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Infinera (United States)

In research, Infinera (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,406 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Engineering and Physical Sciences (Electrical and Electronic Engineering is 14.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,521
of 22,385 · #18,887 all time
Rank in United States
#3,038
of 3,332
Research works
413
▼ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.5k
15.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
25%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
Infinera (United States)

What is Infinera (United States) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #8,406 of 10,670 14.3%61 #6017

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

In 2022-now, 85% of research at Infinera (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 11% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (61%), Computer Science (19%), Social Sciences (6%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 72 fractional works · 85.1% of its workEngineering: 52 fractional works · 61.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 45 fractional works · 52.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 16 fractional works · 19.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 8.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 10.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKInfinera (UnitedStates)85fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences85%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences11%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering5261.3%
    2. Computer Science1619.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy22.5%
    4. Environmental Science10.6%
    5. Materials Science00.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.6%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    8. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences56.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities22.0%
    3. Decision Sciences11.0%
    4. Psychology11.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Medicine11.6%
    2. Health Professions00.6%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Infinera (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Electrical and Electronic Engineering takes 14.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 44.8 works15×
  2. EngineeringField · 52.2 works4.1×
  3. Physical SciencesDomain · 72.4 works2.2×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.48× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 4.09× its world share, 52 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.12× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering4.09×52 works
  2. Computer Science2.48×16 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy1.12×2 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.05×1 works
  5. Arts and Humanities0.70×2 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.56×0 works
  7. Social Sciences0.49×5 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.36×0 works
  9. Psychology0.32×1 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.26×0 works
  11. Health Professions0.22×0 works
  12. Nursing0.20×0 works
  13. Materials Science0.17×0 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.16×1 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.14×1 works
  16. Environmental Science0.13×0 works
  17. Mathematics0.11×0 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.10×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.08×0 works
  20. Medicine0.08×1 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Scott W. Corzine, Matthew L. Mitchell and Ranjani Muthiah lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Infinera (United States).

  1. 1 Scott W. Corzine United States · #661,321 worldwide 8.8k citations · 205 works
  2. 2 Matthew L. Mitchell United States · #672,143 worldwide 4.5k citations · 131 works
  3. 3 Ranjani Muthiah United States · #1,520,176 worldwide 764 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Dave Gill United States · #1,563,957 worldwide 1.5k citations · 27 works
  5. 5 C.H. Joyner United States · #1,707,009 worldwide 1.1k citations · 41 works
  6. 6 Jacco L. Pleumeekers United States · #1,727,596 worldwide 2.3k citations · 106 works
  7. 7 A.N. Karanicolas United States · #2,063,870 worldwide 1.1k citations · 15 works
  8. 8 R.A. Salvatore United States · #2,196,752 worldwide 1.6k citations · 81 works
  9. 9 Sheila K. Hurtt United States · #2,233,951 worldwide 434 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Warren Sande United States · #2,253,503 worldwide 386 citations · 40 works
All ranked researchers at Infinera (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Infinera (United States) is "CMOS-compatible integrated optical hyper-parametric oscillator" (Luca Razzari, D. Duchesne, Marcello Ferrera et al., 2009), with 990 citations. Next come "Low-power continuous-wave nonlinear optics in doped silica glass integrated waveguide structures" (733) and "On-chip CMOS-compatible all-optical integrator" (590).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 CMOS-compatible integrated optical hyper-parametric oscillator Luca Razzari, D. Duchesne, Marcello Ferrera et al. · Nature Photonics 20 Dec 2009 990
2 Low-power continuous-wave nonlinear optics in doped silica glass integrated waveguide structures Marcello Ferrera, Luca Razzari, D. Duchesne et al. · Nature Photonics Open access 23 Nov 2008 733
3 On-chip CMOS-compatible all-optical integrator Marcello Ferrera, Y. Park, Luca Razzari et al. · Nature Communications Open access 15 Jun 2010 590
4 Self-locked optical parametric oscillation in a CMOS compatible microring resonator: a route to robust optical frequency comb generation on a chip Alessia Pasquazi, Lucia Caspani, Marco Peccianti et al. · Optics Express Open access 24 May 2013 473
5 Subpicosecond optical pulse compression via an integrated nonlinear chirper Marco Peccianti, Marcello Ferrera, Luca Razzari et al. · Optics Express Open access 29 Mar 2010 460
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Infinera (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Optical Fiber, Coherent Detection, Digital Signal Processing, Microwave Photonics, Optical Access Networks, Photonic Signal Processing, Energy Efficiency and Elastic Optical Networks.

