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Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks

Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks is a research topic within Computer Networks and Communications. Science Explorer counts 50k research works in it since 1956. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the survey, energy-efficient protocols, routing techniques, clustering algorithms, data aggregation, coverage and connectivity, mobile sensor deployment, MAC protocols, environmental monitoring, and healthcare applications in wireless sensor networks.

Wireless Sensor Networks
Energy-Efficient Protocols
Routing Techniques
Clustering Algorithms
Data Aggregation
Coverage and Connectivity
Mobile Sensor Deployment
MAC Protocols
Environmental Monitoring
Healthcare Applications

Research works: 50k
In the world top 10%: 5k
Top-10% rate: 9.9%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: -11%
Largest producer: India

Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks

Which countries lead Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks research?

By volume, India and China publish the most (2.4k and 1.9k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 India 2.4k works
2 China 1.9k works
3 United States 490 works
4 Iraq 202 works
5 Japan 158 works
6 ?? 155 works
7 South Korea 154 works
8 United Kingdom 139 works
9 Iran 138 works
10 Saudi Arabia 127 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.

India2,440 · 41.3%China1,912 · 32.3%United States490 · 8.3%Iraq202 · 3.4%6 others listed870 · 14.7%

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

Which institutions lead Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks research?

By volume in 2022-now, SRM Institute of Science and Technology publishes the most Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks research, followed by Vellore Institute of Technology University and Saveetha University.

By volume, 2022-now

1 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 84 works
2 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 75 works
3 Saveetha UniversityIndia 74 works
4 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 52 works
5 Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 51 works
6 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 50 works
7 Chandigarh UniversityIndia 42 works
8 Koneru Lakshmaiah Education FoundationIndia 40 works
9 Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 35 works
10 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 34 works

Who are the leading researchers in Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks include Xiaogang Wang, Li Fei-Fei and Kai You Wang.

1 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
2 Li Fei-Fei United States 225k citations
3 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
4 Qiang Zhang China 184k citations
5 H. Vincent Poor United States 165k citations
6 Lin Gu China 159k 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 Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks?

The most cited paper in Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks is "Wireless sensor networks: a survey" (Ian Fuat Akyildiz, Weilian Su, Yogesh Sankarasubramaniam et al., 2002), with 17,476 citations. Next come "The Internet of Things: A survey" (15,532) and "Energy-efficient communication protocol for wireless microsensor networks" (14,208).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	Wireless sensor networks: a survey Ian Fuat Akyildiz, Weilian Su, Yogesh Sankarasubramaniam et al. · Computer Networks	Mar 2002	17,476
2	The Internet of Things: A survey Luigi Atzori, Antonio Iera, Giacomo Morabito · Computer Networks	2 Jun 2010	15,532
3	Energy-efficient communication protocol for wireless microsensor networks Wendi Heinzelman, Anantha P. Chandrakasan, Hari Balakrishnan Conference paper	24 Aug 2005	14,208
4	A survey on sensor networks Ian Fuat Akyildiz, Weilian Su, Yogesh Sankarasubramaniam et al. · IEEE Communications Magazine	Aug 2002	13,712
5	Internet of Things (IoT): A vision, architectural elements, and future directions Jayavardhana Gubbi, Rajkumar Buyya, Slaven Marusic et al. · Future Generation Computer Systems Open access	24 Feb 2013	12,285

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Where is Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks research done?

The largest centres of Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks research in 2022-now are Chennai (India), Beijing (China), Nanjing (China) and Coimbatore (India). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Coimbatore and Chidambaram.

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 ChennaiIndia 343 works
2 BeijingChina 333 works
3 NanjingChina 135 works
4 CoimbatoreIndia 122 works
5 BengaluruIndia 118 works
6 Xi'anChina 111 works
7 ShanghaiChina 109 works
8 HyderabadIndia 88 works
9 BaghdadIraq 80 works
10 VelloreIndia 78 works

Where it is the local speciality

Coimbatore23.6 works37×
ChidambaramIN · 26.7 works17×

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Where is the best place to study Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Sharjah, Saveetha University and Nanyang Technological 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.

