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Motorola (United States)

In research, Motorola (United States) stands highest in Engineering (#2,310 of 9,532 worldwide), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#985 of 3,725 worldwide) and Computer Science (#3,031 of 6,336 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education (Education is 7.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,887
of 22,385 · #7,579 all time
Rank in United States
#1,954
of 3,332
Research works
9.1k
▲ 108% vs 2018-21
Citations
160k
17.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
6%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
Motorola (United States)

What is Motorola (United States) 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
EngineeringField #2,310 of 9,532 8.4%5,260
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #985 of 3,725 8.4%3,668
Computer ScienceField #3,031 of 6,336 9.1%2,001
Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield #1,029 of 1,775 9.8%702
Physical SciencesDomain #10,573 of 17,446 8.5%8,302
Materials ChemistrySubfield #1,835 of 2,613 10.6%247
Biomedical EngineeringSubfield #1,830 of 2,564 8.7%398
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #2,051 of 2,525 8.2%191
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield #1,415 of 1,718 9.5%205
Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield #1,656 of 1,960 10.4%134

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

In 2022-now, 54% of research at Motorola (United States) is in Social Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (36%), Engineering (14%), Computer Science (8%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 69 fractional works · 54.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 46 fractional works · 36.1% of its workEducation: 28 fractional works · 21.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 7.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 9 fractional works · 7.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 36 fractional works · 28.4% of its workEngineering: 18 fractional works · 14.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 5.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 8.3% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 11.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 8.2% of its workAquatic Science: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 6.5% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMotorola (UnitedStates)128fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences54%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences4636.1%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance107.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities54.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting42.8%
    5. Psychology32.1%
    6. Decision Sciences21.6%
    1. Engineering1814.3%
    2. Computer Science118.3%
    3. Materials Science32.2%
    4. Environmental Science32.2%
    5. Mathematics10.6%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    7. Chemistry00.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences118.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.3%
    3. Neuroscience11.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Medicine75.6%
    2. Health Professions10.8%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Motorola (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 7.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 27.5 works7.0×
← 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: 1.73× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.06× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.95× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 7 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.40× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.86× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.65× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.55× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.68× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.85× its world share, 46 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.55×10 works
  2. Social Sciences2.85×46 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.73×10 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.65×2 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.40×5 works
  6. Computer Science1.06×11 works
  7. Engineering0.95×18 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.86×4 works
  9. Neuroscience0.69×1 works
  10. Psychology0.68×3 works
  11. Materials Science0.64×3 works
  12. Veterinary0.64×0 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.52×0 works
  14. Mathematics0.48×1 works
  15. Environmental Science0.44×3 works
  16. Health Professions0.30×1 works
  17. Medicine0.29×7 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.24×2 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.23×0 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.18×0 works
  21. Chemistry0.17×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.17×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Kevin L. Baum, Yi Wei and Matthew A. Thompson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Motorola (United States).

  1. 1 Kevin L. Baum United States · #591,540 worldwide 2.2k citations · 82 works
  2. 2 Yi Wei United States · #650,272 worldwide 2.2k citations · 84 works
  3. 3 Matthew A. Thompson #1,355,379 worldwide 1.1k citations · 58 works
  4. 4 Jason N. Howard United States · #1,718,204 worldwide 3.4k citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Islamshah Amlani United States · #2,028,349 worldwide 2.7k citations · 42 works
  6. 6 Weimin Xiao United States · #2,104,648 worldwide 8.6k citations · 218 works
  7. 7 David C. Gilmer United States · #2,151,451 worldwide 6k citations · 152 works
  8. 8 Allen Nguyen United States · #2,347,104 worldwide 1.1k citations · 53 works
  9. 9 Karen E. B. Moore United States · #2,387,369 worldwide 3k citations · 126 works
  10. 10 D. Roan United States · #2,411,582 worldwide 1.5k citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Motorola (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Motorola (United States) is "Overview of the H.264/AVC video coding standard" (Thomas Wiegand, Gary J. Sullivan, Gisle Bjøntegaard et al., 2003), with 8,227 citations. Next come "The Genome Sequence of Drosophila melanogaster" (6,049) and "Incremental Learning for Robust Visual Tracking" (3,114).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Overview of the H.264/AVC video coding standard Thomas Wiegand, Gary J. Sullivan, Gisle Bjøntegaard et al. · IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology Jul 2003 8,227
2 The Genome Sequence of Drosophila melanogaster Mark D. Adams et al. · Science 195 authors 24 Mar 2000 6,049
3 Incremental Learning for Robust Visual Tracking David A. Ross, Jongwoo Lim, Ruei-Sung Lin et al. · International Journal of Computer Vision 16 Aug 2007 3,114
4 Locating the nodes: cooperative localization in wireless sensor networks Neal Patwari, Joshua N. Ash, Spyros Kyperountas et al. · IEEE Signal Processing Magazine 28 Jun 2005 3,059
5 Genetic algorithms: a survey M. Srinivas, Lalit Mohan Patnaik · Computer Jun 1994 2,196
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Motorola (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Pedagogy, Digital Education, Student Competencies, Teaching Methods, Globalization, Digital Economy, Economic Development and Entrepreneurship.

