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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-now are Ionis Pharmaceuticals (United States) and Gemological Institute of America.

Research institutions
42
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
4.3k
▼ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
152k
35.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
15.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Carlsbad

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Which research institutions are in Carlsbad?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Ionis Pharmaceuticals (United States)Company 1,656 #12,695
2Jones InstituteInstitution 815 #10,700 all time
3Gemological Institute of AmericaNonprofit 286 #18,823
4Viasat (United States)Company 280 #24,453 all time
5Flometrics (United States)Company 189 #25,132 all time
6Neuroscience Education InstituteInstitution 126 #33,879 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
40Keep A Breast FoundationNonprofit 1 not ranked
41Leeoat (United States)Company 1 not ranked
42Obalon (United States)Company 0 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.

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.

Which fields of science does Carlsbad work in?

In 2022-now, 33% of research in Carlsbad is in Physical Sciences, 29% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (24%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (20%), Engineering (11%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 195 fractional works · 32.6% of its workEngineering: 67 fractional works · 11.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 23 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 37 fractional works · 6.1% of its workGeophysics: 18 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 12 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 36 fractional works · 6.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 13 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 20 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCeramics and Composites: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 12 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 173 fractional works · 28.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 120 fractional works · 20.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 84 fractional works · 14.1% of its workGenetics: 14 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCancer Research: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCell Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 22 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 18 fractional works · 3.0% of its workImmunology: 16 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 156 fractional works · 26.1% of its workMedicine: 146 fractional works · 24.4% of its workPhysiology: 12 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 11 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 11 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSurgery: 11 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHematology: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 75 fractional works · 12.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 25 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 18 fractional works · 3.0% of its workArcheology: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 17 fractional works · 2.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKCarlsbad600fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences29%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences26%Social Sciences12%

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. Engineering6711.2%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences376.1%
    3. Computer Science366.1%
    4. Materials Science203.3%
    5. Environmental Science122.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy101.6%
    7. Chemistry91.6%
    8. Mathematics30.6%
    9. Energy10.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12020.0%
    2. Neuroscience223.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology183.0%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences91.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.6%
    1. Medicine14624.4%
    2. Health Professions61.1%
    3. Dentistry10.2%
    4. Veterinary10.2%
    5. Nursing10.2%
    1. Social Sciences254.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities183.0%
    3. Psychology172.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting81.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance40.7%
    6. Decision Sciences30.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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 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: 0.35× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.88× its world share, 106 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.82× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.26× its world share, 19 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.61× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.13× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.71× its world share, 28 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.86× its world share, 31 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.78× its world share, 60 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.01× its world share, 18 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.64× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.40× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.23× its world share, 122 worksMedicineNursing: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.63× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.09× its world share, 16 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.44× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.92× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 19 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.88×106 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.86×31 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.82×14 works
  4. Neuroscience2.26×19 works
  5. Veterinary1.63×1 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.61×3 works
  7. Medicine1.23×122 works
  8. Chemistry1.13×9 works
  9. Arts and Humanities1.09×16 works
  10. Materials Science1.01×18 works
  11. Psychology0.92×14 works
  12. Engineering0.78×60 works
  13. Computer Science0.71×28 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.64×7 works
  15. Dentistry0.50×1 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.50×2 works
  17. Mathematics0.47×3 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.44×7 works
  19. Environmental Science0.43×11 works
  20. Nursing0.42×1 works
  21. Health Professions0.40×5 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.35×9 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.35×4 works
  24. Social Sciences0.30×19 works
  25. Energy0.13×1 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.08×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Carlsbad?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Raman Spectroscopy, Plate Tectonics, Antisense Oligonucleotides, Geochemistry, Inflammation, Gemstones, Petrology 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-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. Inflammation24▲ 1.92×61 topics
  2. Epidemiology23◆ 0.96×77 topics
  3. Raman Spectroscopy23▲ 20×6 topics
  4. Machine Learning21◆ 1.04×43 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress19▲ 1.90×38 topics
  6. Cancer17▲ 2.1×39 topics
  7. Metabolic Syndrome16▲ 3.3×18 topics
  8. Gene Expression14▲ 3.7×12 topics
  9. Plate Tectonics14▲ 15×2 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease13▲ 1.93×26 topics
  11. Antisense Oligonucleotides13▲ 50×2 topics
  12. Geochemistry12▲ 31×2 topics
  13. Gemstones12▲ 186×1 topic
  14. Petrology12▲ 186×1 topic
  15. Therapeutic Targets12▲ 13×5 topics
  16. Gene Therapy11▲ 9.6×5 topics
  17. Insulin Resistance10▲ 3.9×8 topics
  18. Genomic Stability10▲ 47×2 topics
  19. Atherosclerosis10▲ 5.8×10 topics
  20. Drug Design10▲ 26×3 topics
  21. Nucleic Acids10▲ 56×2 topics
  22. DNA Structure10▲ 82×1 topic
  23. G-Quadruplexes10▲ 82×1 topic
  24. Neurodegeneration10▲ 5.2×10 topics
  25. Hyperspectral Imaging9▲ 5.6×6 topics
  26. Thrombosis9▲ 5.3×6 topics
  27. Tectonics9▲ 12×2 topics
  28. Innate Immunity8▲ 4.4×9 topics
  29. Mitochondrial Dysfunction8▲ 4.8×10 topics
  30. Geochronology8▲ 20×1 topic
  31. Zircon8▲ 20×1 topic
  32. Tomography8▲ 7.3×4 topics
  33. Gene Silencing7▲ 13×2 topics
  34. RNA Interference7▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Non-viral Vectors7▲ 20×1 topic
  36. siRNA Delivery7▲ 20×1 topic
  37. Biomolecular Interactions7▲ 8.9×2 topics
  38. Normalization7▲ 23×2 topics
  39. DNA nanotechnology6▲ 9.4×1 topic
  40. Quantitative6▲ 12×2 topics

What research is done in Carlsbad?

Mineralogy and Gemology Studies: 11 fractional worksDNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry: 9 fractional worksGeological and Geochemic…8Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 8 fractional worksAdvanced biosensing and …6Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques: 6 fractional worksRNA Interference and Gene Delivery: 6 fractional worksDiamond and Carbon-based Materials Research: 6 fractional worksMolecular Biology Techni…5Molecular Biology Techniques and Applications: 5 fractional worksHigh-pressure geophysics and materials: 5 fractional worksRNA Research and Splicing: 4 fractional worksCultural Heritage Materi…4Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis: 4 fractional works
Geochemistry and PetrologyMolecular BiologyGeophysicsMaterials Chemistry1 others

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

  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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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%Carlsbad14.8% 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 34.4% in 2016.

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