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Network Time Synchronization Technologies

Network Time Synchronization Technologies is a research topic within Computer Networks and Communications. Science Explorer counts 9.9k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the various aspects of clock synchronization in networked systems, including wireless sensor networks, time-sensitive networking, industrial communication, IEEE 1588 standard, real-time Ethernet, distributed synchronization, precision time protocol, networked measurement systems, and consensus-based protocols.

  • Clock Synchronization
  • Wireless Sensor Networks
  • Time-Sensitive Networking
  • Industrial Communication
  • IEEE 1588 Standard
  • Real-Time Ethernet
  • Distributed Synchronization
  • Precision Time Protocol
  • Networked Measurement Systems
  • Consensus-Based Protocols
Research works
9.9k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
991
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+37%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
49% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Network Time Synchronization Technologies

Which countries lead Network Time Synchronization Technologies research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (876 and 212 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 876 works
  2. 2 United States 212 works
  3. 3 Germany 168 works
  4. 4 India 156 works
  5. 5 Japan 78 works
  6. 6 Italy 76 works
  7. 7 South Korea 61 works
  8. 8 Spain 57 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 49 works
  10. 10 France 47 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: 49.2%United States: 11.9%Germany: 9.4%India: 8.8%6 others listed: 20.7%49%largest
China876 · 49.2%United States212 · 11.9%Germany168 · 9.4%India156 · 8.8%6 others listed368 · 20.7%

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

Which institutions lead Network Time Synchronization Technologies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications publishes the most Network Time Synchronization Technologies research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 47 works
  2. 2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 34 works
  3. 3 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 19 works
  4. 4 Chongqing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 19 works
  5. 5 National University of Defense TechnologyChina 18 works
  6. 6 Tsinghua UniversityChina 18 works
  7. 7 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 17 works
  8. 8 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 16 works
  9. 9 Northeastern UniversityChina 15 works
  10. 10 Beijing Jiaotong UniversityChina 15 works

Who are the leading researchers in Network Time Synchronization Technologies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Network Time Synchronization Technologies include Xiaogang Wang, Frede Blaabjerg and H. Vincent Poor.

  1. 1 Xiaogang Wang China 260k citations
  2. 2 Frede Blaabjerg Denmark 203k citations
  3. 3 H. Vincent Poor United States 165k citations
  4. 4 R. W. Moore Australia 145k citations
  5. 5 Y. Nagasaka Japan 138k citations
  6. 6 O. Sasaki France 120k citations
  7. 7 K. Korcyl France 119k 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 Network Time Synchronization Technologies?

The most cited paper in Network Time Synchronization Technologies is "A Survey of Recent Results in Networked Control Systems" (Joo P. Hespanha, Payam Naghshtabrizi, Yonggang Xu, 2007), with 3,842 citations. Next come "Stability of networked control systems" (3,464) and "Time-delay systems: an overview of some recent advances and open problems" (3,346).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Survey of Recent Results in Networked Control Systems Joo P. Hespanha, Payam Naghshtabrizi, Yonggang Xu · Proceedings of the IEEE 2007 3,842
2 Stability of networked control systems Wei Zhang, Michael S. Branicky, S.M. Phillips · IEEE Control Systems Feb 2001 3,464
3 Time-delay systems: an overview of some recent advances and open problems Jean‐Pierre Richard · Automatica 3 Sep 2003 3,346
4 Fine-grained network time synchronization using reference broadcasts Jeremy Elson, Lewis Girod, Deborah L. Estrin · ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review 31 Dec 2002 2,404
5 The flooding time synchronization protocol Miklós Maróti, Branislav Kusý, Gyula Simon et al. Conference paper 3 Nov 2004 2,195
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Network Time Synchronization Technologies research done?

The largest centres of Network Time Synchronization Technologies research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (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 Munich.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 231 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 70 works
  3. 3 NanjingChina 55 works
  4. 4 Xi'anChina 51 works
  5. 5 TokyoJapan 37 works
  6. 6 ChangshaChina 37 works
  7. 7 ChengduChina 36 works
  8. 8 GuangzhouChina 33 works
  9. 9 WuhanChina 32 works
  10. 10 ChongqingChina 31 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MunichDE · 23.8 works3.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Network Time Synchronization Technologies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Network Time Synchronization Technologies?

Among universities, judged by research, Southeast University, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications and Northeastern 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%20%40%mean 17.81%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Southeast UniversityNortheastern Univers…Chongqing University…Beijing University o…
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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 67.229.3%4.3×13 +84.7%
2Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 60.88.6%36.9×47 +191.0%
3Northeastern UniversityChina 60.717.1%8.6×15 +65.5%
4Chongqing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 56.614.4%32.8×19 +72.2%
5Tsinghua UniversityChina 56.420.9%3.8×18 +15.7%
6Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 55.919.6%6.6×16 +109.6%
7Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 55.518.2%3.4×19 +124.8%
8Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 54.022.8%5.8×10 +261.6%
9Tongji UniversityChina 52.618.2%4.4×14 +285.4%
10Technical University of MunichGermany 51.39.0%7.2×13 +100.1%

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 Network Time Synchronization Technologies, country by country

Is Network Time Synchronization Technologies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 37% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Network Time Synchronization Technologies.

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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 Network Time Synchronization Technologies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0085% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Network Time Synchronization Technologies 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%Network Time Synchronization Technologies9.9% 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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