Optical Network Technologies
Optical Network Technologies is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 67k research works in it since 1951. 13.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers covers advances in optical fiber communication technologies, including topics such as coherent detection, digital signal processing, nonlinear effects, space-division multiplexing, high-capacity networks, modulation formats, fiber amplifiers, dispersion compensation, and optical performance monitoring.
- Optical Fiber
- Coherent Detection
- Digital Signal Processing
- Nonlinear Effects
- Space-Division Multiplexing
- High-Capacity Networks
- Modulation Formats
- Fiber Amplifiers
- Dispersion Compensation
- Optical Performance Monitoring
- Research works
- 67k fractional, since 1951
- In the world top 10%
- 9.3k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 13.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -7% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Optical Network Technologies research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (3.2k and 952 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 3.2k works
- 2 United States 952 works
- 3 India 737 works
- 4 Japan 644 works
- 5 United Kingdom 339 works
- 6 Germany 329 works
- 7 France 264 works
- 8 Italy 247 works
- 9 Canada 229 works
- 10 Russia 164 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 Optical Network Technologies research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications publishes the most Optical Network Technologies research, followed by NTT (Japan) and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications China 242 works
- 2 NTT (Japan) Japan 121 works
- 3 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China 110 works
- 4 Huazhong University of Science and Technology China 102 works
- 5 Fudan University China 85 works
- 6 University of Electronic Science and Technology of China China 81 works
- 7 Peng Cheng Laboratory China 76 works
- 8 National University of Defense Technology China 65 works
- 9 Zhejiang University China 62 works
- 10 Beijing Institute of Technology China 58 works
Who are the leading researchers in Optical Network Technologies?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Optical Network Technologies include H. Vincent Poor, Mohamed‐Slim Alouini and Andreas F. Molisch.
- 1 H. Vincent Poor 9.5k citations
- 2 Mohamed‐Slim Alouini 5.9k citations
- 3 Andreas F. Molisch 4.3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Optical Network Technologies research done?
The largest centres of Optical Network Technologies research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan), Shanghai (China) and Wuhan (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Coppell, Corning and Fujimino.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- CoppellUS · 34.8 works247×
- CorningUS · 27.3 works158×
- FujiminoJP · 23.3 works107×
- MarkhamCA · 30.3 works87×
- SunnyvaleUS · 23.2 works32×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Optical Network Technologies than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Optical Network Technologies?
Among universities, judged by research, Aston University, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications and University of Southampton 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 | Aston University United Kingdom | 56.3 | 6.7% | 38.8× | 42 | +128.4% |
| 2 | Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications China | 52.6 | 5.4% | 44.0× | 242 | -5.9% |
| 3 | University of Southampton United Kingdom | 52.0 | 11.6% | 11.8× | 49 | -4.7% |
| 4 | Fudan University China | 51.3 | 13.1% | 8.6× | 85 | +26.0% |
| 5 | Guangdong University of Technology China | 49.2 | 7.2% | 9.2× | 45 | +102.3% |
| 6 | National University of Defense Technology China | 47.7 | 8.0% | 9.3× | 64 | +59.1% |
| 7 | Eindhoven University of Technology Netherlands | 47.6 | 6.7% | 17.1× | 54 | -27.7% |
| 8 | Politecnico di Torino Italy | 46.1 | 5.1% | 9.7× | 39 | +32.4% |
| 9 | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece | 45.5 | 19.8% | 5.2× | 23 | +113.4% |
| 10 | Huazhong University of Science and Technology China | 45.4 | 7.5% | 7.3× | 102 | +47.4% |
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 Optical Network Technologies research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 7% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Optical Network Technologies.
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.