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Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems

Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems is a research topic within Ocean Engineering. Science Explorer counts 41k research works in it since 1950. 18.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the research challenges, advancements, and applications in underwater acoustic sensor networks and communication. It covers topics such as propagation models, AUV navigation, localization techniques, energy-efficient routing, underwater gliders, autonomous underwater vehicles, and wireless sensor networks for oceanographic research.

  • Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks
  • Acoustic Communications
  • Underwater Gliders
  • Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
  • Localization Techniques
  • Wireless Sensor Networks
  • Channel Models
  • Energy-Efficient Routing
  • Underwater Robotics
  • Oceanographic Research
Research works
41k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
7.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
18.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+24%
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Which countries lead Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (4.4k and 926 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 4.4k works
  2. 2 United States 926 works
  3. 3 India 702 works
  4. 4 Japan 301 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 246 works
  6. 6 South Korea 235 works
  7. 7 Italy 198 works
  8. 8 Germany 155 works
  9. 9 France 139 works
  10. 10 Russia 139 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: 59.4%United States: 12.4%India: 9.4%Japan: 4.0%6 others listed: 14.9%59%largest
China4,440 · 59.4%United States926 · 12.4%India702 · 9.4%Japan301 · 4.0%6 others listed1,112 · 14.9%

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

Which institutions lead Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Harbin Engineering University publishes the most Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems research, followed by Northwestern Polytechnical University and Zhejiang University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Harbin Engineering University China 261 works
  2. 2 Northwestern Polytechnical University China 177 works
  3. 3 Zhejiang University China 104 works
  4. 4 Dalian Maritime University China 101 works
  5. 5 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China 89 works
  6. 6 Ocean University of China China 85 works
  7. 7 Tianjin University China 82 works
  8. 8 Chinese Academy of Sciences China 75 works
  9. 9 Harbin Institute of Technology China 74 works
  10. 10 National University of Defense Technology China 68 works

Who are the leading researchers in Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems include H. Vincent Poor, Ian F. Akyildiz and Rui Zhang.

  1. 1 H. Vincent Poor 9.5k citations
  2. 2 Ian F. Akyildiz 8.2k citations
  3. 3 Rui Zhang 6k citations
  4. 4 Deborah Estrin 5.9k citations
  5. 5 Mohamed‐Slim Alouini 5.9k citations
  6. 6 Zhu Han 4.7k citations
  7. 7 Dusit Niyato 4.5k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems research done?

The largest centres of Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Harbin (China), Xi'an (China) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Falmouth, Zhoushan and Sanya.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 693 works
  2. 2 Harbin China 359 works
  3. 3 Xi'an China 318 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 304 works
  5. 5 Wuhan China 271 works
  6. 6 Nanjing China 235 works
  7. 7 Hangzhou China 215 works
  8. 8 Qingdao China 200 works
  9. 9 Dalian China 171 works
  10. 10 Tianjin China 146 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. FalmouthUS · 22.9 works38×
  2. ZhoushanCN · 53.9 works30×
  3. SanyaCN · 29.1 works18×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems?

Among universities, judged by research, Dalian Maritime University, Zhejiang Ocean University and Harbin Engineering University 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.

0%10%20%30%mean 23.72%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Dalian Maritime University: 101, 25.9%Zhejiang Ocean University: 50, 17.8%Harbin Engineering University: 261, 22.7%Northwestern Polytechnical University: 177, 22.3%Hainan University: 31, 22.9%Norwegian University of Science and Technology: 34, 27.5%Ocean University of China: 84, 21.0%Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen: 15, 26.8%National University of Defense Technology: 68, 23.9%Sanya University: 18, 26.4%Dalian Maritime Univ…Harbin Engineering U…Northwestern Polytec…Zhejiang Ocean Unive…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Dalian Maritime University China 66.825.9%30.4×101 +131.0%
2Zhejiang Ocean University China 62.517.8%33.8×50 +193.3%
3Harbin Engineering University China 61.922.7%55.3×261 -12.5%
4Northwestern Polytechnical University China 59.022.3%17.1×177 -29.3%
5Hainan University China 57.422.9%7.9×31 +421.3%
6Norwegian University of Science and Technology Norway 57.027.5%7.0×34 +109.0%
7Ocean University of China China 55.221.0%18.5×84 -10.7%
8Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen China 53.826.8%9.0×15
9National University of Defense Technology China 53.423.9%9.6×68 -4.5%
10Sanya University China 53.426.4%16.3×18

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 Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems.

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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.