Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing is a research topic within Oceanography. Science Explorer counts 31k research works in it since 1950. 18.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the dynamics of ocean surface waves, their interaction with wind, and the associated phenomena such as rogue waves, tropical cyclones, and Langmuir turbulence. It covers topics such as wave modeling, wind stress, satellite altimetry, and the impact of surface waves on air-sea interaction.
- Ocean Waves
- Wind Stress
- Wave Climate
- Rogue Waves
- Tropical Cyclones
- Wave Modeling
- Surface Turbulence
- Satellite Altimetry
- Langmuir Turbulence
- Air-Sea Interaction
- Research works
- 31k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 5.7k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 18.2% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +23% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.6k and 659 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.6k works
- 2 United States 659 works
- 3 India 285 works
- 4 France 262 works
- 5 Russia 181 works
- 6 United Kingdom 163 works
- 7 Italy 134 works
- 8 Japan 127 works
- 9 Australia 103 works
- 10 Germany 96 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 Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Ocean University of China publishes the most Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing research, followed by Ministry of Natural Resources and National University of Defense Technology.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Ocean University of ChinaChina 92 works
- 2 Ministry of Natural ResourcesChina 54 works
- 3 National University of Defense TechnologyChina 53 works
- 4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 47 works
- 5 Nanjing University of Information Science and TechnologyChina 44 works
- 6 Dalian University of TechnologyChina 35 works
- 7 Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou)China 35 works
- 8 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 33 works
- 9 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 32 works
- 10 China Meteorological AdministrationChina 31 works
Who are the leading researchers in Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing include J. Mueller, Norden E. Huang and Quanan Zheng.
- 1 J. Mueller United States 8.7k citations
- 2 Norden E. Huang United States 5.4k citations
- 3 Quanan Zheng United States 4.5k citations
- 4 Jean‐Raymond Bidlot United Kingdom 3.7k citations
- 5 S. Haykin Canada 3.5k citations
- 6 C. Guedes Soares Portugal 2.7k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing research done?
The largest centres of Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Qingdao (China), Shanghai (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Zhoushan and Brest.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- ZhoushanCN · 23.3 works26×
- BrestFR · 24.0 works22×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing?
Among universities, judged by research, National University of Defense Technology, Zhejiang Ocean University and Ocean University of China 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National University of Defense TechnologyChina | 69.1 | 23.2% | 14.9× | 53 | +221.0% |
| 2 | Zhejiang Ocean UniversityChina | 62.8 | 22.2% | 28.6× | 22 | +477.4% |
| 3 | Ocean University of ChinaChina | 61.2 | 17.6% | 39.7× | 92 | +24.4% |
| 4 | Nanjing University of Information Science and TechnologyChina | 58.1 | 15.2% | 23.5× | 44 | +84.2% |
| 5 | Memorial University of NewfoundlandCanada | 54.7 | 23.5% | 12.0× | 11 | +92.1% |
| 6 | Harbin Engineering UniversityChina | 53.6 | 19.0% | 8.9× | 21 | +147.9% |
| 7 | Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands | 53.3 | 23.5% | 8.4× | 26 | +18.0% |
| 8 | Dalian University of TechnologyChina | 51.9 | 28.1% | 8.1× | 35 | -18.1% |
| 9 | Shanghai Ocean UniversityChina | 51.3 | 25.6% | 21.3× | 22 | -31.6% |
| 10 | Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNorway | 49.2 | 17.7% | 6.8× | 17 | +140.7% |
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 Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 23% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing.
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.