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MediaTek (Taiwan)

In research, MediaTek (Taiwan) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,348 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#2,572 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Engineering (Electrical and Electronic Engineering is 12.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,950
of 22,385 · #11,260 all time
Rank in Taiwan
#142
of 185
Research works
612
▼ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
17.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
12%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
MediaTek (Taiwan)

What is MediaTek (Taiwan) 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 #4,348 of 10,670 13.6%120 #2701
EngineeringField #2,572 of 5,901 15.1%78 #2019

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

In 2022-now, 93% of research at MediaTek (Taiwan) is in Physical Sciences, 3% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (60%), Computer Science (28%), Medicine (2%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 130 fractional works · 92.6% of its workEngineering: 83 fractional works · 59.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 60 fractional works · 43.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 4.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 40 fractional works · 28.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 10 fractional works · 7.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 6.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 9 fractional works · 6.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 4.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMediaTek (Taiwan)140fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences93%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences3%

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. Engineering8359.6%
    2. Computer Science4028.5%
    3. Materials Science21.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy21.2%
    5. Chemical Engineering10.7%
    6. Environmental Science10.4%
    7. Energy00.4%
    8. Chemistry00.3%
    9. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Arts and Humanities10.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting10.5%
    3. Social Sciences10.5%
    4. Psychology10.5%
    5. Decision Sciences10.4%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.0%
    1. Medicine32.4%
    2. Health Professions00.2%
    1. Neuroscience21.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does MediaTek (Taiwan) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Electrical and Electronic Engineering takes 12.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 60.5 works12×
  2. EngineeringField · 83.4 works4.0×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.87× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 2.10× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.66× its world share, 40 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.97× its world share, 83 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.97×83 works
  2. Computer Science3.66×40 works
  3. Chemical Engineering2.10×1 works
  4. Neuroscience0.87×2 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy0.56×2 works
  6. Energy0.39×0 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.39×0 works
  8. Materials Science0.37×2 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.30×1 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.24×0 works
  11. Chemistry0.17×0 works
  12. Mathematics0.17×0 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.15×1 works
  14. Psychology0.15×1 works
  15. Medicine0.12×3 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.09×1 works
  17. Environmental Science0.09×1 works
  18. Health Professions0.06×0 works
  19. Social Sciences0.04×1 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at MediaTek (Taiwan)?

Ranked on the quality score, Shawmin Lei, Jen-Che Tsai and Yun-Shiang Shu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is MediaTek (Taiwan).

  1. 1 Shawmin Lei Taiwan · #1,158,226 worldwide 3.4k citations · 100 works
  2. 2 Jen-Che Tsai Taiwan · #1,272,436 worldwide 349 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Yun-Shiang Shu Taiwan · #1,448,397 worldwide 816 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Jing-Hong Conan Zhan Taiwan · #1,646,275 worldwide 1.5k citations · 36 works
  5. 5 George Chien Taiwan · #2,035,362 worldwide 1.3k citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Hsiang-Hui Chang Taiwan · #2,235,925 worldwide 636 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Jon Strange Taiwan · #2,334,941 worldwide 554 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Yi-Wen Chen Taiwan · #2,584,870 worldwide 591 citations · 64 works
  9. 9 Ping‐Ying Wang Taiwan · #2,616,169 worldwide 293 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Chun-Chia Chen Taiwan · #2,695,003 worldwide 595 citations · 46 works
All ranked researchers at MediaTek (Taiwan)

What are the most cited papers from MediaTek (Taiwan)?

