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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (Taiwan)

In research, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (Taiwan) stands highest in Engineering (#751 of 6,636 worldwide), Electrical and Electronic Engineering (#335 of 2,318 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#2,055 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Engineering — Electrical and Electronic Engineering is 15.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,438
of 28,054 · #5,817 all time
Rank in Taiwan
#26
of 221
Research works
2.8k
▼ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
33k
11.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
9%
world 28%

What is Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (Taiwan) 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
EngineeringField #751 of 6,636 14.9%344 #1322
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #335 of 2,318 15.1%280 #586
Physical SciencesDomain #2,055 of 12,888 15.1%478 #3638

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (Taiwan) 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. Engineering#1,322 #751
  2. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#586 #335
  3. Physical Sciences#3,638 #2,055
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 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (Taiwan) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Electrical and Electronic Engineering takes 15.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 279.7 works16×
  2. EngineeringField · 343.9 works4.7×
← 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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.41× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.45× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.98× its world share, 38 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.66× its world share, 344 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.43× its world share, 59 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.53× its world share, 28 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.03× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× 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, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (Taiwan)?

Ranked on the composite score, Xinyu Bao, Yu-Der Chih and Yih Wang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (Taiwan).

  1. 1 Xinyu Bao Taiwan · #84,325 worldwide 447 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Yu-Der Chih Taiwan · #124,077 worldwide 218 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Yih Wang Taiwan · #179,337 worldwide 267 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 C. Wann Taiwan · #232,691 worldwide 156 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Win-San Khwa Taiwan · #236,073 worldwide 215 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Hung-Jen Liao Taiwan · #242,031 worldwide 188 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 C.H. Diaz Taiwan · #243,503 worldwide 218 citations · 45 works
  8. 8 Jonathan Chang Taiwan · #249,076 worldwide 230 citations · 42 works
  9. 9 Douglas Yu Taiwan · #266,722 worldwide 108 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Burn J. Lin Taiwan · #268,118 worldwide 137 citations · 63 works
All ranked researchers at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (Taiwan)

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

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nanoelectronics, Atomic Layer Deposition, High-k Dielectrics, Neuromorphic Computing, Process Variation, Thin Films, Nanowire Transistors and Tunnel Field-Effect Transistors.

▲ 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. Nanoelectronics55▲ 127×2 topics
  2. Atomic Layer Deposition54▲ 156×1 topic
  3. High-k Dielectrics54▲ 156×1 topic
  4. Neuromorphic Computing49▲ 85×2 topics
  5. Process Variation41▲ 142×2 topics
  6. Thin Films36▲ 38×9 topics
  7. Nanowire Transistors34▲ 178×1 topic
  8. Tunnel Field-Effect Transistors34▲ 178×1 topic
  9. Thermal Management31▲ 19×4 topics
  10. Neural Networks30▲ 4.0×19 topics
  11. Integrated Circuits30▲ 38×3 topics
  12. Field-Effect Transistors28▲ 36×4 topics
  13. Doping27▲ 60×2 topics
  14. Non-Volatile Memory27▲ 56×2 topics
  15. Ferroelectricity25▲ 53×3 topics
  16. Hafnium Oxide24▲ 157×1 topic
  17. Negative Capacitance24▲ 157×1 topic
  18. Memristor24▲ 58×1 topic
  19. Resistive Switching24▲ 58×1 topic
  20. Solar Cells21▲ 21×6 topics
  21. Two-Dimensional Materials21▲ 18×4 topics
  22. Biosensors19▲ 7.4×10 topics
  23. Interconnect18▲ 219×1 topic
  24. Through-Silicon Via18▲ 219×1 topic
  25. Nanowires18▲ 25×4 topics
  26. Nanoparticles17▲ 2.8×14 topics
  27. High-Temperature Electronics17▲ 58×2 topics
  28. Failure Analysis15▲ 32×2 topics
  29. Electromigration15▲ 112×2 topics
  30. Laser Voltage Probing14▲ 99×1 topic
  31. Photon Emission Microscopy14▲ 99×1 topic
  32. Semiconductors13▲ 8.9×5 topics
  33. Optoelectronic Devices12▲ 28×2 topics
  34. CMOS Technology12▲ 30×5 topics
  35. Electronic Structure12▲ 13×6 topics
  36. Thermal Behavior10▲ 51×2 topics
  37. Optical Modulators10▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Silicon Photonics10▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Power Devices10▲ 29×2 topics
  40. Reliability10▲ 25×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Semiconductor materials and devices, Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design, Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices and Advanced Memory and Neural Computing.

Semiconductor materials …54Semiconductor materials and devices: 54 fractional worksAdvancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design: 34 fractional worksFerroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices: 24 fractional worksAdvanced Memory and Neural Computing: 24 fractional works3D IC and TSV technologies: 18 fractional worksIntegrated Circuits and …14Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis: 14 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 9 fractional worksElectronic Packaging and Soldering Technologies: 9 fractional worksVLSI and Analog Circuit Testing: 9 fractional worksSilicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies: 8 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringHardware and Architecture

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

  1. 1 Semiconductor materials and devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 54 works
  2. 2 Advancements in Semiconductor Devices and Circuit Design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 34 works
  3. 3 Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 24 works
  4. 4 Advanced Memory and Neural Computing Electrical and Electronic Engineering 24 works
  5. 5 3D IC and TSV technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 18 works
  6. 6 Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis Electrical and Electronic Engineering 14 works
  7. 7 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 9 works
  8. 8 Electronic Packaging and Soldering Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 9 works
  9. 9 VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing Hardware and Architecture 9 works
  10. 10 Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 8 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 available9.0%not open91.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.6%domestic only79.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% 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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