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NeoPhotonics (United States)

In research, NeoPhotonics (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,462 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Physics and Astronomy and Electrical and Electronic Engineering — Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics is 23.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,052
of 28,054 · #11,528 all time
Rank in United States
#939
of 4,192
Research works
367
▲ 82% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.3k
22.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is NeoPhotonics (United States) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #4,462 of 12,888 14.0%110 #7457

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

What does NeoPhotonics (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics takes 23.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 21.4 works23×
  2. Physics and AstronomyField · 25.9 works9.1×
  3. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 27.8 works6.1×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.86× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.25× its world share, 5 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.04× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.57× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.20× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.60× its world share, 50 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 5.01× its world share, 22 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 9.12× its world share, 26 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 9.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at NeoPhotonics (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biosensors, Optical Modulators, Integrated Circuits, Raman Lasers, Microcavities, Nanophotonic Waveguides, Silicon Photonics and Photonic Crystals.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Biosensors18▲ 27×7 topics
  2. Optical Modulators13▲ 69×3 topics
  3. Integrated Circuits10▲ 48×2 topics
  4. Microcavities9▲ 65×2 topics
  5. Raman Lasers9▲ 64×2 topics
  6. Nanophotonic Waveguides9▲ 73×1 topic
  7. Silicon Photonics9▲ 66×1 topic
  8. Photonic Crystals9▲ 55×5 topics
  9. Biomedical Applications8▲ 5.5×17 topics
  10. Nanophotonics7▲ 56×3 topics
  11. Graphene7▲ 7.6×9 topics
  12. Semiconductor6▲ 14×6 topics
  13. Metamaterials6▲ 31×5 topics
  14. Slow Light6▲ 90×2 topics
  15. Electronic Structure6▲ 24×4 topics
  16. Entanglement6▲ 29×3 topics
  17. Two-Dimensional Materials5▲ 17×4 topics
  18. Solar Cells5▲ 19×6 topics
  19. Optoelectronic Devices5▲ 41×2 topics
  20. Semiconductors5▲ 12×4 topics
  21. Colloidal Crystals4▲ 78×2 topics
  22. Optical Sensors4▲ 37×2 topics
  23. Nanocavities4▲ 116×1 topic
  24. Structural Coloration4▲ 116×1 topic
  25. Nanostructures4▲ 8.5×10 topics
  26. Photovoltaics4▲ 20×3 topics
  27. Semiconductor Lasers4▲ 48×2 topics
  28. Nanocrystals4▲ 11×5 topics
  29. Efficiency4▲ 9.9×3 topics
  30. Photoluminescence4▲ 40×2 topics
  31. Plasmonics4▲ 53×2 topics
  32. Nonlinear Optics4▲ 25×4 topics
  33. Optical Fiber4▲ 27×3 topics
  34. Nanomechanical Systems4▲ 85×1 topic
  35. Optomechanics4▲ 85×1 topic
  36. Semiconducting Transition Metal Dichalcogenides4▲ 41×1 topic
  37. Van der Waals Heterostructures4▲ 41×1 topic
  38. Bioimaging3▲ 12×5 topics
  39. Crystal Growth3▲ 9.3×5 topics
  40. Terahertz3▲ 61×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Photonic and Optical Devices, Photonic Crystals and Applications, Mechanical and Optical Resonators and 2D Materials and Applications.

Photonic and Optical Dev…9Photonic and Optical Devices: 9 fractional worksPhotonic Crystals and Applications: 4 fractional worksMechanical and Optical Resonators: 4 fractional works2D Materials and Applications: 4 fractional worksPlasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research: 3 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and Applications: 2 fractional worksOrbital Angular Momentum…2Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics: 2 fractional worksOptical Network Technologies: 2 fractional worksNear-Field Optical Microscopy: 2 fractional worksNeural Networks and Reservoir Computing: 2 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsMaterials ChemistryBiomedical Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 9 works
  2. 2 Photonic Crystals and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 4 works
  3. 3 Mechanical and Optical Resonators Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 4 works
  4. 4 2D Materials and Applications Materials Chemistry 4 works
  5. 5 Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 works
  8. 8 Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Near-Field Optical Microscopy Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing Artificial Intelligence 2 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 available36.7%not open63.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors56.8%domestic only43.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 82% higher 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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