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Research in Burlingame

Science Explorer records 14 research institutions in Burlingame, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Peninsula Library System, Sphere Institute and Pulse Biosciences (United States).

Research institutions
14
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
3.6k
▼ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
50k
14.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
10.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Burlingame

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Burlingame?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Peninsula Library SystemArchive 1,041 #7,915
2Sphere InstituteNonprofit 1,032 #16,160
3Color (United States)Company 337 #12,914 all time
4Pulse Biosciences (United States)Company 289 #21,330
5Galaxy Advanced Engineering (United States)Company 176 #28,667 all time
6Collaborative Drug Discovery (United States)Company 158 #27,626 all time
7Acumen (United States)Company 128 #15,930 all time
8Balance Therapeutics (United States)Company 77 not ranked
9Entanglement Technologies (United States)Company 31 not ranked
10Diabetes Technology SocietyNonprofit 23 not ranked
11Humanigen (United States)Company 21 not ranked
12California Teachers AssociationInstitution 14 not ranked
13Innoviva (United States)Company 12 not ranked
14Glint Photonics (United States)Company 6 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

Peninsula Library System: 31.1%Sphere Institute: 30.9%Color (United States): 10.1%Pulse Biosciences (United States): 8.6%10 others listed: 19.3%31%largest
Peninsula Library System1,041 · 31.1%Sphere Institute1,032 · 30.9%Color (United States)337 · 10.1%Pulse Biosciences (United States)289 · 8.6%10 others listed646 · 19.3%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Burlingame work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research in Burlingame is in Physical Sciences, 22% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (17%), Computer Science (14%), Engineering (12%).

Physical Sciences: 367 fractional works · 45.9% of its workComputer Science: 108 fractional works · 13.5% of its workInformation Systems: 50 fractional works · 6.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 28 fractional works · 3.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 97 fractional works · 12.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 29 fractional works · 3.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 75 fractional works · 9.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 23 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEcology: 15 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 38 fractional works · 4.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 16 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOceanography: 10 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 17 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 8 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 10 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 174 fractional works · 21.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 85 fractional works · 10.6% of its workEducation: 20 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDemography: 9 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnthropology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 29 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPhilosophy: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 26 fractional works · 3.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 18 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 156 fractional works · 19.5% of its workMedicine: 132 fractional works · 16.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 18 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOncology: 14 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEpidemiology: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSurgery: 11 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 22 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 13 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 102 fractional works · 12.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 49 fractional works · 6.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiotechnology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 32 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPlant Science: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSoil Science: 6 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 12 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 8 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKBurlingame799fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences46%Health Sciences20%Social Sciences22%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science10813.5%
    2. Engineering9712.1%
    3. Environmental Science759.4%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences384.8%
    5. Physics and Astronomy172.1%
    6. Materials Science101.3%
    7. Mathematics101.3%
    8. Energy60.7%
    9. Chemistry50.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Social Sciences8510.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities293.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting263.2%
    4. Psychology182.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance91.1%
    6. Decision Sciences70.9%
    1. Medicine13216.5%
    2. Health Professions222.8%
    3. Nursing10.1%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology496.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences324.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology121.5%
    4. Neuroscience70.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Burlingame strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Burlingame is most concentrated in Information Systems (4.0× the world share in Information Systems).

  1. Information SystemsSubfield · 47.1 works4.0×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 26 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.08× its world share, 39 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.48× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.58× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.39× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.79× its world share, 94 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.42× its world share, 26 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.76× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.88× its world share, 89 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.71× its world share, 57 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.38× its world share, 9 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.90× its world share, 13 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.13× its world share, 20 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.87× its world share, 112 worksMedicineNursing: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.34× its world share, 26 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.08× its world share, 24 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.75× its world share, 15 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 79 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.42×26 works
  2. Computer Science1.79×94 works
  3. Environmental Science1.71×57 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.48×10 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.34×26 works
  6. Health Professions1.13×20 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.08×39 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.08×24 works
  9. Social Sciences0.93×79 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.90×13 works
  11. Engineering0.88×89 works
  12. Medicine0.87×112 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.82×26 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.78×2 works
  15. Energy0.76×5 works
  16. Psychology0.75×15 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.71×5 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.59×8 works
  19. Neuroscience0.58×6 works
  20. Chemistry0.39×4 works
  21. Materials Science0.38×9 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.33×1 works
  23. Nursing0.30×1 works
  24. Mathematics0.25×2 works
  25. Veterinary0.07×0 works
  26. Dentistry0.03×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Burlingame?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: E-Learning, Climate Change, Education, Data Mining, Machine Learning, Decision Support System, Fuzzy Logic and Artificial Intelligence.

