Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry
Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 18k research works in it since 1950. 9.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the application of polarimetric imaging techniques for remote sensing and biomedical applications. It covers topics such as polarimetry, imaging spectroscopy, Mueller matrix decomposition, tissue characterization, biomedical diagnosis, Monte Carlo simulation, snapshot imaging, ellipsometry, liquid crystal polarimeters, and remote sensing.
- Polarimetry
- Imaging Spectroscopy
- Mueller Matrix
- Tissue Characterization
- Biomedical Diagnosis
- Monte Carlo Simulation
- Snapshot Imaging
- Ellipsometry
- Liquid Crystal Polarimeter
- Remote Sensing
- Research works
- 18k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 1.7k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 9.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +12% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (816 and 276 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 816 works
- 2 United States 276 works
- 3 Russia 150 works
- 4 France 97 works
- 5 Japan 88 works
- 6 India 87 works
- 7 Germany 72 works
- 8 United Kingdom 61 works
- 9 Spain 53 works
- 10 Ukraine 49 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 Polarization and Ellipsometry research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Tsinghua University publishes the most Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Changchun University of Science and Technology.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Tsinghua University China 29 works
- 2 Chinese Academy of Sciences China 29 works
- 3 Changchun University of Science and Technology China 28 works
- 4 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China 25 works
- 5 National University of Defense Technology China 24 works
- 6 Beijing Institute of Technology China 23 works
- 7 Xidian University China 17 works
- 8 Huazhong University of Science and Technology China 17 works
- 9 Zhejiang University China 15 works
- 10 Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University Ukraine 15 works
Who are the leading researchers in Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry include Lei Zhang.
- 1 Lei Zhang 5.3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry research done?
The largest centres of Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Shanghai (China) and Moscow (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Chernivtsi, Samara and Changchun.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- ChernivtsiUA · 23.0 works75×
- SamaraRU · 24.1 works25×
- ChangchunCN · 40.5 works7.3×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry?
Among universities, judged by research, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Hefei University of Technology and Samara National Research 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.
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 | Changchun University of Science and Technology China | 64.2 | 8.2% | 58.8× | 28 | +98.4% |
| 2 | Hefei University of Technology China | 63.8 | 15.0% | 9.5× | 11 | +184.2% |
| 3 | Samara National Research University Russia | 60.7 | 9.2% | 51.4× | 14 | +870.3% |
| 4 | University of Shanghai for Science and Technology China | 58.2 | 23.0% | 9.2× | 9 | +8.5% |
| 5 | Beijing Institute of Technology China | 56.5 | 10.1% | 9.0× | 23 | +12.8% |
| 6 | National University of Defense Technology China | 56.3 | 3.3% | 14.6× | 24 | +113.7% |
| 7 | Tsinghua University China | 56.1 | 8.6% | 7.0× | 29 | +67.5% |
| 8 | Xidian University China | 55.6 | 9.3% | 11.0× | 17 | +27.3% |
| 9 | University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China | 52.8 | 8.9% | 7.2× | 25 | +33.8% |
| 10 | Utsunomiya University Japan | 47.1 | 3.8% | 89.1× | 9 | +186.9% |
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 Polarization and Ellipsometry research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 12% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry.
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.