▲ 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. Pedagogy22▲ 34×5 topics
  2. Digital Education21▲ 112×2 topics
  3. Student Competencies21▲ 254×1 topic
  4. Teaching Methods21▲ 103×1 topic
  5. Globalization16▲ 6.2×19 topics
  6. Sustainability11▲ 3.6×9 topics
  7. Digital Economy9▲ 36×2 topics
  8. Economic Development9▲ 9.1×2 topics
  9. Entrepreneurship9▲ 18×2 topics
  10. Industrial Enterprises9▲ 205×1 topic
  11. Innovation Economics9▲ 205×1 topic
  12. Renewable Energy6▲ 3.4×7 topics
  13. Migration6▲ 14×4 topics
  14. Climate Change Impact6▲ 19×4 topics
  15. Crisis Management5▲ 77×3 topics
  16. Energy Consumption5▲ 17×2 topics
  17. Irrigation5▲ 193×1 topic
  18. Water Efficiency5▲ 193×1 topic
  19. Biopolitics4▲ 44×1 topic
  20. Global Governance4▲ 14×1 topic
  21. Energy Efficiency4▲ 3.0×9 topics
  22. Healthcare3▲ 2.3×10 topics
  23. Education3▲ 1.45×15 topics
  24. Neoliberalism3▲ 6.5×3 topics
  25. MIMO Systems2▲ 20×3 topics
  26. Community Health Workers2▲ 17×2 topics
  27. Security and Privacy2▲ 7.5×3 topics
  28. Participatory Design2▲ 24×2 topics
  29. Resource Allocation2▲ 7.6×5 topics
  30. Mobile Edge Computing2▲ 8.0×2 topics
  31. Maternal Mortality2▲ 5.2×3 topics
  32. Ontologies2▲ 21×2 topics
  33. Child Mortality1▲ 15×1 topic
  34. Health Systems1▲ 15×1 topic
  35. Lifelong Learning1▲ 5.5×2 topics
  36. Comparative Education1▲ 46×1 topic
  37. Digital Labour Theory1▲ 115×1 topic
  38. Education Policy1▲ 15×1 topic
  39. Innovative Pedagogies1▲ 115×1 topic
  40. Archaeology1▲ 7.6×6 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Education, Innovation and Language Studies, Economic and Industrial Development, Engineering and Agricultural Innovations and Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies.

Education, Innovation an…21Education, Innovation and Language Studies: 21 fractional worksEconomic and Industrial Development: 9 fractional worksEngineering and Agricultural Innovations: 5 fractional worksMedical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies: 4 fractional worksGlobal Maternal and Child Health: 1 fractional worksContemporary art, education, critique: 1 fractional worksGlobal Educational Policies and Reforms: 1 fractional worksInnovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development: 1 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 1 fractional worksLiterary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics: 1 fractional works
EducationEconomics and EconometricsAquatic SciencePolitical Science and International Relations5 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 21 works
  2. 2 Economic and Industrial Development Economics and Econometrics 9 works
  3. 3 Engineering and Agricultural Innovations Aquatic Science 5 works
  4. 4 Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  5. 5 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  6. 6 Contemporary art, education, critique Cultural Studies 1 works
  7. 7 Global Educational Policies and Reforms Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  8. 8 Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development Management of Technology and Innovation 1 works
  9. 9 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 1 works
  10. 10 Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics Literature and Literary Theory 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 available6.4%not open93.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.9%domestic only91.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 108% 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 Motorola (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00032% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%0.15%Motorola (United States)0.00065% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Motorola (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 counting5%10%15%Motorola (United States)11.9% 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 13.5% in 2009.

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