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KLA (United States)

In research, KLA (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,977 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition is 16.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,366
of 22,385 · #9,573 all time
Rank in United States
#1,878
of 3,332
Research works
1.1k
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.3k
6.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
13%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
KLA (United States)

What is KLA (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 #4,977 of 10,670 10.4%76 #4259

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

In 2022-now, 76% of research at KLA (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 14% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (38%), Engineering (26%), Social Sciences (8%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 83 fractional works · 75.7% of its workComputer Science: 41 fractional works · 37.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 22 fractional works · 20.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSignal Processing: 5 fractional works · 4.8% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 28 fractional works · 25.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 8 fractional works · 6.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 7 fractional works · 6.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 14.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 7.8% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKKLA (UnitedStates)109fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences76%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences14%

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. Computer Science4137.5%
    2. Engineering2825.9%
    3. Environmental Science43.7%
    4. Materials Science43.4%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences32.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy21.6%
    7. Chemistry10.8%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    9. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Social Sciences97.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities32.6%
    3. Decision Sciences11.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.8%
    6. Psychology00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences43.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Medicine43.9%
    2. Health Professions10.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does KLA (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition takes 16.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 22.0 works16×
← 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: 0.73× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 4.82× its world share, 41 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.51× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.73× its world share, 28 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.75× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.96× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.91× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.37× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science4.82×41 works
  2. Engineering1.73×28 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.51×3 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.37×1 works
  5. Materials Science0.96×4 works
  6. Chemical Engineering0.95×0 works
  7. Arts and Humanities0.91×3 works
  8. Environmental Science0.75×4 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.73×4 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.71×2 works
  11. Social Sciences0.62×9 works
  12. Chemistry0.49×1 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.39×1 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.39×1 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.34×2 works
  16. Health Professions0.22×1 works
  17. Medicine0.20×4 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.19×0 works
  19. Mathematics0.17×0 works
  20. Psychology0.11×0 works
  21. Neuroscience0.06×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Chee‐Kong Lee, Shan Ting Liu and David Wu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is KLA (United States).

  1. 1 Chee‐Kong Lee United States · #876,088 worldwide 762 citations · 36 works
  2. 2 Shan Ting Liu United States · #1,173,968 worldwide 12k citations · 723 works
  3. 3 David Wu United States · #1,814,673 worldwide 414 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Daniel C. Wack United States · #1,981,424 worldwide 567 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Anthony Vacca United States · #2,214,683 worldwide 190 citations · 37 works
  6. 6 Jeffrey D. Byers United States · #2,483,068 worldwide 1.7k citations · 52 works
  7. 7 Xiaozhong Xu United States · #2,584,990 worldwide 137 citations · 34 works
  8. 8 Prasanna Dighe United States · #2,645,358 worldwide 182 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Xin Zhao United States · #2,666,775 worldwide 877 citations · 52 works
  10. 10 Yalin Xiong United States · #2,860,982 worldwide 607 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at KLA (United States)

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

The most cited paper from KLA (United States) is "Overview of the Versatile Video Coding (VVC) Standard and its Applications" (Benjamin A. Bross, Ye-Kui Wang, Yan Ye et al., 2021), with 1,809 citations. Next come "A computationally efficient superresolution image reconstruction algorithm" (403) and "Dielectric laser accelerators" (382).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Overview of the Versatile Video Coding (VVC) Standard and its Applications Benjamin A. Bross, Ye-Kui Wang, Yan Ye et al. · IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology Open access 2 Aug 2021 1,809
2 A computationally efficient superresolution image reconstruction algorithm Nhat Nguyen, Peyman Milanfar, Gene Howard Golub · IEEE Transactions on Image Processing Apr 2001 403
3 Dielectric laser accelerators R. J. England et al. · Reviews of Modern Physics Open access 23 Dec 2014 382
4 Characterizing biological products and assessing comparability following manufacturing changes Arthur J. Chirino, Anthony R. Mire‐Sluis · Nature Biotechnology Nov 2004 364
5 Web-based telerehabilitation for the upper extremity after stroke David J. Reinkensmeyer, Clifton T. Pang, Jeff A. Nessler et al. · IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering Jun 2002 293
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at KLA (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Video Coding, 3D Reconstruction, Point Clouds, Convolutional Networks, Hyperspectral Imaging, Mesh Segmentation and Shape Representation.

