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CMC Microsystems (Canada)

In research, CMC Microsystems (Canada) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#14,543 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#33,161
of 34,923
Rank in Canada
#686
of 718
Research works
150
▲ 148% vs 2018-21
Citations
2k
13.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.86×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
18%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
CMC Microsystems (Canada)

What is CMC Microsystems (Canada) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #14,543 of 17,446 6.0%120

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where CMC Microsystems (Canada) 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 CMC Microsystems (Canada) work in?

In 2022-now, 89% of research at CMC Microsystems (Canada) is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (55%), Computer Science (17%), Physics and Astronomy (11%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 23 fractional works · 89.0% of its workEngineering: 14 fractional works · 55.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 11 fractional works · 44.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 16.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 10.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 10.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 9.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.2% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 6.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workALL ITS WORKCMC Microsystems(Canada)25fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences89%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences1%

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 13 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1455.2%
    2. Computer Science416.9%
    3. Physics and Astronomy310.5%
    4. Materials Science14.4%
    5. Energy01.7%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    7. Environmental Science00.2%
    1. Medicine26.6%
    2. Veterinary00.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology01.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.7%
    3. Neuroscience00.7%
    1. Psychology00.7%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 2.17× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.79× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.68× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.25× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 4.73× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksMedicineVeterinary: 4.83× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryPsychology: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 13 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary4.83×0 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy4.73×3 works
  3. Engineering3.68×14 works
  4. Computer Science2.17×4 works
  5. Energy1.79×0 works
  6. Materials Science1.25×1 works
  7. Neuroscience0.40×0 works
  8. Medicine0.34×2 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.33×0 works
  10. Psychology0.22×0 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.14×0 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.14×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at CMC Microsystems (Canada)?

Ranked on the quality score, Luhua Xu, David Strachan and Alan Lambshead lead among researchers whose main affiliation is CMC Microsystems (Canada).

  1. 1 Luhua Xu Canada · #4,515,448 worldwide 215 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 David Strachan Canada · #4,846,920 worldwide 73 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Alan Lambshead Canada · #5,810,829 worldwide 1 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at CMC Microsystems (Canada)

What are the most cited papers from CMC Microsystems (Canada)?

The most cited paper from CMC Microsystems (Canada) is "Waveguide sub‐wavelength structures: a review of principles and applications" (Robert Halir, Przemek J. Bock, Pavel Cheben et al., 2014), with 652 citations. Next come "Automatic Generation of Social Tags for Music Recommendation" (183) and "Liposomal Nanomedicines: An Emerging Field" (141).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Waveguide sub‐wavelength structures: a review of principles and applications Robert Halir, Przemek J. Bock, Pavel Cheben et al. · Laser & Photonics Review Open access 30 Sep 2014 652
2 Automatic Generation of Social Tags for Music Recommendation Douglas Eck, Paul Lamere, Thierry Bertin-Mahieux et al. · neural information processing systems 3 Dec 2007 183
3 Liposomal Nanomedicines: An Emerging Field David B. Fenske, Arcadio Chonn, Pieter R. Cullis · Toxicologic Pathology 2008 141
4 A jitter characterization system using a component-invariant Vernier delay line A.H. Chan, Gordon Walter Roberts · IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems 2004 132
5 The effect of varactor nonlinearity on the phase noise of completely integrated VCOs John W. M. Rogers, J. Macedo, Calvin Plett · IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits Sep 2000 131
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at CMC Microsystems (Canada)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biosensors, Integrated Circuits, Optical Modulators, Silicon Photonics, Microwave Photonics, Artificial Neural Networks, Quantum Computation and Quantum Information.

▲ 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 15 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 15 words, with their numbers
  1. Biosensors4▲ 28×4 topics
  2. Integrated Circuits3▲ 79×2 topics
  3. Optical Modulators3▲ 76×1 topic
  4. Silicon Photonics3▲ 106×1 topic
  5. Artificial Neural Networks2▲ 13×3 topics
  6. Microwave Photonics2▲ 75×2 topics
  7. Deep Learning2▲ 1.71×8 topics
  8. Machine Learning2▲ 1.74×9 topics
  9. Optical Fiber1▲ 46×2 topics
  10. Quantum Computation1▲ 89×1 topic
  11. Quantum Information1▲ 42×1 topic
  12. Semiconductor Lasers1▲ 68×2 topics
  13. Neural Networks1▲ 2.6×3 topics
  14. Optical Access Networks1▲ 125×1 topic
  15. Photonic Signal Processing1▲ 125×1 topic

Which research topics does CMC Microsystems (Canada) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Photonic and Optical Devices, Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture, Advanced Photonic Communication Systems and Optical Network Technologies.

Photonic and Optical Dev…3Photonic and Optical Devices: 3 fractional worksQuantum Computing Algori…1Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Photonic Commun…1Advanced Photonic Communication Systems: 1 fractional worksOptical Network Technologies: 1 fractional worksSensor Technology and Measurement Systems: 1 fractional worksSemiconductor Lasers and…1Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices: 1 fractional worksMicrowave Engineering and Waveguides: 1 fractional worksAdvanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Laser Technologies: 1 fractional worksNeural Networks and Reservoir Computing: 0 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringArtificial IntelligenceComputer Networks and CommunicationsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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

  1. 1 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  2. 2 Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  3. 3 Advanced Photonic Communication Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Sensor Technology and Measurement Systems Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  6. 6 Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Microwave Engineering and Waveguides Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  10. 10 Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing Artificial Intelligence 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 available18.4%not open81.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.6%domestic only76.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has CMC Microsystems (Canada)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 148% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is CMC Microsystems (Canada) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000083% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%CMC Microsystems (Canada)0.000076% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of CMC Microsystems (Canada) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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