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Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology

Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology is a research topic within Human-Computer Interaction. Science Explorer counts 26k research works in it since 1950. 15.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the use of eye tracking technology in human-computer interaction research, usability evaluation, and assistive technology. It covers topics such as gaze estimation, eye movement analysis, remote gaze estimation, pupil detection, head gesture recognition, and its applications in virtual reality.

  • Eye Tracking
  • Gaze Estimation
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Usability Research
  • Eye Movement Analysis
  • Assistive Technology
  • Remote Gaze Estimation
  • Pupil Detection
  • Head Gesture Recognition
  • Virtual Reality
Research works
26k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
15.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+17%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology research?

By volume, China and India publish the most (1.4k and 734 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 1.4k works
  2. 2 India 734 works
  3. 3 United States 706 works
  4. 4 Japan 456 works
  5. 5 Germany 260 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 177 works
  7. 7 South Korea 175 works
  8. 8 Canada 134 works
  9. 9 Indonesia 120 works
  10. 10 Italy 117 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: 32.5%India: 17.2%United States: 16.5%Japan: 10.7%6 others listed: 23.0%33%largest
China1,389 · 32.5%India734 · 17.2%United States706 · 16.5%Japan456 · 10.7%6 others listed984 · 23.0%

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Which institutions lead Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham publishes the most Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology research, followed by Southeast University and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamIndia 29 works
  2. 2 Southeast UniversityChina 28 works
  3. 3 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 28 works
  4. 4 Tsinghua UniversityChina 26 works
  5. 5 Beihang UniversityChina 25 works
  6. 6 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 25 works
  7. 7 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 22 works
  8. 8 Tianjin UniversityChina 20 works
  9. 9 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 19 works
  10. 10 The University of TokyoJapan 18 works

Who are the leading researchers in Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology include Thomas S. Huang and Trevor Darrell.

  1. 1 Thomas S. Huang United States 7.4k citations
  2. 2 Trevor Darrell United States 6.7k citations

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

Where is Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology research done?

The largest centres of Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan), Shanghai (China) and Chennai (India).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 257 works
  2. 2 Tokyo Japan 166 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 114 works
  4. 4 Chennai India 97 works
  5. 5 Xi'an China 88 works
  6. 6 Nanjing China 82 works
  7. 7 Seoul South Korea 78 works
  8. 8 Hangzhou China 73 works
  9. 9 Tianjin China 66 works
  10. 10 Guangzhou China 58 works
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Where is the best place to study Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology?

Among universities, judged by research, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Texas State 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.

0%20%40%mean 25.39%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham: 28, 15.9%Texas State University: 10, 41.7%Nanyang Technological University: 17, 30.5%Southeast University: 28, 23.1%Hangzhou Dianzi University: 15, 26.3%Utrecht University: 9, 45.2%Institute of Engineering: 10, 3.0%Shanghai Jiao Tong University: 28, 27.2%Beihang University: 25, 21.6%Beijing Institute of Technology: 22, 19.4%Texas State UniversityNanyang Technologica…Southeast UniversityAmrita Vishwa Vidyap…
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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 Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamIndia 70.115.9%9.4×28 +229.6%
2 Texas State UniversityUnited States 59.341.7%15.3×10 -49.3%
3 Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore 54.430.5%3.6×17 +56.7%
4 Southeast UniversityChina 51.323.1%3.6×28 +49.1%
5 Hangzhou Dianzi UniversityChina 50.426.3%8.0×15 -15.0%
6 Utrecht UniversityNetherlands 49.745.2%2.9×9 +70.0%
7 Institute of EngineeringNepal 47.83.0%9.2×10 +152.1%
8 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 47.527.2%2.3×28 +14.0%
9 Beihang UniversityChina 46.521.6%4.0×25 +22.8%
10 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 45.519.4%3.2×22 +99.0%

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 Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Gaze Tracking and Assistive Technology.

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Which topics inside it are moving

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