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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (China)

In research, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (China) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,838 of 12,888 worldwide) and Engineering (#5,138 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Engineering — Electrical and Electronic Engineering is 11.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,727
of 28,054 · #22,193 all time
Rank in China
#2,178
of 3,058
Research works
327
▲ 77% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.3k
7.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
14%
world 28%

What is Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (China) 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
Physical SciencesDomain #6,838 of 12,888 7.8%131 #12858
EngineeringField #5,138 of 6,636 6.4%89 #8646

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (China) 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).

What does Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (China) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Electrical and Electronic Engineering takes 11.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 59.9 works12×
  2. EngineeringField · 89.4 works4.2×
← 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, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.36× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.19× its world share, 89 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.89× its world share, 14 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.72× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 5 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (China)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Thermal Management, High-Temperature Electronics, Power Devices, Nanoelectronics, Nanowires, Reliability, Silicon Carbide and Wide Bandgap Semiconductors.

▲ 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. Thermal Management12▲ 24×4 topics
  2. High-Temperature Electronics10▲ 121×2 topics
  3. Power Devices8▲ 83×2 topics
  4. Nanoelectronics8▲ 60×2 topics
  5. Nanowires7▲ 36×4 topics
  6. Reliability7▲ 65×2 topics
  7. Silicon Carbide7▲ 101×1 topic
  8. Wide Bandgap Semiconductors7▲ 117×1 topic
  9. Atomic Layer Deposition7▲ 68×1 topic
  10. High-k Dielectrics7▲ 68×1 topic
  11. Power Electronics6▲ 13×5 topics
  12. Nanoparticles6▲ 3.3×12 topics
  13. Integrated Circuits6▲ 26×3 topics
  14. Semiconductors6▲ 13×4 topics
  15. Solar Cells6▲ 20×7 topics
  16. Band Parameters5▲ 68×2 topics
  17. Failure Analysis5▲ 34×3 topics
  18. Light-Emitting Diodes5▲ 21×2 topics
  19. Electromigration5▲ 118×2 topics
  20. Thin Films5▲ 17×5 topics
  21. Process Variation4▲ 54×2 topics
  22. Renewable Energy Integration4▲ 9.2×2 topics
  23. CMOS Technology4▲ 38×4 topics
  24. GaN4▲ 87×1 topic
  25. III-Nitrides4▲ 99×1 topic
  26. Interconnect4▲ 170×1 topic
  27. Machine Vision4▲ 13×3 topics
  28. Through-Silicon Via4▲ 170×1 topic
  29. Laser Voltage Probing4▲ 91×1 topic
  30. Photon Emission Microscopy4▲ 91×1 topic
  31. Semiconductor4▲ 7.7×7 topics
  32. Thermal Behavior4▲ 61×2 topics
  33. Interfacial Reactions3▲ 130×1 topic
  34. Lead-free Solders3▲ 130×1 topic
  35. Low-Power3▲ 56×2 topics
  36. Photovoltaics3▲ 14×4 topics
  37. CMOS3▲ 41×2 topics
  38. Delta-Sigma Modulator3▲ 65×2 topics
  39. Electric Vehicle Charging3▲ 25×2 topics
  40. FPGA3▲ 56×3 topics

Which research topics does Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (China) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies, Semiconductor materials and devices, GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials and 3D IC and TSV technologies.

Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies: 7 fractional worksSemiconductor materials and devices: 7 fractional worksGaN-based semiconductor …4GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials: 4 fractional works3D IC and TSV technologies: 4 fractional worksIntegrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis: 4 fractional worksElectronic Packaging and Soldering Technologies: 3 fractional worksAdvancements in Semicond…3Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design: 3 fractional worksIndustrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection: 2 fractional worksAdvanced DC-DC Converters: 2 fractional worksVLSI and Analog Circuit Testing: 2 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringCondensed Matter PhysicsIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringHardware and Architecture

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

  1. 1 Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 7 works
  2. 2 Semiconductor materials and devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 7 works
  3. 3 GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials Condensed Matter Physics 4 works
  4. 4 3D IC and TSV technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 Electronic Packaging and Soldering Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Advanced DC-DC Converters Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing Hardware and Architecture 2 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 available14.3%not open85.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.9%domestic only69.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (China)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 77% higher than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
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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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