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Renesas Electronics (United States)

In research, Renesas Electronics (United States) stands highest in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#1,979 of 3,725 worldwide), Engineering (#5,903 of 9,532 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#11,341 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Engineering (Electrical and Electronic Engineering is 10.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,126
of 22,385 · #23,153 all time
Rank in United States
#2,975
of 3,332
Research works
596
▲ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.9k
6.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
54%
world 18%
Renesas Electronics (United States)

What is Renesas Electronics (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 #1,979 of 3,725 5.3%295
EngineeringField #5,903 of 9,532 5.6%388
Physical SciencesDomain #11,341 of 17,446 5.3%529

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

In 2022-now, 74% of research at Renesas Electronics (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 14% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (53%), Computer Science (10%), Social Sciences (9%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 61 fractional works · 73.9% of its workEngineering: 44 fractional works · 53.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 31 fractional works · 36.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 9.8% of its workHardware and Architecture: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 5.6% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 14.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 8.5% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 9.5% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 6.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRenesasElectronics…83fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences74%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences14%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering4453.0%
    2. Computer Science89.8%
    3. Physics and Astronomy55.6%
    4. Environmental Science22.1%
    5. Materials Science22.0%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.8%
    7. Chemistry00.5%
    1. Social Sciences78.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities22.8%
    3. Psychology10.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.8%
    5. Decision Sciences10.7%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.6%
    1. Medicine56.5%
    2. Health Professions22.5%
    3. Veterinary00.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.8%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
    3. Neuroscience00.4%
    4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Renesas Electronics (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Electrical and Electronic Engineering takes 10.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 30.6 works10×
  2. EngineeringField · 44.1 works3.5×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.26× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 3.53× its world share, 44 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 2.54× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 5 worksMedicineVeterinary: 2.95× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.53×44 works
  2. Veterinary2.95×0 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.54×5 works
  4. Computer Science1.26×8 works
  5. Health Professions0.96×2 works
  6. Arts and Humanities0.96×2 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.77×1 works
  8. Social Sciences0.67×7 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.63×0 works
  10. Materials Science0.56×2 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.51×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.43×2 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.37×1 works
  14. Medicine0.34×5 works
  15. Chemistry0.32×0 works
  16. Psychology0.31×1 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.28×0 works
  18. Neuroscience0.25×0 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.19×0 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.17×1 works
  21. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Renesas Electronics (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Wael Zohni, Rey Co and Shinsuke Sakashita lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Renesas Electronics (United States).

  1. 1 Wael Zohni United States · #4,861,029 worldwide 34 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Rey Co United States · #4,988,098 worldwide 24 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Shinsuke Sakashita United States · #5,037,184 worldwide 103 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Scott McGrath United States · #5,114,737 worldwide 18 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 S. Endo United States · #5,181,283 worldwide 75 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Takeo Ishibashi United States · #5,284,389 worldwide 141 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Koichi Sakurai United States · #5,310,300 worldwide 74 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Hidehiro Takata United States · #5,468,636 worldwide 148 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Rajesh A. Katkar United States · #6,098,142 worldwide 268 citations · 34 works
  10. 10 Toru Shimizu United States · #6,210,053 worldwide 239 citations · 50 works
All ranked researchers at Renesas Electronics (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Renesas Electronics (United States) is "Developments of Plasma Etching Technology for Fabricating Semiconductor Devices" (Haruhiko Abe, Masahiro Yoneda, Nobuo Fujiwara, 2008), with 324 citations. Next come "Review and future prospects of low-voltage RAM circuits" (163) and "A survey of technical trend of ADAS and autonomous driving" (158).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Developments of Plasma Etching Technology for Fabricating Semiconductor Devices Haruhiko Abe, Masahiro Yoneda, Nobuo Fujiwara · Japanese Journal of Applied Physics Open access Mar 2008 324
2 Review and future prospects of low-voltage RAM circuits Y. Nakagome, Masashi Horiguchi, T. Kawahara et al. · IBM Journal of Research and Development Sep 2003 163
3 A survey of technical trend of ADAS and autonomous driving Ryosuke Okuda, Yuki Kajiwara, Kazuaki Terashima Conference paper Apr 2014 158
4 Fabrication of 4-aminophenol sensor based on hydrothermally prepared ZnO/Yb 2 O 3 nanosheets Mohammed M. Rahman, M. M. Alam, Abdullah Mohamed Asiri et al. · New Journal of Chemistry 2017 155
5 A 65-nm SoC Embedded 6T-SRAM Designed for Manufacturability With Read and Write Operation Stabilizing Circuits S. Ohbayashi, Makoto Yabuuchi, Koji Nii et al. · IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits Apr 2007 152
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Renesas Electronics (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: CMOS Technology, Nanoelectronics, Power Electronics, Frequency Synthesizer, Fault Tolerance, Radiation Effects, Integrated Circuits and CMOS.

