Question 1

What is IBM (United States) known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, IBM (United States) stands highest in Computer Science (#72 of 4,417 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#232 of 10,670 worldwide) and Artificial Intelligence (#52 of 1,862 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hardware and Architecture, Software and Artificial Intelligence (Hardware and Architecture is 19.1× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does IBM (United States) rank in research?

Accepted Answer

IBM (United States) ranks #441 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#493 all time), and #111 of 3,332 in the United States.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Sergey Bravyi, Barbara M. Terhal and Andrew Senior lead among researchers whose main affiliation is IBM (United States).

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from IBM (United States) is "Projector augmented-wave method" (Peter E. Blöchl, 1994), with 93,392 citations. Next come "Optimization by Simulated Annealing" (45,251) and "Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software" (21,853).

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture, Quantum Information and Cryptography, Cloud Computing and Resource Management and Advanced Memory and Neural Computing.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at IBM (United States)?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Big Data, Security, Distributed Systems, Quantum Information and Entanglement.

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 77% of research at IBM (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 12% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (45%), Engineering (20%), Physics and Astronomy (6%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Question 8

Is IBM (United States)'s research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 35% lower than in 2018-2021.