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AU Optronics (Taiwan)

In research, AU Optronics (Taiwan) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,818 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Electrical and Electronic Engineering — Electrical and Electronic Engineering is 9.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,385
of 28,054 · #11,258 all time
Rank in Taiwan
#171
of 221
Research works
813
▼ 44% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.3k
10.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
14%
world 28%

What is AU Optronics (Taiwan) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #9,818 of 12,888 6.5%80 #6431

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where AU Optronics (Taiwan) 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does AU Optronics (Taiwan) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Electrical and Electronic Engineering takes 9.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 30.1 works9.6×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.29× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.88× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.99× its world share, 53 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.80× its world share, 9 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 4.82× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at AU Optronics (Taiwan)?

Ranked on the composite score, Yu‐Hsin Lin and Weiming Huang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is AU Optronics (Taiwan).

  1. 1 Yu‐Hsin Lin Taiwan · #369,174 worldwide 110 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Weiming Huang Taiwan · #1,447,316 worldwide 39 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at AU Optronics (Taiwan)

Which keywords describe research at AU Optronics (Taiwan)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Solar Cells, Flexible Electronics, Plasmonics, Virtual Reality, Amorphous Oxide Semiconductors, Thin-Film Transistors, Visual Fatigue and Holographic Displays.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Solar Cells9▲ 52×5 topics
  2. Flexible Electronics9▲ 60×3 topics
  3. Plasmonics8▲ 155×2 topics
  4. Virtual Reality7▲ 17×3 topics
  5. Amorphous Oxide Semiconductors7▲ 394×1 topic
  6. Thin-Film Transistors7▲ 394×1 topic
  7. Visual Fatigue7▲ 197×2 topics
  8. Holographic Displays7▲ 540×1 topic
  9. Stereoscopic Displays7▲ 540×1 topic
  10. Colloidal Crystals5▲ 123×2 topics
  11. Nanowires4▲ 36×4 topics
  12. Machine Vision4▲ 22×4 topics
  13. Optical Interconnects4▲ 130×1 topic
  14. Semiconductor Lasers4▲ 72×1 topic
  15. Biosensors4▲ 9.2×9 topics
  16. Semiconductors4▲ 15×4 topics
  17. Electroluminescence4▲ 123×2 topics
  18. Nanoparticles4▲ 3.3×6 topics
  19. Band Parameters4▲ 75×2 topics
  20. Image Processing4▲ 9.3×5 topics
  21. Organic Light-Emitting Diodes4▲ 157×1 topic
  22. Phosphorescent Materials4▲ 157×1 topic
  23. Light-Emitting Diodes3▲ 23×2 topics
  24. Optical Modulators3▲ 24×3 topics
  25. Photonic Crystals3▲ 29×5 topics
  26. Roughness Measurement3▲ 190×1 topic
  27. Surface Characterization3▲ 157×1 topic
  28. GaN3▲ 96×1 topic
  29. III-Nitrides3▲ 109×1 topic
  30. Photon Counting3▲ 50×2 topics
  31. Biomedical Imaging3▲ 53×2 topics
  32. Integrated Circuits3▲ 20×2 topics
  33. Liquid Crystals3▲ 197×1 topic
  34. Nanostructured Materials3▲ 19×2 topics
  35. Self-Organization3▲ 110×1 topic
  36. CMOS Image Sensors3▲ 122×1 topic
  37. High-Speed Imaging3▲ 42×1 topic
  38. Optical Sensors3▲ 30×2 topics
  39. Photovoltaics3▲ 18×4 topics
  40. Microcavities2▲ 25×1 topic

Which research topics does AU Optronics (Taiwan) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Thin-Film Transistor Technologies, Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies, Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices and Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research.

Thin-Film Transistor Technologies: 7 fractional worksAdvanced Optical Imaging Technologies: 7 fractional worksSemiconductor Lasers and…4Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices: 4 fractional worksOrganic Light-Emitting D…4Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research: 4 fractional worksSurface Roughness and Optical Measurements: 3 fractional worksGaN-based semiconductor devices and materials: 3 fractional worksLiquid Crystal Research …3Liquid Crystal Research Advancements: 3 fractional worksCCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors: 3 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 2 fractional worksPhotonic Crystals and Applications: 2 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringMedia TechnologyComputational MechanicsCondensed Matter Physics2 others

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

  1. 1 Thin-Film Transistor Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 7 works
  2. 2 Advanced Optical Imaging Technologies Media Technology 7 works
  3. 3 Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  4. 4 Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Surface Roughness and Optical Measurements Computational Mechanics 3 works
  6. 6 GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials Condensed Matter Physics 3 works
  7. 7 Liquid Crystal Research Advancements Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 3 works
  8. 8 CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  9. 9 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Photonic Crystals and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 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 available13.5%not open86.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.1%domestic only87.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has AU Optronics (Taiwan)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 44% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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