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Digital Holography and Microscopy

Digital Holography and Microscopy is a research topic within Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 18.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on digital holographic microscopy as a noninvasive and quantitative imaging technique for visualizing living cells with subwavelength accuracy. It covers topics such as quantitative phase imaging, three-dimensional imaging, cell dynamics, refractive index measurement, biomedical applications, tomographic microscopy, label-free imaging, and the application of deep learning in this field.

  • Digital Holographic Microscopy
  • Quantitative Phase Imaging
  • Three-Dimensional Imaging
  • Cell Dynamics
  • Refractive Index Measurement
  • Biomedical Applications
  • Tomographic Microscopy
  • Label-Free Imaging
  • Deep Learning
  • Optical Tomography
Research works
13k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
18.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+19%
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Which countries lead Digital Holography and Microscopy research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (832 and 404 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 832 works
  2. 2 United States 404 works
  3. 3 Japan 147 works
  4. 4 South Korea 120 works
  5. 5 Germany 108 works
  6. 6 India 103 works
  7. 7 France 90 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 66 works
  9. 9 Italy 66 works
  10. 10 Russia 62 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: 41.6%United States: 20.2%Japan: 7.3%South Korea: 6.0%6 others listed: 24.8%42%largest
China832 · 41.6%United States404 · 20.2%Japan147 · 7.3%South Korea120 · 6.0%6 others listed495 · 24.8%

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

Which institutions lead Digital Holography and Microscopy research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Tsinghua University publishes the most Digital Holography and Microscopy research, followed by Nanjing University of Science and Technology and Warsaw University of Technology.

Who are the leading researchers in Digital Holography and Microscopy?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Digital Holography and Microscopy include Yonina C. Eldar and P. R. Hobson.

  1. 1 Yonina C. Eldar Israel 4k citations
  2. 2 P. R. Hobson United Kingdom 3.5k citations

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

Where is Digital Holography and Microscopy research done?

The largest centres of Digital Holography and Microscopy research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Xi'an (China).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 182 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 67 works
  3. 3 Nanjing China 62 works
  4. 4 Xi'an China 60 works
  5. 5 Tokyo Japan 45 works
  6. 6 Seoul South Korea 42 works
  7. 7 Hangzhou China 41 works
  8. 8 Guangzhou China 40 works
  9. 9 Shenzhen China 33 works
  10. 10 Harbin China 32 works
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Where is the best place to study Digital Holography and Microscopy?

Among universities, judged by research, Tsinghua University, Nanjing University of Science and Technology and University of Shanghai for 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 25.77%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Tsinghua University: 39, 27.2%Nanjing University of Science and Technology: 34, 17.8%University of Shanghai for Science and Technology: 10, 34.8%University of Chinese Academy of Sciences: 19, 29.3%Ben-Gurion University of the Negev: 10, 29.5%National Research Nuclear University MEPhI: 8, 23.5%Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology: 13, 17.8%University of Hong Kong: 11, 29.9%Beijing Institute of Technology: 20, 20.8%South China Normal University: 11, 27.1%University of Shangh…University of Chines…Tsinghua UniversityNanjing 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
1 Tsinghua UniversityChina 79.727.2%8.3×39 +245.7%
2 Nanjing University of Science and TechnologyChina 72.317.8%17.3×34 +182.4%
3 University of Shanghai for Science and TechnologyChina 62.234.8%9.6×10 +30.7%
4 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 61.329.3%4.8×19 +296.9%
5 Ben-Gurion University of the NegevIsrael 60.529.5%12.2×10 +15.4%
6 National Research Nuclear University MEPhIRussia 60.423.5%29.3×8 +183.9%
7 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and TechnologySouth Korea 57.817.8%12.0×13 +103.7%
8 University of Hong KongHong Kong 56.529.9%5.3×11 +64.0%
9 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 56.220.8%6.9×20 +139.8%
10 South China Normal UniversityChina 56.127.1%13.3×11 -8.9%

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 Digital Holography and Microscopy research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Digital Holography and Microscopy.

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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.