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Broadcom (United States)

In research, Broadcom (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,281 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Computer Science (Electrical and Electronic Engineering is 11.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#21,306
of 22,385 · #11,340 all time
Rank in United States
#3,150
of 3,332
Research works
984
▼ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
21k
21.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
9%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
Broadcom (United States)

What is Broadcom (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 #8,281 of 10,670 20.2%69 #3920

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

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

In 2022-now, 88% of research at Broadcom (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 9% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (50%), Computer Science (33%), Physics and Astronomy (4%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 86 fractional works · 88.2% of its workEngineering: 49 fractional works · 49.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 39 fractional works · 40.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 32 fractional works · 33.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 12 fractional works · 12.5% of its workInformation Systems: 9 fractional works · 9.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 5.0% of its workHardware and Architecture: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 9.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKBroadcom (UnitedStates)98fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences88%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences9%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering4949.9%
    2. Computer Science3233.1%
    3. Physics and Astronomy43.8%
    4. Materials Science10.7%
    5. Environmental Science00.5%
    6. Chemistry00.2%
    1. Decision Sciences33.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting22.3%
    3. Social Sciences21.6%
    4. Psychology21.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.0%
    1. Medicine00.4%
    2. Health Professions00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Broadcom (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Electrical and Electronic Engineering takes 11.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 39.3 works11×
  2. Computer ScienceField · 32.4 works4.3×
← 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: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 4.26× its world share, 32 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 3.33× its world share, 49 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.69× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.29× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science4.26×32 works
  2. Engineering3.33×49 works
  3. Decision Sciences3.29×3 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.69×4 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting0.71×2 works
  6. Psychology0.50×2 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.22×1 works
  8. Materials Science0.19×1 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.18×1 works
  10. Social Sciences0.13×2 works
  11. Chemistry0.12×0 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.12×0 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.12×0 works
  14. Environmental Science0.10×0 works
  15. Health Professions0.10×0 works
  16. Medicine0.02×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Ahmadreza Rofougaran, Hooman Darabi and J.J. Rael lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Broadcom (United States).

  1. 1 Ahmadreza Rofougaran United States · #543,292 worldwide 3.4k citations · 64 works
  2. 2 Hooman Darabi United States · #579,663 worldwide 5k citations · 132 works
  3. 3 J.J. Rael United States · #744,266 worldwide 2.3k citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Maryam Rofougaran United States · #804,924 worldwide 2.8k citations · 49 works
  5. 5 Tiberiu Jamneala United States · #937,343 worldwide 2.6k citations · 33 works
  6. 6 David Patrick Murphy United States · #1,043,287 worldwide 2.2k citations · 61 works
  7. 7 Mohyee Mikhemar United States · #1,067,914 worldwide 1.8k citations · 36 works
  8. 8 John C. Leete United States · #1,360,818 worldwide 1.7k citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Heng Zhang United States · #1,415,381 worldwide 1.2k citations · 59 works
  10. 10 Rich Ruby United States · #1,438,210 worldwide 3.5k citations · 79 works
All ranked researchers at Broadcom (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Broadcom (United States) is "A quasi-orthogonal space-time block code" (Hamid Jafarkhani, 2001), with 1,325 citations. Next come "Counterexample-guided abstraction refinement for symbolic model checking" (997) and "Perspective on the future of silicon photonics and electronics" (632).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A quasi-orthogonal space-time block code Hamid Jafarkhani · IEEE Transactions on Communications 2001 1,325
2 Counterexample-guided abstraction refinement for symbolic model checking Edmund M. Clarke, Orna Grümberg, Somesh Jha et al. · Journal of the ACM Sep 2003 997
3 Perspective on the future of silicon photonics and electronics Near M. Margalit, Chao Xiang, Steven M. Bowers et al. · Applied Physics Letters Open access 31 May 2021 632
4 Multi-input multi-output fading channel tracking and equalization using Kalman estimation C. Komninakis, Christina Fragouli, Ali H. Sayed et al. · IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing Open access May 2002 451
5 A 10-b, 500-MSample/s CMOS DAC in 0.6 mm/sup 2/ Chi‐Hung Lin, Klaas Bult · IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits 1998 388
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Broadcom (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Distributed Systems, Integrated Circuits, Resource Management, Energy Efficiency, Cloud Computing, Big Data, Frequency Synthesizer and Biosensors.

