Electromagnetic Launch and Propulsion Technology
Electromagnetic Launch and Propulsion Technology is a research topic within Aerospace Engineering. Science Explorer counts 17k research works in it since 1950. 18.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the science and technology of electromagnetic launch systems, including railguns, coilguns, and pulsed power supplies. It covers topics such as armature transition mechanisms, thermal-chemical erosion in gun barrels, plasma-propellant interaction, and the development of naval railguns.
- Electromagnetic Launch
- Railgun
- Pulsed Power
- Armature Transition
- Thermal-Chemical Erosion
- Inductive Pulsed-Power Supply
- Plasma-Propellant Interaction
- Coilgun
- Naval Railgun
- Capacitor-Based Pulsed-Power System
- Research works
- 17k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 18.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -14% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Electromagnetic Launch and Propulsion Technology research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.1k and 189 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.1k works
- 2 United States 189 works
- 3 India 108 works
- 4 Russia 99 works
- 5 Poland 50 works
- 6 Japan 47 works
- 7 Germany 37 works
- 8 France 35 works
- 9 South Korea 35 works
- 10 Türkiye 34 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 Electromagnetic Launch and Propulsion Technology research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Nanjing University of Science and Technology publishes the most Electromagnetic Launch and Propulsion Technology research, followed by Beijing Institute of Technology and Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Nanjing University of Science and TechnologyChina 118 works
- 2 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 42 works
- 3 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 33 works
- 4 Northwest Institute of Mechanical and Electrical EngineeringChina 31 works
- 5 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 24 works
- 6 Naval University of EngineeringChina 23 works
- 7 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 23 works
- 8 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 20 works
- 9 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 20 works
- 10 North University of ChinaChina 17 works
Who are the leading researchers in Electromagnetic Launch and Propulsion Technology?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Electromagnetic Launch and Propulsion Technology include Lin Gu.
- 1 Lin Gu China 3.1k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Electromagnetic Launch and Propulsion Technology research done?
The largest centres of Electromagnetic Launch and Propulsion Technology research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Xi'an (China) and Wuhan (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Xianyang, Nanjing and Taiyuan.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- XianyangCN · 31.7 works71×
- NanjingCN · 161.2 works8.2×
- TaiyuanCN · 22.0 works6.7×
- Xi'anCN · 101.8 works6.6×
- WuhanCN · 82.6 works5.3×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Electromagnetic Launch and Propulsion Technology than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Electromagnetic Launch and Propulsion Technology?
Among universities, judged by research, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Nanjing University of Science and Technology and Northwestern Polytechnical 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 | Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina | 70.5 | 33.3% | 10.7× | 33 | -28.3% |
| 2 | Nanjing University of Science and TechnologyChina | 68.8 | 25.5% | 73.4× | 118 | -48.5% |
| 3 | Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina | 58.3 | 26.1% | 10.2× | 23 | -67.4% |
| 4 | Air Force Engineering UniversityChina | 58.3 | 39.1% | 40.1× | 12 | -63.5% |
| 5 | Le Quy Don Technical UniversityVietnam | 58.3 | 24.7% | 90.0× | 10 | — |
| 6 | Military University of Technology in WarsawPoland | 58.0 | 18.0% | 75.9× | 14 | +12.3% |
| 7 | Naval University of EngineeringChina | 55.5 | 29.7% | 77.8× | 23 | -50.7% |
| 8 | Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina | 53.9 | 17.2% | 6.5× | 20 | +30.2% |
| 9 | Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina | 53.6 | 15.1% | 17.9× | 42 | -47.2% |
| 10 | Shenyang Ligong UniversityChina | 47.4 | 13.9% | 79.9× | 14 | -5.9% |
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 Electromagnetic Launch and Propulsion Technology research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 14% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2012.
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.