Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques
Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques is a research topic within Mechanics of Materials. Science Explorer counts 23k research works in it since 1950. 15.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers covers the diverse applications of infrared thermography in non-destructive testing, including defect detection in composite materials, building diagnostics, assessment of aerospace components, and monitoring of historic structures. The papers also discuss techniques such as pulsed thermography and thermal diffusivity measurement.
- Infrared Thermography
- Non-Destructive Testing
- Thermal Imaging
- Defect Detection
- Building Diagnostics
- Composite Materials
- Pulsed Thermography
- Thermal Diffusivity
- Aerospace Components
- Historic Structures
- Research works
- 23k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 3.7k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 15.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +29% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques research?
By volume, China and the United States publish the most (1.1k and 420 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 China 1.1k works
- 2 United States 420 works
- 3 India 204 works
- 4 Russia 188 works
- 5 Germany 148 works
- 6 Italy 142 works
- 7 France 139 works
- 8 Japan 135 works
- 9 United Kingdom 100 works
- 10 South Korea 96 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.
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Which institutions lead Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Harbin Institute of Technology publishes the most Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques research, followed by Xi'an Jiaotong University and University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 38 works
- 2 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 22 works
- 3 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 21 works
- 4 Nanjing University of Science and TechnologyChina 20 works
- 5 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 19 works
- 6 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 17 works
- 7 Beihang UniversityChina 17 works
- 8 Tsinghua UniversityChina 14 works
- 9 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 14 works
- 10 Tianjin UniversityChina 14 works
Who are the leading researchers in Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques include Younan Xia, Gordon B. Mills and Allen J. Bard.
- 1 Younan Xia United States 3.7k citations
- 2 Gordon B. Mills United States 3.7k citations
- 3 Allen J. Bard United States 3.4k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques research done?
The largest centres of Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Nanjing (China) and Moscow (Russia).
Where is the best place to study Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques?
Among universities, judged by research, Polytechnic University of Bari, Pohang University of Science and Technology and University of L'Aquila 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 | Polytechnic University of BariItaly | 62.6 | 22.0% | 30.4× | 13 | +313.7% |
| 2 | Pohang University of Science and TechnologySouth Korea | 58.6 | 23.7% | 12.2× | 9 | +419.9% |
| 3 | University of L'AquilaItaly | 58.1 | 23.1% | 17.9× | 11 | +158.0% |
| 4 | Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina | 56.1 | 25.2% | 6.5× | 38 | +48.3% |
| 5 | University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina | 52.0 | 25.0% | 5.1× | 21 | +176.2% |
| 6 | Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina | 51.3 | 26.6% | 3.8× | 22 | +407.4% |
| 7 | Université LavalCanada | 49.5 | 20.4% | 9.1× | 13 | +32.6% |
| 8 | National Research Tomsk State UniversityRussia | 48.6 | 8.5% | 15.8× | 11 | +146.1% |
| 9 | AGH University of KrakowPoland | 48.0 | 12.2% | 8.9× | 12 | +111.5% |
| 10 | Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore | 47.1 | 25.8% | 3.4× | 10 | +232.7% |
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 Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 29% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Thermography and Photoacoustic Techniques.
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.