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Synopsys (United States)

In research, Synopsys (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#9,119 of 10,670 worldwide), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#1,883 of 2,176 worldwide) and Engineering (#5,521 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Hardware and Architecture and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Hardware and Architecture is 68.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,794
of 22,385 · #10,250 all time
Rank in United States
#2,604
of 3,332
Research works
1.8k
▲ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
23k
12.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.81×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
8%
world 40%
International
34%
world 18%
Synopsys (United States)

What is Synopsys (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
Physical SciencesDomain #9,119 of 10,670 3.4%228 #4242
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,883 of 2,176 3.5%101 #1001
EngineeringField #5,521 of 5,901 3.1%155 #2923

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Synopsys (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. Physical Sciences#4,242 #9,119
  2. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#1,001 #1,883
  3. Engineering#2,923 #5,521
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 Synopsys (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 92% of research at Synopsys (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (61%), Computer Science (19%), Physics and Astronomy (6%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 257 fractional works · 91.7% of its workEngineering: 172 fractional works · 61.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 112 fractional works · 39.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 5.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 13 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 53 fractional works · 18.8% of its workHardware and Architecture: 22 fractional works · 7.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 12 fractional works · 4.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 9 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 15 fractional works · 5.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 11 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 11 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 4.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 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 WORKSynopsys (UnitedStates)280fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences92%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences5%

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. Engineering17261.4%
    2. Computer Science5318.8%
    3. Physics and Astronomy155.5%
    4. Materials Science113.9%
    5. Environmental Science20.7%
    6. Chemistry20.6%
    7. Energy10.4%
    8. Mathematics10.3%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Decision Sciences41.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting41.4%
    3. Social Sciences31.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Medicine62.0%
    2. Health Professions10.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.8%
    2. Neuroscience10.4%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Synopsys (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Hardware and Architecture takes 68.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 21.5 works68×
  2. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 111.8 works11×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.42× its world share, 53 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.09× its world share, 172 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.10× its world share, 11 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.48× its world share, 15 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.11× its world share, 6 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.49× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering4.09×172 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy2.48×15 works
  3. Computer Science2.42×53 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.49×4 works
  5. Materials Science1.10×11 works
  6. Energy0.45×1 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting0.44×4 works
  8. Chemistry0.38×2 works
  9. Mathematics0.24×1 works
  10. Neuroscience0.22×1 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.22×1 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.17×0 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.16×2 works
  14. Environmental Science0.15×2 works
  15. Health Professions0.12×1 works
  16. Medicine0.11×6 works
  17. Social Sciences0.10×3 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.09×0 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.05×0 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.04×0 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.02×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Richard L. Rudell, John A. Waicukauski and R. Kapur lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Synopsys (United States).

  1. 1 Richard L. Rudell United States · #653,006 worldwide 5.5k citations · 22 works
  2. 2 John A. Waicukauski United States · #722,234 worldwide 2.5k citations · 56 works
  3. 3 R. Kapur United States · #785,816 worldwide 1.4k citations · 50 works
  4. 4 Narendra V. Shenoy United States · #1,021,892 worldwide 1.7k citations · 56 works
  5. 5 Pei-Hsin Ho United States · #1,061,649 worldwide 4.2k citations · 46 works
  6. 6 Steve Tjiang United States · #1,240,811 worldwide 1.4k citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Olivier Coudert United States · #1,263,324 worldwide 2.9k citations · 91 works
  8. 8 C. Chiang United States · #1,565,253 worldwide 1.1k citations · 55 works
  9. 9 Don MacMillen United States · #1,747,528 worldwide 536 citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Per Bjesse United States · #1,860,811 worldwide 1.3k citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Synopsys (United States)

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

The most cited paper from Synopsys (United States) is "Efficient implementation of a BDD package" (Karl S. Brace, Richard L. Rudell, Randal E. Bryant, 1990), with 1,082 citations. Next come "Bounded Model Checking" (960) and "Dynamic variable ordering for ordered binary decision diagrams" (849).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Efficient implementation of a BDD package Karl S. Brace, Richard L. Rudell, Randal E. Bryant Conference paperOpen access 1990 1,082
2 Bounded Model Checking Armin Biere, Alessandro Cimatti, Edmund M. Clarke et al. · Advances in computers Book chapter 2003 960
3 Dynamic variable ordering for ordered binary decision diagrams Richard L. Rudell · International Conference on Computer Aided Design Conference paper 7 Nov 1993 849
4 New paradigm of predictive MOSFET and interconnect modeling for early circuit simulation Yu Kevin Cao, Takashi G. Sato, Michael Orshansky et al. Conference paper 7 Nov 2002 510
5 Efficient implementation of a BDD package K.S. Brace, Richard L. Rudell, Randal E. Bryant Conference paper 4 Dec 2002 452
All 57 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Synopsys (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Process Variation, Integrated Circuits, High-Resolution Patterning, Nanofabrication, Energy Efficiency, Electron Beam Lithography, Resolution Limits and Failure Analysis.

