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Rambus (United States)

In research, Rambus (United States) stands highest in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#1,010 of 3,725 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#5,598 of 17,446 worldwide) and Engineering (#3,440 of 9,532 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#23,280
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#4,832
of 7,310
Research works
300
▼ 45% vs 2018-21
Citations
5k
16.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
8%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
Rambus (United States)

What is Rambus (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
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,010 of 3,725 12.7%187
Physical SciencesDomain #5,598 of 17,446 12.2%289
EngineeringField #3,440 of 9,532 12.3%217

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

In all years, 96% of research at Rambus (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 2% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (72%), Computer Science (19%), Physics and Astronomy (3%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 289 fractional works · 96.4% of its workEngineering: 217 fractional works · 72.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 187 fractional works · 62.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 17 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMedia Technology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 58 fractional works · 19.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 24 fractional works · 7.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 11 fractional works · 3.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSignal Processing: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAcoustics and Ultrasonics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKRambus (UnitedStates)300fractional works, all years
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences96%Health Sciences0%Social Sciences2%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering21772.5%
    2. Computer Science5819.4%
    3. Physics and Astronomy82.8%
    4. Materials Science41.2%
    5. Energy00.2%
    6. Mathematics00.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    8. Environmental Science00.1%
    1. Arts and Humanities10.4%
    2. Social Sciences10.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    4. Psychology10.2%
    5. Decision Sciences10.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.2%
    1. Neuroscience20.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Medicine10.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.62× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 7.07× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 2.06× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringPhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.97× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 1.48× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksPsychology1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 7.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 9 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science7.07×6 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.97×1 works
  3. Engineering2.06×4 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.62×0 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.48×0 works
  6. Psychology0.47×0 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy0.32×0 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.27×0 works
  9. Medicine0.04×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Mike Hamburg, Nhat Nguyen and Jared L. Zerbe lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rambus (United States).

  1. 1 Mike Hamburg United States · #359,914 worldwide 2.7k citations · 34 works
  2. 2 Nhat Nguyen United States · #937,229 worldwide 1.8k citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Jared L. Zerbe United States · #1,159,471 worldwide 1.6k citations · 54 works
  4. 4 J.C. Eble United States · #1,175,368 worldwide 990 citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Marko Aleksic United States · #1,330,130 worldwide 483 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Brian S. Leibowitz United States · #1,382,251 worldwide 1.2k citations · 42 works
  7. 7 M.G. Johnson United States · #1,556,291 worldwide 914 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Ling Yang United States · #1,592,098 worldwide 170 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Jason Wei United States · #1,642,380 worldwide 790 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Kevin Donnelly United States · #1,762,526 worldwide 1.3k citations · 71 works
All ranked researchers at Rambus (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Rambus (United States) is "Frequency-independent equivalent-circuit model for on-chip spiral inductors" (Yu Kevin Cao, Robert A. Groves, Xuejue Huang et al., 2003), with 378 citations. Next come "A semidigital dual delay-locked loop" (337) and "Understanding the Energy Consumption of Dynamic Random Access Memories" (260).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Frequency-independent equivalent-circuit model for on-chip spiral inductors Yu Kevin Cao, Robert A. Groves, Xuejue Huang et al. · IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits Mar 2003 378
2 A semidigital dual delay-locked loop Stefanos Sidiropoulos, Mark Horowitz · IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits 1997 337
3 Understanding the Energy Consumption of Dynamic Random Access Memories Thomas Vogelsang Conference paper Dec 2010 260
4 Meltdown Moritz Lipp, Michael Schwarz, Daniel Gruss et al. · Communications of the ACM 21 May 2020 241
5 A 14-mW 6.25-Gb/s Transceiver in 90-nm CMOS John W. Poulton, Robert Alan Palmer, Andrew M. Fuller et al. · IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits 29 Nov 2007 239
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Rambus (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: CMOS Technology, Frequency Synthesizer, Delta-Sigma Modulator, Phase-Locked Loops, Time-to-Digital Converter, Power Electronics, Electromagnetic Compatibility and EMI.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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. CMOS Technology65▲ 180×4 topics
  2. Frequency Synthesizer61▲ 329×2 topics
  3. Delta-Sigma Modulator54▲ 316×2 topics
  4. Phase-Locked Loops43▲ 676×1 topic
  5. Time-to-Digital Converter43▲ 676×1 topic
  6. Power Electronics31▲ 38×6 topics
  7. EMI30▲ 325×1 topic
  8. Electromagnetic Compatibility30▲ 325×1 topic
  9. CMOS29▲ 128×2 topics
  10. Low-Power29▲ 141×2 topics
  11. Integrated Circuits28▲ 40×3 topics
  12. Process Variation20▲ 68×2 topics
  13. Energy Efficiency19▲ 8.2×5 topics
  14. Low-Noise Amplifiers18▲ 150×1 topic
  15. Oscillators18▲ 150×1 topic
  16. Approximate Computing18▲ 183×1 topic
  17. VLSI Circuits18▲ 183×1 topic
  18. Embedded Cores12▲ 144×1 topic
  19. Test Data Compression12▲ 144×1 topic
  20. Thermal Management12▲ 14×4 topics
  21. Semiconductor Lasers12▲ 41×2 topics
  22. Interconnect11▲ 159×1 topic
  23. Parallel Computing11▲ 21×3 topics
  24. Through-Silicon Via11▲ 159×1 topic
  25. Optical Interconnects11▲ 47×1 topic
  26. Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSELs)11▲ 47×1 topic
  27. ADC11▲ 102×1 topic
  28. Neural Recording11▲ 102×1 topic
  29. Nanoelectronics9▲ 19×2 topics
  30. Atomic Layer Deposition9▲ 22×1 topic
  31. High-k Dielectrics9▲ 22×1 topic
  32. Optical Modulators8▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Microcavities8▲ 17×1 topic
  34. Security Analysis8▲ 22×3 topics
  35. Silicon Photonics8▲ 17×1 topic
  36. Side-Channel Attacks7▲ 53×3 topics
  37. High-Performance Computing7▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Cryptanalysis7▲ 27×2 topics
  39. GPU Computing7▲ 31×1 topic
  40. Performance Optimization7▲ 22×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced Malware Detection Techniques, Sensor Technology and Measurement Systems, Cryptographic Implementations and Security and Coding theory and cryptography.

Advanced Malware Detection Techniques: 1 fractional worksSensor Technology and Measurement Systems: 1 fractional worksCryptographic Implementa…1Cryptographic Implementations and Security: 1 fractional worksCoding theory and crypto…1Coding theory and cryptography: 1 fractional works3D IC and TSV technologies: 1 fractional worksLow-power high-performance VLSI design: 0 fractional worksConservation Techniques …0Conservation Techniques and Studies: 0 fractional worksElectromagnetic Compatibility and Noise Suppression: 0 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 0 fractional worksPower Systems and Technologies: 0 fractional works
Signal ProcessingComputer Networks and CommunicationsArtificial IntelligenceElectrical and Electronic Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 1 works
  2. 2 Sensor Technology and Measurement Systems Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  3. 3 Cryptographic Implementations and Security Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  4. 4 Coding theory and cryptography Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  5. 5 3D IC and TSV technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Low-power high-performance VLSI design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Conservation Techniques and Studies Conservation 0 works
  8. 8 Electromagnetic Compatibility and Noise Suppression Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 0 works
  10. 10 Power Systems and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 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 available7.5%not open92.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.2%domestic only69.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 45% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Rambus (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000015% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Rambus (United States)0.000050% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Rambus (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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