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Radar Systems and Signal Processing

Radar Systems and Signal Processing is a research topic within Aerospace Engineering. Science Explorer counts 22k research works in it since 1951. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the research and development of Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) radar systems, with an emphasis on waveform design, signal processing, cognitive radar, automotive radar applications, space-time adaptive processing, frequency diverse array antennas, joint radar-communication design, passive radar technology, and target detection and localization. The papers cover various aspects of MIMO radar technology and its integration with communication systems.

  • MIMO Radar
  • Waveform Design
  • Signal Processing
  • Cognitive Radar
  • Automotive Radar
  • Space-Time Adaptive Processing
  • Frequency Diverse Array
  • Joint Radar-Communication Design
  • Passive Radar
  • Target Detection
Research works
22k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
2.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+28%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
67% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Radar Systems and Signal Processing

Which countries lead Radar Systems and Signal Processing research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (3.4k and 491 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 3.4k works
  2. 2 United States 491 works
  3. 3 India 261 works
  4. 4 Germany 201 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 153 works
  6. 6 South Korea 148 works
  7. 7 Italy 142 works
  8. 8 Canada 83 works
  9. 9 Russia 81 works
  10. 10 Japan 81 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: 67.4%United States: 9.7%India: 5.2%Germany: 4.0%6 others listed: 13.7%67%largest
China3,397 · 67.4%United States491 · 9.7%India261 · 5.2%Germany201 · 4.0%6 others listed688 · 13.7%

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

Which institutions lead Radar Systems and Signal Processing research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China publishes the most Radar Systems and Signal Processing research, followed by Xidian University and National University of Defense Technology.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 267 works
  2. 2 Xidian UniversityChina 265 works
  3. 3 National University of Defense TechnologyChina 200 works
  4. 4 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 160 works
  5. 5 Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 133 works
  6. 6 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 79 works
  7. 7 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 76 works
  8. 8 Nanjing University of Science and TechnologyChina 74 works
  9. 9 Sun Yat-sen UniversityChina 69 works
  10. 10 Air Force Engineering UniversityChina 64 works

Who are the leading researchers in Radar Systems and Signal Processing?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Radar Systems and Signal Processing include Kai You Wang, H. Vincent Poor and Han Zhang.

  1. 1 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  2. 2 H. Vincent Poor United States 165k citations
  3. 3 Han Zhang China 161k 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 Radar Systems and Signal Processing?

The most cited paper in Radar Systems and Signal Processing is "An Introduction to Deep Learning for the Physical Layer" (Timothy J. O’Shea, Jakob Hoydis, 2017), with 3,031 citations. Next come "MIMO Radar with Colocated Antennas" (2,596) and "MIMO Radar with Widely Separated Antennas" (2,204).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 An Introduction to Deep Learning for the Physical Layer Timothy J. O’Shea, Jakob Hoydis · IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking 2 Oct 2017 3,031
2 MIMO Radar with Colocated Antennas Jian Li, Petre Stoica · IEEE Signal Processing Magazine Sep 2007 2,596
3 MIMO Radar with Widely Separated Antennas Alexander M. Haimovich, Rick S. Blum, Leonard J. Cimini · IEEE Signal Processing Magazine 2008 2,204
4 Rapid Convergence Rate in Adaptive Arrays I.S. Reed, J.D. Mallett, L. Brennan · IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems Nov 1974 2,201
5 On the Energy Detection of Unknown Signals Over Fading Channels Fadel F. Digham, Mohamed‐Slim Alouini, M.K. Simon · IEEE Transactions on Communications 2007 2,122
All 101 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Radar Systems and Signal Processing research done?

The largest centres of Radar Systems and Signal Processing research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Xi'an (China), Chengdu (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Wachtberg, Luxembourg and Xi'an.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 721 works
  2. 2 Xi'anChina 487 works
  3. 3 ChengduChina 333 works
  4. 4 NanjingChina 317 works
  5. 5 ChangshaChina 227 works
  6. 6 HarbinChina 140 works
  7. 7 ShanghaiChina 136 works
  8. 8 WuhanChina 130 works
  9. 9 GuangzhouChina 102 works
  10. 10 ShenzhenChina 76 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. WachtbergDE · 25.9 works216×
  2. LuxembourgLU · 20.8 works13×
  3. Xi'anCN · 486.8 works11×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Radar Systems and Signal Processing than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Radar Systems and Signal Processing?

Among universities, judged by research, Southern University of Science and Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and Xidian 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 22.29%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Southern University …Queen Mary Universit…University of Electr…Xidian University
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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
1Southern University of Science and TechnologyChina 68.535.9%6.0×16 +530.4%
2University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 64.413.6%46.7×267 +27.4%
3Xidian UniversityChina 62.510.3%71.4×265 +33.6%
4Queen Mary University of LondonUnited Kingdom 57.534.5%4.4×10 +564.0%
5Southeast UniversityChina 57.418.7%8.2×62 +160.4%
6National University of Defense TechnologyChina 57.011.8%50.8×200 +21.6%
7Dalian University of TechnologyChina 56.731.0%4.0×19 +51.7%
8Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 56.121.2%17.9×58 +109.9%
9University of Technology SydneyAustralia 54.626.6%5.1×12 +59.9%
10City University of Hong KongChina 53.719.3%3.1×9 +64.7%

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 Radar Systems and Signal Processing, country by country

Is Radar Systems and Signal Processing research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 28% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Radar Systems and Signal Processing.

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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 Radar Systems and Signal Processing as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.024% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Radar Systems and Signal Processing0.026% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Radar Systems and Signal Processing 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%Radar Systems and Signal Processing9.7% 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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