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University of California, Santa Barbara

Papers we track 13,674
Since 1980
Most active in Wide-Bandgap Semiconductor Devices for Power Electronics and Optoelectronics

Research trend rank among universities & colleges, by papers, per year

lower coverage before 2010 #1 #224 #448 2000 2010 2020 1990: #117 of 3,008 1991: #90 of 3,031 1992: #122 of 3,166 1993: #69 of 3,289 1994: #104 of 3,337 1995: #102 of 3,392 1996: #96 of 3,595 1997: #101 of 3,703 1998: #74 of 3,859 1999: #83 of 3,955 2000: #104 of 3,900 2001: #101 of 4,102 2002: #100 of 4,164 2003: #70 of 4,323 2004: #46 of 4,665 2005: #43 of 4,710 2006: #94 of 5,032 2007: #79 of 5,305 2008: #82 of 5,467 2009: #72 of 5,935 2010: #67 of 6,334 2011: #67 of 6,458 2012: #72 of 7,182 2013: #68 of 7,754 2014: #64 of 8,266 2015: #76 of 8,866 2016: #70 of 9,405 2017: #99 of 9,395 2018: #130 of 9,706 2019: #107 of 10,088 2020: #157 of 13,162 2021: #209 of 13,508 2022: #269 of 13,412 2023: #259 of 13,620 2024: #305 of 13,798 2025: #448 of 14,588 2026: #373 of 14,238 — year in progress

Each point is this institution's position that year among universities & colleges, by papers, with credit split across co-authoring institutions. #1 is at the top. Hover a point for the figures. The hollow point is the year in progress.

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