Wireless Body Area Networks
Wireless Body Area Networks is a research topic within Biomedical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 25k research works in it since 1950. 17.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the use of Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs) in healthcare, covering topics such as implantable antennas, health monitoring, security and privacy of implantable medical devices, intrabody communication, MAC protocols, biotelemetry, channel modeling, and wearable sensors.
- Wireless Body Area Networks
- Implantable Antennas
- Health Monitoring
- Security and Privacy
- Implantable Medical Devices
- Intrabody Communication
- MAC Protocols
- Biotelemetry
- Channel Modeling
- Wearable Sensors
- Research works
- 25k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 4.4k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 17.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +22% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Wireless Body Area Networks research?
By volume, India and China publish the most (1.5k and 1.1k works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 India 1.5k works
- 2 China 1.1k works
- 3 United States 621 works
- 4 Japan 229 works
- 5 South Korea 213 works
- 6 Italy 204 works
- 7 United Kingdom 198 works
- 8 Germany 163 works
- 9 France 128 works
- 10 Canada 117 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 Wireless Body Area Networks research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Vellore Institute of Technology University publishes the most Wireless Body Area Networks research, followed by Saveetha University and Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia 50 works
- 2 Saveetha UniversityIndia 49 works
- 3 Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina 35 works
- 4 University of Electronic Science and Technology of ChinaChina 34 works
- 5 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 34 works
- 6 Southeast UniversityChina 30 works
- 7 Chitkara UniversityIndia 28 works
- 8 Xidian UniversityChina 28 works
- 9 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina 27 works
- 10 Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 27 works
Who are the leading researchers in Wireless Body Area Networks?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Wireless Body Area Networks include Ian F. Akyildiz, Luca Benini and Dusit Niyato.
- 1 Ian F. Akyildiz United States 8.2k citations
- 2 Luca Benini Italy 4.6k citations
- 3 Dusit Niyato Singapore 4.5k citations
- 4 Andreas F. Molisch United States 4.3k citations
- 5 Mérouane Debbah France 4.3k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Wireless Body Area Networks research done?
The largest centres of Wireless Body Area Networks research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Chennai (India), Seoul (South Korea) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Oulu and Vijayawada.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- OuluFI · 26.8 works14×
- VijayawadaIN · 34.4 works12×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Wireless Body Area Networks than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Wireless Body Area Networks?
Among universities, judged by research, Vellore Institute of Technology University, Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology and Karunya 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 | Vellore Institute of Technology UniversityIndia | 67.5 | 21.9% | 7.9× | 50 | +591.2% |
| 2 | Chittagong University of Engineering & TechnologyBangladesh | 65.1 | 54.0% | 18.6× | 10 | — |
| 3 | Karunya UniversityIndia | 64.8 | 31.2% | 15.4× | 14 | +318.3% |
| 4 | Chitkara UniversityIndia | 62.7 | 29.1% | 11.3× | 28 | — |
| 5 | Vel Tech Rangarajan Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia | 59.5 | 8.1% | 17.9× | 27 | +312.1% |
| 6 | Saveetha UniversityIndia | 57.7 | 18.0% | 7.9× | 49 | — |
| 7 | Koneru Lakshmaiah Education FoundationIndia | 57.0 | 24.8% | 11.4× | 21 | — |
| 8 | Technical University of Malaysia MalaccaMalaysia | 55.8 | 24.0% | 14.6× | 10 | +114.8% |
| 9 | Beijing University of Posts and TelecommunicationsChina | 55.2 | 13.7% | 8.8× | 35 | +96.5% |
| 10 | Thapar Institute of Engineering & TechnologyIndia | 54.8 | 17.2% | 11.3× | 12 | +498.7% |
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 Wireless Body Area Networks research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 22% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Wireless Body Area Networks.
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.