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Electrical and Bioimpedance Tomography

Electrical and Bioimpedance Tomography is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 17k research works in it since 1950. 12.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers advancements in electrical tomography techniques, including electrical impedance tomography, capacitance tomography, and magnetic induction tomography. It explores topics such as image reconstruction algorithms, conductivity imaging, bioimpedance analysis, multi-phase flow measurement, and their applications in medical and industrial fields.

  • Electrical Impedance Tomography
  • Image Reconstruction Algorithms
  • Conductivity Imaging
  • Capacitance Tomography
  • Magnetic Induction Tomography
  • Bioimpedance Analysis
  • Multi-phase Flow Measurement
  • Medical Applications
  • Neural Network Reconstruction
  • Process Tomography
Research works
17k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
12.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+12%
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Which countries lead Electrical and Bioimpedance Tomography research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (735 and 302 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 735 works
  2. 2 United States 302 works
  3. 3 Germany 155 works
  4. 4 Japan 119 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 118 works
  6. 6 India 113 works
  7. 7 Italy 84 works
  8. 8 France 72 works
  9. 9 Russia 70 works
  10. 10 South Korea 68 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: 40.0%United States: 16.4%Germany: 8.4%Japan: 6.5%6 others listed: 28.6%40%largest
China735 · 40.0%United States302 · 16.4%Germany155 · 8.4%Japan119 · 6.5%6 others listed525 · 28.6%

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

Which institutions lead Electrical and Bioimpedance Tomography research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Tianjin University publishes the most Electrical and Bioimpedance Tomography research, followed by Beihang University and Chiba University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Tianjin UniversityChina 49 works
  2. 2 Beihang UniversityChina 24 works
  3. 3 Chiba UniversityJapan 17 works
  4. 4 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 14 works
  5. 5 Tsinghua UniversityChina 13 works
  6. 6 Air Force Medical UniversityChina 13 works
  7. 7 Zhejiang UniversityChina 13 works
  8. 8 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom 12 works
  9. 9 Tiangong UniversityChina 12 works
  10. 10 North China Electric Power UniversityChina 12 works

Where is Electrical and Bioimpedance Tomography research done?

The largest centres of Electrical and Bioimpedance Tomography research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Tianjin (China), Xi'an (China) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Lublin and Tianjin.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 147 works
  2. 2 Tianjin China 87 works
  3. 3 Xi'an China 60 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 53 works
  5. 5 Nanjing China 43 works
  6. 6 London United Kingdom 36 works
  7. 7 Hangzhou China 32 works
  8. 8 Tokyo Japan 30 works
  9. 9 Seoul South Korea 30 works
  10. 10 Moscow Russia 23 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. LublinPL · 21.7 works11×
  2. TianjinCN · 86.6 works7.2×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Electrical and Bioimpedance Tomography than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Electrical and Bioimpedance Tomography?

Among universities, judged by research, Tiangong University, Tianjin University and University of Edinburgh 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%10%20%mean 8.87%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Tiangong University: 12, 16.3%Tianjin University: 50, 4.0%University of Edinburgh: 12, 7.0%Beihang University: 24, 9.8%University College London: 14, 9.2%Air Force Medical University: 13, 9.0%Northwestern Polytechnical University: 8, 19.3%Chiba University: 17, 2.0%North China Electric Power University: 12, 10.0%University of Economics and Innovation: 11, 2.1%Tiangong UniversityBeihang UniversityUniversity of Edinbu…Tianjin University
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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 Tiangong UniversityChina 70.616.3%19.2×12 +415.4%
2 Tianjin UniversityChina 56.64.0%16.3×50 -0.8%
3 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom 50.67.0%6.2×12 +537.4%
4 Beihang UniversityChina 49.59.8%8.3×24 -36.3%
5 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 48.09.2%4.0×14 +152.3%
6 Air Force Medical UniversityChina 45.09.0%30.3×13 -55.7%
7 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 42.419.3%2.9×8 —
8 Chiba UniversityJapan 42.02.0%28.1×17 +7.6%
9 North China Electric Power UniversityChina 41.410.0%6.9×12 +39.3%
10 University of Economics and InnovationPoland 40.82.1%319.5×11 —

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 Electrical and Bioimpedance Tomography research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Electrical and Bioimpedance Tomography.

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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.