Tactile and Sensory Interactions
Tactile and Sensory Interactions is a research topic within Cognitive Neuroscience. Science Explorer counts 43k research works in it since 1950. 17.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores tactile perception, cross-modal plasticity, and the neural mechanisms underlying sensory substitution. It covers topics such as haptic interfaces, sensory substitution devices, neural reorganization following sensory loss, pleasant touch perception, and the activation of visual cortex in blind individuals. The research also delves into the use of Braille reading, vibrotactile displays, and auditory localization in the context of tactile perception.
- Tactile Perception
- Cross-modal Plasticity
- Haptic Interfaces
- Sensory Substitution
- Visual Cortex Activity
- Auditory Localization
- Neural Reorganization
- Pleasant Touch
- Braille Reading
- Vibrotactile Display
- Research works
- 43k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 7.6k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 17.7% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +27% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Tactile and Sensory Interactions research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (2.1k and 1.4k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 2.1k works
- 2 United States 1.4k works
- 3 Japan 717 works
- 4 India 675 works
- 5 United Kingdom 441 works
- 6 South Korea 423 works
- 7 Germany 382 works
- 8 Italy 274 works
- 9 France 266 works
- 10 Canada 246 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 Tactile and Sensory Interactions research?
By volume in 2022–2025, The University of Tokyo publishes the most Tactile and Sensory Interactions research, followed by Tsinghua University and Chinese Academy of Sciences.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 The University of Tokyo Japan 65 works
- 2 Tsinghua University China 63 works
- 3 Chinese Academy of Sciences China 60 works
- 4 Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology South Korea 54 works
- 5 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China 47 works
- 6 Carnegie Mellon University United States 47 works
- 7 Zhejiang University China 43 works
- 8 Harbin Institute of Technology China 36 works
- 9 University of Tsukuba Japan 35 works
- 10 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France 34 works
Who are the leading researchers in Tactile and Sensory Interactions?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Tactile and Sensory Interactions include Zhong Lin Wang and Tien Yin Wong.
- 1 Zhong Lin Wang 11k citations
- 2 Tien Yin Wong 4.3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Tactile and Sensory Interactions research done?
The largest centres of Tactile and Sensory Interactions research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Tokyo (Japan), Seoul (South Korea) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Genoa.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- GenoaIT · 43.7 works8.6×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Tactile and Sensory Interactions than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Tactile and Sensory Interactions?
Among universities, judged by research, Donghua University, Carnegie Mellon University and Ulsan National Institute of Science and 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 | Donghua University China | 69.4 | 41.4% | 8.6× | 27 | +221.7% |
| 2 | Carnegie Mellon University United States | 65.9 | 29.1% | 13.2× | 47 | +67.5% |
| 3 | Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology South Korea | 65.6 | 36.7% | 10.1× | 13 | +388.8% |
| 4 | Kwangwoon University South Korea | 65.1 | 43.0% | 16.4× | 10 | +479.9% |
| 5 | Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology South Korea | 61.3 | 24.7% | 13.3× | 54 | +6.0% |
| 6 | Tsinghua University China | 61.2 | 34.3% | 3.7× | 63 | +323.0% |
| 7 | City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong | 60.9 | 40.0% | 4.7× | 24 | +128.1% |
| 8 | Rochester Institute of Technology United States | 55.6 | 37.9% | 15.1× | 16 | +8.8% |
| 9 | Ştefan cel Mare University of Suceava Romania | 54.9 | 38.5% | 21.1× | 15 | +23.8% |
| 10 | University of Tsukuba Japan | 54.7 | 6.0% | 10.0× | 35 | +129.2% |
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 Tactile and Sensory Interactions research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 27% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Tactile and Sensory Interactions.
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.