Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis
Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis is a research topic within Transportation. Science Explorer counts 26k research works in it since 1957. 32.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on understanding human mobility patterns using various sources of data such as GPS, mobile phone, and smart card data. It explores topics related to transportation modes, urban analysis, population movements, and travel behavior. The research aims to uncover the spatial and temporal dynamics of human mobility at both individual and collective levels.
- Human Mobility
- GPS Data
- Urban Analysis
- Transportation Modes
- Mobile Phone Data
- Social Sensing
- Smart Card Data
- Population Movements
- Travel Behavior
- Location-Based Data
- Research works
- 26k fractional, since 1957
- In the world top 10%
- 8.5k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 32.4% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +59% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.5k and 894 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 2.5k works
- 2 United States 894 works
- 3 India 554 works
- 4 Japan 325 works
- 5 United Kingdom 264 works
- 6 Germany 236 works
- 7 Italy 231 works
- 8 South Korea 184 works
- 9 Canada 176 works
- 10 Australia 149 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.
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Which institutions lead Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Beijing Jiaotong University publishes the most Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis research, followed by Tongji University and Tsinghua University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Beijing Jiaotong UniversityChina 66 works
- 2 Tongji UniversityChina 61 works
- 3 Tsinghua UniversityChina 56 works
- 4 Southeast UniversityChina 52 works
- 5 Wuhan UniversityChina 50 works
- 6 The University of TokyoJapan 42 works
- 7 Peking UniversityChina 40 works
- 8 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 37 works
- 9 Central South UniversityChina 33 works
- 10 Zhejiang UniversityChina 33 works
Who are the leading researchers in Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis include Rajkumar Buyya, Philip S. Yu and Alex Pentland.
- 1 Rajkumar Buyya Australia 7.8k citations
- 2 Philip S. Yu United States 6.6k citations
- 3 Alex Pentland United States 6k citations
- 4 Jiawei Han United States 5.2k citations
- 5 Xuemin Shen Canada 5.1k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis research done?
The largest centres of Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Wuhan (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Pok Fu Lam and Hong Kong.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- Pok Fu LamHK · 32.5 works5.0×
- Hong KongCN · 96.1 works3.8×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis?
Among universities, judged by research, Beijing Jiaotong University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University and University of Hong Kong 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beijing Jiaotong UniversityChina | 73.1 | 31.4% | 13.9× | 66 | +166.0% |
| 2 | Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong | 72.9 | 44.1% | 5.6× | 37 | +235.9% |
| 3 | University of Hong KongHong Kong | 65.5 | 49.1% | 5.0× | 32 | +92.0% |
| 4 | Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong | 64.8 | 60.2% | 2.8× | 15 | +197.1% |
| 5 | Wuhan UniversityChina | 62.8 | 35.7% | 5.3× | 50 | +307.8% |
| 6 | Tsinghua UniversityChina | 61.1 | 43.5% | 3.7× | 56 | +146.0% |
| 7 | Southeast UniversityChina | 60.9 | 31.4% | 5.0× | 52 | +335.0% |
| 8 | City University of Hong KongHong Kong | 60.1 | 51.8% | 2.9× | 13 | +191.7% |
| 9 | Peking UniversityChina | 59.6 | 50.3% | 3.4× | 40 | +118.5% |
| 10 | Tongji UniversityChina | 59.3 | 27.7% | 6.2× | 61 | +142.6% |
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 Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 59% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2022. The fastest-growing topics are Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis.
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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.