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Research in Carlsbad

Science Explorer records 42 research institutions in Carlsbad, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Ionis Pharmaceuticals (United States) and Gemological Institute of America.

Research institutions
42
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4.3k
▲ 29% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
15.2%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Carlsbad?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Ionis Pharmaceuticals (United States)Company 1,656 #7,497
2Jones InstituteInstitution 815 #14,751 all time
3Gemological Institute of AmericaNonprofit 286 #18,330
4Viasat (United States)Company 280 #16,708 all time
5Flometrics (United States)Company 189 #24,861 all time
6Neuroscience Education InstituteInstitution 126 #25,856 all time
7Lineage Cell Therapeutics (United States)Company 115 not ranked
8Structural Analytics (United States)Company 113 not ranked
9Advanced Brain Monitoring (United States)Company 88 not ranked
10MaxLinear (United States)Company 76 not ranked
11Active Motif (United States)Company 73 not ranked
12CrossLife Technologies (United States)Company 64 not ranked
13Integrated Photonics Technology (United States)Company 62 not ranked
14Callaway Golf (United States)Company 42 not ranked
15Spinal Elements (United States)Company 38 not ranked
16Predictive Biology (United States)Company 37 not ranked
17Signal Genetics (United States)Company 32 not ranked
18Bio, Tech and Beyond (United States)Company 32 not ranked
19Applied Spectral Imaging (United States)Company 30 not ranked
20Seacoast Science (United States)Company 27 not ranked
21Biospyder (United States)Company 21 not ranked
22Alphatec Spine Approach Technologies (United States)Company 19 not ranked
23Project Walk Paralysis Recovery CentersHospital / health system 16 not ranked
24Puracyp (United States)Company 15 not ranked
25The Chopra FoundationNonprofit 13 not ranked
26Opotek (United States)Company 9 not ranked
27Adidas (United States)Company 9 not ranked
28Carlsbad City LibraryArchive 9 not ranked
29SeaSpine (United States)Company 7 not ranked
30TSG Solutions (United States)Company 7 not ranked
31Cascade Biosystems (United States)Company 6 not ranked
32Verdezyne (United States)Company 4 not ranked
33DCN (United States)Company 3 not ranked
34ScienCell Research Laboratories (United States)Company 3 not ranked
35RiboMed Biotechnologies (United States)Company 3 not ranked
36Vulcan Wireless (United States)Company 2 not ranked
37Breg (United States)Company 2 not ranked
38Parker FoundationNonprofit 1 not ranked
39Amicrobe (United States)Company 1 not ranked
40Leeoat (United States)Company 1 not ranked
41Keep A Breast FoundationNonprofit 1 not ranked
42Obalon (United States)Company 0 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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.

Ionis Pharmaceuticals (United States): 38.2%Jones Institute: 18.8%Gemological Institute of America: 6.6%Viasat (United States): 6.5%37 others listed: 29.9%38%largest
Ionis Pharmaceuticals (United States)1,656 · 38.2%Jones Institute815 · 18.8%Gemological Institute of America286 · 6.6%Viasat (United States)280 · 6.5%37 others listed1,296 · 29.9%

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

What is Carlsbad strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Carlsbad is most concentrated in Molecular Biology (5.0× the world share in Molecular Biology).

  1. Molecular BiologySubfield · 76.6 works5.0×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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.

Which keywords describe research in Carlsbad?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Raman Spectroscopy, Plate Tectonics, Geochemistry, Antisense Oligonucleotides, Gemstones, Petrology, Inflammation and Therapeutic Targets.

▲ 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 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. Raman Spectroscopy21▲ 21×5 topics
  2. Inflammation20▲ 1.90×54 topics
  3. Epidemiology20◆ 0.99×71 topics
  4. Cancer14▲ 2.1×35 topics
  5. Metabolic Syndrome13▲ 3.1×16 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress13▲ 1.56×28 topics
  7. Nanoparticles13▲ 1.96×17 topics
  8. Plate Tectonics13▲ 16×2 topics
  9. Gene Expression12▲ 3.9×11 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease12▲ 2.0×26 topics
  11. Geochemistry11▲ 37×2 topics
  12. Antisense Oligonucleotides11▲ 52×2 topics
  13. Gemstones11▲ 226×1 topic
  14. Petrology11▲ 226×1 topic
  15. Therapeutic Targets10▲ 13×3 topics
  16. Genomic Stability9▲ 49×2 topics
  17. Drug Design9▲ 27×3 topics
  18. Nucleic Acids9▲ 64×2 topics
  19. DNA Structure9▲ 87×1 topic
  20. G-Quadruplexes9▲ 87×1 topic
  21. Gene Therapy9▲ 8.8×5 topics
  22. Insulin Resistance8▲ 3.6×8 topics
  23. Hyperspectral Imaging8▲ 5.7×6 topics
  24. Neurodegeneration8▲ 5.4×9 topics
  25. Tectonics8▲ 13×2 topics
  26. Atherosclerosis8▲ 5.5×9 topics
  27. Geochronology8▲ 22×1 topic
  28. Zircon8▲ 22×1 topic
  29. Data Analysis8▲ 5.5×5 topics
  30. Mitochondrial Dysfunction7▲ 4.7×9 topics
  31. Normalization6▲ 25×2 topics
  32. Biomolecular Interactions6▲ 9.5×2 topics
  33. DNA nanotechnology6▲ 10×1 topic
  34. Gene Silencing6▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Quantitative6▲ 14×2 topics
  36. RNA Interference6▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Non-viral Vectors6▲ 20×1 topic
  38. siRNA Delivery6▲ 20×1 topic
  39. Nanodiamonds6▲ 32×1 topic
  40. Quantum Sensing6▲ 32×1 topic

What research is done in Carlsbad?

  1. 1 Mineralogy and Gemology Studies Geochemistry and Petrology 11 works
  2. 2 DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry Molecular Biology 9 works
  3. 3 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 8 works
  4. 4 Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques Molecular Biology 6 works
  5. 5 RNA Interference and Gene Delivery Molecular Biology 6 works
  6. 6 Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research Materials Chemistry 6 works
  7. 7 Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications Molecular Biology 5 works
  8. 8 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 5 works
  9. 9 RNA Research and Splicing Molecular Biology 4 works
  10. 10 Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis Archeology 4 works

Research output over time

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