Question 1

What is IMEC known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, IMEC stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,354 of 10,670 worldwide), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#282 of 2,176 worldwide) and Engineering (#804 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Hardware and Architecture and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Surfaces, Coatings and Films is 21.6× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does IMEC rank in research?

Accepted Answer

IMEC ranks #2,360 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#1,162 all time), and #13 of 105 in Belgium.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at IMEC?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Stefan Kubicek, Weiming Qiu and David Cheyns lead among researchers whose main affiliation is IMEC.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from IMEC?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from IMEC is "SCENIC: single-cell regulatory network inference and clustering" (Sara Aibar, Carmen Bravo González‐Blas, Thomas Moerman et al., 2017), with 7,321 citations. Next come "Carbon Nanotubes: Present and Future Commercial Applications" (5,602) and "Surface chemistry of atomic layer deposition: A case study for the trimethylaluminum/water process" (2,614).

Question 5

Which research topics does IMEC publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: Semiconductor materials and devices, Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design, Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis and Advancements in Photolithography Techniques.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at IMEC?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Integrated Circuits, Nanoelectronics, Semiconductor Devices, Atomic Layer Deposition, High-k Dielectrics, Thin Films, Biosensors and Process Variation.

Question 7

Which fields of science does IMEC work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 89% of research at IMEC is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (56%), Computer Science (12%), Materials Science (10%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Question 8

Is IMEC's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher than in 2018-2021.