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Space Technology and Applications

Space Technology and Applications is a research topic within Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Science Explorer counts 3k research works in it since 1950. 16.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to advancements in microelectronics and nanotechnologies, including SpaceWire communication, proton microscopy, high-energy electron imaging, smart dust, system integration, and spacecraft networks. The papers discuss the challenges and innovations in these fields, reflecting the ongoing research and development in the digital age.

  • Microelectronics
  • Nanotechnologies
  • SpaceWire
  • Radiography
  • Proton Microscope
  • High-Energy Electron Imaging
  • Smart Dust
  • System Integration
  • Spacecraft Networks
  • Digital Age
Research works
3k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
496
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-37%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Space Technology and Applications research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (78 and 74 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 78 works
  2. 2 United States 74 works
  3. 3 Germany 20 works
  4. 4 Russia 18 works
  5. 5 France 18 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 16 works
  7. 7 Italy 15 works
  8. 8 India 14 works
  9. 9 Japan 8 works
  10. 10 Spain 6 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: 29.0%United States: 27.8%Germany: 7.5%Russia: 6.7%6 others listed: 29.0%29%largest
China78 · 29.0%United States74 · 27.8%Germany20 · 7.5%Russia18 · 6.7%6 others listed77 · 29.0%

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

Which institutions lead Space Technology and Applications research?

By volume in 2022–2025, China Academy of Space Technology publishes the most Space Technology and Applications research, followed by Indian Space Research Organisation and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China Academy of Space TechnologyChina 6 works
  2. 2 Indian Space Research OrganisationIndia 3 works
  3. 3 Los Alamos National LaboratoryUnited States 3 works
  4. 4 Institut d'Électronique et des Technologies du numéRiqueFrance 3 works
  5. 5 Beijing Language and Culture UniversityChina 3 works
  6. 6 University of PisaItaly 2 works
  7. 7 Forschungszentrum JülichGermany 2 works
  8. 8 Zhejiang UniversityChina 2 works
  9. 9 Peking UniversityChina 2 works
  10. 10 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 2 works

Where is Space Technology and Applications research done?

The largest centres of Space Technology and Applications research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Moscow (Russia), Shanghai (China) and Nanjing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Beijing.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 27 works
  2. 2 Moscow Russia 8 works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 6 works
  4. 4 Nanjing China 5 works
  5. 5 Bengaluru India 5 works
  6. 6 Rome Italy 4 works
  7. 7 London United Kingdom 4 works
  8. 8 Xi'an China 4 works
  9. 9 Paris France 4 works
  10. 10 Rennes France 4 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BeijingCN · 26.9 works2.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Space Technology and Applications than the world average.

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Is Space Technology and Applications research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 37% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2026.

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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.

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.