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MCNC Research and Development Institute

In research, MCNC Research and Development Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,788 of 21,541 worldwide), Engineering (#5,438 of 11,412 worldwide) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#2,763 of 4,248 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics — Electrical and Electronic Engineering is 11.9× its share of world research.

World rank, all time
#13,819
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#3,036
of 8,685
Research works
326
▼ 33% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.6k
17.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
5%
world 28%

What is MCNC Research and Development Institute 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
Physical SciencesDomain #7,788 of 21,541 20.1%315
EngineeringField #5,438 of 11,412 20.6%190
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #2,763 of 4,248 21.8%141

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where MCNC Research and Development Institute 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does MCNC Research and Development Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Electrical and Electronic Engineering takes 11.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 140.9 works12×
  2. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 23.1 works5.1×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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.

Who are the top researchers at MCNC Research and Development Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, William D. Palmer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is MCNC Research and Development Institute.

  1. 1 William D. Palmer United States · #662,350 worldwide 70 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at MCNC Research and Development Institute

Which keywords describe research at MCNC Research and Development Institute?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Solar Cells, Nanoelectronics, Atomic Layer Deposition, High-k Dielectrics, Silicon, Integrated Circuits, Photovoltaics and Efficiency.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Solar Cells40▲ 39×6 topics
  2. Nanoelectronics24▲ 49×2 topics
  3. Atomic Layer Deposition22▲ 52×1 topic
  4. High-k Dielectrics22▲ 52×1 topic
  5. Silicon19▲ 79×2 topics
  6. Integrated Circuits18▲ 24×3 topics
  7. Photovoltaics18▲ 22×4 topics
  8. Efficiency17▲ 20×3 topics
  9. Heterojunction16▲ 121×1 topic
  10. Passivation16▲ 121×1 topic
  11. Fault Localization15▲ 55×2 topics
  12. Failure Analysis15▲ 34×1 topic
  13. Photon Emission Microscopy15▲ 89×1 topic
  14. Thin Films14▲ 17×8 topics
  15. Dielectric Properties14▲ 29×4 topics
  16. Electrical Properties14▲ 26×3 topics
  17. Epitaxial Growth14▲ 53×2 topics
  18. Nanoparticles14▲ 3.2×11 topics
  19. Metal-Semiconductor Contacts14▲ 80×1 topic
  20. Schottky Barrier14▲ 80×1 topic
  21. Process Variation12▲ 40×2 topics
  22. Thermal Management12▲ 13×3 topics
  23. Electromigration12▲ 69×2 topics
  24. Thermal Behavior10▲ 45×2 topics
  25. Flexible Electronics10▲ 21×2 topics
  26. High-Temperature Electronics10▲ 40×2 topics
  27. Nanostructures9▲ 5.9×7 topics
  28. FPGA9▲ 34×2 topics
  29. Interconnect9▲ 117×1 topic
  30. Through-Silicon Via9▲ 117×1 topic
  31. Nanowire Transistors9▲ 43×1 topic
  32. Tunnel Field-Effect Transistors9▲ 43×1 topic
  33. Embedded Cores9▲ 94×1 topic
  34. Test Data Compression9▲ 94×1 topic
  35. Distributed Systems8▲ 11×6 topics
  36. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy8▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Plasmonics8▲ 32×1 topic
  38. Thin-Film Transistors8▲ 57×1 topic
  39. CMOS Technology8▲ 21×5 topics
  40. Nanowires8▲ 10×4 topics

Which research topics does MCNC Research and Development Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Neuroscience and Neural Engineering, Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) and Hardware Security and Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis.

  1. 1 Neuroscience and Neural Engineering Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 0 works
  2. 2 Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) and Hardware Security Hardware and Architecture 0 works
  3. 3 Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 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 available5.2%not open94.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.9%domestic only95.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has MCNC Research and Development Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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