Space Exploration and Technology
Space Exploration and Technology is a research topic within Aerospace Engineering. Science Explorer counts 17k research works in it since 1950. 17.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the design, ergonomics, and performance evaluation of space suits for extravehicular activities (EVA) in space. It covers topics such as mobility, biomechanics, risk assessment, and NASA's involvement in space suit development.
- Space Suit
- Extravehicular Activity
- EVA
- Mobility
- Biomechanics
- NASA
- Design
- Simulation
- Risk Assessment
- Astronaut
- Research works
- 17k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 2.9k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 17.0% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -14% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Space Exploration and Technology research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (693 and 197 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 693 works
- 2 China 197 works
- 3 France 88 works
- 4 United Kingdom 78 works
- 5 India 77 works
- 6 Germany 75 works
- 7 Italy 74 works
- 8 Russia 58 works
- 9 Japan 53 works
- 10 Spain 47 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 Space Exploration and Technology research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes the most Space Exploration and Technology research, followed by Johnson Space Center and Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Jet Propulsion LaboratoryUnited States 35 works
- 2 Johnson Space CenterUnited States 28 works
- 3 Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR)Germany 25 works
- 4 China Academy of Space TechnologyChina 16 works
- 5 Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States 14 works
- 6 Ames Research CenterUnited States 14 works
- 7 Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyJapan 13 works
- 8 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States 13 works
- 9 Institute of Biomedical ProblemsRussia 11 works
- 10 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 11 works
Who are the leading researchers in Space Exploration and Technology?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Space Exploration and Technology include E. L. Wright, Paul K. Chu and G. Fischer.
- 1 E. L. Wright United States 9.3k citations
- 2 Paul K. Chu Hong Kong 3.7k citations
- 3 G. Fischer United States 3.7k citations
- 4 P. St. J. Russell Germany 2.8k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Space Exploration and Technology research done?
The largest centres of Space Exploration and Technology research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Houston (United States), Moscow (Russia) and Pasadena (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Pasadena and Boulder.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- PasadenaUS · 41.9 works54×
- BoulderUS · 21.2 works18×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Space Exploration and Technology than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Space Exploration and Technology?
Among universities, judged by research, Politecnico di Milano, Purdue University West Lafayette and Georgia Institute of Technology 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 | Politecnico di MilanoItaly | 63.5 | 37.4% | 8.7× | 11 | — |
| 2 | Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States | 49.5 | 17.7% | 7.7× | 13 | +38.9% |
| 3 | Georgia Institute of TechnologyUnited States | 49.3 | 14.3% | 10.1× | 11 | +10.0% |
| 4 | Beihang UniversityChina | 49.2 | 39.2% | 5.7× | 11 | -27.9% |
| 5 | Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States | 47.1 | 13.3% | 12.8× | 14 | -53.0% |
| 6 | University of Colorado BoulderUnited States | 46.0 | 9.3% | 15.5× | 10 | +20.9% |
| 7 | University of MichiganUnited States | 26.1 | 16.1% | 3.8× | 9 | +2.5% |
| 8 | University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States | 10.1 | 0.9% | 3.1× | 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 Space Exploration and Technology research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 14% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Space Exploration and Technology.
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.