Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation

Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation is a research topic within Mechanics of Materials. Science Explorer counts 54k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the application of guided wave structural health monitoring techniques, particularly using piezoelectric sensors and ultrasonic arrays, for damage detection and assessment in composite structures. The research covers topics such as guided Lamb waves, impedance-based health monitoring, nonlinear ultrasonic techniques, wave propagation in materials, and non-destructive testing methods.

Guided Lamb Waves
Piezoelectric Impedance-Based Health Monitoring
Ultrasonic Arrays
Nonlinear Ultrasonic Techniques
Composite Structures
Damage Detection
Piezoelectric Sensors
Wave Propagation
Structural Impedance Sensors
Non-Destructive Testing

Research works: 54k
In the world top 10%: 5.4k
Top-10% rate: 10.0%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: +12%
Largest producer: China

Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation

Which countries lead Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (3.4k and 956 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 China 3.4k works
2 United States 956 works
3 India 521 works
4 France 350 works
5 Japan 344 works
6 Germany 312 works
7 United Kingdom 304 works
8 Italy 267 works
9 Russia 258 works
10 South Korea 213 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.

China3,423 · 49.3%United States956 · 13.8%India521 · 7.5%France350 · 5.0%6 others listed1,698 · 24.4%

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

Which institutions lead Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation research, followed by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Harbin Institute of Technology.

By volume, 2022-now

1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 125 works
2 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 92 works
3 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 85 works
4 Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina 83 works
5 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 82 works
6 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina 70 works
7 Chongqing UniversityChina 60 works
8 Dalian University of TechnologyChina 57 works
9 Beihang UniversityChina 56 works
10 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina 52 works

Who are the leading researchers in Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation include Zhong Lin Wang, George Davey Smith and Kenji Watanabe.

1 Zhong Lin Wang United States 491k citations
2 George Davey Smith United Kingdom 435k citations
3 Kenji Watanabe Japan 237k citations
4 P. Jackson France 230k citations
5 Kai You Wang China 224k citations
6 Hua Zhang Singapore 196k citations
7 David Julian McClements United States 185k 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 Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation?

The most cited paper in Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation is "$rm K$-SVD: An Algorithm for Designing Overcomplete Dictionaries for Sparse Representation" (Michal Aharon, Michael Elad, Alfred Marcel Bruckstein, 2006), with 9,612 citations. Next come "Variational Mode Decomposition" (9,123) and "An empirical correction for absorption anisotropy" (7,944).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	$rm K$-SVD: An Algorithm for Designing Overcomplete Dictionaries for Sparse Representation Michal Aharon, Michael Elad, Alfred Marcel Bruckstein · IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing	18 Oct 2006	9,612
2	Variational Mode Decomposition Konstantin Dragomiretskiy, Dominique Zosso · IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing	24 Jan 2014	9,123
3	An empirical correction for absorption anisotropy ROBERT H. BLESSING · Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography	1995	7,944
4	A Critical Analysis of Crack Propagation Laws Paul C. Paris, F. Erdoğan · Journal of Basic Engineering	Dec 1963	7,114
5	Analysis of Stresses and Strains Near the End of a Crack Traversing a Plate G. R. Irwin · Journal of Applied Mechanics	Sep 1957	5,601

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Where is Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation research done?

The largest centres of Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Xi'an (China) and Nanjing (China).

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 BeijingChina 568 works
2 ShanghaiChina 268 works
3 Xi'anChina 239 works
4 NanjingChina 234 works
5 WuhanChina 166 works
6 ChengduChina 147 works
7 HarbinChina 131 works
8 TokyoJapan 123 works
9 HangzhouChina 117 works
10 ParisFrance 106 works

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Where is the best place to study Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation?

Among universities, judged by research, Dongguk University, Xi'an Jiaotong University and Harbin Institute of Technology score highest, combining citation 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.

