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Cadence Design Systems (United States)

In research, Cadence Design Systems (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,972 of 12,888 worldwide) and Engineering (#5,152 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Electrical and Electronic Engineering — Electrical and Electronic Engineering is 5.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,260
of 28,054 · #5,695 all time
Rank in United States
#2,471
of 4,192
Research works
1.6k
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
27k
16.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
14%
world 28%

What is Cadence Design Systems (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 #8,972 of 12,888 11.4%130 #3474
EngineeringField #5,152 of 6,636 12.6%90 #2514

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Cadence Design Systems (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 Cadence Design Systems (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Electrical and Electronic Engineering takes 5.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 33.1 works5.7×
← 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: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.20× its world share, 28 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 3.67× its world share, 90 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.51× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.80× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.31× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Cadence Design Systems (United States)?

Ranked on the composite score, Kenneth L. McMillan, Joel Phillips and Andreas Kuehlmann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cadence Design Systems (United States).

  1. 1 Kenneth L. McMillan United States · #12,988 worldwide 1.3k citations · 46 works
  2. 2 Joel Phillips United States · #79,749 worldwide 353 citations · 45 works
  3. 3 Andreas Kuehlmann United States · #136,919 worldwide 198 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Robert P. Kurshan United States · #183,824 worldwide 145 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Felice Balarin United States · #218,133 worldwide 149 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Harry Hsieh United States · #247,757 worldwide 149 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Grant Martín United States · #444,316 worldwide 77 citations · 46 works
  8. 8 Mark Swift United States · #536,437 worldwide 28 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Jörg Preußig United States · #605,411 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 John Beebe United States · #607,467 worldwide 27 citations · 45 works
All ranked researchers at Cadence Design Systems (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Cadence Design Systems (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Large-Eddy Simulation, Economic Development, Digital Divide, ICT, Regulation, Broadband, Telecommunications and Heat Transfer.

▲ 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. Large-Eddy Simulation13▲ 40×5 topics
  2. Economic Development10▲ 7.5×3 topics
  3. Digital Divide9▲ 22×5 topics
  4. ICT9▲ 42×3 topics
  5. Regulation9▲ 9.8×2 topics
  6. Broadband8▲ 133×1 topic
  7. Telecommunications8▲ 130×1 topic
  8. Heat Transfer8▲ 9.9×7 topics
  9. FPGA7▲ 114×2 topics
  10. Power Optimization7▲ 158×2 topics
  11. Assembly Planning6▲ 50×1 topic
  12. Design for Manufacture6▲ 50×1 topic
  13. Thermal Management6▲ 11×5 topics
  14. Turbulent Flow6▲ 30×4 topics
  15. Embedded Cores6▲ 218×1 topic
  16. Test Data Compression6▲ 218×1 topic
  17. CMOS Technology5▲ 41×4 topics
  18. Interconnect5▲ 195×1 topic
  19. Through-Silicon Via5▲ 195×1 topic
  20. Vortex Dynamics5▲ 26×2 topics
  21. Adaptive Mesh Refinement5▲ 47×2 topics
  22. High-Order Schemes5▲ 47×2 topics
  23. Integrated Circuits5▲ 19×3 topics
  24. CMOS Design4▲ 135×2 topics
  25. ASIC4▲ 276×1 topic
  26. Fault Tolerance4▲ 16×4 topics
  27. Placement4▲ 276×1 topic
  28. Turbulent Flows4▲ 26×2 topics
  29. Boundary Layer Transition4▲ 37×1 topic
  30. Particle Image Velocimetry4▲ 37×1 topic
  31. Boundary Layer4▲ 20×3 topics
  32. Machine Vision4▲ 10×2 topics
  33. Shock-Wave Interactions4▲ 59×1 topic
  34. Turbulence Modeling4▲ 59×1 topic
  35. Materials4▲ 9.7×2 topics
  36. Parallel Computing4▲ 18×3 topics
  37. Polymer Composites4▲ 8.2×2 topics
  38. Applications4▲ 7.7×2 topics
  39. 3D Printing3▲ 8.8×1 topic
  40. Process Variation3▲ 35×2 topics

Which research topics does Cadence Design Systems (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: ICT Impact and Policies, Manufacturing Process and Optimization, VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing and 3D IC and TSV technologies.

ICT Impact and Policies: 8 fractional worksManufacturing Process and Optimization: 6 fractional worksVLSI and Analog Circuit …6VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing: 6 fractional works3D IC and TSV technologies53D IC and TSV technologies: 5 fractional worksVLSI and FPGA Design Techniques: 4 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 4 fractional worksComputational Fluid Dyna…4Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics: 4 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 3 fractional worksAerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows: 3 fractional worksIndustrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection: 3 fractional works
Media TechnologyIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringHardware and ArchitectureElectrical and Electronic Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 ICT Impact and Policies Media Technology 8 works
  2. 2 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 6 works
  3. 3 VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing Hardware and Architecture 6 works
  4. 4 3D IC and TSV technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  5. 5 VLSI and FPGA Design Techniques Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 4 works
  7. 7 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics Computational Mechanics 4 works
  8. 8 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 3 works
  9. 9 Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows Aerospace Engineering 3 works
  10. 10 Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection Industrial and Manufacturing 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 available13.9%not open86.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.9%domestic only79.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Cadence Design Systems (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% higher 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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