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Superconducting and THz Device Technology

Superconducting and THz Device Technology is a research topic within Astronomy and Astrophysics. Science Explorer counts 14k research works in it since 1952. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the development and application of superconducting detectors for astrophysical observations, particularly in the terahertz and millimeter-wave regions. It covers various types of superconducting detectors such as transition-edge sensors, bolometer cameras, kinetic inductance detectors, and hot-electron bolometers, as well as related technologies like frequency multipliers and microwave SQUID multiplexers.

  • Superconducting Detectors
  • Terahertz
  • Millimeter-wave
  • Transition-Edge Sensors
  • Bolometer Camera
  • Kinetic Inductance Detectors
  • Hot-Electron Bolometers
  • Frequency Multipliers
  • Microwave SQUID Multiplexers
  • Astrophysical Observations
Research works
14k
fractional, since 1952
In the world top 10%
1.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+9%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
35% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Superconducting and THz Device Technology

Which countries lead Superconducting and THz Device Technology research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (638 and 385 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 638 works
  2. 2 United States 385 works
  3. 3 Japan 148 works
  4. 4 Germany 145 works
  5. 5 India 120 works
  6. 6 France 98 works
  7. 7 Russia 85 works
  8. 8 Italy 81 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 79 works
  10. 10 Netherlands 50 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: 34.9%United States: 21.0%Japan: 8.1%Germany: 7.9%6 others listed: 28.1%35%largest
China638 · 34.9%United States385 · 21.0%Japan148 · 8.1%Germany145 · 7.9%6 others listed514 · 28.1%

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

Which institutions lead Superconducting and THz Device Technology research?

By volume in 2022-now, Chinese Academy of Sciences publishes the most Superconducting and THz Device Technology research, followed by University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 109 works
  2. 2 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 62 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 44 works
  4. 4 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 39 works
  5. 5 California Institute of TechnologyUnited States 29 works
  6. 6 University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 21 works
  7. 7 Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands 18 works
  8. 8 Helmholtz Association of German Research CentresGermany 18 works
  9. 9 Fraunhofer-GesellschaftGermany 17 works
  10. 10 Tianjin UniversityChina 17 works

Who are the leading researchers in Superconducting and THz Device Technology?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Superconducting and THz Device Technology include Kostya S. Novoselov, M. Weber and Kenji Watanabe.

  1. 1 Kostya S. Novoselov United Kingdom 331k citations
  2. 2 M. Weber Israel 267k citations
  3. 3 Kenji Watanabe Japan 237k citations
  4. 4 Takashi Taniguchi Japan 227k citations
  5. 5 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
  6. 6 Pulickel Madhavapanicker Ajayan United States 173k citations
  7. 7 Douglas Scott Canada 172k 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 Superconducting and THz Device Technology?

The most cited paper in Superconducting and THz Device Technology is "Cutting-edge terahertz technology" (Masayoshi Tonouchi, 2007), with 6,320 citations. Next come "Materials for terahertz science and technology" (3,294) and "Terahertz technology" (3,034).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cutting-edge terahertz technology Masayoshi Tonouchi · Nature Photonics Feb 2007 6,320
2 Materials for terahertz science and technology Bradley S. Ferguson, X.-C. Zhang · Nature Materials Sep 2002 3,294
3 Terahertz technology Peter H. Siegel · IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques Mar 2002 3,034
4 The Spitzer Space Telescope Mission M. W. Werner et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series Open access Sep 2004 2,911
5 The Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer (PACS) on the HerschelSpace Observatory A. Poglitsch et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access Jul 2010 2,282
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Superconducting and THz Device Technology research done?

The largest centres of Superconducting and THz Device Technology research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Chengdu (China), Nanjing (China) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Pasadena.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 184 works
  2. 2 ChengduChina 77 works
  3. 3 NanjingChina 52 works
  4. 4 TokyoJapan 47 works
  5. 5 ShanghaiChina 46 works
  6. 6 MoscowRussia 40 works
  7. 7 ParisFrance 34 works
  8. 8 Xi'anChina 33 works
  9. 9 PasadenaUnited States 29 works
  10. 10 HefeiChina 23 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. PasadenaUS · 29.4 works30×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Superconducting and THz Device Technology than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Superconducting and THz Device Technology?

Among universities, judged by research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China and California 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.

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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
1Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States 59.334.4%6.7×9 -0.1%
2University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 53.35.2%28.6×62 +26.8%
3California Institute of TechnologyUnited States 49.07.5%41.9×29 -1.9%
4Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands 44.65.2%14.2×18 +5.1%
5University of Colorado BoulderUnited States 41.118.2%11.2×10 -11.3%
6University of Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 40.98.6%6.5×21 +43.0%
7University of Duisburg-EssenGermany 37.511.8%11.3×9 +21.9%
8Tianjin UniversityChina 35.88.1%7.2×17 +83.8%
9Beijing Institute of TechnologyChina 33.513.1%5.9×13 +43.4%
10Tsinghua UniversityChina 33.013.3%3.0×14 +25.7%

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 Superconducting and THz Device Technology, country by country

Is Superconducting and THz Device Technology research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Superconducting and THz Device Technology.

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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 Superconducting and THz Device Technology as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0077% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Superconducting and THz Device Technology 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%Superconducting and THz Device Technology9.8% 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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