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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%
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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. 1 China 4.6k works
  2. 2 India 1.7k works
  3. 3 United States 873 works
  4. 4 South Korea 369 works
  5. 5 Japan 358 works
  6. 6 Germany 328 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 268 works
  8. 8 Canada 263 works
  9. 9 Taiwan 219 works
  10. 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.

China: 50.2%India: 18.4%United States: 9.5%South Korea: 4.0%6 others listed: 18.0%50%largest
China4,618 · 50.2%India1,689 · 18.4%United States873 · 9.5%South Korea369 · 4.0%6 others listed1,653 · 18.0%

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.

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. 1 E. L. Wright United States 9.3k citations
  2. 2 Edward J. Wollack United States 7.2k citations
  3. 3 Robert W. Heath United States 7.1k citations
  4. 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

  1. 1 Beijing China 796 works
  2. 2 Chengdu China 614 works
  3. 3 Nanjing China 559 works
  4. 4 Xi'an China 447 works
  5. 5 Guangzhou China 334 works
  6. 6 Shanghai China 217 works
  7. 7 Shenzhen China 182 works
  8. 8 Seoul South Korea 171 works
  9. 9 Hangzhou China 158 works
  10. 10 Tianjin China 157 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Nanjing79.0 works58×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Microwave Engineering and Waveguides than the world average.

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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.

0%25%50%75%mean 34.43%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Macau: 49, 27.0%Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology: 13, 52.2%Shenzhen University: 90, 15.8%Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation: 29, 36.6%Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology: 13, 50.8%South China University of Technology: 178, 23.2%Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management: 12, 66.2%Nantong University: 56, 23.0%National Institute of Technology Warangal: 31, 25.8%University of Technology Sydney: 41, 23.7%Chittagong Universit…Koneru Lakshmaiah Ed…University of MacauShenzhen University
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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 University of MacauMacau 69.727.0%12.8×49 +371.0%
2 Chittagong University of Engineering & TechnologyBangladesh 63.152.2%13.9×13 +115.4%
3 Shenzhen UniversityChina 61.915.8%10.2×90 +1044.0%
4 Koneru Lakshmaiah Education FoundationIndia 61.236.6%8.7×29 +1100.6%
5 Motilal Nehru National Institute of TechnologyIndia 61.250.8%8.2×13 +237.2%
6 South China University of TechnologyChina 60.823.2%14.1×178 +91.0%
7 Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and ManagementIndia 60.066.2%16.7×12 -8.6%
8 Nantong UniversityChina 59.323.0%13.9×56 +170.7%
9 National Institute of Technology WarangalIndia 59.125.8%12.0×31 +261.4%
10 University of Technology SydneyAustralia 59.023.7%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.

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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.