Aug 1997 9,848
2 Recent advances in augmented reality Ronald T. Azuma, Yohan Baillot, Reinhold Behringer et al. · IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications 2001 4,162
3 Tangible bits Hiroshi Ishii, Brygg Ullmer Conference paper 27 Mar 1997 3,822
4 A systematic review of immersive virtual reality applications for higher education: Design elements, lessons learned, and research agenda Jaziar Radianti, Tim A. Majchrzak, Jennifer Fromm et al. · Computers & Education ReviewOpen access 9 Dec 2019 3,494
5 Mental Rotations, a Group Test of Three-Dimensional Spatial Visualization Steven G. Vandenberg, Allan R. Kuse · Perceptual and Motor Skills Dec 1978 2,648
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Where is Augmented Reality Applications research done?

The largest centres of Augmented Reality Applications research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Jakarta (Indonesia), Tokyo (Japan) and London (United Kingdom).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 240 works
  2. 2 JakartaIndonesia 166 works
  3. 3 TokyoJapan 138 works
  4. 4 LondonUnited Kingdom 110 works
  5. 5 SeoulSouth Korea 110 works
  6. 6 BandungIndonesia 103 works
  7. 7 Kuala LumpurMalaysia 98 works
  8. 8 ShanghaiChina 96 works
  9. 9 YogyakartaIndonesia 91 works
  10. 10 Hong KongChina 76 works
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Where is the best place to study Augmented Reality Applications?

Among universities, judged by research, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, University of West Attica and University College London 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 25.92%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →National Tsing Hua U…University of West A…Hong Kong University…University College L…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyChina 65.528.6%3.2×13 +93.6%
2University of West AtticaGreece 65.430.9%12.3×17 +182.1%
3University College LondonUnited Kingdom 64.323.3%1.9×31 +50.2%
4National Tsing Hua UniversityTaiwan 64.334.7%5.2×12 +89.5%
5ETH ZurichSwitzerland 62.833.4%2.6×17 +25.1%
6Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States 62.722.2%3.5×33 +46.5%
7Virginia TechUnited States 61.417.6%5.9×32 +41.2%
8University of Western MacedoniaGreece 60.929.2%18.4×12 +429.2%
9Chinese University of Hong KongChina 60.424.8%2.6×19 +95.3%
10University of AveiroPortugal 60.114.5%10.6×33 +75.1%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Augmented Reality Applications, country by country

Is Augmented Reality Applications research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 45% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Augmented Reality Applications.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Augmented Reality Applications as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.055% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Augmented Reality Applications0.051% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Augmented Reality Applications over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Augmented Reality Applications9.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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