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Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks

Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 56k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the research and development of wireless energy harvesting technologies, including RF energy harvesting, wireless power transfer, and energy management in sensor networks. It also explores topics such as MIMO broadcasting, RFID technology, and ambient backscatter for efficient energy utilization and information transfer in wireless communication systems.

  • Wireless Energy Harvesting
  • Information Transfer
  • RF Energy Harvesting
  • Wireless Power Transfer
  • Energy Management
  • Sensor Networks
  • MIMO Broadcasting
  • RFID Technology
  • Ambient Backscatter
  • Energy Efficiency
Research works
56k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
5.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+1%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
42% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks

Which countries lead Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (4.6k and 2.4k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 4.6k works
  2. 2 India 2.4k works
  3. 3 United States 1.2k works
  4. 4 Japan 529 works
  5. 5 South Korea 525 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 411 works
  7. 7 Italy 355 works
  8. 8 France 287 works
  9. 9 Canada 261 works
  10. 10 Germany 251 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: 42.4%India: 22.4%United States: 11.0%Japan: 4.9%6 others listed: 19.3%42%largest
China4,589 · 42.4%India2,425 · 22.4%United States1,194 · 11.0%Japan529 · 4.9%6 others listed2,091 · 19.3%

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

Which institutions lead Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks research?

By volume in 2022-now, Harbin Institute of Technology publishes the most Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks research, followed by Southeast University and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 128 works
  2. 2 Southeast UniversityChina 126 works
  3. 3 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 115 works
  4. 4 Xidian UniversityChina 113 works
  5. 5 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 113 works
  6. 6 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 101 works
  7. 7 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 88 works
  8. 8 Chongqing UniversityChina 84 works
  9. 9 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 80 works
  10. 10 Zhejiang UniversityChina 80 works

Who are the leading researchers in Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks include Zhong Lin Wang, Michaël Grätzel and Kostya S. Novoselov.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  2. 2 Michaël Grätzel Switzerland 458k citations
  3. 3 Kostya S. Novoselov United Kingdom 331k citations
  4. 4 Yury G. Gogotsi United States 313k citations
  5. 5 Róbert Langer United States 303k citations
  6. 6 Matthew M. Meyerson United States 280k citations
  7. 7 Kenji Watanabe Japan 237k citations
  8. 8 Takashi Taniguchi Japan 227k citations
  9. 9 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  10. 10 Lei Jiang China 214k 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 Harvesting in Wireless Networks?

The most cited paper in Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks is "Energy-efficient communication protocol for wireless microsensor networks" (Wendi Heinzelman, Anantha P. Chandrakasan, Hari Balakrishnan, 2005), with 14,208 citations. Next come "A survey on sensor networks" (13,712) and "An application-specific protocol architecture for wireless microsensor networks" (10,610).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Energy-efficient communication protocol for wireless microsensor networks Wendi Heinzelman, Anantha P. Chandrakasan, Hari Balakrishnan Conference paper 24 Aug 2005 14,208
2 A survey on sensor networks Ian Fuat Akyildiz, Weilian Su, Yogesh Sankarasubramaniam et al. · IEEE Communications Magazine Aug 2002 13,712
3 An application-specific protocol architecture for wireless microsensor networks Wendi Heinzelman, Anantha P. Chandrakasan, Hari Balakrishnan · IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications Oct 2002 10,610
4 Massive MIMO for next generation wireless systems Erik G. Larsson, Ove Edfors, Fredrik Tufvesson et al. · IEEE Communications Magazine Open access Feb 2014 7,018
5 Wireless Power Transfer via Strongly Coupled Magnetic Resonances André Kurs, Aristeidis Karalis, Robert Moffatt et al. · Science 8 Jun 2007 5,590
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks research done?

The largest centres of Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Nanjing (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 Ropar.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 661 works
  2. 2 NanjingChina 358 works
  3. 3 Xi'anChina 344 works
  4. 4 ShanghaiChina 301 works
  5. 5 ChennaiIndia 290 works
  6. 6 SeoulSouth Korea 247 works
  7. 7 GuangzhouChina 243 works
  8. 8 ChengduChina 240 works
  9. 9 TokyoJapan 199 works
  10. 10 HarbinChina 185 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. RoparIN · 21.0 works12×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks?

Among universities, judged by research, Nanyang Technological University, City University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Polytechnic University score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 19.89%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Nanyang Technologica…Hong Kong Polytechni…City University of H…Southeast University
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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.

Citation 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
1Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore 77.724.9%5.2×53 +19.0%
2City University of Hong KongChina 77.518.4%8.5×62 +84.3%
3Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina 74.720.7%4.4×48 +94.6%
4Southeast UniversityChina 70.314.4%6.7×126 +26.4%
5Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 69.414.5%6.1×128 +37.0%
6Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina 69.220.8%5.9×58 +13.7%
7Chinese University of Hong Kong, ShenzhenChina 67.631.0%5.1×12 +81.3%
8Fuzhou UniversityChina 67.317.3%9.7×69 +304.6%
9King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia 64.720.4%7.5×26 +19.5%
10University of Hong KongChina 63.416.5%3.1×37 +5.7%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Harvesting in Wireless Networks, country by country

Is Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks.

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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 Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.066% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks0.055% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Energy Harvesting in Wireless 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.

still counting5%10%15%Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks9.7% 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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