▲ 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. CMOS Technology6▲ 87×5 topics
  2. Nanoelectronics5▲ 72×2 topics
  3. Frequency Synthesizer4▲ 128×2 topics
  4. Power Electronics4▲ 16×7 topics
  5. Fault Tolerance4▲ 31×3 topics
  6. Integrated Circuits4▲ 29×3 topics
  7. Radiation Effects4▲ 101×2 topics
  8. CMOS3▲ 82×2 topics
  9. Low-Noise Amplifiers3▲ 128×1 topic
  10. Oscillators3▲ 128×1 topic
  11. Error Detection3▲ 190×1 topic
  12. Soft Errors3▲ 190×1 topic
  13. Renewable Energy Integration2▲ 9.0×3 topics
  14. Thermal Management2▲ 8.8×3 topics
  15. Process Variation2▲ 47×2 topics
  16. Artificial Neural Networks2▲ 5.9×3 topics
  17. Atomic Layer Deposition2▲ 39×1 topic
  18. High-k Dielectrics2▲ 39×1 topic
  19. Medical Imaging2▲ 4.5×3 topics
  20. Semiconductors2▲ 8.0×2 topics
  21. Smart Grid2▲ 6.5×4 topics
  22. CMOS Design2▲ 104×2 topics
  23. Electric Vehicle Charging2▲ 26×2 topics
  24. Embedded Cores2▲ 134×1 topic
  25. Nanowire Transistors2▲ 53×1 topic
  26. Reliability2▲ 27×2 topics
  27. Test Data Compression2▲ 134×1 topic
  28. Tunnel Field-Effect Transistors2▲ 53×1 topic
  29. 5G Networks2▲ 9.4×2 topics
  30. Delta-Sigma Modulator2▲ 59×2 topics
  31. High-Temperature Electronics2▲ 33×2 topics
  32. MAC Protocol2▲ 88×2 topics
  33. Digital Predistortion2▲ 161×1 topic
  34. RF Power Amplifiers2▲ 161×1 topic
  35. Solid-State Lighting2▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Beamforming1▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Channel Estimation1▲ 20×3 topics
  38. III-Nitrides1▲ 57×1 topic
  39. Light-Emitting Diodes1▲ 12×1 topic
  40. Wireless Power Transfer1▲ 18×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design, Radiation Effects in Electronics, Semiconductor materials and devices and Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design.

Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design: 3 fractional worksRadiation Effects in Electronics: 3 fractional worksSemiconductor materials …2Semiconductor materials and devices: 2 fractional worksAdvancements in Semicond…2Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design: 2 fractional worksVLSI and Analog Circuit Testing: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Power Amplifier Design: 2 fractional worksGaN-based semiconductor …1GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials: 1 fractional worksMicrowave Engineering an…1Microwave Engineering and Waveguides: 1 fractional worksRadiation Detection and …1Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies: 1 fractional worksAdvancements in PLL and …1Advancements in PLL and VCO Technologies: 1 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringHardware and ArchitectureCondensed Matter PhysicsRadiation

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

  1. 1 Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  2. 2 Radiation Effects in Electronics Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  3. 3 Semiconductor materials and devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing Hardware and Architecture 2 works
  6. 6 Advanced Power Amplifier Design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials Condensed Matter Physics 1 works
  8. 8 Microwave Engineering and Waveguides Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies Radiation 1 works
  10. 10 Advancements in PLL and VCO Technologies 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 available22.2%not open77.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors53.8%domestic only46.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% 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 Renesas Electronics (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00031% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Renesas Electronics (United States)0.00043% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Renesas Electronics (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 counting5%10%15%Renesas Electronics (United States)11.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.2% in 2025.

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