Multimedia Communication and Technology
Multimedia Communication and Technology is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 30k research works in it since 1950. 19.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the intersection of social interaction, multimedia synchronization, and user engagement in the context of television viewing. It delves into topics such as second screen usage, danmaku videos, ambient media, and the design of interactive television systems.
- Social TV
- Interactive Television
- Multimedia Synchronization
- Second Screen
- Danmaku Videos
- Ambient Media
- User Interaction
- Media Sharing
- TV Systems
- Semiotic Approach
- Research works
- 30k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 5.7k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 19.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -40% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Multimedia Communication and Technology research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (328 and 306 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 328 works
- 2 United States 306 works
- 3 India 189 works
- 4 Brazil 170 works
- 5 Japan 131 works
- 6 Germany 97 works
- 7 Indonesia 88 works
- 8 United Kingdom 80 works
- 9 South Korea 69 works
- 10 France 54 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 Multimedia Communication and Technology research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Tsinghua University publishes the most Multimedia Communication and Technology research, followed by Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute and Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Tsinghua UniversityChina 11 works
- 2 Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteSouth Korea 10 works
- 3 Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 9 works
- 4 University of AveiroPortugal 8 works
- 5 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 7 works
- 6 Communication University of ChinaChina 7 works
- 7 Jain UniversityIndia 7 works
- 8 Universidade Federal de Juiz de ForaBrazil 6 works
- 9 Telkom UniversityIndonesia 6 works
- 10 Binus UniversityIndonesia 6 works
Who are the leading researchers in Multimedia Communication and Technology?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Multimedia Communication and Technology include Luc Van Gool, Philip S. Yu and Cordelia Schmid.
- 1 Luc Van Gool Switzerland 8.5k citations
- 2 Philip S. Yu United States 6.6k citations
- 3 Cordelia Schmid France 5.8k citations
- 4 Randy H. Katz United States 5.7k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Multimedia Communication and Technology research done?
The largest centres of Multimedia Communication and Technology research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan), Seoul (South Korea) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bengaluru and Tokyo.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- BengaluruIN · 26.0 works3.5×
- TokyoJP · 57.5 works3.3×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Multimedia Communication and Technology than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Multimedia Communication and Technology?
Among universities, judged by research, Tsinghua University 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.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tsinghua UniversityChina | 75.0 | 21.1% | 2.5× | 11 | +4.9% |
| 2 | Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina | 15.6 | 6.5% | 6.5× | 9 | -56.2% |
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 Multimedia Communication and Technology research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 40% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2011.
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.