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VMware (United States)

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Research works
94
▼ 70% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.7k
39.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
14%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
VMware (United States)

Not ranked overall: VMware (United States) is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does VMware (United States) work in?

In all years, 92% of research at VMware (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 5% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (86%), Engineering (5%), Decision Sciences (2%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 87 fractional works · 92.1% of its workComputer Science: 81 fractional works · 86.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 38 fractional works · 40.0% of its workInformation Systems: 19 fractional works · 19.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 11.1% of its workHardware and Architecture: 8 fractional works · 8.2% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSoftware: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.9% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workALL ITS WORKVMware (UnitedStates)94fractional works, all years
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences92%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences5%

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 13 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science8186.0%
    2. Engineering44.6%
    3. Mathematics11.3%
    4. Environmental Science00.2%
    1. Decision Sciences21.7%
    2. Social Sciences11.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting10.9%
    4. Psychology10.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.6%
    1. Medicine11.1%
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.

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

Ranked on the quality score, Kenneth C. Barr and Vijayaraghavan Soundararajan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is VMware (United States).

  1. 1 Kenneth C. Barr #534,463 worldwide 1.4k citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Vijayaraghavan Soundararajan #1,618,381 worldwide 351 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at VMware (United States)

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

The most cited paper from VMware (United States) is "Memory resource management in VMware ESX server" (Carl A. Waldspurger, 2002), with 1,209 citations. Next come "Virtual machine monitors: current technology and future trends" (625) and "Fast transparent migration for virtual machines" (548).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Memory resource management in VMware ESX server Carl A. Waldspurger · ACM SIGOPS Operating Systems Review 31 Dec 2002 1,209
2 Virtual machine monitors: current technology and future trends Mendel Rosenblum, Tal Garfinkel · Computer May 2005 625
3 Fast transparent migration for virtual machines Michael N. Nelson, Beng-Hong Lim, Greg Hutchins 10 Apr 2005 548
4 SOAR: Simple Opportunistic Adaptive Routing Protocol for Wireless Mesh Networks Eric Rozner, Jayesh Seshadri, Yogita Mehta et al. · IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing 11 May 2009 303
5 Network virtualization in multi-tenant datacenters Teemu Koponen et al. 2 Apr 2014 282
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at VMware (United States)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Distributed Systems, Resource Management, Energy Efficiency, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Big Data, Data Centers and MapReduce.

▲ 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. Distributed Systems28▲ 124×6 topics
  2. Resource Management20▲ 124×2 topics
  3. Energy Efficiency17▲ 23×8 topics
  4. Virtualization17▲ 241×2 topics
  5. Cloud Computing16▲ 62×4 topics
  6. Big Data16▲ 31×5 topics
  7. Data Centers15▲ 316×1 topic
  8. MapReduce15▲ 316×1 topic
  9. Parallel Computing15▲ 90×2 topics
  10. High-Performance Computing12▲ 85×2 topics
  11. Network Coding9▲ 113×2 topics
  12. Deep Learning9▲ 4.6×11 topics
  13. Distributed Storage9▲ 217×1 topic
  14. Flash Memory9▲ 217×1 topic
  15. Machine Learning7▲ 3.5×12 topics
  16. Workflow Management7▲ 73×2 topics
  17. Anomaly Detection7▲ 43×3 topics
  18. GPU Computing6▲ 95×1 topic
  19. Performance Optimization6▲ 66×1 topic
  20. 5G Networks6▲ 52×3 topics
  21. IoT Security6▲ 38×3 topics
  22. Grid Computing5▲ 88×1 topic
  23. Task Scheduling5▲ 88×1 topic
  24. Wireless Networks5▲ 23×4 topics
  25. Fault Tolerance4▲ 23×3 topics
  26. Content Delivery4▲ 65×2 topics
  27. Log Analysis4▲ 119×1 topic
  28. Performance Prediction4▲ 73×1 topic
  29. Network Virtualization4▲ 139×1 topic
  30. Software-Defined Networking4▲ 139×1 topic
  31. Mobile Networks3▲ 54×2 topics
  32. Caching3▲ 92×1 topic
  33. Information-Centric Networking3▲ 92×1 topic
  34. Consistency3▲ 79×1 topic
  35. Transactional Memory3▲ 79×1 topic
  36. Intrusion Detection3▲ 29×2 topics
  37. Edge Computing2▲ 41×2 topics
  38. Fog Computing2▲ 42×1 topic
  39. Semantic Web Services2▲ 27×2 topics
  40. Smart Cities2▲ 22×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced Malware Detection Techniques, Network Security and Intrusion Detection, Life Cycle Costing Analysis and Software Testing and Debugging Techniques.

Advanced Malware Detection Techniques: 0 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 0 fractional worksLife Cycle Costing Analysis: 0 fractional worksSoftware Testing and Debugging Techniques: 0 fractional worksDigital and Cyber Forensics: 0 fractional worksWeb Application Security Vulnerabilities: 0 fractional worksData Stream Mining Techn…0Data Stream Mining Techniques: 0 fractional worksLow-power high-performance VLSI design: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Clustering Algorithms Research: 0 fractional worksParallel Computing and O…0Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques: 0 fractional works
Signal ProcessingComputer Networks and CommunicationsAccountingSoftware4 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 0 works
  2. 2 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 0 works
  3. 3 Life Cycle Costing Analysis Accounting 0 works
  4. 4 Software Testing and Debugging Techniques Software 0 works
  5. 5 Digital and Cyber Forensics Information Systems 0 works
  6. 6 Web Application Security Vulnerabilities Information Systems 0 works
  7. 7 Data Stream Mining Techniques Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  8. 8 Low-power high-performance VLSI design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Advanced Clustering Algorithms Research Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  10. 10 Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques Hardware and Architecture 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 available14.5%not open85.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.2%domestic only88.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 70% 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 VMware (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000034% in 2022.

0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%VMware (United States)0.000029% in 2023200020102020

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

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