above the meannear itbelow it

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.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	University of SharjahUnited Arab Emirates	66.6	26.0%	5.8×	10	+54.1%
2	Saveetha UniversityIndia	66.5	11.1%	11.3×	74	+626.5%
3	Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore	64.3	30.2%	2.3×	12	+28.9%
4	SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia	63.3	9.2%	12.1×	84	+112.7%
5	Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina	62.0	18.1%	11.7×	52	+16.1%
6	Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman UniversitySaudi Arabia	61.2	22.6%	4.6×	8	+94.8%
7	Islamic Azad University, TehranIran	59.1	23.0%	4.6×	52	-34.3%
8	Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia	59.0	15.7%	11.1×	75	-18.6%
9	University of BabylonIraq	57.5	13.3%	15.6×	28	+122.9%
10	Sri Eshwar College of Engineering	55.1	20.3%	43.2×	19	-
11	Koneru Lakshmaiah Education FoundationIndia	54.5	11.3%	20.7×	40	+18.5%
12	Xi’an University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina	53.7	19.5%	12.4×	18	+118.8%
13	Southeast UniversityChina	53.3	16.6%	3.0×	31	+19.2%
14	Chitkara UniversityIndia	52.3	7.6%	13.0×	34	+101.3%
15	Indian Institute of Technology DhanbadIndia	50.9	19.3%	6.9×	10	-47.7%
16	King Saud UniversitySaudi Arabia	50.7	29.3%	1.3×	9	-47.3%
17	City University of Hong KongChina	50.6	13.5%	2.3×	9	+64.7%
18	Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia	49.9	7.0%	22.5×	35	+94.1%
19	Beihang UniversityChina	49.9	22.5%	2.6×	20	+17.1%
20	Zhejiang UniversityChina	49.3	18.4%	1.2×	21	+33.1%
21	Chandigarh UniversityIndia	49.1	4.5%	11.2×	42	+111.7%
22	Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology JalandharIndia	49.1	18.4%	17.2×	16	-15.8%
23	Shenzhen UniversityChina	49.0	27.9%	1.7×	9	+97.6%
24	Karpagam Academy of Higher EducationIndia	48.2	9.3%	22.1×	25	+52.6%
25	Graphic Era UniversityIndia	47.7	10.2%	10.1×	24	+161.3%
26	University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina	47.6	10.7%	4.5×	34	+20.6%
27	Jazan UniversitySaudi Arabia	47.5	14.7%	6.5×	9	+221.7%
28	Symbiosis International UniversityIndia	47.0	13.7%	5.4×	12	+356.4%
29	Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamIndia	46.5	5.7%	9.1×	33	+21.8%
30	Birla Institute of Technology and Science, PilaniIndia	46.0	15.2%	6.5×	18	+62.2%
31	Shandong University of Science and TechnologyChina	45.6	17.6%	4.8×	16	+14.9%
32	South China University of TechnologyChina	45.4	15.9%	2.3×	18	+41.8%
33	Sathyabama Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia	45.0	9.2%	22.8×	33	+9.3%
34	Manipal Academy of Higher EducationIndia	45.0	7.8%	5.7×	28	+69.6%
35	Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina	43.9	11.1%	1.3×	26	+30.1%
36	Annamalai UniversityIndia	43.6	7.7%	19.5×	26	+32.4%
37	Hainan UniversityChina	43.5	23.5%	3.5×	10	+51.0%
38	Harbin Engineering UniversityChina	43.0	14.5%	5.3×	19	+34.0%
39	Tianjin UniversityChina	42.9	29.1%	1.7×	14	-17.0%
40	GLA UniversityIndia	42.9	13.4%	9.4×	12	+147.1%
41	Iraqi UniversityIraq	42.8	4.3%	17.2×	20	+620.1%
42	Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina	42.5	16.5%	1.4×	8	+0.1%
43	King Khalid UniversitySaudi Arabia	42.2	15.0%	3.4×	9	+13.4%
44	KTH Royal Institute of TechnologySweden	39.1	6.5%	3.4×	9	+28.5%
45	Thapar Institute of Engineering & TechnologyIndia	37.4	16.6%	7.6×	8	-63.2%

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 Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks, country by country

Is Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2010.

grewheldshrank

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 Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.039% in 2024.

Fractional works of Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks 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.

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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Which countries lead Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks research?

By volume, 2022-now

Who are the leading researchers in Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks?

What are the most cited papers in Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks?

Where is Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where it is the local speciality

Where is the best place to study Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks?

Is Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

Discussion