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Altera (United Kingdom)

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Research works
68
▲ 102% vs 2018-21
Citations
563
8.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
10%
world 40%
International
38%
world 18%
Altera (United Kingdom)

Not ranked overall: Altera (United Kingdom) is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Altera (United Kingdom) work in?

In all years, 88% of research at Altera (United Kingdom) is in Physical Sciences, 8% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (51%), Engineering (34%), Health Professions (2%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 60 fractional works · 88.0% of its workComputer Science: 35 fractional works · 50.9% of its workHardware and Architecture: 16 fractional works · 23.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 8 fractional works · 11.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 6.3% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 24 fractional works · 34.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 20 fractional works · 28.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 7.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAltera (UnitedKingdom)68fractional works, all years
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences88%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences8%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science3550.9%
    2. Engineering2434.4%
    3. Physics and Astronomy11.4%
    4. Chemistry00.6%
    5. Environmental Science00.3%
    6. Materials Science00.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting11.9%
    2. Social Sciences11.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.7%
    4. Decision Sciences11.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.5%
    6. Psychology00.2%
    1. Health Professions12.1%
    2. Medicine11.3%
    3. Dentistry00.3%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    3. Neuroscience00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Neuroscience: 1.06× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 3.83× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 4.66× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 2.27× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 6.22× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 1.33× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy6.22×1 works
  2. Computer Science4.66×2 works
  3. Chemistry3.83×0 works
  4. Engineering2.27×2 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.33×0 works
  6. Neuroscience1.06×0 works
  7. Environmental Science0.35×0 works
  8. Materials Science0.21×0 works
  9. Social Sciences0.21×0 works
  10. Medicine0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Altera (United Kingdom)?

Ranked on the quality score, Shahin Gheitanchi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Altera (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 Shahin Gheitanchi United Kingdom · #2,740,482 worldwide 369 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Altera (United Kingdom)

What are the most cited papers from Altera (United Kingdom)?

The most cited paper from Altera (United Kingdom) is "Theory of intermodal four-wave mixing with random linear mode coupling in few-mode fibers" (Yuzhe Xiao, René-Jean Essiambre, Marc Desgroseilliers et al., 2014), with 122 citations. Next come "Concurrent Linearization: The State of the Art for Modeling and Linearization of Multiband Power Amplifiers" (72) and "Floating-Point DSP Block Architecture for FPGAs" (55).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Theory of intermodal four-wave mixing with random linear mode coupling in few-mode fibers Yuzhe Xiao, René-Jean Essiambre, Marc Desgroseilliers et al. · Optics Express Open access 19 Dec 2014 122
2 Concurrent Linearization: The State of the Art for Modeling and Linearization of Multiband Power Amplifiers Patrick Roblin, Christophe Quindroit, Naveen Naraharisetti et al. · IEEE Microwave Magazine Nov 2013 72
3 Floating-Point DSP Block Architecture for FPGAs Martin Langhammer, Bogdan Pasca Conference paper 10 Feb 2015 55
4 Floating point datapath synthesis for FPGAs Martin Langhammer Conference paper 2008 53
5 Efficient Least-Squares 2-D-Cubic Spline for Concurrent Dual-Band Systems Naveen Naraharisetti, Patrick Roblin, Christophe Quindroit et al. · IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques 12 Jun 2015 46
All 66 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Altera (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: FPGA, Embedded Systems, High-Level Synthesis, Reconfigurable Computing, CMOS Technology, High-Performance Computing, Floating-Point Arithmetic and Interval Analysis.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. FPGA10▲ 170×2 topics
  2. Embedded Systems7▲ 113×2 topics
  3. High-Level Synthesis6▲ 224×1 topic
  4. Reconfigurable Computing6▲ 200×1 topic
  5. CMOS Technology6▲ 76×4 topics
  6. Floating-Point Arithmetic6▲ 553×1 topic
  7. High-Performance Computing6▲ 62×2 topics
  8. Interval Analysis6▲ 553×1 topic
  9. Power Optimization6▲ 150×2 topics
  10. Parallel Computing6▲ 45×1 topic
  11. Performance Optimization6▲ 79×1 topic
  12. Low-Power5▲ 114×2 topics
  13. Energy Efficiency5▲ 9.4×4 topics
  14. Process Variation5▲ 70×2 topics
  15. Approximate Computing4▲ 205×1 topic
  16. CMOS Design4▲ 217×2 topics
  17. VLSI Circuits4▲ 205×1 topic
  18. Fault Tolerance4▲ 25×4 topics
  19. Embedded Cores3▲ 169×1 topic
  20. Test Data Compression3▲ 169×1 topic
  21. ASIC3▲ 249×1 topic
  22. Placement3▲ 249×1 topic
  23. Interconnection Networks3▲ 100×1 topic
  24. Networks on Chip3▲ 100×1 topic
  25. Frequency Synthesizer2▲ 57×2 topics
  26. FFT2▲ 196×1 topic
  27. Filter Banks2▲ 196×1 topic
  28. Integrated Circuits2▲ 14×3 topics
  29. Power Electronics2▲ 12×4 topics
  30. CMOS2▲ 40×2 topics
  31. Delta-Sigma Modulator2▲ 49×2 topics
  32. Digital Predistortion1▲ 165×1 topic
  33. Low-Noise Amplifiers1▲ 47×1 topic
  34. Oscillators1▲ 47×1 topic
  35. RF Power Amplifiers1▲ 165×1 topic
  36. Distributed Systems1▲ 7.0×3 topics
  37. Smart Grid1▲ 6.3×2 topics
  38. Workflow Management1▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Phase-Locked Loops1▲ 77×1 topic
  40. Time-to-Digital Converter1▲ 77×1 topic

Which research topics does Altera (United Kingdom) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices, Spectroscopy and Laser Applications, Interconnection Networks and Systems and Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates.

Semiconductor Lasers and…1Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices: 1 fractional worksSpectroscopy and Laser Applications: 0 fractional worksInterconnection Networks…0Interconnection Networks and Systems: 0 fractional worksCold Atom Physics and Bo…0Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Laser Technologies: 0 fractional worksNumerical Methods and Algorithms: 0 fractional worksDigital Filter Design an…0Digital Filter Design and Implementation: 0 fractional worksEmbedded Systems Design Techniques: 0 fractional worksVLSI and FPGA Design Techniques: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Neural Network Applications: 0 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSpectroscopyComputer Networks and CommunicationsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Spectroscopy and Laser Applications Spectroscopy 0 works
  3. 3 Interconnection Networks and Systems Computer Networks and Communications 0 works
  4. 4 Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 0 works
  5. 5 Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 0 works
  6. 6 Numerical Methods and Algorithms Computational Theory and Mathematics 0 works
  7. 7 Digital Filter Design and Implementation Signal Processing 0 works
  8. 8 Embedded Systems Design Techniques Hardware and Architecture 0 works
  9. 9 VLSI and FPGA Design Techniques Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Advanced Neural Network Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available10.1%not open89.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.6%domestic only62.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Altera (United Kingdom)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 102% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Altera (United Kingdom) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000014% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Altera (United Kingdom)0.000053% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Altera (United Kingdom) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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