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Micron (United States)

In research, Micron (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,303 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#2,202 of 5,901 worldwide) and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#821 of 2,176 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Electrical and Electronic Engineering is 9.1× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,110
of 22,385 · #3,454 all time
Rank in United States
#816
of 3,332
Research works
1.7k
▲ 35% vs 2018-21
Citations
21k
12.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
21%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Micron (United States)

What is Micron (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 #2,303 of 10,670 7.6%297 #2056
EngineeringField #2,202 of 5,901 6.6%188 #1850
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #821 of 2,176 6.6%117 #792

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Micron (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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#2,056 #2,303
  2. Engineering#1,850 #2,202
  3. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#792 #821
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Micron (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 84% of research at Micron (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (52%), Computer Science (13%), Materials Science (11%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 338 fractional works · 84.4% of its workEngineering: 210 fractional works · 52.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 130 fractional works · 32.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 21 fractional works · 5.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 15 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 50 fractional works · 12.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 19 fractional works · 4.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 12 fractional works · 2.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 43 fractional works · 10.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 24 fractional works · 5.9% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 17 fractional works · 4.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 11 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 32 fractional works · 7.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 21 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 2.9% of its workStructural Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 19 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMicron (UnitedStates)401fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences84%Health Sciences5%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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering21052.3%
    2. Computer Science5012.5%
    3. Materials Science4310.7%
    4. Physics and Astronomy174.2%
    5. Environmental Science61.6%
    6. Chemistry61.4%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.7%
    8. Mathematics20.5%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.4%
    10. Energy10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology215.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences71.8%
    3. Neuroscience30.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Medicine143.4%
    2. Nursing41.0%
    3. Health Professions10.3%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Social Sciences41.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting40.9%
    3. Decision Sciences20.5%
    4. Psychology20.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Micron (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Electrical and Electronic Engineering takes 9.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 130.1 works9.1×
← 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: 0.38× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.97× its world share, 21 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.42× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.04× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.92× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.61× its world share, 50 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.48× its world share, 210 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.06× its world share, 43 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.91× its world share, 17 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 1.96× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.48×210 works
  2. Materials Science3.06×43 works
  3. Nursing1.96×4 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.91×17 works
  5. Computer Science1.61×50 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.04×2 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.97×21 works
  8. Chemistry0.92×6 works
  9. Veterinary0.61×0 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.53×2 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.44×3 works
  12. Mathematics0.43×2 works
  13. Neuroscience0.42×3 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.38×7 works
  15. Environmental Science0.31×6 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.28×4 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.20×1 works
  18. Energy0.18×1 works
  19. Medicine0.18×14 works
  20. Psychology0.15×2 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.14×0 works
  22. Health Professions0.11×1 works
  23. Social Sciences0.08×4 works
  24. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.04×0 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.02×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Ryan D. Pensack, Nirmal Ramaswamy and Alessandro Calderoni lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Micron (United States).

  1. 1 Ryan D. Pensack United States · #292,408 worldwide 3.4k citations · 84 works
  2. 2 Nirmal Ramaswamy United States · #407,643 worldwide 2.3k citations · 47 works
  3. 3 Alessandro Calderoni United States · #713,113 worldwide 2.5k citations · 67 works
  4. 4 Akira Goda United States · #722,412 worldwide 1.4k citations · 38 works
  5. 5 Sean Eilert United States · #1,091,814 worldwide 514 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Christopher K. Wilson United States · #1,164,814 worldwide 1.2k citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Kirk Prall United States · #1,324,148 worldwide 592 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Mark S. Kokoris United States · #1,382,943 worldwide 1.5k citations · 19 works
  9. 9 John C. Gerdes United States · #1,412,972 worldwide 2.4k citations · 39 works
  10. 10 Ramin Ghodsi United States · #1,454,779 worldwide 321 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Micron (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Micron (United States) is "Point-of-Care Diagnostics for Global Health" (Paul Yager, Gonzalo J. Domingo, John C. Gerdes, 2008), with 1,088 citations. Next come "Principles and Applications of Nucleic Acid Strand Displacement Reactions" (823) and "Micronutrient deficiencies among preschool-aged children and women of reproductive age worldwide: a pooled analysis of individual-level data from population-representative surveys" (645).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Point-of-Care Diagnostics for Global Health Paul Yager, Gonzalo J. Domingo, John C. Gerdes · Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering Review 21 Mar 2008 1,088
2 Principles and Applications of Nucleic Acid Strand Displacement Reactions Friedrich Christian Simmel, Bernard Yurke, Hari Singh · Chemical Reviews Review 4 Feb 2019 823
3 Micronutrient deficiencies among preschool-aged children and women of reproductive age worldwide: a pooled analysis of individual-level data from population-representative surveys Gretchen A Stevens et al. · The Lancet Global Health Open access 11 Oct 2022 645
4 Pan-cancer analyses reveal cancer-type-specific fungal ecologies and bacteriome interactions Lian Narunsky-Haziza et al. · Cell Open access Sep 2022 529
5 Lab-on-a-chip for drug development Bernhard H. Weigl, Ron L. Bardell, Catherine R. Cabrera · Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews Review Feb 2003 482
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Micron (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nanoelectronics, Atomic Layer Deposition, High-k Dielectrics, Integrated Circuits, Failure Analysis, Parallel Computing, Fault Localization and Laser Voltage Probing.