▲ 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. Distributed Systems12▲ 71×5 topics
  2. Integrated Circuits10▲ 70×3 topics
  3. Resource Management8▲ 50×2 topics
  4. Energy Efficiency8▲ 8.3×8 topics
  5. Cloud Computing7▲ 27×3 topics
  6. Big Data7▲ 7.9×6 topics
  7. Frequency Synthesizer7▲ 176×2 topics
  8. Biosensors6▲ 13×3 topics
  9. CMOS6▲ 125×2 topics
  10. Semiconductor Lasers6▲ 91×2 topics
  11. Delta-Sigma Modulator6▲ 182×2 topics
  12. Optical Interconnects6▲ 170×1 topic
  13. Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSELs)6▲ 170×1 topic
  14. MapReduce6▲ 95×1 topic
  15. Virtualization6▲ 68×1 topic
  16. Optical Modulators5▲ 39×1 topic
  17. Silicon Photonics5▲ 55×1 topic
  18. CMOS Technology5▲ 64×4 topics
  19. Coherent Detection5▲ 117×1 topic
  20. Optical Fiber5▲ 47×1 topic
  21. Workflow Management4▲ 64×2 topics
  22. Fault Localization4▲ 63×2 topics
  23. Fault Tolerance4▲ 26×4 topics
  24. Anomaly Detection4▲ 14×2 topics
  25. Low-Noise Amplifiers4▲ 127×1 topic
  26. Oscillators4▲ 127×1 topic
  27. Security4▲ 5.4×6 topics
  28. Thermal Behavior4▲ 87×2 topics
  29. High-Temperature Electronics3▲ 56×2 topics
  30. Log Analysis3▲ 77×1 topic
  31. Performance Prediction3▲ 48×1 topic
  32. Phase-Locked Loops3▲ 295×1 topic
  33. Rare Earth Elements3▲ 23×2 topics
  34. Time-to-Digital Converter3▲ 295×1 topic
  35. High-Performance Computing3▲ 41×2 topics
  36. Interfacial Reactions3▲ 177×1 topic
  37. Lead-free Solders3▲ 177×1 topic
  38. 5G Networks3▲ 16×5 topics
  39. Privacy3▲ 10×3 topics
  40. Grid Computing3▲ 89×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices, Cloud Computing and Resource Management, Photonic and Optical Devices and Optical Network Technologies.

Semiconductor Lasers and…6Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices: 6 fractional worksCloud Computing and Reso…6Cloud Computing and Resource Management: 6 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Dev…5Photonic and Optical Devices: 5 fractional worksOptical Network Technolo…5Optical Network Technologies: 5 fractional worksRadio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design: 4 fractional worksAdvancements in PLL and VCO Technologies: 3 fractional worksSoftware System Performa…3Software System Performance and Reliability: 3 fractional worksElectronic Packaging and…3Electronic Packaging and Soldering Technologies: 3 fractional worksDistributed and Parallel…3Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems: 3 fractional worksAnalog and Mixed-Signal …3Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design: 3 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringInformation SystemsComputer Networks and CommunicationsBiomedical Engineering

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

  1. 1 Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  2. 2 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 6 works
  3. 3 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  4. 4 Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  5. 5 Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 Advancements in PLL and VCO Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Software System Performance and Reliability Computer Networks and Communications 3 works
  8. 8 Electronic Packaging and Soldering Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  9. 9 Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems Computer Networks and Communications 3 works
  10. 10 Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design Biomedical Engineering 3 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% lower 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 Broadcom (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00028% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Broadcom (United States)0.00040% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Broadcom (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%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Broadcom (United States)9.7% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 26.2% in 2023.

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