Top institutions for Optoelectronics & Photonics

274 institutions · Optoelectronics & Photonics

Which institutions have the most top-cited scientists in Optoelectronics & Photonics?

3,046 researchers whose main subfield is Optoelectronics & Photonics are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list. Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications has the most (35, 1.1%), followed by Huazhong University of Science and Technology (31) and Nokia Bell Labs (29). A row opens its scientists in the subfield in the table of all authors.

#InstitutionCountryListed authorsTop 100kHighest-ranked author
1Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications China351Wang, Danshi #89,322
2Huazhong University of Science and Technology China312Zhang, Cheng #52,267
3Nokia Bell Labs United States293Winzer, Peter J. #7,377
4College of Engineering United States241Weiner, Andrew M. #8,141
5California Institute of Technology United States244Yariv, Amnon Zalman #14,997
6University of Electronic Science and Technology of China China221Rao, Yunjiang Rao #12,709
7University of Southampton United Kingdom212Poletti, Francesco #8,928
8The University of Arizona United States212Djordjevic, Ivan B. #23,188
9University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China211Li, Lin #36,322
10Tsinghua University China213Feng, Xue #48,842
11Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory United States202Suratwala, Tayyab I. #74,505
12Technical University of Denmark Denmark201Oxenløwe, Leif Katsuo #76,349
13Shanghai Jiao Tong University China182He, Zuyuan #50,357
14Fudan University China172Chi, Nan #47,020
15National University of Defense Technology China China171Zhou, Pu #86,091
16Tianjin University China170Liu, Kun #233,501
17Beihang University China160Sun, Mingjie #187,218
18The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong150Jin, Wei #111,256
19NASA Goddard Space Flight Center United States150Rauscher, Bernard J. #127,467
20Shenzhen University China150Peng, Xiang #176,662
21Nanjing University of Science and Technology China143Zuo, Chao #12,581
22Universiteit Gent Belgium143Bogaerts, Wim #24,854
23Peking University China143Chang, Lin #57,730
24Politecnico di Milano Italy140Melloni, Andrea Ivano #163,869
25Massachusetts Institute of Technology United States122Soljačić, Marin #16,220
26Shandong University China120Huang, Weiping #113,399
27Ginzton Laboratory United States114Fan, Shanhui #360
28National Institute of Information and Communications Technology Japan111Toyoshima, Morio #36,582
29Zhejiang University China112He, Sailing #59,722
30Technische Universiteit Eindhoven Netherlands112Koonen, A. M.J.(Ton) #62,897
31Sun Yat-Sen University China111Yu, Siyuan #66,904
32China Jiliang University China112Li, Jiusheng #71,258
33National Institute of Standards and Technology United States110Aksyuk, Vladimir A. #359,621
34Aston University United Kingdom101Turitsyn, Sergei K. #28,961
35Guangdong University of Technology China101Long, Jiangyou #98,665
36Beijing Jiaotong University China100Li, Jing #298,168
37École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Switzerland92Shea, Herbert R. #44,149
38Jinan University China91Guo, Tuan #47,572
39ETH Zürich Switzerland91Leuthold, Juerg #51,910
40Karlsruher Institut für Technologie Germany92Pfleging, Wilhelm #61,794
41Politecnico di Bari Italy90Spagnolo, Vincenzo L. #126,903
42University of Science and Technology of China China90Fang, Shi #186,085
43Beijing Institute of Technology China90Zhang, Shuailong #219,844
44Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Italy90De Stefano, Luca D. #222,029
45Sant'Anna Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pisa Italy90Pintus, Paolo #243,896
46Beijing University of Technology China90Wang, Pu #375,459
47Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences United States82Capasso, Federico #1,515
48Xiamen University China82Bin, Xu #10,034
49City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong82Wang, Cheng #18,793
50Politecnico di Torino Italy82Poggiolini, P. T. #34,767
51Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Israel81Kaminer, Ido E. #79,659
52University College London United Kingdom81Seeds, Alwyn J. #82,308
