Between 2018 and 2023, researchers published roughly
475,000
English-language articles on chip design and fabrication
The global chip design and fabrication literature grew
8%
between 2018 and 2023
Articles on chip design and fabrication made up
2%
of articles across all fields
Authors from private companies contributed to
8%
of chip design and fabrication articles
What counts as "chip design and fabrication" research?•How precise are these numbers?•What are the other caveats?
Data last updated January 6, 2025
- 472,819chip design and fabrication articles were released between 2018 and 2023 (estd.)
- 8%growth in research between 2018 and 2023
- 2%of articles in general focused on chip design and fabrication
- 12citations for the average chip design and fabrication article
- 10citations for the average article in general
- 15%of chip design and fabrication articles have American authors
- 34%have Chinese authors
- 18%have European authors
Country | Articles (2018-2023) | Growth (2018-2023) | Global share | Citations per article |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 160,852 | 41% | 34% | 14.8 |
| United States | 71,688 | -17% | 15% | 17.6 |
| India | 39,709 | 26% | 8% | 8.1 |
- 2018: Nature. 2,043 citations
- 2018: Science (New York, N.Y.). 1,877 citations
- 2018: Nature materials. 1,827 citations
- 2018: Chemical Society reviews. 1,565 citations
- 2019: Science (New York, N.Y.). 1,474 citations
- 2019: Journal of physics. Condensed matter : an Institute of Physics journal. 1,413 citations
- 2018: Nature. 1,400 citations
- 2018: MXenes. 1,338 citations
- 2018: IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 1,294 citations
- 2019: Science (New York, N.Y.). 1,288 citations
- #1 Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
- #2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (China)
- #3 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France)
Organization | Articles (2018-2023) | Citations per article | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese Academy of Sciences | 14,387 | 24.5 | China |
| University of Chinese Academy of Sciences | 7,849 | 23.3 | China |
| Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique | 5,446 | 17 | France |
- 5%of chip design and fabrication articles are cited in patents
- 2%of articles across all fields are cited in patents
- 8%of chip design and fabrication articles had authors from private companies (vs 3% of articles in general)
Top industry organizations by publication count
Company | Articles (2018-2023) | Citations per article | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samsung | 1,940 | 16.8 | South Korea |
| STMicroelectronics | 1,070 | 8.7 | Switzerland |
| Intel | 951 | 17.3 | United States |
The Research Almanac runs on bibliometric data from Clarivate Web of Science and other sources. Research subject classifications are based on work supported in part by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation under Grant No. G-2023-22358. For details on our sourcing, methodology, and limitations, see the tool documentation.