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National Microelectronics Institute

In research, National Microelectronics Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#10,271 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Electrical and Electronic Engineering is 9.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#21,823
of 22,385 · #30,597 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#833
of 862
Research works
191
▲ 144% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.5k
18.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
47%
world 40%
International
23%
world 18%
National Microelectronics Institute

What is National Microelectronics 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 #10,271 of 17,446 12.1%164

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Microelectronics 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does National Microelectronics Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 88% of research at National Microelectronics Institute is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (55%), Computer Science (14%), Physics and Astronomy (9%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 66 fractional works · 87.9% of its workEngineering: 41 fractional works · 54.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 25 fractional works · 33.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 15.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 13.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 fractional works · 9.2% of its workInstrumentation: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAcoustics and Ultrasonics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBioengineering: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workFiltration and Separation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 7.5% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 5.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNationalMicroelectronics…76fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences88%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences0%

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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering4154.8%
    2. Computer Science1013.8%
    3. Physics and Astronomy79.2%
    4. Materials Science34.0%
    5. Chemical Engineering22.6%
    6. Environmental Science11.4%
    7. Chemistry11.4%
    8. Mathematics00.3%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    10. Energy00.1%
    1. Neuroscience45.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine34.4%
    1. Psychology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does National Microelectronics Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Electrical and Electronic Engineering takes 9.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 25.2 works9.3×
← 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: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 3.06× its world share, 4 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 7.36× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.78× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.66× its world share, 41 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.15× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 4.13× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksMedicinePsychology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering7.36×2 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy4.13×7 works
  3. Engineering3.66×41 works
  4. Neuroscience3.06×4 works
  5. Computer Science1.78×10 works
  6. Materials Science1.15×3 works
  7. Chemistry0.89×1 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.45×2 works
  9. Environmental Science0.29×1 works
  10. Mathematics0.25×0 works
  11. Medicine0.23×3 works
  12. Energy0.16×0 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.12×0 works
  14. Psychology0.05×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at National Microelectronics Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Themis Prodromakis and Deepika Yadav lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Microelectronics Institute.

  1. 1 Themis Prodromakis United Kingdom · #3,224,575 worldwide 2 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Deepika Yadav United Kingdom · #3,804,551 worldwide 32 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at National Microelectronics Institute

What are the most cited papers from National Microelectronics Institute?

The most cited paper from National Microelectronics Institute is "Review Article—Dielectrophoresis: Status of the theory, technology, and applications" (Ronald Pethig, 2010), with 1,279 citations. Next come "Wearable and Stretchable Strain Sensors: Materials, Sensing Mechanisms, and Applications" (681) and "Advances in piezoelectric thin films for acoustic biosensors, acoustofluidics and lab-on-chip applications" (650).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Review Article—Dielectrophoresis: Status of the theory, technology, and applications Ronald Pethig · Biomicrofluidics Open access Jun 2010 1,279
2 Wearable and Stretchable Strain Sensors: Materials, Sensing Mechanisms, and Applications Hamid Souri, Hritwick Banerjee, Ardian Jusufi et al. · Advanced Intelligent Systems Open access 11 Jun 2020 681
3 Advances in piezoelectric thin films for acoustic biosensors, acoustofluidics and lab-on-chip applications Yongqing Fu, Jikui Luo, Nam‐Trung Nguyen et al. · Progress in Materials Science Open access 24 Apr 2017 650
4 Wireless Power Transfer in Loosely Coupled Links: Coil Misalignment Model Kyriaki Fotopoulou, Brian W. Flynn · IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 23 Nov 2010 393
5 Low Dark Count Single-Photon Avalanche Diode Structure Compatible With Standard Nanometer Scale CMOS Technology Justin A. Richardson, Lindsay A. Grant, Robert Henderson · IEEE Photonics Technology Letters Open access 16 Jun 2009 208
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at National Microelectronics Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neuromorphic Computing, Neural Networks, Photon Counting, Memristor, Resistive Switching, Field-Effect Transistors, Thin Films and Doping.

▲ 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. Neuromorphic Computing11▲ 126×2 topics
  2. Neural Networks9▲ 7.4×7 topics
  3. Photon Counting7▲ 137×2 topics
  4. Memristor7▲ 107×1 topic
  5. Resistive Switching7▲ 107×1 topic
  6. Field-Effect Transistors6▲ 52×2 topics
  7. Deep Learning6▲ 2.1×17 topics
  8. Doping4▲ 64×2 topics
  9. Thin Films4▲ 31×2 topics
  10. Biosensors4▲ 12×7 topics
  11. Ferroelectricity4▲ 61×1 topic
  12. Hafnium Oxide4▲ 170×1 topic
  13. Biomedical Imaging4▲ 87×2 topics
  14. High-Speed Imaging4▲ 70×2 topics
  15. Health Monitoring4▲ 24×2 topics
  16. CMOS Image Sensors4▲ 192×1 topic
  17. Low-Noise Sensors4▲ 192×1 topic
  18. Laser Ranging3▲ 191×1 topic
  19. Time-of-Flight3▲ 120×1 topic
  20. Flexible Electronics3▲ 25×2 topics
  21. Biomedical Applications3▲ 3.2×6 topics
  22. Nanogenerators3▲ 29×1 topic
  23. Wearable3▲ 29×1 topic
  24. Nanomaterials2▲ 2.9×3 topics
  25. Atomic Layer Deposition2▲ 45×1 topic
  26. High-k Dielectrics2▲ 45×1 topic
  27. Optical Sensors2▲ 32×2 topics
  28. Electrode Arrays2▲ 53×1 topic
  29. Ion-Selective Electrodes2▲ 38×1 topic
  30. Neural Stimulation2▲ 53×1 topic
  31. Potentiometric Sensors2▲ 38×1 topic
  32. Robotic Manipulators2▲ 24×3 topics
  33. Integrated Circuits2▲ 15×3 topics
  34. Soft Robotics2▲ 29×2 topics
  35. Bioinspired Robotics2▲ 57×1 topic
  36. Continuum Robots2▲ 57×1 topic
  37. Hyperspectral Imaging2▲ 7.9×3 topics
  38. Wearable Sensors2▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Channel Modeling1▲ 15×5 topics
  40. Image Classification1▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does National Microelectronics Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced Memory and Neural Computing, Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices, CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors and Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies.

Advanced Memory and Neur…7Advanced Memory and Neural Computing: 7 fractional worksFerroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices: 4 fractional worksCCD and CMOS Imaging Sen…4CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Optical Sensing…3Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies: 3 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 3 fractional worksSemiconductor materials and devices: 2 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neural …2Neuroscience and Neural Engineering: 2 fractional worksAnalytical Chemistry and Sensors: 2 fractional worksSoft Robotics and Applications: 2 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 1 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringInstrumentationBiomedical EngineeringCellular and Molecular Neuroscience1 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Memory and Neural Computing Electrical and Electronic Engineering 7 works
  2. 2 Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  3. 3 CCD and CMOS Imaging Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  4. 4 Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies Instrumentation 3 works
  5. 5 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 Semiconductor materials and devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Neuroscience and Neural Engineering Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 2 works
  8. 8 Analytical Chemistry and Sensors Bioengineering 2 works
  9. 9 Soft Robotics and Applications Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 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 available46.7%not open53.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.8%domestic only77.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has National Microelectronics Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 144% 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 National Microelectronics Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00025% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%National Microelectronics Institute0.00059% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of National Microelectronics Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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