Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies
Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 42k research works in it since 1951. 23.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on wireless indoor localization techniques and systems, covering topics such as RF-based positioning, inertial sensors, WiFi fingerprinting, ultra-wideband signals, mobile positioning, and RSSI-based localization. The research explores various methods for accurately estimating the location of devices within indoor environments, with applications in smart homes, pedestrian navigation, activity recognition, and IoT services.
- Indoor Localization
- Wireless Sensor Networks
- RF-Based Positioning
- Inertial Sensors
- WiFi Fingerprinting
- Ultra-Wideband Signals
- Location Estimation
- Mobile Positioning
- RSSI-Based Localization
- Indoor Tracking
- Research works
- 42k fractional, since 1951
- In the world top 10%
- 9.8k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 23.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +19% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (4.1k and 803 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 4.1k works
- 2 United States 803 works
- 3 India 620 works
- 4 Japan 350 works
- 5 South Korea 330 works
- 6 Germany 281 works
- 7 United Kingdom 278 works
- 8 Italy 260 works
- 9 Canada 194 works
- 10 France 164 works
How concentrated that is
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Which institutions lead Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications publishes the most Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies research, followed by Southeast University and University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 118 works
- 2 Southeast UniversityChina 114 works
- 3 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 109 works
- 4 Tsinghua UniversityChina 80 works
- 5 Wuhan UniversityChina 78 works
- 6 Xidian UniversityChina 76 works
- 7 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 75 works
- 8 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 74 works
- 9 National University of Defense TechnologyChina 74 works
- 10 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 73 works
Who are the leading researchers in Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies include Sebastian Thrun, H. Vincent Poor and Ian F. Akyildiz.
- 1 Sebastian Thrun United States 10k citations
- 2 H. Vincent Poor United States 9.5k citations
- 3 Ian F. Akyildiz United States 8.2k citations
- 4 Thomas S. Huang United States 7.4k citations
- 5 Robert W. Heath United States 7.1k citations
- 6 Wolfram Burgard Germany 6.3k citations
- 7 Deborah Estrin United States 5.9k citations
- 8 Mohamed‐Slim Alouini Saudi Arabia 5.9k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies research done?
The largest centres of Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Xi'an (China) and Shanghai (China).
Where is the best place to study Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies?
Among universities, judged by research, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Southeast University and Wuhan 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.
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 | Singapore University of Technology and DesignSingapore | 75.6 | 39.3% | 14.5× | 12 | +220.2% |
| 2 | Southeast UniversityChina | 74.3 | 29.1% | 9.2× | 114 | +140.3% |
| 3 | Wuhan UniversityChina | 71.7 | 38.3% | 7.0× | 78 | +152.6% |
| 4 | Chinese University of Hong Kong, ShenzhenChina | 69.5 | 39.4% | 10.2× | 17 | +91.5% |
| 5 | Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong | 69.4 | 35.8% | 7.5× | 60 | +35.3% |
| 6 | Harbin Engineering UniversityChina | 65.7 | 28.4% | 13.6× | 65 | +63.4% |
| 7 | University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina | 64.0 | 20.0% | 10.5× | 109 | +51.6% |
| 8 | Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina | 63.8 | 21.0% | 20.9× | 118 | +39.5% |
| 9 | National University of Defense TechnologyChina | 60.5 | 22.6% | 10.3× | 74 | +41.4% |
| 10 | Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore | 59.7 | 34.7% | 6.1× | 45 | +0.1% |
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 Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 19% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Indoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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