53Nankai University China81Chin, See Leang #87,234
54National Reseach Council of Italy (CNR), Institute of Applied Sciences and Intelligent Systems “Eduardo Caianiello” Italy81Ferraro, Pietro #87,375
55California NanoSystems Institute United States80Jarrahi, Mona #125,784
56Universidade de Aveiro Portugal80Guiomar, Fernando Pedro #218,833
57Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece80Zografopoulos, Dimitrios C. #264,424
58Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre Belgium80Van Campenhout, Joris #264,610
59Key Laboratory of Specialty Fiber Optics and Optical Access Networks China80Wei, Heming #274,877
60Yanshan University China80Li, Shuguang #327,032
61National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University Taiwan71Chow, Chiwai #33,162
62The University of Tokyo Japan72Kikuchi, Kazuro #41,441
63University of Central Florida United States71Andrews, Larry C. #43,996
64School of Engineering and Applied Science United States72Prucnal, Paul R. #45,748
65National Research Council Canada Canada71Mihailov, Stephen J. #63,164
66Harbin Institute of Technology China71Dong, Yongkang #76,236
67King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Saudi Arabia71Ooi, Boon S. #89,412
68Dalian University of Technology China71Zhao, Xuefeng #95,218
69University of Strathclyde United Kingdom70Culshaw, Brian #130,180
70Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China China70Yan, Lianshan #158,018
71Soochow University China70Yang, Lijun #184,649
72NTT Network Innovation Laboratories Japan70Sasai, Takeo #219,141
73U.S. Naval Research Laboratory United States70Dandridge, Anthony D. #230,855
74Politechnika Warszawska Poland61Butt, Muhammad A. #1,921
75College of Optical Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University China62Dai, Daoxin #4,280
76University of California, Santa Barbara United States62Bowers, John Edward #8,164
77Northeastern University United States63Zhao, Yong #11,725
78National University of Singapore Singapore62Hong, Minghui #53,468
79Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology South Korea61Song, Young-min #64,105
80Chalmers University of Technology Sweden61Karlsson, Magnus Desaix #69,396
81University of Oxford United Kingdom61Bhaskaran, Harish #72,431
82University of Shanghai for Science and Technology China61Zhang, Dawei #76,661
83The University of British Columbia Canada61Chrostowski, Lukas #82,286
84Centre Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications Canada61Azaña, José #88,323
85NEC Laboratories America, Inc. United States61Ip, Ezra M. #92,456
86The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering United States60Moody, Galan A. #104,540
87University of Pittsburgh United States60Ohodnicki, Paul R. #120,476
88Chongqing University China60Zhu, Tao #127,781
89Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University Ukraine60Angelsky, Oleg V. #137,852
90USC Viterbi School of Engineering United States60Khajavikhan, Mercedeh M. #142,620
91Nanjing University China60Zhang, Xuping #151,776
92Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna Poland60Martyniuk, P. Marcin #168,075
93Northwest University China60Qiao, Xueguang #169,764
94Universität Stuttgart Germany60Rademacher, Georg #171,625
95Université McGill Canada60Chagnon, Mathieu #186,154
96National Taiwan University Taiwan60Lin, Gong-Ru #204,211
97Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Telecomunicazioni Italy60Ghelfi, Paolo #322,570
98Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico United States60Luk, Tingshan #325,207
99Stanford Engineering United States60Ahn, Geun-ho #333,579
100University of Ottawa Canada53Yao, Jianping #4,051
101Microsoft Azure Fiber United Kingdom51Richards, David J.W. #12,100
102Université Laval Canada51Maldague, Xavier P.V. #26,726
103Harbin Engineering University China51Yuan, Libo Boo #41,016
104UW College of Engineering United States51Majumdar, Arka #61,596
105Jiangsu University China51Li, Cai #85,087
106Universiti Malaya Malaysia51Ahmad, H. Bin #85,469
107Google LLC United States50Zhou, Xiang #103,947
108Oak Ridge National Laboratory United States50Rathod, Vivek T. #116,684
109Michigan Engineering United States50Wang, Danhao #122,032
110University of Melbourne Australia50Tucker, Rodney Stuart T. #130,544
