Color Science and Applications
Color Science and Applications is a research topic within Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Science Explorer counts 25k research works in it since 1950. 8.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on research related to color constancy, colorimetry, spectral reflectance, illuminant estimation, halftoning, LED lighting, spectral imaging, gamut mapping, and the application of neural networks in color science.
- Color Constancy
- Colorimetry
- Spectral Reflectance
- Illuminant Estimation
- Halftoning
- Reflectance Reconstruction
- LED Lighting
- Spectral Imaging
- Gamut Mapping
- Neural Networks
- Research works
- 25k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 2.1k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 8.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -14% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Color Science and Applications research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (732 and 332 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 732 works
- 2 United States 332 works
- 3 Japan 157 works
- 4 India 125 works
- 5 Germany 100 works
- 6 South Korea 97 works
- 7 United Kingdom 94 works
- 8 France 59 works
- 9 Taiwan 59 works
- 10 Russia 44 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 Color Science and Applications research?
By volume in 2022–2025, North Carolina State University publishes the most Color Science and Applications research, followed by BOE Technology Group (China) and Zhejiang University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 North Carolina State UniversityUnited States 55 works
- 2 BOE Technology Group (China)China 30 works
- 3 Zhejiang UniversityChina 19 works
- 4 University of ZagrebCroatia 15 works
- 5 Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNorway 14 works
- 6 Zhejiang Sci-Tech UniversityChina 13 works
- 7 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 13 works
- 8 San’an Optoelectronics (China)China 13 works
- 9 University of LeedsUnited Kingdom 12 works
- 10 Donghua UniversityChina 11 works
Who are the leading researchers in Color Science and Applications?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Color Science and Applications include Luc Van Gool.
- 1 Luc Van Gool Switzerland 8.5k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Color Science and Applications research done?
The largest centres of Color Science and Applications research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Tokyo (Japan) and Raleigh (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Raleigh.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- RaleighUS · 54.9 works35×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Color Science and Applications than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Color Science and Applications?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Leeds, Norwegian University of Science and Technology and North Carolina State 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 | University of LeedsUnited Kingdom | 70.3 | 17.4% | 10.0× | 12 | +40.9% |
| 2 | Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNorway | 63.2 | 6.5% | 11.0× | 14 | +821.2% |
| 3 | North Carolina State UniversityUnited States | 53.2 | 2.7% | 41.0× | 55 | -33.1% |
| 4 | University of ZagrebCroatia | 48.8 | 7.2% | 11.1× | 15 | -10.1% |
| 5 | Rochester Institute of TechnologyUnited States | 47.0 | 8.7% | 37.1× | 11 | -20.8% |
| 6 | Donghua UniversityChina | 46.6 | 9.8% | 12.6× | 11 | -50.6% |
| 7 | Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong | 41.1 | 5.8% | 6.4× | 13 | +5.2% |
| 8 | Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina | 40.1 | 17.0% | 3.4× | 10 | +30.2% |
| 9 | Zhejiang UniversityChina | 39.3 | 9.8% | 4.0× | 19 | +57.6% |
| 10 | Fudan UniversityChina | 34.4 | 15.8% | 3.5× | 10 | -52.4% |
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 Color Science and Applications research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 14% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2010.
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.