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Cambridge Microelectronics (United Kingdom)

World rank, all time
#34,794
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,841
of 1,844
Research works
120
▲ 67% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.4k
19.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
9%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
Cambridge Microelectronics (United Kingdom)

Which fields of science does Cambridge Microelectronics (United Kingdom) work in?

In all years, 96% of research at Cambridge Microelectronics (United Kingdom) is in Physical Sciences, 2% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (56%), Physics and Astronomy (23%), Materials Science (11%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 115 fractional works · 95.9% of its workEngineering: 68 fractional works · 56.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 53 fractional works · 43.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 4.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 28 fractional works · 23.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 20 fractional works · 16.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 13 fractional works · 10.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 6.2% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStructural Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% 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 workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKCambridgeMicroelectronics…120fractional works, all years
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences96%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences2%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 14 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering6856.3%
    2. Physics and Astronomy2823.3%
    3. Materials Science1310.6%
    4. Computer Science53.9%
    5. Chemistry10.9%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.8%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Social Sciences21.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    3. Psychology00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.8%
    2. Neuroscience10.6%
    1. Medicine00.4%
    2. Health Professions00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Neuroscience: 4.82× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 1.35× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 2.76× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 5.82× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 2.38× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.81× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksMedicineSocial Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 9 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science5.82×1 works
  2. Neuroscience4.82×0 works
  3. Engineering2.76×2 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy2.38×0 works
  5. Health Professions1.81×0 works
  6. Chemistry1.35×0 works
  7. Computer Science0.71×0 works
  8. Social Sciences0.42×0 works
  9. Medicine0.39×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Cambridge Microelectronics (United Kingdom)?

Ranked on the quality score, Tanya Trajkovic lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cambridge Microelectronics (United Kingdom).

  1. 1 Tanya Trajkovic United Kingdom · #4,272,715 worldwide 190 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Cambridge Microelectronics (United Kingdom)

What are the most cited papers from Cambridge Microelectronics (United Kingdom)?

The most cited paper from Cambridge Microelectronics (United Kingdom) is "Charge-Qubit Operation of an Isolated Double Quantum Dot" (Jeffrey A. Gorman, D. G. Hasko, D. R. Williams, 2005), with 406 citations. Next come "Uniform patterned growth of carbon nanotubes without surface carbon" (333) and "Fabrication of 5–7 nm wide etched lines in silicon using 100 keV electron-beam lithography and polymethylmethacrylate resist" (267).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Charge-Qubit Operation of an Isolated Double Quantum Dot Jeffrey A. Gorman, D. G. Hasko, D. R. Williams · Physical Review Letters Open access 24 Aug 2005 406
2 Uniform patterned growth of carbon nanotubes without surface carbon Ken B. K. Teo, M. Chhowalla, G. A. J. Amaratunga et al. · Applied Physics Letters 3 Sep 2001 333
3 Fabrication of 5–7 nm wide etched lines in silicon using 100 keV electron-beam lithography and polymethylmethacrylate resist Wei Chen, H. Ahmed · Applied Physics Letters 29 Mar 1993 267
4 Single optical photon detection with a superconducting tunnel junction Anthony J. Peacock, P. Verhoeve, N. Rando et al. · Nature May 1996 233
5 Carbon nanotube Schottky diode and directionally dependent field-effect transistor using asymmetrical contacts Min Ho Yang, K. B. K. Teo, William Ireland Milne et al. · Applied Physics Letters 16 Dec 2005 186
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Which keywords describe research at Cambridge Microelectronics (United Kingdom)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Solar Cells, Nanoelectronics, Atomic Layer Deposition, High-k Dielectrics, Photovoltaics, Nanowires, Spintronics and Semiconductor.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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 Cells12▲ 32×5 topics
  2. Nanoelectronics10▲ 55×2 topics
  3. Atomic Layer Deposition10▲ 62×1 topic
  4. High-k Dielectrics10▲ 62×1 topic
  5. Photovoltaics10▲ 32×3 topics
  6. Nanowires8▲ 28×4 topics
  7. Spintronics7▲ 29×3 topics
  8. Semiconductor7▲ 18×3 topics
  9. Band Parameters6▲ 43×2 topics
  10. Integrated Circuits6▲ 23×2 topics
  11. Quantum Computing6▲ 26×2 topics
  12. Nanowire Transistors6▲ 79×1 topic
  13. Tunnel Field-Effect Transistors6▲ 79×1 topic
  14. Electron Spin6▲ 66×1 topic
  15. Quantum Dots6▲ 29×1 topic
  16. Semiconductor Quantum Dots6▲ 66×1 topic
  17. Single-Photon Source6▲ 58×1 topic
  18. Nanoparticles5▲ 3.1×4 topics
  19. Biosensors5▲ 7.1×4 topics
  20. Nanoscale Patterning4▲ 56×2 topics
  21. Nanostructures4▲ 7.5×5 topics
  22. Silicon4▲ 48×2 topics
  23. Flexible Electronics4▲ 25×3 topics
  24. High-Resolution Patterning4▲ 90×2 topics
  25. Efficiency4▲ 13×2 topics
  26. Thin Films4▲ 13×5 topics
  27. Nanofabrication4▲ 37×3 topics
  28. Failure Analysis4▲ 23×1 topic
  29. Heterojunction4▲ 78×1 topic
  30. Passivation4▲ 78×1 topic
  31. Photon Emission Microscopy4▲ 61×1 topic
  32. Plasmonics4▲ 41×1 topic
  33. Reliability4▲ 34×2 topics
  34. Thin-Film Transistors4▲ 72×1 topic
  35. High-Temperature Electronics4▲ 40×2 topics
  36. Thermal Management4▲ 10×3 topics
  37. Time-of-Flight4▲ 43×2 topics
  38. Ion Beam3▲ 58×1 topic
  39. Silicon Carbide3▲ 55×1 topic
  40. Wide Bandgap Semiconductors3▲ 61×1 topic

Which research topics does Cambridge Microelectronics (United Kingdom) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies, Magnetic Properties and Synthesis of Ferrites, Electromagnetic Compatibility and Noise Suppression and Multiferroics and related materials.

  1. 1 Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Magnetic Properties and Synthesis of Ferrites Materials Chemistry 0 works
  3. 3 Electromagnetic Compatibility and Noise Suppression Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Multiferroics and related materials Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 0 works
  5. 5 Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 0 works
  6. 6 Semiconductor materials and interfaces Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 0 works
  7. 7 Induction Heating and Inverter Technology Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Multilevel Inverters and Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Neuroscience and Neural Engineering Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 0 works
  10. 10 Mobile Health and mHealth Applications General Health Professions 0 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 available8.8%not open91.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.2%domestic only74.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Cambridge Microelectronics (United Kingdom)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 67% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Cambridge Microelectronics (United Kingdom) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000016% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Cambridge Microelectronics (United Kingdom)0.000024% in 20251990200020102020

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