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Qualcomm (United States)

In research, Qualcomm (United States) stands highest in Engineering (#1,676 of 5,901 worldwide), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#723 of 2,176 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#3,802 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (Computer Networks and Communications is 9.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,413
of 22,385 · #3,410 all time
Rank in United States
#1,438
of 3,332
Research works
2.4k
▼ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
70k
29.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
15%
world 40%
International
33%
world 18%
Qualcomm (United States)

What is Qualcomm (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
EngineeringField #1,676 of 5,901 15.5%150 #991
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #723 of 2,176 16.7%94 #379
Physical SciencesDomain #3,802 of 10,670 13.0%265 #1462
Computer ScienceField #2,017 of 4,417 10.6%97 #1213

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Qualcomm (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. Engineering#991 #1,676
  2. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#379 #723
  3. Physical Sciences#1,462 #3,802
  4. Computer Science#1,213 #2,017
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 Qualcomm (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 87% of research at Qualcomm (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 6% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (49%), Computer Science (32%), Medicine (4%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 282 fractional works · 87.5% of its workEngineering: 158 fractional works · 49.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 99 fractional works · 30.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 16 fractional works · 5.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 4.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 103 fractional works · 31.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 26 fractional works · 8.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 24 fractional works · 7.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 22 fractional works · 6.9% of its workHardware and Architecture: 12 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSignal Processing: 7 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNumerical Analysis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 15 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 3.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKQualcomm (UnitedStates)322fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences87%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences6%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering15849.0%
    2. Computer Science10331.9%
    3. Physics and Astronomy82.6%
    4. Environmental Science41.2%
    5. Mathematics31.0%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.9%
    7. Materials Science20.6%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    9. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences61.8%
    2. Psychology41.1%
    3. Decision Sciences41.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities30.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Medicine123.8%
    2. Health Professions20.7%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology31.1%
    2. Neuroscience31.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Qualcomm (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computer Networks and Communications takes 9.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield · 26.4 works9.2×
  2. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 98.5 works8.6×
  3. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 22.2 works5.5×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 4.10× its world share, 103 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 3.27× its world share, 158 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.82× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.17× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 12 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.16× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science4.10×103 works
  2. Engineering3.27×158 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy1.17×8 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.16×4 works
  5. Mathematics0.82×3 works
  6. Neuroscience0.59×3 works
  7. Chemical Engineering0.59×1 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.59×3 works
  9. Psychology0.38×4 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.31×3 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.30×0 works
  12. Environmental Science0.25×4 works
  13. Health Professions0.25×2 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.20×4 works
  15. Medicine0.20×12 works
  16. Materials Science0.18×2 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.14×1 works
  18. Social Sciences0.14×6 works
  19. Dentistry0.11×0 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.10×0 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.07×0 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×1 works
  23. Chemistry0.04×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Andrew J. Viterbi, Vladimir Aparin and Roberto Padovani lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Qualcomm (United States).

  1. 1 Andrew J. Viterbi United States · #153,855 worldwide 23k citations · 128 works
  2. 2 Vladimir Aparin United States · #355,765 worldwide 2.9k citations · 55 works
  3. 3 Roberto Padovani United States · #436,632 worldwide 7.1k citations · 41 works
  4. 4 Taesang Yoo United States · #477,913 worldwide 4.7k citations · 42 works
  5. 5 Kambiz Samadi United States · #509,096 worldwide 3k citations · 58 works
  6. 6 Rajiv Laroia United States · #572,491 worldwide 4.5k citations · 64 works
  7. 7 Urs Niesen United States · #589,838 worldwide 4.8k citations · 96 works
  8. 8 Jeremy Dunworth United States · #619,913 worldwide 1.3k citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Juan I. Montojo United States · #643,162 worldwide 2.7k citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Marta Karczewicz United States · #691,112 worldwide 3.8k citations · 89 works
All ranked researchers at Qualcomm (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Qualcomm (United States) is "User cooperation diversity-part I: system description" (A. Sendonaris, Elza Erkip, Behnaam Aazhang, 2003), with 6,344 citations. Next come "Identifying Medical Diagnoses and Treatable Diseases by Image-Based Deep Learning" (4,903) and "Spatially Sparse Precoding in Millimeter Wave MIMO Systems" (3,745).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 User cooperation diversity-part I: system description A. Sendonaris, Elza Erkip, Behnaam Aazhang · IEEE Transactions on Communications Nov 2003 6,344
2 Identifying Medical Diagnoses and Treatable Diseases by Image-Based Deep Learning Daniel Kermany et al. · Cell Open access Feb 2018 4,903
3 Spatially Sparse Precoding in Millimeter Wave MIMO Systems Omar El Ayach, Sridhar Rajagopal, Shadi Abu‐Surra et al. · IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications Open access 31 Jan 2014 3,745
4 On the capacity of a cellular CDMA system K.S. Gilhousen, Irwin M. Jacobs, Roberto Padovani et al. · IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology May 1991 2,958
5 User cooperation diversity-part II: implementation aspects and performance analysis A. Sendonaris, Elza Erkip, Behnaam Aazhang · IEEE Transactions on Communications Nov 2003 2,803
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Qualcomm (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Energy Efficiency, Massive MIMO, 5G Networks, Wireless Communication, Wireless Networks, MIMO Systems and Wireless Communications.

