Microwave Engineering and Waveguides
Microwave Engineering and Waveguides is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 76k research works in it since 1950. 24.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers covers advances in microwave engineering, with a focus on substrate integrated waveguide, planar circuits, microstrip antennas, leaky-wave structures, and bandpass filters. It explores topics such as dual-band design, artificial neural networks in RF and microwave design, and applications in millimeter-wave technologies. The research also delves into space mapping techniques for engineering optimization.
- Microwave Filters
- Substrate Integrated Waveguide
- Planar Circuits
- Microstrip Antennas
- Leaky-Wave Structures
- Bandpass Filters
- Dual-Band Design
- Artificial Neural Networks
- Millimeter-Wave Applications
- Space Mapping
- Research works
- 76k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 18k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 24.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +16% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Microwave Engineering and Waveguides research?
By volume, China and India publish the most (4.6k and 1.7k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 4.6k works
- 2 India 1.7k works
- 3 United States 873 works
- 4 South Korea 369 works
- 5 Japan 358 works
- 6 Germany 328 works
- 7 United Kingdom 268 works
- 8 Canada 263 works
- 9 Taiwan 219 works
- 10 France 217 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Microwave Engineering and Waveguides research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China publishes the most Microwave Engineering and Waveguides research, followed by Xidian University and Southeast University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 511 works
- 2 Xidian UniversityChina 218 works
- 3 Southeast UniversityChina 179 works
- 4 South China University of TechnologyChina 179 works
- 5 Tianjin UniversityChina 117 works
- 6 Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 107 works
- 7 Nanjing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 101 works
- 8 Hangzhou Dianzi UniversityChina 98 works
- 9 Nanjing University of Science and TechnologyChina 93 works
- 10 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 91 works
Who are the leading researchers in Microwave Engineering and Waveguides?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Microwave Engineering and Waveguides include E. L. Wright, Edward J. Wollack and Robert W. Heath.
- 1 E. L. Wright United States 9.3k citations
- 2 Edward J. Wollack United States 7.2k citations
- 3 Robert W. Heath United States 7.1k citations
- 4 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 Microwave Engineering and Waveguides research done?
The largest centres of Microwave Engineering and Waveguides research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Chengdu (China), Nanjing (China) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Nanjing.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- Nanjing79.0 works58×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Microwave Engineering and Waveguides than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Microwave Engineering and Waveguides?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Macau, Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology and Shenzhen 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 | University of MacauMacau | 69.7 | 27.0% | 12.8× | 49 | +371.0% |
| 2 | Chittagong University of Engineering & TechnologyBangladesh | 63.1 | 52.2% | 13.9× | 13 | +115.4% |
| 3 | Shenzhen UniversityChina | 61.9 | 15.8% | 10.2× | 90 | +1044.0% |
| 4 | Koneru Lakshmaiah Education FoundationIndia | 61.2 | 36.6% | 8.7× | 29 | +1100.6% |
| 5 | Motilal Nehru National Institute of TechnologyIndia | 61.2 | 50.8% | 8.2× | 13 | +237.2% |
| 6 | South China University of TechnologyChina | 60.8 | 23.2% | 14.1× | 178 | +91.0% |
| 7 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and ManagementIndia | 60.0 | 66.2% | 16.7× | 12 | -8.6% |
| 8 | Nantong UniversityChina | 59.3 | 23.0% | 13.9× | 56 | +170.7% |
| 9 | National Institute of Technology WarangalIndia | 59.1 | 25.8% | 12.0× | 31 | +261.4% |
| 10 | University of Technology SydneyAustralia | 59.0 | 23.7% | 7.8× | 41 | +958.9% |
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 Microwave Engineering and Waveguides research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 16% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2019. The fastest-growing topics are Microwave Engineering and Waveguides.
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.