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Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling

Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 24k 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 focuses on the use of millimeter wave technology for wireless communications, particularly for 5G cellular networks and beyond. It covers topics such as MIMO systems, channel modeling, hybrid precoding, terahertz communications, beamforming, and propagation models.

  • Millimeter Wave
  • 5G
  • Communications
  • MIMO Systems
  • Channel Modeling
  • Hybrid Precoding
  • Terahertz Communications
  • Beamforming
  • Wireless Networks
  • Propagation Models
Research works
24k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+6%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
43% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling

Which countries lead Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.1k and 671 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 2.1k works
  2. 2 United States 671 works
  3. 3 India 660 works
  4. 4 Japan 337 works
  5. 5 South Korea 271 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 250 works
  7. 7 Germany 245 works
  8. 8 Canada 162 works
  9. 9 France 123 works
  10. 10 Italy 114 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: 42.7%United States: 13.6%India: 13.3%Japan: 6.8%6 others listed: 23.6%43%largest
China2,112 · 42.7%United States671 · 13.6%India660 · 13.3%Japan337 · 6.8%6 others listed1,165 · 23.6%

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

Which institutions lead Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling research?

By volume in 2022-now, Southeast University publishes the most Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling research, followed by Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications and University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Southeast UniversityChina 152 works
  2. 2 Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 113 works
  3. 3 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 92 works
  4. 4 Beijing Jiaotong UniversityChina 61 works
  5. 5 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 54 works
  6. 6 Xidian UniversityChina 52 works
  7. 7 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 50 works
  8. 8 Tsinghua UniversityChina 43 works
  9. 9 Purple Mountain LaboratoriesChina 40 works
  10. 10 Nanjing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 40 works

Who are the leading researchers in Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling include Wei Huang and H. Vincent Poor.

  1. 1 Wei Huang China 267k citations
  2. 2 H. Vincent Poor United States 165k 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 Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling?

The most cited paper in Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling is "RADAR: an in-building RF-based user location and tracking system" (Paramvir Bahl, Venkat N. Padmanabhan, 2002), with 8,388 citations. Next come "Millimeter Wave Mobile Communications for 5G Cellular: It Will Work!" (7,539) and "Spatially Sparse Precoding in Millimeter Wave MIMO Systems" (3,745).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 RADAR: an in-building RF-based user location and tracking system Paramvir Bahl, Venkat N. Padmanabhan Conference paper 7 Nov 2002 8,388
2 Millimeter Wave Mobile Communications for 5G Cellular: It Will Work! Theodore S. Rappaport, Shu Dong Sun, Rimma Mayzus et al. · IEEE Access Open access 2013 7,539
3 Spatially Sparse Precoding in Millimeter Wave MIMO Systems Omar El Ayach, Sridhar Rajagopal, Shadi Abu‐Surra et al. · IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications Open access 31 Jan 2014 3,745
4 Next Generation 5G Wireless Networks: A Comprehensive Survey Mamta Agiwal, Abhishek Kumar Roy, Navrati Saxena · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials 2016 3,501
5 A Statistical Model for Indoor Multipath Propagation Adel A. M. Saleh, Reinaldo A. Valenzuela · IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications Feb 1987 3,410
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling research done?

The largest centres of Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Nanjing (China), Tokyo (Japan) and Xi'an (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Nanjing and Oulu.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 502 works
  2. 2 NanjingChina 290 works
  3. 3 TokyoJapan 163 works
  4. 4 Xi'anChina 146 works
  5. 5 ShanghaiChina 135 works
  6. 6 SeoulSouth Korea 126 works
  7. 7 ChengduChina 122 works
  8. 8 ShenzhenChina 107 works
  9. 9 GuangzhouChina 80 works
  10. 10 HangzhouChina 76 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Nanjing24.5 works34×
  2. OuluFI · 30.4 works15×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling?

Among universities, judged by research, Southeast University, New York University and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology 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%20%40%mean 23.59%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Arizona State Univer…New York UniversityKing Abdullah Univer…Southeast University
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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.

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
1Southeast UniversityChina 69.715.9%17.4×152 +33.9%
2New York UniversityUnited States 65.236.1%2.5×16 +42.1%
3King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia 62.531.1%8.5×14 +49.2%
4Arizona State UniversityUnited States 60.537.3%4.1×16 +92.5%
5Northeastern UniversityUnited States 59.225.0%10.7×20 +58.5%
6KTH Royal Institute of TechnologySweden 55.018.6%9.6×21 +18.0%
7Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore 54.424.6%3.6×17 +115.0%
8University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 53.28.6%13.8×92 +7.5%
9Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 51.611.4%29.9×113 -5.7%
10Princeton UniversityUnited States 51.527.3%4.3×11 +30.7%

Universities only. The score blends 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 Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling, country by country

Is Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling.

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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 Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.025% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling0.026% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling 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%Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling9.6% 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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