Citation 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.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	Dongguk UniversitySouth Korea	67.7	41.0%	8.8×	12	+226.7%
2	Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityChina	66.6	15.4%	6.4×	83	+29.0%
3	Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina	64.5	14.6%	6.9×	85	+43.5%
4	Xiamen UniversityChina	63.2	24.5%	5.6×	36	+20.1%
5	Chongqing UniversityChina	61.7	14.4%	7.4×	60	+75.2%
6	Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsChina	60.8	9.0%	10.6×	70	+43.3%
7	Dalian University of TechnologyChina	60.8	14.3%	8.1×	57	+17.1%
8	Beihang UniversityChina	60.8	16.9%	6.8×	56	+20.7%
9	Southeast UniversityChina	60.7	18.9%	4.4×	48	+136.0%
10	Politecnico di MilanoItaly	60.6	21.3%	5.7×	31	+40.3%
11	Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina	59.4	21.1%	4.1×	26	-1.3%
12	Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina	59.3	17.8%	3.9×	52	+87.2%
13	Northeastern UniversityChina	58.8	30.9%	2.8×	19	+56.0%
14	Southwest Jiaotong UniversityChina	57.4	20.7%	6.6×	38	+43.1%
15	Tongji UniversityChina	56.7	15.9%	4.3×	50	+79.4%
16	Zhejiang UniversityChina	56.6	17.7%	2.6×	51	+15.5%
17	Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands	56.6	15.7%	7.1×	36	+6.8%
18	University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina	56.5	13.3%	6.1×	51	+29.8%
19	Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom	56.4	18.6%	4.8×	36	-14.8%
20	Beijing University of TechnologyChina	56.2	15.5%	8.4×	44	+39.4%
21	Central South UniversityChina	56.1	19.9%	2.5×	36	+34.2%
22	The University of AdelaideAustralia	55.7	19.1%	5.5×	17	+28.5%
23	Hunan UniversityChina	55.0	29.2%	3.4×	18	+58.5%
24	Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina	54.7	15.0%	5.2×	44	+102.8%
25	Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore	54.6	21.5%	2.7×	16	+25.4%
26	China University of Petroleum, East ChinaChina	54.0	10.9%	11.6×	41	+111.2%
27	Tianjin UniversityChina	53.2	9.6%	5.7×	52	+63.6%
28	Gdańsk University of TechnologyPoland	52.4	18.1%	13.4×	16	+16.5%
29	Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina	51.8	10.8%	2.3×	49	+37.1%
30	Indian Institute of Technology BombayIndia	51.3	18.5%	6.6×	21	+151.8%
31	Xidian UniversityChina	50.3	19.1%	4.4×	24	+43.6%
32	University of StrathclydeUnited Kingdom	50.0	15.3%	10.5×	21	+26.2%
33	Ningbo University of TechnologyChina	49.6	27.8%	8.4×	9	+183.7%
34	East China University of Science and TechnologyChina	48.9	12.9%	7.4×	27	+41.9%
35	Wuhan University of TechnologyChina	48.7	10.7%	5.3×	32	+100.9%
36	Politecnico di TorinoItaly	48.3	14.6%	6.4×	22	+7.3%
37	University of ArizonaUnited States	47.3	17.9%	3.5×	17	+107.1%
38	Zhengzhou UniversityChina	47.0	24.0%	1.7×	15	+90.2%
39	Cranfield UniversityUnited Kingdom	46.6	28.2%	8.7×	9	+1.3%
40	Harbin Engineering UniversityChina	46.3	10.4%	8.2×	32	+39.3%
41	North University of ChinaChina	45.8	9.8%	16.3×	30	+118.4%
42	Hebei UniversityChina	44.6	24.6%	5.2×	9	+88.0%
43	Hong Kong University of Science and TechnologyChina	44.2	18.7%	2.7×	8	+9.8%
44	Chongqing Jiaotong UniversityChina	40.0	11.3%	10.8×	15	+117.2%
45	National University of SingaporeSingapore	38.7	15.8%	1.3×	12	-3.7%
46	Polytechnic University of BariItaly	38.5	9.7%	13.5×	12	-9.6%
47	KU LeuvenBelgium	37.6	15.0%	2.4×	17	-20.9%
48	City University of Hong KongChina	37.2	18.4%	2.2×	9	-37.8%
49	Ghent UniversityBelgium	37.0	28.1%	1.8×	10	-40.4%
50	Nanchang Hangkong UniversityChina	36.3	8.1%	17.9×	16	+28.2%
51	Indian Institute of Technology DhanbadIndia	34.7	12.2%	11.3×	17	-51.8%
52	Shijiazhuang Tiedao UniversityChina	33.1	5.6%	17.1×	12	+48.6%
53	King Abdullah University of Science and TechnologySaudi Arabia	32.6	6.7%	4.0×	8	+72.1%
54	ETH ZurichSwitzerland	31.4	10.5%	2.0×	10	-6.5%
55	University College LondonUnited Kingdom	22.6	8.6%	0.9×	11	-12.5%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation, country by country

Is Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.038% in 2024.

Fractional works of Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation 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.

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

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Which countries lead Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation research?

By volume, 2022-now

Who are the leading researchers in Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation?

What are the most cited papers in Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation?

Where is Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where is the best place to study Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation?

Is Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

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