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Video Coding and Compression Technologies

Video Coding and Compression Technologies is a research topic within Signal Processing. Science Explorer counts 19k research works in it since 1951. 13.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers encompasses advancements in video coding standards and techniques, including H.264/AVC, High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC), Scalable Video Coding, motion estimation algorithms, depth image-based rendering for 3D-TV, and error resilience techniques. It also involves rate-distortion analysis, transform coding, and the application of video coding in various contexts such as wireless transmission and virtual reality.

  • Video Coding
  • H.264/AVC
  • High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC)
  • Scalable Video Coding
  • Motion Estimation
  • Rate-Distortion Analysis
  • Depth Image-Based Rendering
  • 3D-TV
  • Error Resilience
  • Transform Coding
Research works
19k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
2.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
13.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-36%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Video Coding and Compression Technologies research?

By volume, China and the United States publish the most (570 and 146 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 China 570 works
  2. 2 United States 146 works
  3. 3 India 122 works
  4. 4 South Korea 74 works
  5. 5 Japan 59 works
  6. 6 Germany 49 works
  7. 7 Brazil 46 works
  8. 8 France 43 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 40 works
  10. 10 Taiwan 39 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: 48.0%United States: 12.3%India: 10.3%South Korea: 6.2%6 others listed: 23.2%48%largest
China570 · 48.0%United States146 · 12.3%India122 · 10.3%South Korea74 · 6.2%6 others listed276 · 23.2%

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

Which institutions lead Video Coding and Compression Technologies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Peking University publishes the most Video Coding and Compression Technologies research, followed by Shanghai Jiao Tong University and University of Science and Technology of China.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Peking UniversityChina 34 works
  2. 2 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 24 works
  3. 3 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 22 works
  4. 4 Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 22 works
  5. 5 Universidade Federal de PelotasBrazil 17 works
  6. 6 Xidian UniversityChina 15 works
  7. 7 Tsinghua UniversityChina 14 works
  8. 8 Peng Cheng LaboratoryChina 14 works
  9. 9 University of KlagenfurtAustria 13 works
  10. 10 Zhengzhou University of Light IndustryChina 12 works

Who are the leading researchers in Video Coding and Compression Technologies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Video Coding and Compression Technologies include Robert W. Heath.

  1. 1 Robert W. Heath United States 7.1k citations

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

Where is Video Coding and Compression Technologies research done?

The largest centres of Video Coding and Compression Technologies research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Shenzhen (China) and Seoul (South Korea). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Pelotas and Shenzhen.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 145 works
  2. 2 Shanghai China 62 works
  3. 3 Shenzhen China 48 works
  4. 4 Seoul South Korea 44 works
  5. 5 Xi'an China 36 works
  6. 6 Tokyo Japan 29 works
  7. 7 Hefei China 27 works
  8. 8 Nanjing China 24 works
  9. 9 Hong Kong China 23 works
  10. 10 Hangzhou China 22 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. PelotasBR · 20.0 works45×
  2. ShenzhenCN · 48.3 works9.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Video Coding and Compression Technologies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Video Coding and Compression Technologies?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Science and Technology of China, Peking University and City University of Hong Kong 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%mean 13.26%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Science and Technology of China: 22, 23.8%Peking University: 34, 14.1%City University of Hong Kong: 11, 14.4%Shanghai Jiao Tong University: 24, 19.8%University of Klagenfurt: 13, 15.8%Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications: 22, 8.0%Sungkyunkwan University: 11, 15.5%Zhengzhou University of Light Industry: 12, 2.8%Universidade Federal de Pelotas: 17, 5.0%Shenzhen University: 10, 13.4%University of Scienc…Shanghai Jiao Tong U…City University of H…Peking University
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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
1 University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 73.323.8%12.5×22 -6.1%
2 Peking UniversityChina 65.714.1%14.7×34 -24.3%
3 City University of Hong KongHong Kong 58.714.4%12.5×11 -5.3%
4 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 57.419.8%7.3×24 -11.2%
5 University of KlagenfurtAustria 53.715.8%116.2×13 -54.4%
6 Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 50.18.0%23.9×22 -9.6%
7 Sungkyunkwan UniversitySouth Korea 50.015.5%13.2×11 -52.9%
8 Zhengzhou University of Light IndustryChina 46.22.8%50.4×12 +197.9%
9 Universidade Federal de PelotasBrazil 45.45.0%45.9×17 +27.8%
10 Shenzhen UniversityChina 44.713.4%8.6×10 +32.3%

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 Video Coding and Compression Technologies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2002.

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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.