▲ 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. Deep Learning24▲ 6.4×35 topics
  2. Video Coding9▲ 393×2 topics
  3. 3D Reconstruction7▲ 71×2 topics
  4. Point Clouds7▲ 71×2 topics
  5. Neural Networks7▲ 4.0×17 topics
  6. Convolutional Networks6▲ 44×3 topics
  7. Hyperspectral Imaging6▲ 21×4 topics
  8. Mesh Segmentation5▲ 154×1 topic
  9. Shape Representation5▲ 154×1 topic
  10. Depth Estimation5▲ 56×2 topics
  11. JPEG20005▲ 313×1 topic
  12. Wavelet Compression5▲ 313×1 topic
  13. Motion Estimation5▲ 379×2 topics
  14. Unsupervised Learning5▲ 28×2 topics
  15. H.264/AVC4▲ 550×1 topic
  16. High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC)4▲ 550×1 topic
  17. Optical Flow4▲ 79×1 topic
  18. Stereo Vision4▲ 79×1 topic
  19. Remote Sensing4▲ 2.9×7 topics
  20. Simulation4▲ 13×2 topics
  21. Computer Graphics3▲ 118×1 topic
  22. Cultural Heritage3▲ 5.8×4 topics
  23. Visualization3▲ 54×1 topic
  24. Terrestrial Laser Scanning3▲ 23×2 topics
  25. Sparse Representation3▲ 14×3 topics
  26. Convolutional Neural Networks3▲ 3.4×7 topics
  27. Machine Vision3▲ 12×3 topics
  28. Generative Adversarial Networks3▲ 26×2 topics
  29. Image Processing2▲ 5.3×6 topics
  30. Medical Imaging2▲ 4.1×4 topics
  31. Image2▲ 48×1 topic
  32. Super-Resolution2▲ 48×1 topic
  33. Texture Analysis2▲ 8.9×3 topics
  34. Image Quality Assessment2▲ 107×1 topic
  35. Perceptual Quality2▲ 107×1 topic
  36. Photogrammetry2▲ 30×1 topic
  37. UAV2▲ 30×1 topic
  38. Wavelet Transform2▲ 7.4×2 topics
  39. Fabric Defect Detection2▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Nanofabrication2▲ 25×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis, Advanced Data Compression Techniques, Video Coding and Compression Technologies and Advanced Vision and Imaging.

3D Shape Modeling and Analysis: 5 fractional worksAdvanced Data Compression Techniques: 5 fractional worksVideo Coding and Compres…4Video Coding and Compression Technologies: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Vision and Imag…4Advanced Vision and Imaging: 4 fractional worksComputer Graphics and Visualization Techniques: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Image Processing Techniques: 2 fractional worksImage and Video Quality …2Image and Video Quality Assessment: 2 fractional works3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage: 2 fractional worksIndustrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection: 2 fractional worksManufacturing Process and Optimization: 2 fractional works
Computational MechanicsComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSignal ProcessingComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design2 others

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

  1. 1 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis Computational Mechanics 5 works
  2. 2 Advanced Data Compression Techniques Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 5 works
  3. 3 Video Coding and Compression Technologies Signal Processing 4 works
  4. 4 Advanced Vision and Imaging Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 4 works
  5. 5 Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 3 works
  6. 6 Advanced Image Processing Techniques Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2 works
  7. 7 Image and Video Quality Assessment Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2 works
  8. 8 3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage Geology 2 works
  9. 9 Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 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 available12.7%not open87.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.3%domestic only70.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% 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 KLA (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00041% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%KLA (United States)0.00038% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of KLA (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.

still counting10%20%KLA (United States)10.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.5% in 2021.

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