Pulsed Power Technology Applications
Pulsed Power Technology Applications is a research topic within Control and Systems Engineering. Science Explorer counts 11k research works in it since 1950. 12.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the technology and applications of pulsed power, including electron beam surface modification, high current systems, solid-state generators, high-power microwave sources, semiconductor switches, plasma sources, and radiography systems.
- Pulsed Power
- Electron Beam
- High Current
- Surface Modification
- Solid-State Generators
- High-Power Microwave
- Semiconductor Switches
- Plasma Source
- Radiography Systems
- Marx Generator
- Research works
- 11k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 1.4k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 12.5% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -1% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Pulsed Power Technology Applications research?
By volume, China and Russia publish the most (560 and 272 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 560 works
- 2 Russia 272 works
- 3 United States 163 works
- 4 India 71 works
- 5 Japan 32 works
- 6 France 31 works
- 7 Ukraine 30 works
- 8 Germany 27 works
- 9 South Korea 22 works
- 10 ?? 18 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 Pulsed Power Technology Applications research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China publishes the most Pulsed Power Technology Applications research, followed by National University of Defense Technology and Xi'an Jiaotong University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 58 works
- 2 National University of Defense TechnologyChina 41 works
- 3 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 40 works
- 4 Institute of High Current ElectronicsRussia 38 works
- 5 Institute of Applied PhysicsRussia 33 works
- 6 Northwest Institute of Nuclear TechnologyChina 31 works
- 7 Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radio-ElectronicsRussia 26 works
- 8 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 23 works
- 9 China Academy of Engineering PhysicsChina 21 works
- 10 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 17 works
Who are the leading researchers in Pulsed Power Technology Applications?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Pulsed Power Technology Applications include E. L. Wright.
- 1 E. L. Wright United States 9.3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Pulsed Power Technology Applications research done?
The largest centres of Pulsed Power Technology Applications research in 2022–2025 are Xi'an (China), Beijing (China), Tomsk (Russia) and Chengdu (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tomsk, Nizhny Novgorod and Albuquerque.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Xi'an China 100 works
- 2 Beijing China 99 works
- 3 Tomsk Russia 78 works
- 4 Chengdu China 71 works
- 5 Moscow Russia 61 works
- 6 Wuhan China 43 works
- 7 Changsha China 43 works
- 8 Nizhny Novgorod Russia 39 works
- 9 Albuquerque United States 33 works
- 10 Nanjing China 28 works
Where it is the local speciality
- TomskRU · 78.4 works116×
- Nizhny NovgorodRU · 39.3 works64×
- AlbuquerqueUS · 32.7 works35×
- MianyangCN · 22.7 works31×
- KharkivUA · 21.4 works16×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Pulsed Power Technology Applications than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Pulsed Power Technology Applications?
Among universities, judged by research, Chongqing University, Naval University of Engineering and University of Electronic Science and Technology 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 | Chongqing UniversityChina | 69.3 | 14.5% | 10.6× | 15 | +181.8% |
| 2 | Naval University of EngineeringChina | 64.1 | 24.8% | 60.7× | 12 | +34.8% |
| 3 | University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina | 61.9 | 3.7% | 39.2× | 58 | +50.5% |
| 4 | Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina | 60.3 | 4.4% | 19.0× | 40 | +77.1% |
| 5 | Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina | 57.9 | 13.3% | 11.3× | 23 | -35.8% |
| 6 | Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radio-ElectronicsRussia | 54.0 | 1.3% | 426.4× | 26 | +395.8% |
| 7 | National University of Defense TechnologyChina | 52.6 | 6.3% | 39.8× | 41 | -0.2% |
| 8 | Xidian UniversityChina | 49.9 | 5.3% | 10.9× | 11 | +133.4% |
| 9 | Tsinghua UniversityChina | 33.7 | 14.4% | 5.0× | 13 | -19.2% |
| 10 | University of New MexicoUnited States | 33.5 | 0.4% | 26.2× | 9 | -42.8% |
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 Pulsed Power Technology Applications research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 1% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2002. The fastest-growing topics are Pulsed Power Technology Applications.
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.