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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. 25.0% 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%
14k
per year above
Top-10% rate
25.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+32%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (4.1k and 2.3k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 4.1k works
  2. 2 India 2.3k works
  3. 3 United States 1.1k works
  4. 4 Japan 511 works
  5. 5 South Korea 498 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 387 works
  7. 7 Italy 342 works
  8. 8 France 279 works
  9. 9 Canada 251 works
  10. 10 Germany 237 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: 40.6%India: 23.1%United States: 11.3%Japan: 5.1%6 others listed: 19.8%41%largest
China4,085 · 40.6%India2,326 · 23.1%United States1,138 · 11.3%Japan511 · 5.1%6 others listed1,996 · 19.8%

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

Which institutions lead Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Harbin Institute of Technology publishes the most Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks research, followed by Southeast University and University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.

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, H. Vincent Poor and Ian F. Akyildiz.

  1. 1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 11k citations
  2. 2 H. Vincent Poor United States 9.5k citations
  3. 3 Ian F. Akyildiz United States 8.2k citations
  4. 4 Robert W. Heath United States 7.1k citations
  5. 5 David R. Smith United States 6.3k citations
  6. 6 Rui Zhang Singapore 6k citations
  7. 7 Mohamed‐Slim Alouini Saudi Arabia 5.9k citations
  8. 8 Josep M. Guerrero Denmark 5.6k citations
  9. 9 Xuemin Shen Canada 5.1k citations
  10. 10 Zhu Han United States 4.7k citations

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

Where is Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks research done?

The largest centres of Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks research in 2022–2025 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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 617 works
  2. 2 Nanjing China 334 works
  3. 3 Xi'an China 327 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 283 works
  5. 5 Chennai India 276 works
  6. 6 Seoul South Korea 234 works
  7. 7 Guangzhou China 228 works
  8. 8 Chengdu China 225 works
  9. 9 Tokyo Japan 192 works
  10. 10 Harbin China 171 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. RoparIN · 20.2 works12×
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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, Xidian University, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications and Fuzhou 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%20%40%mean 22.55%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Xidian University: 106, 23.7%Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications: 58, 17.3%Fuzhou University: 64, 18.1%Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing Jabalpur: 8, 39.8%University of Macau: 30, 21.4%Karunya University: 18, 28.7%Southeast University: 108, 18.1%Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications: 64, 24.8%University of Electronic Science and Technology of China: 106, 19.7%ShanghaiTech University: 26, 13.9%Indian Institute of …Xidian UniversityFuzhou UniversityNanjing University o…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Xidian UniversityChina 67.923.7%10.6×106 +105.0%
2 Nanjing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 65.417.3%9.9×58 +670.5%
3 Fuzhou UniversityChina 62.618.1%8.3×64 +208.5%
4 Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing JabalpurIndia 62.339.8%11.0×8 +272.9%
5 University of MacauMacau 62.221.4%6.7×30 +360.4%
6 Karunya UniversityIndia 62.028.7%9.5×18 +213.3%
7 Southeast UniversityChina 60.418.1%5.9×108 +189.3%
8 Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 60.424.8%7.6×64 +148.2%
9 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 60.219.7%6.9×106 +143.0%
10 ShanghaiTech UniversityChina 59.313.9%10.5×26 +901.3%

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 Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% higher than in 2013–2017, 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.

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.