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Broadcom (United States)

In research, Broadcom (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#10,554 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Electrical and Electronic Engineering — Electrical and Electronic Engineering is 12.8× its share of world research.

World rank, 2022–2025
#21,453
of 28,054 · #12,233 all time
Rank in United States
#3,164
of 4,192
Research works
984
▼ 64% vs 2013–17
Citations
21k
21.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
9%
world 28%

What is Broadcom (United States) 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 #10,554 of 12,888 19.0%69 #7093

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

What does Broadcom (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Electrical and Electronic Engineering takes 12.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 35.5 works13×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.42× its world share, 21 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 3.75× its world share, 44 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.76× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.80× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Broadcom (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, Ahmad Mirzaei, Hooman Darabi and Klaas Bult lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Broadcom (United States).

  1. 1 Ahmad Mirzaei United States · #48,366 worldwide 398 citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Hooman Darabi United States · #59,247 worldwide 258 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Klaas Bult United States · #124,704 worldwide 404 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 R. Ruby United States · #265,181 worldwide 198 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Zhongfeng Wang United States · #371,212 worldwide 85 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 A. Zolfaghari United States · #397,617 worldwide 48 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Broadcom (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Broadcom (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Integrated Circuits, Frequency Synthesizer, Biosensors, CMOS, Optical Modulators, Silicon Photonics, Delta-Sigma Modulator and Optical Interconnects.

▲ 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. Integrated Circuits9▲ 74×3 topics
  2. Frequency Synthesizer6▲ 185×2 topics
  3. Biosensors6▲ 14×3 topics
  4. CMOS5▲ 131×2 topics
  5. Optical Modulators5▲ 44×1 topic
  6. Silicon Photonics5▲ 60×1 topic
  7. Delta-Sigma Modulator5▲ 195×2 topics
  8. Optical Interconnects5▲ 172×1 topic
  9. Semiconductor Lasers5▲ 95×1 topic
  10. Deep Learning4▲ 1.66×11 topics
  11. CMOS Technology4▲ 67×4 topics
  12. Distributed Systems4▲ 31×5 topics
  13. Big Data4▲ 5.7×6 topics
  14. Energy Efficiency4▲ 5.5×8 topics
  15. Coherent Detection4▲ 112×1 topic
  16. Optical Fiber4▲ 45×1 topic
  17. Thermal Behavior4▲ 107×2 topics
  18. High-Temperature Electronics3▲ 70×2 topics
  19. Rare Earth Elements3▲ 29×2 topics
  20. Cloud Computing3▲ 15×3 topics
  21. Interfacial Reactions3▲ 219×1 topic
  22. Lead-free Solders3▲ 219×1 topic
  23. Fault Tolerance3▲ 25×4 topics
  24. Low-Noise Amplifiers3▲ 131×1 topic
  25. Oscillators3▲ 131×1 topic
  26. Phase-Locked Loops3▲ 324×1 topic
  27. Time-to-Digital Converter3▲ 324×1 topic
  28. Security3▲ 5.1×5 topics
  29. Fault Localization2▲ 46×2 topics
  30. 5G Networks2▲ 15×5 topics
  31. Low-Power2▲ 71×2 topics
  32. Resource Management2▲ 17×2 topics
  33. ADC2▲ 130×1 topic
  34. Nanoelectronics2▲ 33×2 topics
  35. Neural Recording2▲ 130×1 topic
  36. IoT Security2▲ 8.4×3 topics
  37. MapReduce2▲ 47×1 topic
  38. Privacy2▲ 8.9×3 topics
  39. Virtualization2▲ 35×1 topic
  40. Anomaly Detection2▲ 8.8×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Photonic and Optical Devices, Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices, Optical Network Technologies and Electronic Packaging and Soldering Technologies.

  1. 1 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  2. 2 Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  3. 3 Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  4. 4 Electronic Packaging and Soldering Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  5. 5 Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 Advancements in PLL and VCO Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 2 works
  9. 9 Microwave Engineering and Waveguides Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Software System Performance and Reliability Computer Networks and Communications 1 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 available8.6%not open91.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.3%domestic only69.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 64% 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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