▲ 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 Learning48▲ 4.3×59 topics
  2. Energy Efficiency25▲ 8.5×12 topics
  3. Machine Learning22▲ 2.1×41 topics
  4. Neural Networks15▲ 3.1×20 topics
  5. Massive MIMO14▲ 55×3 topics
  6. 5G Networks13▲ 21×5 topics
  7. Wireless Communication13▲ 28×6 topics
  8. Wireless Networks13▲ 27×8 topics
  9. MIMO Systems13▲ 50×3 topics
  10. Wireless Communications12▲ 22×5 topics
  11. Beamforming12▲ 37×4 topics
  12. Channel Estimation12▲ 43×4 topics
  13. Channel Modeling12▲ 31×6 topics
  14. Convolutional Neural Networks10▲ 4.5×8 topics
  15. Spectral Efficiency10▲ 49×2 topics
  16. Heterogeneous Networks9▲ 29×2 topics
  17. Cellular Networks9▲ 60×1 topic
  18. Integrated Circuits9▲ 20×3 topics
  19. Interference Alignment9▲ 60×1 topic
  20. Security and Privacy9▲ 15×3 topics
  21. 5G9▲ 48×3 topics
  22. Internet of Things9▲ 3.1×12 topics
  23. Resource Allocation8▲ 15×5 topics
  24. Frequency Synthesizer8▲ 61×2 topics
  25. Wireless Sensor Networks7▲ 4.9×10 topics
  26. CMOS7▲ 43×2 topics
  27. Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces6▲ 47×1 topic
  28. Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access6▲ 47×1 topic
  29. Physical Layer Security6▲ 45×2 topics
  30. Intelligent Transportation Systems6▲ 13×3 topics
  31. IoT Security6▲ 5.9×3 topics
  32. Iterative Decoding6▲ 70×2 topics
  33. Mobile Edge Computing6▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Security Analysis6▲ 10×4 topics
  35. Space-Time Coding6▲ 51×2 topics
  36. CMOS Technology5▲ 21×4 topics
  37. Communications5▲ 52×2 topics
  38. Hybrid Precoding5▲ 58×1 topic
  39. Millimeter Wave5▲ 58×1 topic
  40. Low-Noise Amplifiers5▲ 57×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization, Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies, Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling and Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design.

Advanced MIMO Systems Op…9Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization: 9 fractional worksAdvanced Wireless Commun…6Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies: 6 fractional worksMillimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling: 5 fractional worksRadio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design: 5 fractional worksMicrowave Engineering and Waveguides: 4 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 4 fractional worksVehicular Ad Hoc Network…4Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs): 4 fractional worksVLSI and Analog Circuit Testing: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Neural Network Applications: 4 fractional worksFull-Duplex Wireless Com…4Full-Duplex Wireless Communications: 4 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringComputer Networks and CommunicationsHardware and ArchitectureComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition

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

  1. 1 Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 9 works
  2. 2 Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  3. 3 Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  4. 4 Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 5 works
  5. 5 Microwave Engineering and Waveguides Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 4 works
  7. 7 Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  8. 8 VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing Hardware and Architecture 4 works
  9. 9 Advanced Neural Network Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 4 works
  10. 10 Full-Duplex Wireless Communications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 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 available15.2%not open84.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.4%domestic only66.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% lower 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 Qualcomm (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0017% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Qualcomm (United States)0.00098% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Qualcomm (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%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Qualcomm (United States)7.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 26.8% in 2006.

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