111Università degli Studi di Padova Italy50Schenato, Luca #133,897
112Hunan University China50Wen, Shuangchun Chuan #138,205
113Università degli Studi di Pavia Italy50Donati, Silvano #142,425
114Xi'an Jiaotong University China50Chen, Feng #144,655
115University of Waterloo Canada50Strickland, Donna #155,607
116Southern University of Science and Technology China50Shao, Liyang #156,959
117Tyndall National Institute Ireland50Townsend, Paul D. #176,523
118South China Normal University China50Xing, Da #195,782
119Vrije Universiteit Brussel Belgium50van der Sande, Guy #231,679
120Keio University Japan50Ota, Yasutomo #239,515
121Université Paris-Saclay France50Vivien, L. Lv #244,729
122Air Force Research Laboratory United States50Goldstein, Dennis H. #247,892
123Changchun University of Science and Technology China50Shi, Yan #327,845
124Hebei Key Laboratory of Advanced Laser Technology and Equipment China50Li, Yunfei #393,929
125College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Harbin Engineering University China50Zhang, Yaxun #409,023
126Purple Mountain Laboratory China50Zhu, Min #434,936
127Lovely Professional University India50Gupta, Naveen Kumar #445,817
128Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen China50Wang, Jiawei #461,945
129Molinaroli College of Engineering and Computing United States41Giurgiutiu, Victor #11,102
130RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics Japan41Sugioka, Koji #12,499
131University of California, Davis United States41Yoo, S. J.Ben #23,074
132Guangdong and Hong Kong Joint Research Centre for Optical Fibre Sensors China41Wang, Yiping #23,146
133CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France41Fabbro, Rémy #24,787
134Kyoto University Japan41Noda, Susumu #26,593
135University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) United States43Shih, Yanhua #31,122
136Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover Germany41Chichkov, Boris N. #40,694
137Universitat Politècnica de València Spain41Capmany, José #46,353
138Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics China41Pan, Shilong #57,078
139Harbin University of Science and Technology China41Yao, Jianquan #64,091
140Università degli Studi dell'Aquila Italy41Mecozzi, A. #67,839
141The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Sweden41Steinhauer, Stephan #80,164
142Stanford University United States41Siegman, Anthony E. #85,798
143Cornell University College of Engineering United States41Wang, Tianyu #98,887
144Penn State College of Engineering United States40Lakhtakia, Akhlesh #107,855
145Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong40Tsang, Honki #108,791
146Sapienza Università di Roma Italy40Bonifazi, Giuseppe #111,196
147College of Engineering and Computing United States40Huang, Jie #112,070
148Institut für Photonische Technologien Germany40Čižmár, Tomáš #114,844
149Cockrell School of Engineering United States40Guo, Cheng #117,469
150Raytheon United States40Daum, Fred E. #125,580
151Trinity College Dublin Ireland40Hess, Ortwin G. #139,929
152Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia Italy40Ciracì, Cristian #140,620
153University of Nottingham United Kingdom40Seddon, Angela B. #145,875
154Hewlett Packard Enterprise United States40Beausoleil, Raymond G. #147,747
155Università degli studi di Bari Aldo Moro Italy40Patimisco, Pietro #166,803
156Institute of Science Tokyo Japan40Nakamura, Kentaro #169,124
157Universidad de Cantabria Spain40López Higuera, José M. #175,626
158Wuhan University of Technology China40Yang, Minghong #184,037
159Bangor University United Kingdom40Faruk, Md Saifuddin #188,635
160Universität Duisburg-Essen Germany40von der Linde, Dietrich D. #201,790
161Huawei Technologies Deutschland GmbH Germany40Peev, Momtchil K. #210,033
162University of Dayton School of Engineering United States40Hardie, Russell Craig #211,798
163UCLA Samueli School of Engineering United States40Bai, Bijie #223,599
164Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics Chinese Academy of Sciences China40Gan, Fuxin Xi #227,205
165Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications China40Zhu, Long #232,024
166Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Spain40Staliunas, K. #243,797