▲ 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. Process Variation20▲ 120×2 topics
  2. Integrated Circuits17▲ 43×3 topics
  3. Energy Efficiency16▲ 6.3×10 topics
  4. High-Resolution Patterning16▲ 274×2 topics
  5. Nanofabrication16▲ 91×2 topics
  6. Electron Beam Lithography13▲ 503×1 topic
  7. Resolution Limits13▲ 503×1 topic
  8. Failure Analysis12▲ 48×2 topics
  9. CMOS Technology12▲ 53×4 topics
  10. Nanowire Transistors12▲ 111×1 topic
  11. Tunnel Field-Effect Transistors12▲ 111×1 topic
  12. Fault Localization12▲ 59×2 topics
  13. Nanoelectronics12▲ 50×2 topics
  14. Laser Voltage Probing11▲ 149×1 topic
  15. Photon Emission Microscopy11▲ 149×1 topic
  16. Atomic Layer Deposition9▲ 51×1 topic
  17. High-k Dielectrics9▲ 51×1 topic
  18. Low-Power9▲ 78×2 topics
  19. Thermal Management9▲ 10.0×5 topics
  20. FPGA9▲ 84×2 topics
  21. Embedded Cores9▲ 209×1 topic
  22. Test Data Compression9▲ 209×1 topic
  23. Parallel Computing9▲ 26×3 topics
  24. Neuromorphic Computing8▲ 25×2 topics
  25. Approximate Computing8▲ 138×1 topic
  26. VLSI Circuits8▲ 138×1 topic
  27. Virtual Prototyping8▲ 32×2 topics
  28. Power Optimization8▲ 100×2 topics
  29. Assembly Planning7▲ 38×1 topic
  30. Design for Manufacture7▲ 38×1 topic
  31. Fault Tolerance7▲ 16×4 topics
  32. Optical Modulators6▲ 15×2 topics
  33. CMOS Design6▲ 98×2 topics
  34. Compound Eyes6▲ 249×1 topic
  35. Freeform Optics6▲ 249×1 topic
  36. Interconnect6▲ 120×1 topic
  37. Machine Vision6▲ 9.4×5 topics
  38. Through-Silicon Via6▲ 120×1 topic
  39. Microcavities6▲ 19×1 topic
  40. Silicon Photonics6▲ 20×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Advancements in Photolithography Techniques, Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design, Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis and Semiconductor materials and devices.

Advancements in Photolit…13Advancements in Photolithography Techniques: 13 fractional worksAdvancements in Semicond…12Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design: 12 fractional worksIntegrated Circuits and …11Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis: 11 fractional worksSemiconductor materials …9Semiconductor materials and devices: 9 fractional worksVLSI and Analog Circuit Testing: 9 fractional worksLow-power high-performance VLSI design: 8 fractional worksManufacturing Process an…7Manufacturing Process and Optimization: 7 fractional worksAdvanced optical system design: 6 fractional works3D IC and TSV technologies: 6 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 6 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringHardware and ArchitectureIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringBiomedical Engineering

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

  1. 1 Advancements in Photolithography Techniques Electrical and Electronic Engineering 13 works
  2. 2 Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 12 works
  3. 3 Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis Electrical and Electronic Engineering 11 works
  4. 4 Semiconductor materials and devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 9 works
  5. 5 VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing Hardware and Architecture 9 works
  6. 6 Low-power high-performance VLSI design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 8 works
  7. 7 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 7 works
  8. 8 Advanced optical system design Biomedical Engineering 6 works
  9. 9 3D IC and TSV technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  10. 10 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 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 available8.4%not open91.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.7%domestic only66.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% 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 Synopsys (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Synopsys (United States)0.0011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Synopsys (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 2025Synopsys (United States)3.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.7% in 1999.

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