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Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research

Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research is a research topic within Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Science Explorer counts 32k research works in it since 1950. 10.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the development, theory, and applications of high-power vacuum electronic sources, particularly in the terahertz frequency range. It covers topics such as gyrotrons, plasma physics, microwave generation, electron cyclotron masers, traveling-wave tubes, dynamic nuclear polarization, space-charge-limited flow, and high-power microwave devices.

  • Vacuum Electronics
  • High Power Terahertz Sources
  • Gyrotrons
  • Plasma Physics
  • Microwave Generation
  • Electron Cyclotron Masers
  • Traveling-Wave Tubes
  • Dynamic Nuclear Polarization
  • Space-Charge-Limited Flow
  • High-Power Microwave Devices
Research works
32k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-7%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research research?

By volume, China and Russia publish the most (1.1k and 444 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 1.1k works
  2. 2 Russia 444 works
  3. 3 United States 386 works
  4. 4 India 189 works
  5. 5 Germany 118 works
  6. 6 Japan 109 works
  7. 7 Ukraine 65 works
  8. 8 France 65 works
  9. 9 Italy 63 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 58 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: 41.7%Russia: 17.3%United States: 15.0%India: 7.3%6 others listed: 18.6%42%largest
China1,072 · 41.7%Russia444 · 17.3%United States386 · 15.0%India189 · 7.3%6 others listed479 · 18.6%

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

Which institutions lead Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China publishes the most Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research research, followed by Institute of Applied Physics and National University of Defense Technology.

Who are the leading researchers in Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research include E. L. Wright.

  1. 1 E. L. Wright United States 9.3k citations

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

Where is Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research research done?

The largest centres of Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research research in 2022–2025 are Chengdu (China), Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia) and Nizhny Novgorod (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Batavia, Nizhny Novgorod and Pilāni.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Chengdu China 286 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 243 works
  3. 3 Moscow Russia 155 works
  4. 4 Nizhny Novgorod Russia 101 works
  5. 5 Xi'an China 76 works
  6. 6 Changsha China 61 works
  7. 7 Nanjing China 56 works
  8. 8 Tomsk Russia 45 works
  9. 9 Wuhan China 41 works
  10. 10 Kharkiv Ukraine 40 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BataviaUS · 22.4 works84×
  2. Nizhny NovgorodRU · 100.5 works75×
  3. PilāniIN · 25.1 works37×
  4. TomskRU · 45.1 works30×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod 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.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Karlsruhe Institute of TechnologyGermany 66.416.8%14.6×22 +31.7%
2 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 56.53.2%80.5×261 +18.0%
3 N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny NovgorodRussia 51.56.9%26.8×10 +174.7%
4 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 51.312.8%4.7×22 +202.4%
5 Shenzhen UniversityChina 49.54.9%12.3×26
6 Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radio-ElectronicsRussia 47.62.2%113.8×15 +347.3%
7 National University of Defense TechnologyChina 46.94.2%25.8×58 +8.8%
8 National Research Nuclear University MEPhIRussia 46.31.1%36.0×13 +213.1%
9 Aerospace Information Research InstituteChina 43.62.4%76.5×26
10 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 41.615.1%4.8×22 -10.1%

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 Gyrotron and Vacuum Electronics Research research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2002.

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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.