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% the tick is no change
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 China 4.4k works
- 2 United States 926 works
- 3 India 702 works
- 4 Japan 301 works
- 5 United Kingdom 246 works
- 6 South Korea 235 works
- 7 Italy 198 works
- 8 Germany 155 works
- 9 France 139 works
- 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.
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 Harbin Engineering UniversityChina 261 works
- 2 Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina 177 works
- 3 Zhejiang UniversityChina 104 works
- 4 Dalian Maritime UniversityChina 101 works
- 5 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 89 works
- 6 Ocean University of ChinaChina 85 works
- 7 Tianjin UniversityChina 82 works
- 8 Chinese Academy of SciencesChina 75 works
- 9 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 74 works
- 10 National University of Defense TechnologyChina 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 H. Vincent Poor United States 9.5k citations
- 2 Ian F. Akyildiz United States 8.2k citations
- 3 Rui Zhang Singapore 6k citations
- 4 Deborah Estrin United States 5.9k citations
- 5 Mohamed‐Slim Alouini Saudi Arabia 5.9k citations
- 6 Zhu Han United States 4.7k citations
- 7 Dusit Niyato Singapore 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
Where it is the local speciality
- FalmouthUS · 22.9 works38×
- ZhoushanCN · 53.9 works30×
- SanyaCN · 29.1 works18×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems than the world average.
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.
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 | Dalian Maritime UniversityChina | 66.8 | 25.9% | 30.4× | 101 | +131.0% |
| 2 | Zhejiang Ocean UniversityChina | 62.5 | 17.8% | 33.8× | 50 | +193.3% |
| 3 | Harbin Engineering UniversityChina | 61.9 | 22.7% | 55.3× | 261 | -12.5% |
| 4 | Northwestern Polytechnical UniversityChina | 59.0 | 22.3% | 17.1× | 177 | -29.3% |
| 5 | Hainan UniversityChina | 57.4 | 22.9% | 7.9× | 31 | +421.3% |
| 6 | Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNorway | 57.0 | 27.5% | 7.0× | 34 | +109.0% |
| 7 | Ocean University of ChinaChina | 55.2 | 21.0% | 18.5× | 84 | -10.7% |
| 8 | Chinese University of Hong Kong, ShenzhenChina | 53.8 | 26.8% | 9.0× | 15 | — |
| 9 | National University of Defense TechnologyChina | 53.4 | 23.9% | 9.6× | 68 | -4.5% |
| 10 | Sanya UniversityChina | 53.4 | 26.4% | 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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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.