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Research in Foster City

Science Explorer records 9 research institutions in Foster City, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Gilead Sciences (United States) and Visa (United States).

Research institutions
9
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.5k
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
20.1%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 Foster City?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Gilead Sciences (United States)Company 2,116 #3,031
2Visa (United States)Company 168 #23,312
3SciClone Pharmaceuticals (United States)Company 102 not ranked
4Interdisciplinary Dental Education AcademyUniversity 41 not ranked
5Notable Labs (United States)Company 29 not ranked
6TeraRecon (United States)Company 14 not ranked
7Guidewire (United States)Company 12 not ranked
8Apollomics (United States)Company 5 not ranked
9Active Spectrum (United States)Company 3 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.

Gilead Sciences (United States): 85.0%Visa (United States): 6.7%SciClone Pharmaceuticals (United States): 4.1%Interdisciplinary Dental Education Academy: 1.6%5 others listed: 2.5%85%largest
Gilead Sciences (United States)2,116 · 85.0%Visa (United States)168 · 6.7%SciClone Pharmaceuticals (United States)102 · 4.1%Interdisciplinary Dental Education Academy41 · 1.6%5 others listed63 · 2.5%

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

What is Foster City strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Foster City is most concentrated in Hepatology and Infectious Diseases (23.1× the world share in Hepatology).

  1. HepatologySubfield · 27.8 works23×
  2. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 76.5 works18×
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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 Foster City?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Antiretroviral Therapy, Immune Response, HIV Infection, Epidemiology, Vaccine, Antiviral Therapy, Hepatotoxicity and Liver Disease.

▲ 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. Antiretroviral Therapy80▲ 79×6 topics
  2. Immune Response63▲ 18×15 topics
  3. Epidemiology63▲ 2.5×61 topics
  4. HIV Infection38▲ 60×3 topics
  5. Inflammation33▲ 2.5×51 topics
  6. Antiviral Therapy33▲ 54×3 topics
  7. Vaccine33▲ 13×11 topics
  8. Hepatotoxicity31▲ 100×2 topics
  9. Liver Disease31▲ 53×3 topics
  10. Drug Resistance31▲ 17×6 topics
  11. Adverse Effects28▲ 94×2 topics
  12. Integrase Inhibitors28▲ 211×1 topic
  13. Nucleoside Analogues28▲ 211×1 topic
  14. Hepatocellular Carcinoma27▲ 20×3 topics
  15. Treatment26▲ 3.4×24 topics
  16. Genetic Variation25▲ 19×5 topics
  17. Mortality Rates25▲ 42×2 topics
  18. HIV Transmission25▲ 54×2 topics
  19. Viral Load25▲ 50×2 topics
  20. Insulin Resistance24▲ 8.5×7 topics
  21. Preexposure Prophylaxis24▲ 79×1 topic
  22. Stigma and Discrimination24▲ 79×1 topic
  23. HIV22▲ 42×4 topics
  24. Prognostic Factors19▲ 6.8×10 topics
  25. Chemotherapy18▲ 4.2×18 topics
  26. Biomarkers18▲ 4.1×14 topics
  27. SARS-CoV-218▲ 8.6×4 topics
  28. Antibodies17▲ 50×2 topics
  29. Hepatitis C Virus17▲ 81×1 topic
  30. Ribavirin17▲ 81×1 topic
  31. ACE2 Receptor17▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Immune Activation16▲ 33×2 topics
  33. AIDS16▲ 102×1 topic
  34. neurocognitive disorders16▲ 102×1 topic
  35. Hepatic Steatosis13▲ 14×2 topics
  36. Chronic Hepatitis B13▲ 62×1 topic
  37. Hepatitis B Virus13▲ 62×1 topic
  38. Pharmacokinetics13▲ 7.8×6 topics
  39. NAFLD13▲ 17×1 topic
  40. NASH13▲ 17×1 topic

What research is done in Foster City?

  1. 1 HIV/AIDS drug development and treatmentInfectious Diseases 28 works
  2. 2 HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsInfectious Diseases 24 works
  3. 3 Hepatitis C virus researchHepatology 17 works
  4. 4 HIV Research and TreatmentVirology 16 works
  5. 5 Hepatitis B Virus StudiesEpidemiology 13 works
  6. 6 Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentEpidemiology 13 works
  7. 7 HIV-related health complications and treatmentsEmergency Medicine 11 works
  8. 8 Drug Transport and Resistance MechanismsOncology 10 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 Clinical Research StudiesInfectious Diseases 10 works
  10. 10 Acute Myeloid Leukemia ResearchHematology 9 works

Research output over time

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