167Technische Universität München Germany40Amann, Markus Christian #244,505
168Taiyuan University of Technology China40Wang, Yuncai #248,835
169Nexus Photonics United States40Komljenović, Tin #256,471
170College of Electronic Science & Engineering China40Song, Junfeng #268,279
171Pengcheng Laboratory China40Li, Xinghui #268,440
172Macquarie University Australia40Town, Graham E. #272,497
173MIT School of Engineering United States40Zhang, Yifei #275,571
174National Taipei University of Technology Taiwan40Wang, Tzyy Jiann #277,609
175Guilin University of Electronic Technology China40Teng, Chuanxin #294,473
176Lincoln Laboratory United States40Manolakis, Dimitris G. #316,200
177National Cheng Kung University Taiwan40Lo, Yu-Lung #324,107
178Xi'an Institute of Posts and Telecommunications China40Li, Lu #331,950
179Indian Institute of Technology Bombay India40Saxena, Sumit #337,987
180International Research Center for Advanced Photonics of Zhejiang University China40Xie, Yiwei #353,179
181University of Warsaw Poland40Buczyński, Ryszard #365,884
182Inc United States40Brueck, Steven R.J. #381,250
183P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences Russia40Kudryashov, Sergey I. #391,008
184Institute of Semiconductors Chinese Academy of Sciences China40Lin, Xuechun #418,147
185University of Allahabad India40Verma, Rajneesh K. #450,187
186KDDI Research, Inc. Japan40Soma, Daiki #454,238
187Universidade Estadual de Campinas Brazil40Fujiwara, Eric #481,212
188National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Japan40Ikeda, Kazuhiro #484,862
189Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik Germany40Wenzel, Hans #490,498
190Hefei University of Technology China40Ma, Mengchao #493,769
191University of Science and Technology Beijing China40Zhou, Xian #527,054
192Indian Institute of Technology Delhi India40Dhawan, Anuj #556,400
193University of Toronto Canada40Helmy, Amr Saher #557,976
194Fraunhofer-Institut für Nachrichtentechnik Heinrich-Hertz-Institut Germany40Runge, Patrick #720,564
195University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg South Africa31Forbes, Andrew #2,727
196The University of Adelaide Australia31Abbott, Derek A. #12,988
197Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation India31Kumar, Santosh #13,802
198Queen’s University Canada32Shastri, Bhavin J. #35,120
199Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Spectral Imaging & Intelligent Sense China31Chen, Qian #42,833
200The Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics at University of Maryland United States32Chembo, Yanne Kouomou #43,407
201Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University Bangladesh31Ahmed, Kawsar M. #49,668
202Hebei University of Technology China31Zhang, Zhonghua #56,399
203University of the Punjab Pakistan31Arshed, Saima #68,654
204Brookhaven National Laboratory United States31Polyanskiy, Mikhail N. #69,398
205Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT Germany31Poprawe, Reinhart #73,509
206Pratt School of Engineering United States31Lynch, Jerome Peter #79,320
207Heriot-Watt University United Kingdom31Chen, Xianzhong #80,644
208Ltd. China31Chang-Hasnain, Connie J.H. #84,188
209Texas A&M University United States31Cohen, Leon H. #93,387
210College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering China31Duan, Ji'an #97,688
211Shenzhen Technology University China30Ning, Cunzheng #102,895
212Corning Incorporated United States30Li, Ming Jun #103,553
213Saint Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics University ITMO Russia30Bogdanov, Andrei Andreyevich #104,111
214Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light Germany30Del’Haye, Pascal #113,359
215Westlake University China30Shieh, William #116,998
216Huawei Technologies France France30Pointurier, Yvan #127,396
217The University of North Carolina at Charlotte United States30Tyson, Robert K. #128,525
218Universidade do Porto Portugal30Teodoro, Ana C. #141,835
219Northwestern University United States30Jacobsen, Chris J. #142,388
220The University of Sydney Australia30Leon-Saval, Sergio G. #149,075
221Optics Valley Laboratory China30Zhou, Hailong #149,546
222Boston University United States30Bifano, Thomas G. #149,658
