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Fairchild Semiconductor (United States)

In research, Fairchild Semiconductor (United States) stands highest in Engineering (#3,013 of 9,532 worldwide), Life Sciences (#3,674 of 11,023 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#5,930 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#5,161
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#1,129
of 7,310
Research works
1.9k
▲ 151% vs 2018-21
Citations
60k
31.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.45×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
13%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Fairchild Semiconductor (United States)

What is Fairchild Semiconductor (United States) 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
EngineeringField #3,013 of 9,532 8.4%1,130
Life SciencesDomain #3,674 of 11,023 24.8%196
Physical SciencesDomain #5,930 of 17,446 8.5%1,543
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,505 of 3,725 9.8%682
Computer ScienceField #4,833 of 6,336 6.0%135
Aerospace EngineeringSubfield #1,268 of 1,601 4.3%130

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fairchild Semiconductor (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 Fairchild Semiconductor (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research at Fairchild Semiconductor (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 28% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (17%), Computer Science (17%), Social Sciences (16%).

Physical Sciences: 21 fractional works · 42.1% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 17.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 10.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 16.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 6.2% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 27.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 16.0% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 7.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 20.0% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 15.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 10.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKFairchildSemiconductor…51fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences42%Health Sciences20%Social Sciences28%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering917.4%
    2. Computer Science816.7%
    3. Environmental Science12.3%
    4. Materials Science12.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.6%
    6. Physics and Astronomy11.6%
    7. Chemistry00.5%
    1. Social Sciences816.0%
    2. Psychology24.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance23.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities12.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting11.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.9%
    1. Medicine815.3%
    2. Health Professions24.3%
    3. Nursing00.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences24.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology23.6%
    3. Neuroscience11.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology11.2%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.15× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.16× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.64× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.79× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.54× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.30× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.26× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science2.15×8 works
  2. Health Professions1.64×2 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.54×2 works
  4. Psychology1.30×2 works
  5. Social Sciences1.26×8 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.20×1 works
  7. Engineering1.16×9 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.02×1 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.96×0 works
  10. Neuroscience0.93×1 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.85×2 works
  12. Medicine0.79×8 works
  13. Nursing0.75×0 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.72×1 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.71×1 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.67×2 works
  17. Materials Science0.59×1 works
  18. Environmental Science0.46×1 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.41×1 works
  20. Chemistry0.31×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Fairchild Semiconductor (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Andrew S. Grove, Edward H. Snow and B. E. Deal lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fairchild Semiconductor (United States).

  1. 1 Andrew S. Grove United States · #515,374 worldwide 12k citations · 108 works
  2. 2 Edward H. Snow United States · #887,880 worldwide 4.9k citations · 38 works
  3. 3 B. E. Deal United States · #888,074 worldwide 7k citations · 60 works
  4. 4 Bruce E. Deal United States · #1,208,694 worldwide 2.9k citations · 31 works
  5. 5 G. F. Amelio United States · #1,482,699 worldwide 850 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 A.Y.C. Yu United States · #2,092,686 worldwide 1.4k citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Reda R. Razouk United States · #2,339,676 worldwide 1.8k citations · 33 works
  8. 8 V.G.K. Reddi United States · #2,437,989 worldwide 726 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Kvetoslav Prazdny United States · #2,645,359 worldwide 3.1k citations · 44 works
  10. 10 Anne R. Kopf-Sill United States · #2,740,038 worldwide 848 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Fairchild Semiconductor (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Fairchild Semiconductor (United States) is "Diversity of the Human Intestinal Microbial Flora" (Paul B. Eckburg, Elisabeth M. Bik, Charles Noah Bernstein et al., 2005), with 7,956 citations. Next come "General Relationship for the Thermal Oxidation of Silicon" (3,448) and "A Transcriptome Database for Astrocytes, Neurons, and Oligodendrocytes: A New Resource for Understanding Brain Development and Function" (3,252).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Diversity of the Human Intestinal Microbial Flora Paul B. Eckburg, Elisabeth M. Bik, Charles Noah Bernstein et al. · Science Open access 14 Apr 2005 7,956
2 General Relationship for the Thermal Oxidation of Silicon B. E. Deal, Andrew S. Grove · Journal of Applied Physics Dec 1965 3,448
3 A Transcriptome Database for Astrocytes, Neurons, and Oligodendrocytes: A New Resource for Understanding Brain Development and Function John D. Cahoy, Ben Emery, Amit Kaushal et al. · Journal of Neuroscience Open access 2 Jan 2008 3,252
4 Genomic Analysis of Reactive Astrogliosis Jennifer L. Zamanian, Lijun Xu, Lynette C. Foo et al. · Journal of Neuroscience Open access 2 May 2012 2,525
5 Local force and geometry sensing regulate cell functions Viola Vogel, Michael P. Sheetz · Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology Review 22 Feb 2006 2,343
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Fairchild Semiconductor (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Pedagogy, Teaching Methods, Digital Education, Student Competencies, Digital Repositories, Ecology and Feature Matching.