▲ 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-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city'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. Climate Change57▲ 2.6×82 topics
  2. Machine Learning46▲ 1.73×51 topics
  3. E-Learning41▲ 5.4×14 topics
  4. Education41▲ 3.0×31 topics
  5. Artificial Intelligence32▲ 2.9×20 topics
  6. Data Mining30▲ 5.1×11 topics
  7. Epidemiology29◆ 0.92×84 topics
  8. Internet of Things23▲ 3.4×11 topics
  9. Decision Support System21▲ 15×4 topics
  10. Educational Technology21▲ 2.2×16 topics
  11. Fuzzy Logic20▲ 11×3 topics
  12. Renewable Energy20▲ 1.70×28 topics
  13. Digital Literacy19▲ 4.1×6 topics
  14. Technology18▲ 4.2×8 topics
  15. Higher Education17▲ 4.0×11 topics
  16. Knowledge Management16▲ 3.7×10 topics
  17. Big Data16▲ 2.1×15 topics
  18. Glycemic Control16▲ 12×4 topics
  19. Wireless Communication16▲ 14×4 topics
  20. Global Warming16▲ 4.6×16 topics
  21. Blockchain15▲ 8.5×2 topics
  22. Gamification15▲ 13×2 topics
  23. Natural Language Processing15▲ 7.8×3 topics
  24. Authentication15▲ 12×1 topic
  25. Digital Certificate15▲ 20×1 topic
  26. Insulin Therapy14▲ 14×3 topics
  27. Expert Systems14▲ 16×1 topic
  28. Information System14▲ 19×1 topic
  29. Smart Home13▲ 9.9×2 topics
  30. Student Engagement12▲ 3.8×7 topics
  31. Robotics12▲ 6.0×3 topics
  32. Electronics12▲ 19×2 topics
  33. Data Assimilation12▲ 8.8×4 topics
  34. Electric Circuits12▲ 48×1 topic
  35. Equivalent Circuit Concept12▲ 48×1 topic
  36. Quality of Service11▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Educational Challenges10▲ 55×1 topic
  38. Interactive Multimedia Learning10▲ 55×1 topic
  39. Ocean Circulation10▲ 8.9×3 topics
  40. Type 1 Diabetes9▲ 14×2 topics

What research is done in Burlingame?

Edcuational Technology Systems: 14 fractional worksBlockchain Technology in Education and Learning: 14 fractional worksEngineering and Technolo…11Engineering and Technology Innovations: 11 fractional worksIoT-based Control Systems10IoT-based Control Systems: 10 fractional worksMultimedia Learning Systems: 8 fractional worksDiabetes Management and Research: 6 fractional worksInformation Retrieval an…6Information Retrieval and Data Mining: 6 fractional worksDecision Support System Applications: 6 fractional worksSMEs Development and Digital Marketing: 6 fractional worksData Mining and Machine Learning Applications: 5 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceInformation SystemsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringComputer Science Applications3 others

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

  1. 1 Edcuational Technology Systems Artificial Intelligence 14 works
  2. 2 Blockchain Technology in Education and Learning Information Systems 14 works
  3. 3 Engineering and Technology Innovations Electrical and Electronic Engineering 11 works
  4. 4 IoT-based Control Systems Computer Science Applications 10 works
  5. 5 Multimedia Learning Systems Information Systems 8 works
  6. 6 Diabetes Management and Research Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 6 works
  7. 7 Information Retrieval and Data Mining Information Systems 6 works
  8. 8 Decision Support System Applications Management Information Systems 6 works
  9. 9 SMEs Development and Digital Marketing Demography 6 works
  10. 10 Data Mining and Machine Learning Applications Information Systems 5 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%Burlingame11.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 33.0% in 2006.

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