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Military Technology and Strategies

Military Technology and Strategies is a research topic within Aerospace Engineering. Science Explorer counts 66k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers various aspects related to the modernization and development of air force capabilities, including the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, radar systems, military communication, electronic components, and strategic planning. It also explores the intersection of strategic planning, foresight, and design in the context of air force modernization.

  • Air Force
  • Modernization
  • Warfare
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Radar Systems
  • Military Communication
  • Electronic Components
  • Strategic Planning
  • Foresight
  • Design
Research works
66k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
6.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+75%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
31% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Military Technology and Strategies

Which countries lead Military Technology and Strategies research?

By volume, the United States and Ukraine publish the most (7.1k and 5.4k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 7.1k works
  2. 2 Ukraine 5.4k works
  3. 3 Japan 2.6k works
  4. 4 Russia 2k works
  5. 5 ?? 1.4k works
  6. 6 Iraq 1.2k works
  7. 7 Brazil 1.1k works
  8. 8 Uzbekistan 836 works
  9. 9 China 714 works
  10. 10 Germany 577 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.

United States: 30.9%Ukraine: 23.4%Japan: 11.5%Russia: 8.5%6 others listed: 25.6%31%largest
United States7,073 · 30.9%Ukraine5,355 · 23.4%Japan2,622 · 11.5%Russia1,955 · 8.5%6 others listed5,858 · 25.6%

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

Which institutions lead Military Technology and Strategies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Weatherford College publishes the most Military Technology and Strategies research, followed by Human Growth Foundation and Universidade de São Paulo.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 3.4k works
  2. 2 Human Growth FoundationUnited States 2.3k works
  3. 3 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 1.1k works
  4. 4 Max Planck SocietyGermany 479 works
  5. 5 The University of TokyoJapan 410 works
  6. 6 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 349 works
  7. 7 University of TikritIraq 305 works
  8. 8 State University "Kyiv Aviation Institute"Ukraine 297 works
  9. 9 Bio-Medical Science (South Korea)South Korea 289 works
  10. 10 National Academy of Sciences of UkraineUkraine 239 works

Who are the leading researchers in Military Technology and Strategies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Military Technology and Strategies include David Moher, Douglas G. Altman and Zhong Lin Wang.

  1. 1 David Moher Canada 898k citations
  2. 2 Douglas G. Altman United Kingdom 862k citations
  3. 3 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
  4. 4 Daniel J. Kahneman United States 395k citations
  5. 5 Shizuo Akira Japan 342k citations
  6. 6 Cyrus Cooper United Kingdom 342k citations
  7. 7 Jun Wang China 340k citations
  8. 8 Kostya S. Novoselov United Kingdom 331k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Military Technology and Strategies?

The most cited paper in Military Technology and Strategies is "Analysis of the theoretical radar return signal form aircraft propeller blades" (James S. Martin, B. Mulgrew, 2002), with 108 citations. Next come "СУЧАСНІ ЗАВДАННЯ ЦИФРОВОЇ ТРАНСФОРМАЦІЇ ОСВІТИ" (104) and "The Development of the Defense Language Aptitude Battery (Dlab" (98).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Analysis of the theoretical radar return signal form aircraft propeller blades James S. Martin, B. Mulgrew Conference paper 4 Dec 2002 108
2 СУЧАСНІ ЗАВДАННЯ ЦИФРОВОЇ ТРАНСФОРМАЦІЇ ОСВІТИ Valeriy Yu. Bykov, Олег Михайлович Спірін, Ольга Павлівна Пінчук · UNESCO Chair Journal Lifelong Professional Education in the XXI Century Open access 12 May 2020 104
3 The Development of the Defense Language Aptitude Battery (Dlab Calvin R. Petersen, Antoine R. Al-Haik · Educational and Psychological Measurement Jul 1976 98
4 Methodology for assessment of the operational limits and operability of marine operations Wilson Guachamín-Acero, Lin Li, Zhen Qiang Gao et al. · Ocean Engineering Open access 2 Sep 2016 95
5 Методичний інструментарій оцінювання рівня стабільності аграрних підприємств Alexander Sumets, Sviatoslav Kniaz, Nellі Heorhiadi et al. · Agricultural and Resource Economics International Scientific E-Journal Open access 20 Mar 2022 85
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Where is Military Technology and Strategies research done?

The largest centres of Military Technology and Strategies research in 2022-now are Weatherford (United States), New York (United States), Kyiv (Ukraine) and São Paulo (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnytskyi and Kuwait City.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 WeatherfordUnited States 3.4k works
  2. 2 New YorkUnited States 2.4k works
  3. 3 KyivUkraine 1.7k works
  4. 4 São PauloBrazil 1.1k works
  5. 5 TokyoJapan 966 works
  6. 6 MoscowRussia 571 works
  7. 7 KharkivUkraine 505 works
  8. 8 MunichGermany 483 works
  9. 9 TashkentUzbekistan 370 works
  10. 10 LvivUkraine 367 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Kamianets-Podilskyi32.5 works187×
  2. Khmelnytskyi211.9 works185×
  3. Kuwait City234.8 works175×
  4. Tripoli190.3 works173×
  5. Odesa51.1 works146×
  6. Lviv62.7 works125×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Military Technology and Strategies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Military Technology and Strategies?

Among universities, judged by research, Ivan Ziaziun Institute of Pedagogical Education and Adult Education of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine, Vinnytsia National Agrarian University and Weatherford College score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 23.95%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Astrakhan Tatischev …Ivan Ziaziun Institu…Vinnytsia National A…Weatherford College
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Ivan Ziaziun Institute of Pedagogical Education and Adult Education of the National Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of Ukraine 59.732.0%179.4×24 +34.7%
2Vinnytsia National Agrarian UniversityUkraine 58.630.2%26.5×41 +1536.4%
3Weatherford CollegeUnited States 58.56.5%103.2×3,377 +92.5%
4Astrakhan Tatischev State UniversityRussia 56.332.4%21.6×16 +223.5%
5Universidade de São PauloBrazil 54.47.9%21.1×1,053 +368.4%
6National Aerospace University – Kharkiv Aviation InstituteUkraine 53.824.7%20.9×28 +197.7%
7Zhejiang UniversityChina 53.338.6%0.2×12 +246.8%
8State University "Kyiv Aviation Institute"Ukraine 53.212.0%80.6×297 +222.3%
9Vladivostok State UniversityRussia 51.927.7%37.7×21 +133.6%
10Ukrainian Engineering Pedagogics AcademyUkraine 51.627.5%30.4×14 +882.4%

Universities only. The score blends citation excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Military Technology and Strategies, country by country

Is Military Technology and Strategies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 75% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Military Technology and Strategies.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Military Technology and Strategies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.12% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Military Technology and Strategies over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Military Technology and Strategies8.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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