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Qualcomm (United States)

In research, Qualcomm (United States) stands highest in Computer Science (#1,047 of 4,667 worldwide), Engineering (#1,971 of 6,636 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#5,023 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. 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 9.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,369
of 28,054 · #4,617 all time
Rank in United States
#1,116
of 4,192
Research works
2.4k
▼ 36% vs 2013–17
Citations
70k
29.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
15%
world 28%

What is Qualcomm (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
Computer ScienceField #1,047 of 4,667 14.9%97 #801
EngineeringField #1,971 of 6,636 17.7%150 #926
Physical SciencesDomain #5,023 of 12,888 16.3%265 #2967
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,234 of 2,318 15.6%94 #431

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Computer Science#801 #1,047
  2. Engineering#926 #1,971
  3. Physical Sciences#2,967 #5,023
  4. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#431 #1,234
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Qualcomm (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computer Networks and Communications takes 9.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield · 25.5 works9.5×
  2. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 93.5 works8.7×
  3. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 21.0 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: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.62× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 4.13× its world share, 97 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 3.31× its world share, 150 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.99× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 11 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.18× 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.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Andrew J. Viterbi, Marta Karczewicz and Yang Du lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Qualcomm (United States).

  1. 1 Andrew J. Viterbi United States · #18,699 worldwide 1.9k citations · 39 works
  2. 2 Marta Karczewicz United States · #55,693 worldwide 424 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Yang Du United States · #137,458 worldwide 208 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Tom Richardson United States · #145,099 worldwide 647 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 S.S. Soliman United States · #241,790 worldwide 179 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 R. Padovani United States · #272,985 worldwide 147 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Xinzhou Wu United States · #333,735 worldwide 166 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Li Zhang United States · #347,129 worldwide 243 citations · 78 works
  9. 9 V. Aparin United States · #360,424 worldwide 185 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Li He United States · #382,146 worldwide 118 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Qualcomm (United States)

Which keywords describe research at Qualcomm (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Energy Efficiency, Massive MIMO, 5G Networks, Wireless Networks, Wireless Communication, Beamforming and MIMO Systems.

▲ 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. Deep Learning45▲ 4.4×57 topics
  2. Energy Efficiency24▲ 8.4×12 topics
  3. Machine Learning21▲ 2.2×40 topics
  4. Neural Networks14▲ 3.1×20 topics
  5. Massive MIMO14▲ 55×3 topics
  6. 5G Networks13▲ 21×5 topics
  7. Wireless Communication12▲ 27×6 topics
  8. Wireless Networks12▲ 27×8 topics
  9. Beamforming12▲ 38×4 topics
  10. MIMO Systems12▲ 50×3 topics
  11. Channel Modeling12▲ 30×5 topics
  12. Wireless Communications12▲ 22×5 topics
  13. Channel Estimation11▲ 42×4 topics
  14. Convolutional Neural Networks10▲ 4.5×8 topics
  15. Spectral Efficiency10▲ 48×2 topics
  16. Security and Privacy9▲ 15×3 topics
  17. 5G9▲ 51×3 topics
  18. Heterogeneous Networks9▲ 30×2 topics
  19. Cellular Networks9▲ 59×1 topic
  20. Integrated Circuits9▲ 19×3 topics
  21. Interference Alignment9▲ 59×1 topic
  22. Internet of Things8▲ 3.2×11 topics
  23. Resource Allocation8▲ 16×5 topics
  24. Frequency Synthesizer7▲ 60×2 topics
  25. Security7▲ 3.7×16 topics
  26. Wireless Sensor Networks7▲ 5.2×10 topics
  27. CMOS6▲ 42×2 topics
  28. Physical Layer Security6▲ 45×2 topics
  29. Intelligent Transportation Systems6▲ 13×3 topics
  30. IoT Security6▲ 5.9×3 topics
  31. Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces6▲ 47×1 topic
  32. Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access6▲ 47×1 topic
  33. Mobile Edge Computing6▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Security Analysis6▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Smart Cities6▲ 7.0×5 topics
  36. Space-Time Coding5▲ 48×2 topics
  37. Communications5▲ 52×1 topic
  38. Iterative Decoding5▲ 67×2 topics
  39. Millimeter Wave5▲ 58×1 topic
  40. MAC Protocols5▲ 23×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: 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 an…4Microwave Engineering and Waveguides: 4 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Neural Network Applications: 4 fractional worksVehicular Ad Hoc Network…4Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs): 4 fractional worksVLSI and Analog Circuit Testing: 4 fractional worksFull-Duplex Wireless Communications: 4 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringComputer Networks and CommunicationsComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionHardware and Architecture

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 Advanced Neural Network Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 4 works
  8. 8 Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing Hardware and Architecture 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% lower 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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