▲ 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. Nanoelectronics22▲ 68×2 topics
  2. Atomic Layer Deposition20▲ 79×1 topic
  3. High-k Dielectrics20▲ 79×1 topic
  4. Integrated Circuits18▲ 32×3 topics
  5. Failure Analysis18▲ 49×2 topics
  6. Parallel Computing18▲ 38×3 topics
  7. Nanoparticles17▲ 3.4×22 topics
  8. Fault Localization16▲ 56×2 topics
  9. Laser Voltage Probing15▲ 141×1 topic
  10. Photon Emission Microscopy15▲ 141×1 topic
  11. Thermal Management14▲ 11×7 topics
  12. Thin Films12▲ 16×8 topics
  13. Electromigration12▲ 109×2 topics
  14. High-Resolution Patterning12▲ 146×2 topics
  15. Nanofabrication12▲ 49×3 topics
  16. Process Variation12▲ 50×2 topics
  17. Electron Beam Lithography12▲ 317×1 topic
  18. Resolution Limits12▲ 317×1 topic
  19. Distributed Storage11▲ 106×1 topic
  20. Network Coding11▲ 63×1 topic
  21. Solar Cells11▲ 13×6 topics
  22. Neuromorphic Computing10▲ 22×2 topics
  23. High-Temperature Electronics10▲ 42×2 topics
  24. Nanowire Transistors10▲ 65×1 topic
  25. Tunnel Field-Effect Transistors10▲ 65×1 topic
  26. Tool Wear10▲ 19×3 topics
  27. Molecular Dynamics Simulation10▲ 22×3 topics
  28. Interconnect10▲ 142×1 topic
  29. Rare Earth Elements10▲ 16×2 topics
  30. Through-Silicon Via10▲ 142×1 topic
  31. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy9▲ 31×2 topics
  32. Chemical Mechanical Planarization9▲ 51×1 topic
  33. Material Removal Mechanism9▲ 51×1 topic
  34. Thermal Behavior9▲ 53×2 topics
  35. Electron Inelastic Mean Free Paths8▲ 112×1 topic
  36. Interfacial Reactions8▲ 112×1 topic
  37. Lead-free Solders8▲ 112×1 topic
  38. Machine Vision8▲ 9.8×4 topics
  39. Scanning Electron Microscopy8▲ 91×1 topic
  40. Photovoltaics8▲ 13×4 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Semiconductor materials and devices, Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis, Advancements in Photolithography Techniques and Advanced Data Storage Technologies.

Semiconductor materials and devices: 20 fractional worksIntegrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis: 15 fractional worksAdvancements in Photolit…12Advancements in Photolithography Techniques: 12 fractional worksAdvanced Data Storage Te…11Advanced Data Storage Technologies: 11 fractional worksAdvancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design: 10 fractional works3D IC and TSV technologies: 10 fractional worksAdvanced Surface Polishi…9Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques: 9 fractional worksElectron and X-Ray Spect…8Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques: 8 fractional worksElectronic Packaging and…8Electronic Packaging and Soldering Technologies: 8 fractional worksParallel Computing and O…6Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques: 6 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringComputer Networks and CommunicationsBiomedical EngineeringSurfaces, Coatings and Films1 others

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

  1. 1 Semiconductor materials and devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 20 works
  2. 2 Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis Electrical and Electronic Engineering 15 works
  3. 3 Advancements in Photolithography Techniques Electrical and Electronic Engineering 12 works
  4. 4 Advanced Data Storage Technologies Computer Networks and Communications 11 works
  5. 5 Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 10 works
  6. 6 3D IC and TSV technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 10 works
  7. 7 Advanced Surface Polishing Techniques Biomedical Engineering 9 works
  8. 8 Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques Surfaces, Coatings and Films 8 works
  9. 9 Electronic Packaging and Soldering Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 8 works
  10. 10 Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques Hardware and Architecture 6 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 available20.9%not open79.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.5%domestic only74.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 35% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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 Micron (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0016% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Micron (United States)0.0020% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Micron (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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Micron (United States)6.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.5% in 2003.

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