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

All 31 words, with their numbers
  1. Deep Learning4▲ 2.6×17 topics
  2. Pedagogy2▲ 8.5×2 topics
  3. Teaching Methods2▲ 26×2 topics
  4. Digital Education2▲ 27×1 topic
  5. Student Competencies2▲ 60×1 topic
  6. Globalization2▲ 1.87×5 topics
  7. Digital Repositories2▲ 96×2 topics
  8. Epidemiology2▼ 0.80×10 topics
  9. Ecology2▲ 18×2 topics
  10. Mental Health2▲ 2.1×6 topics
  11. Climate Change1◆ 1.04×6 topics
  12. Feature Matching1▲ 49×1 topic
  13. Local Descriptors1▲ 49×1 topic
  14. Sustainability1◆ 1.14×4 topics
  15. Education1▲ 1.47×5 topics
  16. Climate Change Impact1▲ 10×2 topics
  17. Entrepreneurship1▲ 6.2×2 topics
  18. Machine Learning1▼ 0.69×4 topics
  19. Process Variation1▲ 39×2 topics
  20. Economic Development1▲ 2.6×2 topics
  21. Energy Consumption1▲ 9.4×2 topics
  22. Nanowire Transistors1▲ 55×1 topic
  23. Quality of Life1▲ 1.49×8 topics
  24. Tunnel Field-Effect Transistors1▲ 55×1 topic
  25. Data Sharing1▲ 63×1 topic
  26. Industrial Enterprises1▲ 58×1 topic
  27. Innovation Economics1▲ 58×1 topic
  28. Irrigation1▲ 102×1 topic
  29. Photon Counting1▲ 30×2 topics
  30. Scientific Data Management1▲ 76×1 topic
  31. Water Efficiency1▲ 102×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Education, Innovation and Language Studies, Advanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques, Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design and Research Data Management Practices.

Education, Innovation and Language Studies: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques: 1 fractional worksAdvancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design: 1 fractional worksResearch Data Management Practices: 1 fractional worksEngineering and Agricultural Innovations: 1 fractional worksEconomic and Industrial Development: 1 fractional worksSilicon and Solar Cell T…1Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies: 1 fractional worksCCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors: 1 fractional worksOptics and Image Analysis: 1 fractional worksLibrary Science and Information Systems: 1 fractional works
EducationComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionElectrical and Electronic EngineeringInformation Systems3 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 2 works
  2. 2 Advanced Image and Video Retrieval Techniques Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 1 works
  3. 3 Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Research Data Management Practices Information Systems 1 works
  5. 5 Engineering and Agricultural Innovations Aquatic Science 1 works
  6. 6 Economic and Industrial Development Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  7. 7 Silicon and Solar Cell Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Optics and Image Analysis Management Information Systems 1 works
  10. 10 Library Science and Information Systems Information Systems 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 available13.0%not open87.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.0%domestic only93.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 151% 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 Fairchild Semiconductor (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00027% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Fairchild Semiconductor (United States)0.00022% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Fairchild Semiconductor (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.

10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2014Fairchild Semiconductor (United States)5.2% in 201420002010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.2% in 1991.

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