The most cited paper from MediaTek (Taiwan) is "Alternating Minimization Algorithms for Hybrid Precoding in Millimeter Wave MIMO Systems" (Xianghao Yu, Juei-Chin Shen, Jun Zhang et al., 2016), with 1,520 citations. Next come "PCANet: A Simple Deep Learning Baseline for Image Classification?" (1,362) and "A Fully-Integrated 16-Element Phased-Array Receiver in SiGe BiCMOS for 60-GHz Communications" (418).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Alternating Minimization Algorithms for Hybrid Precoding in Millimeter Wave MIMO Systems Xianghao Yu, Juei-Chin Shen, Jun Zhang et al. · IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal Processing Open access 3 Feb 2016 1,520
2 PCANet: A Simple Deep Learning Baseline for Image Classification? Tsung-Han Chan, Kui Jia, Shenghua Gao et al. · IEEE Transactions on Image Processing Open access Sep 2015 1,362
3 A Fully-Integrated 16-Element Phased-Array Receiver in SiGe BiCMOS for 60-GHz Communications Arun S. Natarajan, Scott K. Reynolds, Ming-Da Tsai et al. · IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits 26 Apr 2011 418
4 Sample Adaptive Offset in the HEVC Standard Chih-Ming Fu, Elena A. Alshina, Alexander Alshin et al. · IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology 5 Oct 2012 376
5 AI Benchmark: Running Deep Neural Networks on Android Smartphones Andrey Ignatov, Radu Timofte, William Y. Chou et al. · Lecture notes in computer science Conference paper 2019 348
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at MediaTek (Taiwan)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Energy Efficiency, Deep Learning, CMOS Technology, Integrated Circuits, Low-Power, Process Variation, CMOS and Neural 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. Deep Learning16▲ 3.3×28 topics
  2. Energy Efficiency11▲ 8.7×9 topics
  3. Neural Networks9▲ 4.4×13 topics
  4. CMOS Technology9▲ 80×4 topics
  5. Integrated Circuits9▲ 44×3 topics
  6. Low-Power8▲ 130×2 topics
  7. Process Variation8▲ 92×2 topics
  8. CMOS7▲ 107×2 topics
  9. Frequency Synthesizer7▲ 126×2 topics
  10. Delta-Sigma Modulator6▲ 132×2 topics
  11. Channel Estimation5▲ 42×4 topics
  12. Radiation Effects5▲ 89×2 topics
  13. Thermal Management5▲ 11×5 topics
  14. FPGA5▲ 92×2 topics
  15. Massive MIMO5▲ 42×3 topics
  16. Approximate Computing4▲ 153×1 topic
  17. VLSI Circuits4▲ 153×1 topic
  18. Artificial Neural Networks4▲ 6.8×4 topics
  19. CMOS Design4▲ 147×2 topics
  20. Biomedical Imaging4▲ 51×2 topics
  21. Embedded Cores4▲ 197×1 topic
  22. Low-Noise Amplifiers4▲ 106×1 topic
  23. Oscillators4▲ 106×1 topic
  24. Photon Counting4▲ 44×2 topics
  25. Test Data Compression4▲ 197×1 topic
  26. CMOS Image Sensors4▲ 121×1 topic
  27. High-Speed Imaging4▲ 42×1 topic
  28. Wireless Communication4▲ 19×5 topics
  29. Wireless Networks4▲ 19×6 topics
  30. MIMO Systems4▲ 34×3 topics
  31. High-Temperature Electronics4▲ 43×2 topics
  32. Interconnect4▲ 154×1 topic
  33. Machine Vision4▲ 12×4 topics
  34. Neuromorphic Computing4▲ 22×2 topics
  35. Through-Silicon Via4▲ 154×1 topic
  36. ADC3▲ 108×1 topic
  37. Neural Recording3▲ 108×1 topic
  38. Nanoelectronics3▲ 27×2 topics
  39. Nanowire Transistors3▲ 60×1 topic
  40. Tunnel Field-Effect Transistors3▲ 60×1 topic

Which research topics does MediaTek (Taiwan) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Low-power high-performance VLSI design, Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design, VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing and CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors.

Low-power high-performan…4Low-power high-performance VLSI design: 4 fractional worksRadio Frequency Integrat…4Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design: 4 fractional worksVLSI and Analog Circuit Testing: 4 fractional worksCCD and CMOS Imaging Sen…4CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors: 4 fractional works3D IC and TSV technologies43D IC and TSV technologies: 4 fractional worksAnalog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design: 3 fractional worksAdvancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design: 3 fractional worksEmbedded Systems Design …3Embedded Systems Design Techniques: 3 fractional worksAdvancements in PLL and VCO Technologies: 3 fractional worksIntegrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis: 3 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringHardware and ArchitectureBiomedical Engineering

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

  1. 1 Low-power high-performance VLSI design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  2. 2 Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  3. 3 VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing Hardware and Architecture 4 works
  4. 4 CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 3D IC and TSV technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 Embedded Systems Design Techniques Hardware and Architecture 3 works
  9. 9 Advancements in PLL and VCO Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  10. 10 Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 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 available11.7%not open88.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.0%domestic only74.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has MediaTek (Taiwan)'s research output changed?

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

still counting200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 MediaTek (Taiwan) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00061% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%MediaTek (Taiwan)0.00055% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of MediaTek (Taiwan) 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%30%MediaTek (Taiwan)16.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 26.9% in 2016.

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