Embedded Systems Design Techniques
Embedded Systems Design Techniques is a research topic within Hardware and Architecture. Science Explorer counts 47k research works in it since 1950. 13.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on advances in reconfigurable computing systems and design methods, including topics such as high-level synthesis, system-level design, FPGA architectures, multiprocessor SoCs, dynamic reconfiguration, hardware/software codesign, dataflow programming languages, and platform-based design.
- Reconfigurable Computing
- High-Level Synthesis
- System-Level Design
- FPGA
- Multiprocessor SoC
- Embedded Systems
- Dynamic Reconfiguration
- Hardware/Software Codesign
- Dataflow Programming Languages
- Platform-Based Design
- Research works
- 47k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 6.1k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 13.0% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -34% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Embedded Systems Design Techniques research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (817 and 773 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 817 works
- 2 United States 773 works
- 3 India 513 works
- 4 Germany 319 works
- 5 France 157 works
- 6 Japan 140 works
- 7 Italy 135 works
- 8 United Kingdom 127 works
- 9 South Korea 99 works
- 10 Canada 93 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.
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Which institutions lead Embedded Systems Design Techniques research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Tsinghua University publishes the most Embedded Systems Design Techniques research, followed by National University of Defense Technology and Peking University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Tsinghua University China 35 works
- 2 National University of Defense Technology China 31 works
- 3 Peking University China 27 works
- 4 Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham India 25 works
- 5 Fudan University China 24 works
- 6 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China 24 works
- 7 Intel (United States) United States 22 works
- 8 Politecnico di Milano Italy 19 works
- 9 Chinese Academy of Sciences China 18 works
- 10 Technical University of Munich Germany 18 works
Who are the leading researchers in Embedded Systems Design Techniques?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Embedded Systems Design Techniques include A. Kugel, Deborah Estrin and Randy H. Katz.
- 1 A. Kugel 6.5k citations
- 2 Deborah Estrin 5.9k citations
- 3 Randy H. Katz 5.7k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Embedded Systems Design Techniques research done?
The largest centres of Embedded Systems Design Techniques research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Bengaluru (India) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Santa Clara.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- Santa ClaraUS · 32.2 works30×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Embedded Systems Design Techniques than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Embedded Systems Design Techniques?
Among universities, judged by research, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham and Montana 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 | Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hong Kong | 59.1 | 15.9% | 9.2× | 15 | +28.1% |
| 2 | Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham India | 55.9 | 10.7% | 11.1× | 25 | +39.2% |
| 3 | Montana State University United States | 55.4 | 6.9% | 33.4× | 14 | +578.2% |
| 4 | Tampere University Finland | 54.5 | 8.6% | 10.6× | 13 | +153.9% |
| 5 | Johannes Kepler University of Linz Austria | 52.5 | 9.0% | 18.4× | 12 | +101.2% |
| 6 | École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Switzerland | 52.4 | 16.4% | 8.8× | 15 | -26.5% |
| 7 | University of Bremen Germany | 52.2 | 11.8% | 18.2× | 18 | -6.3% |
| 8 | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Spain | 50.4 | 13.0% | 10.1× | 13 | -19.8% |
| 9 | Georgia Institute of Technology United States | 49.0 | 28.8% | 5.8× | 15 | -38.7% |
| 10 | Eindhoven University of Technology Netherlands | 46.8 | 9.4% | 9.9× | 15 | -46.3% |
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 Embedded Systems Design Techniques research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 34% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2002.
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.