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Applied Materials (United States)

In research, Applied Materials (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,574 of 10,670 worldwide), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#1,313 of 2,176 worldwide) and Engineering (#3,717 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Engineering (Electrical and Electronic Engineering is 11.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,102
of 22,385 · #6,572 all time
Rank in United States
#1,839
of 3,332
Research works
1.9k
▲ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
25k
13.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
13%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
Applied Materials (United States)

What is Applied Materials (United States) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #5,574 of 10,670 8.2%192 #2450
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,313 of 2,176 8.7%90 #918
EngineeringField #3,717 of 5,901 8.4%137 #2035

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Applied Materials (United States) sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#2,450 #5,574
  2. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#918 #1,313
  3. Engineering#2,035 #3,717
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Applied Materials (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 90% of research at Applied Materials (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 3% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (63%), Materials Science (13%), Computer Science (6%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 220 fractional works · 90.3% of its workEngineering: 153 fractional works · 62.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 102 fractional works · 41.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 8 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 2.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 31 fractional works · 12.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 5.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 11 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 14 fractional works · 5.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 13 fractional works · 5.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKApplied Materials(United States)243fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences90%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences3%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering15362.9%
    2. Materials Science3112.7%
    3. Computer Science145.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy135.3%
    5. Environmental Science41.8%
    6. Chemistry31.2%
    7. Energy10.3%
    8. Mathematics10.3%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Social Sciences31.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting20.7%
    3. Psychology20.7%
    4. Decision Sciences10.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology41.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.7%
    3. Neuroscience10.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Medicine72.8%
    2. Health Professions00.1%
    3. Nursing00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Applied Materials (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Electrical and Electronic Engineering takes 11.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 101.6 works12×
  2. EngineeringField · 152.9 works4.2×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.77× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.72× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.19× its world share, 153 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.63× its world share, 31 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.37× its world share, 13 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering4.19×153 works
  2. Materials Science3.63×31 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.37×13 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.94×1 works
  5. Chemistry0.77×3 works
  6. Computer Science0.72×14 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.50×1 works
  8. Energy0.38×1 works
  9. Environmental Science0.36×4 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.32×4 works
  11. Chemical Engineering0.28×0 works
  12. Neuroscience0.27×1 works
  13. Mathematics0.27×1 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.21×2 works
  15. Psychology0.21×2 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.20×1 works
  17. Medicine0.15×7 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.14×2 works
  19. Nursing0.09×0 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.08×0 works
  21. Social Sciences0.08×3 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.07×0 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.06×0 works
  24. Health Professions0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Applied Materials (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, John C. Forster, H. Ponnekanti and Mahendra Pakala lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Applied Materials (United States).

  1. 1 John C. Forster United States · #974,985 worldwide 2.1k citations · 51 works
  2. 2 H. Ponnekanti United States · #1,034,923 worldwide 4.7k citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Mahendra Pakala United States · #1,061,107 worldwide 2k citations · 69 works
  4. 4 Liyan Miao United States · #1,245,921 worldwide 328 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Lin Xue United States · #1,278,515 worldwide 632 citations · 56 works
  6. 6 Mathew C. Abraham United States · #1,396,956 worldwide 1.3k citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Adam D Brand United States · #1,434,481 worldwide 1k citations · 78 works
  8. 8 Yi‐Chiau Huang United States · #1,448,747 worldwide 1.6k citations · 84 works
  9. 9 Xinyu Fu United States · #1,541,001 worldwide 1.6k citations · 59 works
  10. 10 Edwardo Sanchez United States · #1,547,316 worldwide 430 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Applied Materials (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Applied Materials (United States)?