223Southwest Jiaotong University China30Zou, Xiahua #150,832
224Institute of Optics and Electronics Chinese Academy of Sciences China30Zhang, Fei #152,439
225East China Normal University China30Chen, Yang #154,675
226College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University China30Lin, Hongtao #155,045
227Laboratoire de Photonique d'Angers France30Leblond, Hervé #173,579
228Oregon State University United States30Ostroverkhova, Oksana #178,188
229Cyprus University of Technology Cyprus30Hadjimitsis, Diofantos Glafkou #194,220
230Università degli Studi del Sannio Italy30Cusano, Andrea M. #199,474
231The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong30Yang, Yi #201,733
232State Key Laboratory of Integrated Services Networks China30Xiang, Shuiying #209,082
233ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center China30Gao, Fei #222,499
234Parthenope University of Naples Italy30Esposito, Flavio #227,573
235Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Instytut Maszyn Przepływowych im. Roberta Szewalskiego Poland30Soman, Rohan N. #230,641
236Nanyang Technological University Singapore30Zhang, Hui #235,030
237Centre d'Optique, Photonique et Laser Canada30Shi, Wei #243,635
238Zhejiang Lab China30Du, Qingyang #247,269
239Ningbo University China30DAI, Shixun Xun #255,582
240Universidad de Alcalá Spain30Fernández-Ruiz, María Del Rosario #281,068
241Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Optik und Feinmechanik in Jena Germany30Kaiser, Norbert #282,409
242School of Physics, Harbin Institute of Technology China30Liu, Zhengjun #292,834
243Infinera Corporation United States30Napoli, Antonio #298,781
244University of Maryland, College Park United States30Moille, Gregory T. #305,625
245Mirpur University of Science and Technology Pakistan30Tariq, Kalim U. #326,341
246Xi'an Shiyou University China30Fu, Haiwei #329,551
247Jet Propulsion Laboratory United States30Ting, David Z.Y. #335,077
248Xi'an University of Technology China30Ke, Xizheng #342,976
249Key Laboratory of Opto-Electronic Information Acquisition and Manipulation(Anhui University), Ministry of Education China30Zhou, Sheng #346,618
250Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University Saudi Arabia30Elsayed, Khaled Abdelsabour #376,984
251SRI International United States30Carder, Kendall L. #392,616
252Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli Italy30Minardo, Aldo #420,702
253Institute of Scientific Instruments of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Czechia30Zeḿanek, Pavel #425,615
254Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China China30Chen, Jianyu #444,739
255Hainan University China30Zhou, Zhi #449,320
256Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences China30Li, Guanhai #452,283
257Dalian Maritime University China30Dong, Lili #452,363
258Qilu University of Technology China30Wang, Zhongmiin Min #457,185
259Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology China30Liu, Huanhuan #459,267
260University of Bristol United Kingdom30Dimitra Simeonidou, Dimitra E. #459,755
261Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -Prüfung Germany30Krebber, Katerina #460,538
262Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics China30Shi, Dongfeng #465,517
263Chinese Academy of Sciences China30Liu, Huagang #487,142
264University of Cambridge United Kingdom30Wilkinson, Timothy David #502,528
265Yonsei University South Korea30Lee, Myung-jae #509,992
266Cranfield University United Kingdom30Hodgkinson, Jane #517,477
267Imperial College London United Kingdom30Syms, Richard R.A. #541,320
268Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica Italy30Clivati, Cecilia #546,318
269University of Glasgow United Kingdom30Sweeney, Stephen John #552,650
270Centre Tecnológic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya Spain30Munoz, Raul #558,426
271Wenzhou University China30Li, Zhihong #586,140
272Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) Germany30Ulanov, Alexander E. #662,064
273Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas Greece30Tasolamprou, Anna C. #704,867
274Institute of Photonics and Electronics of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic Czechia30Peterka, Pavel #902,646