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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. 16.4% 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%
5.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+70%
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Which countries lead Augmented Reality Applications research?

By volume, the United States and Indonesia publish the most (1.4k and 1.1k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.4k works
  2. 2 Indonesia 1.1k works
  3. 3 China 1.1k works
  4. 4 India 620 works
  5. 5 Germany 595 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 373 works
  7. 7 Italy 360 works
  8. 8 Japan 358 works
  9. 9 Malaysia 303 works
  10. 10 Brazil 293 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: 21.3%Indonesia: 16.7%China: 16.6%India: 9.7%6 others listed: 35.8%21%largest
United States1,358 · 21.3%Indonesia1,065 · 16.7%China1,058 · 16.6%India620 · 9.7%6 others listed2,283 · 35.8%

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

Which institutions lead Augmented Reality Applications research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Binus University publishes the most Augmented Reality Applications research, followed by State University of Malang and University of Technology Malaysia.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Binus UniversityIndonesia 68 works
  2. 2 State University of MalangIndonesia 43 works
  3. 3 University of Technology MalaysiaMalaysia 37 works
  4. 4 State University of PadangIndonesia 37 works
  5. 5 Chitkara UniversityIndia 37 works
  6. 6 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 35 works
  7. 7 Politecnico di MilanoItaly 34 works
  8. 8 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States 31 works
  9. 9 University of AveiroPortugal 30 works
  10. 10 Virginia TechUnited States 30 works

Where is Augmented Reality Applications research done?

The largest centres of Augmented Reality Applications research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Jakarta (Indonesia), Tokyo (Japan) and Seoul (South Korea). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Aveiro.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 220 works
  2. 2 Jakarta Indonesia 155 works
  3. 3 Tokyo Japan 128 works
  4. 4 Seoul South Korea 101 works
  5. 5 London United Kingdom 100 works
  6. 6 Bandung Indonesia 95 works
  7. 7 Shanghai China 90 works
  8. 8 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 87 works
  9. 9 Yogyakarta Indonesia 82 works
  10. 10 Hong Kong China 69 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. AveiroPT · 30.3 works8.9×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Augmented Reality Applications than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Augmented Reality Applications?

Among universities, judged by research, University of West Attica, University of Aveiro and University of the Aegean 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 21.56%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of West Attica: 16, 47.1%University of Aveiro: 30, 19.2%University of the Aegean: 16, 20.5%University of Technology Malaysia: 38, 9.6%University of Macedonia: 10, 36.6%Sultan Idris Education University: 21, 11.5%Binus University: 68, 5.8%Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University: 19, 23.3%Polytechnic University of Bari: 13, 12.7%University of Western Macedonia: 12, 29.3%University of West A…University of the Ae…University of AveiroUniversity of Techno…
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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
1 University of West AtticaGreece 70.247.1%11.7×16 —
2 University of AveiroPortugal 67.719.2%9.3×30 +238.3%
3 University of the AegeanGreece 62.820.5%17.8×16 +424.3%
4 University of Technology MalaysiaMalaysia 60.39.6%7.9×38 +222.1%
5 University of MacedoniaGreece 59.636.6%17.8×10 —
6 Sultan Idris Education UniversityMalaysia 58.811.5%10.2×21 +183.3%
7 Binus UniversityIndonesia 56.85.8%12.4×68 +68.1%
8 Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool UniversityChina 56.723.3%9.0×19 —
9 Polytechnic University of BariItaly 56.312.7%10.7×13 +225.8%
10 University of Western MacedoniaGreece 56.029.3%16.5×12 —

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 Augmented Reality Applications research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 70% higher than in 2013–2017, 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.

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.