The most cited paper from Applied Materials (United States) is "The 2017 Plasma Roadmap: Low temperature plasma science and technology" (Igor Adamovich et al., 2017), with 966 citations. Next come "High aspect ratio silicon etch: A review" (744) and "The 2012 Plasma Roadmap" (647).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The 2017 Plasma Roadmap: Low temperature plasma science and technology Igor Adamovich et al. · Journal of Physics D Applied Physics Open access 14 Jul 2017 966
2 High aspect ratio silicon etch: A review Banqiu Wu, Ajay Kumar, Sharma Pamarthy · Journal of Applied Physics Sep 2010 744
3 The 2012 Plasma Roadmap Seiji Samukawa, Masaru Hori, Shahid Rauf et al. · Journal of Physics D Applied Physics Open access 7 Jun 2012 647
4 Adhesion and debonding of multi-layer thin film structures Reinhold Horst Dauskardt, Michael Lane, Qing Ma et al. · Engineering Fracture Mechanics Open access Aug 1998 634
5 Single-Particle Model for a Lithium-Ion Cell: Thermal Behavior Meng Guo, Godfrey Sikha, Ralph E. White · Journal of The Electrochemical Society Open access 15 Dec 2010 577
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Applied Materials (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nanoelectronics, Semiconductor Devices, Atomic Layer Deposition, High-k Dielectrics, Thin Films, Thermal Management, Electromigration and Solar Cells.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022-now 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. Nanoelectronics18▲ 90×2 topics
  2. Semiconductor Devices18▲ 109×2 topics
  3. Atomic Layer Deposition18▲ 113×1 topic
  4. High-k Dielectrics18▲ 113×1 topic
  5. Thin Films18▲ 38×6 topics
  6. Thermal Management13▲ 16×6 topics
  7. Electromigration12▲ 182×2 topics
  8. Process Variation12▲ 81×2 topics
  9. Solar Cells12▲ 23×6 topics
  10. Nanowires11▲ 31×4 topics
  11. Nanowire Transistors10▲ 109×1 topic
  12. Neuromorphic Computing10▲ 36×2 topics
  13. Tunnel Field-Effect Transistors10▲ 109×1 topic
  14. Nanoparticles10▲ 3.2×19 topics
  15. System Integration9▲ 191×2 topics
  16. High-Resolution Patterning8▲ 164×2 topics
  17. Interconnect8▲ 209×1 topic
  18. Through-Silicon Via8▲ 209×1 topic
  19. High-Temperature Electronics8▲ 56×2 topics
  20. Microelectronics7▲ 250×2 topics
  21. Copper Metallization7▲ 294×1 topic
  22. Integrated Circuits7▲ 20×3 topics
  23. Low-k Dielectrics7▲ 294×1 topic
  24. Nanofabrication7▲ 45×3 topics
  25. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy7▲ 36×2 topics
  26. Electron Beam Lithography6▲ 283×1 topic
  27. Resolution Limits6▲ 283×1 topic
  28. Field-Effect Transistors6▲ 16×2 topics
  29. Rare Earth Elements6▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Plasma Etching6▲ 115×1 topic
  31. Semiconductor Industry6▲ 115×1 topic
  32. Photovoltaics6▲ 16×4 topics
  33. Thermal Behavior6▲ 60×2 topics
  34. Doping6▲ 25×2 topics
  35. Efficiency6▲ 7.8×3 topics
  36. Silicon6▲ 64×2 topics
  37. Interfacial Reactions5▲ 121×1 topic
  38. Lead-free Solders5▲ 121×1 topic
  39. Fault Localization5▲ 31×2 topics
  40. Non-Volatile Memory5▲ 23×2 topics

Which research topics does Applied Materials (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Semiconductor materials and devices, Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design, 3D IC and TSV technologies and Copper Interconnects and Reliability.

Semiconductor materials …18Semiconductor materials and devices: 18 fractional worksAdvancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design: 10 fractional works3D IC and TSV technologies: 8 fractional worksCopper Interconnects and Reliability: 7 fractional worksAdvancements in Photolithography Techniques: 6 fractional worksPlasma Diagnostics and Applications: 6 fractional worksElectronic Packaging and…5Electronic Packaging and Soldering Technologies: 5 fractional worksAdvanced Memory and Neural Computing: 5 fractional worksSilicon and Solar Cell Technologies: 5 fractional worksFerroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices: 5 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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

  1. 1 Semiconductor materials and devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 18 works
  2. 2 Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 10 works
  3. 3 3D IC and TSV technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 8 works
  4. 4 Copper Interconnects and Reliability Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 7 works
  5. 5 Advancements in Photolithography Techniques Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  6. 6 Plasma Diagnostics and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  7. 7 Electronic Packaging and Soldering Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  8. 8 Advanced Memory and Neural Computing Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  9. 9 Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  10. 10 Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 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 available12.8%not open87.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.1%domestic only74.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Applied Materials (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Applied Materials (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0010% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Applied Materials (United States)0.00097% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Applied Materials (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Applied Materials (United States)7.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.3% in 2017.

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