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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. 19.3% 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%
4.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
19.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+74%
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Which countries lead Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.9k and 613 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 1.9k works
  2. 2 United States 613 works
  3. 3 India 573 works
  4. 4 Japan 309 works
  5. 5 South Korea 246 works
  6. 6 Germany 229 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 226 works
  8. 8 Canada 150 works
  9. 9 France 114 works
  10. 10 Italy 105 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: 42.1%United States: 13.8%India: 12.9%Japan: 7.0%6 others listed: 24.2%42%largest
China1,863 · 42.1%United States613 · 13.8%India573 · 12.9%Japan309 · 7.0%6 others listed1,070 · 24.2%

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

Which institutions lead Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling research?

By volume in 2022–2025, 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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Southeast UniversityChina 119 works
  2. 2 Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 100 works
  3. 3 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 85 works
  4. 4 Beijing Jiaotong UniversityChina 57 works
  5. 5 Xidian UniversityChina 49 works
  6. 6 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 47 works
  7. 7 Tsinghua UniversityChina 39 works
  8. 8 Purple Mountain LaboratoriesChina 37 works
  9. 9 Nanjing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 36 works
  10. 10 Zhejiang UniversityChina 35 works

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

The most-cited researchers publishing on Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling include H. Vincent Poor, Ian F. Akyildiz and Robert W. Heath.

  1. 1 H. Vincent Poor United States 9.5k citations
  2. 2 Ian F. Akyildiz United States 8.2k citations
  3. 3 Robert W. Heath United States 7.1k citations
  4. 4 David R. Smith United States 6.3k citations
  5. 5 Rui Zhang Singapore 6k citations
  6. 6 Mohamed‐Slim Alouini Saudi Arabia 5.9k citations
  7. 7 Zhu Han United States 4.7k citations
  8. 8 Dusit Niyato Singapore 4.5k citations
  9. 9 Andreas F. Molisch United States 4.3k citations
  10. 10 Mérouane Debbah France 4.3k citations

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

Where is Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling research done?

The largest centres of Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling research in 2022–2025 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, Oulu and Espoo.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 459 works
  2. 2 Nanjing China 265 works
  3. 3 Tokyo Japan 152 works
  4. 4 Xi'an China 133 works
  5. 5 Shanghai China 120 works
  6. 6 Seoul South Korea 112 works
  7. 7 Chengdu China 112 works
  8. 8 Shenzhen China 100 works
  9. 9 Guangzhou China 74 works
  10. 10 Hangzhou China 69 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Nanjing23.2 works34×
  2. OuluFI · 27.3 works15×
  3. EspooFI · 25.4 works9.5×
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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, University of Oulu and Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications 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 19.48%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Southeast University: 118, 16.4%University of Oulu: 27, 18.2%Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications: 100, 18.4%KTH Royal Institute of Technology: 20, 24.2%King Abdullah University of Science and Technology: 12, 31.2%Chalmers University of Technology: 20, 15.9%Northeastern University: 19, 32.5%Xidian University: 49, 15.3%University of Electronic Science and Technology of China: 85, 11.1%Beijing Jiaotong University: 57, 11.6%KTH Royal Institute …Beijing University o…University of OuluSoutheast 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 Southeast UniversityChina 71.616.4%14.7×118 +397.2%
2 University of OuluFinland 64.918.2%18.3×27 +377.1%
3 Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 64.618.4%27.0×100 +114.4%
4 KTH Royal Institute of TechnologySweden 64.024.2%9.0×20 +373.7%
5 King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia 61.431.2%7.4×12 +205.8%
6 Chalmers University of TechnologySweden 59.315.9%13.2×20 +160.8%
7 Northeastern UniversityUnited States 59.332.5%10.1×19 —
8 Xidian UniversityChina 58.715.3%11.1×49 +126.3%
9 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 58.411.1%12.5×85 +88.3%
10 Beijing Jiaotong UniversityChina 55.911.6%15.4×57 +100.6%

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 Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 74% higher than in 2013–2017, 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.

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.