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Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis

Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis is a research topic within Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Science Explorer counts 32k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the application of integral equation methods, such as the boundary element method and the fast multipole method, to solve electromagnetic scattering problems. The use of hierarchical matrices, characteristic basis functions, and domain decomposition methods is explored for efficient solution techniques. The papers also discuss surface integral equations, Maxwell's equations, and the method of moments in the context of electromagnetic scattering.

  • Integral Equation Methods
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Boundary Element Method
  • Fast Multipole Method
  • Hierarchical Matrices
  • Characteristic Basis Functions
  • Domain Decomposition Method
  • Surface Integral Equations
  • Maxwell's Equations
  • Method of Moments
Research works
32k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-1%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
45% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis

Which countries lead Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.2k and 425 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 1.2k works
  2. 2 United States 425 works
  3. 3 Russia 200 works
  4. 4 France 155 works
  5. 5 India 136 works
  6. 6 Italy 135 works
  7. 7 Germany 129 works
  8. 8 Japan 103 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 76 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 69 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: 45.2%United States: 16.3%Russia: 7.7%France: 5.9%6 others listed: 24.9%45%largest
China1,176 · 45.2%United States425 · 16.3%Russia200 · 7.7%France155 · 5.9%6 others listed649 · 24.9%

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

Which institutions lead Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis research?

By volume in 2022-now, Xidian University publishes the most Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Russian Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Xidian UniversityChina 74 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 65 works
  3. 3 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 62 works
  4. 4 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 53 works
  5. 5 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 40 works
  6. 6 Beihang UniversityChina 36 works
  7. 7 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 35 works
  8. 8 Anhui UniversityChina 30 works
  9. 9 Nanjing University of Science and TechnologyChina 30 works
  10. 10 Zhejiang UniversityChina 26 works

Who are the leading researchers in Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis include Xiaogang Wang, Jill P. Mesirov and Donald G. Truhlar.

  1. 1 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  2. 2 Jill P. Mesirov United States 239k citations
  3. 3 Donald G. Truhlar United States 230k citations
  4. 4 A. Meyer France 224k citations
  5. 5 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  6. 6 Hua Zhang Singapore 196k citations
  7. 7 William A. Goddard United States 182k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis?

The most cited paper in Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis is "Numerical solution of initial boundary value problems involving maxwell's equations in isotropic media" (Kane S. Yee, 1966), with 14,949 citations. Next come "Electromagnetic scattering by surfaces of arbitrary shape" (5,413) and "A fast algorithm for particle simulations" (4,977).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Numerical solution of initial boundary value problems involving maxwell's equations in isotropic media Kane S. Yee · IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation May 1966 14,949
2 Electromagnetic scattering by surfaces of arbitrary shape S. Rao, Donald R. Wilton, Allen Wilburn Glisson · IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation May 1982 5,413
3 A fast algorithm for particle simulations Leslie Greengard, Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin · Journal of Computational Physics Open access Dec 1987 4,977
4 Optical Conformal Mapping Ulf Leonhardt · Science 26 May 2006 4,045
5 Large Deviations Techniques and Applications Uwe Schmock, Amir Dembo, Ofer Zeitouni · Journal of the American Statistical Association Dec 2000 3,718
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Where is Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis research done?

The largest centres of Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Nanjing (China) and Moscow (Russia).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 214 works
  2. 2 Xi'anChina 134 works
  3. 3 NanjingChina 106 works
  4. 4 MoscowRussia 87 works
  5. 5 ChengduChina 75 works
  6. 6 ShanghaiChina 70 works
  7. 7 HefeiChina 48 works
  8. 8 HangzhouChina 47 works
  9. 9 WuhanChina 44 works
  10. 10 ParisFrance 43 works
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Where is the best place to study Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis?

Among universities, judged by research, Southeast University, Zhejiang University and Xidian 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.

0%10%20%mean 15.24%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Southeast UniversityZhejiang UniversityXidian UniversityBeijing Institute of…
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Southeast UniversityChina 67.521.8%5.7×25 +34.4%
2Zhejiang UniversityChina 66.717.3%3.3×26 +45.8%
3Xidian UniversityChina 66.410.8%33.9×74 +4.6%
4Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 63.810.0%11.4×40 +56.2%
5Politecnico di TorinoItaly 61.79.5%17.1×23 +32.3%
6Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 59.222.7%2.4×12 +16.7%
7Jilin UniversityChina 58.820.9%3.3×12 +63.2%
8Beihang UniversityChina 58.610.7%11.0×36 +27.1%
9Hangzhou Dianzi UniversityChina 57.116.8%13.0×13 +178.3%
10Anhui UniversityChina 56.711.9%21.9×30 +95.9%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis, country by country

Is Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2002.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.014% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis0.016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Electromagnetic Scattering and Analysis9.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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