▲ 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 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. Optical Fiber13▲ 149×2 topics
  2. Coherent Detection12▲ 350×1 topic
  3. Digital Signal Processing12▲ 308×1 topic
  4. Microwave Photonics12▲ 170×2 topics
  5. Optical Access Networks10▲ 389×1 topic
  6. Photonic Signal Processing10▲ 389×1 topic
  7. Energy Efficiency10▲ 13×5 topics
  8. Elastic Optical Networks10▲ 700×1 topic
  9. Optical Networks10▲ 700×1 topic
  10. 5G Networks3▲ 20×4 topics
  11. Internet of Things3▲ 4.2×8 topics
  12. Network Virtualization3▲ 88×1 topic
  13. Software-Defined Networking3▲ 88×1 topic
  14. Channel Modeling3▲ 25×3 topics
  15. Security2▲ 4.4×9 topics
  16. Cloud Computing2▲ 9.9×4 topics
  17. Wireless Sensor Networks2▲ 5.4×3 topics
  18. Integrated Circuits2▲ 16×2 topics
  19. Biosensors2▲ 4.5×3 topics
  20. Optical Modulators2▲ 15×1 topic
  21. Semiconductor Lasers2▲ 31×2 topics
  22. Silicon Photonics2▲ 21×1 topic
  23. Urban Planning2▲ 25×4 topics
  24. Fiber Lasers2▲ 22×2 topics
  25. Nonlinear Optics2▲ 19×2 topics
  26. Optical Frequency Combs2▲ 36×1 topic
  27. Ultrafast Lasers2▲ 36×1 topic
  28. Cultural Studies2▲ 4.8×3 topics
  29. Cybersecurity2▲ 7.1×2 topics
  30. Distributed Systems1▲ 9.1×4 topics
  31. Free-Space Optical Communication1▲ 56×1 topic
  32. Optical Interconnects1▲ 46×1 topic
  33. Smart Cities1▲ 5.7×3 topics
  34. Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSELs)1▲ 46×1 topic
  35. Visible Light Communication1▲ 56×1 topic
  36. Reliability Assessment1▲ 32×2 topics
  37. Wireless Networks1▲ 9.9×2 topics
  38. Congestion Control1▲ 145×1 topic
  39. Cryptanalysis1▲ 15×2 topics
  40. TCP1▲ 145×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Optical Network Technologies, Advanced Photonic Communication Systems, Advanced Optical Network Technologies and Software-Defined Networks and 5G.

Optical Network Technolo…12Optical Network Technologies: 12 fractional worksAdvanced Photonic Commun…10Advanced Photonic Communication Systems: 10 fractional worksAdvanced Optical Network…10Advanced Optical Network Technologies: 10 fractional worksSoftware-Defined Network…3Software-Defined Networks and 5G: 3 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Laser Technologies: 2 fractional worksOptical Wireless Communication Technologies: 1 fractional worksSemiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices: 1 fractional worksNetwork Traffic and Congestion Control: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Authentication Protocols Security: 1 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringComputer Networks and CommunicationsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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

  1. 1 Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 12 works
  2. 2 Advanced Photonic Communication Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 10 works
  3. 3 Advanced Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 10 works
  4. 4 Software-Defined Networks and 5G Computer Networks and Communications 3 works
  5. 5 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 works
  7. 7 Optical Wireless Communication Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Network Traffic and Congestion Control Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  10. 10 Advanced Authentication Protocols Security Computer Networks and Communications 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 available25.1%not open74.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.8%domestic only70.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% lower 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 Infinera (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00024% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Infinera (United States)0.00031% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Infinera (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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