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Research in Fresno

Science Explorer records 29 research institutions in Fresno, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are California State University, Fresno, Sunrise Medical (United States) and VA Central California Health Care System.

Research institutions
29
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
9.2k
▲ 41% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
12.3%
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 Fresno?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1California State University, FresnoUniversity 7,151 #5,911
2Sunrise Medical (United States)Company 337 #16,018
3The California Eye InstituteHospital / health system 323 #25,670 all time
4Community Regional Medical CenterHospital / health system 266 #33,152 all time
5Saint Agnes Medical CenterHospital / health system 244 #38,840 all time
6VA Central California Health Care SystemHospital / health system 224 #27,415
7Fresno Pacific UniversityUniversity 211 #35,159 all time
8Fresno VA Medical CenterHospital / health system 107 not ranked
9Fresno City CollegeUniversity 94 not ranked
10California Cancer Associates for Research and ExcellenceHospital / health system 40 not ranked
11Community Medical CentersHospital / health system 37 not ranked
12Fresno County Office of EducationGovernment institution 30 not ranked
13Fresno Unified School DistrictUniversity 22 not ranked
14California Christian CollegeUniversity 9 not ranked
15San Joaquin Valley Public Health ConsortiumHospital / health system 9 not ranked
16California Institute Of Medical ScienceUniversity 9 not ranked
17State Center Community College DistrictUniversity 8 not ranked
18US Cancer Management CorporationHospital / health system 7 not ranked
19California Teaching Fellows FoundationUniversity 6 not ranked
20National Council on Rehabilitation EducationInstitution 6 not ranked
21American Pistachio GrowersInstitution 6 not ranked
22Reading and BeyondNonprofit 5 not ranked
23Fresno County Public LibraryArchive 5 not ranked
24AIMS Education FoundationNonprofit 4 not ranked
25Neuro Pain Medical CenterHospital / health system 4 not ranked
26Resources for Independence Central ValleyNonprofit 3 not ranked
27California Health CollaborativeNonprofit 3 not ranked
28The African-American Historical & Cultural Museum of the SJVArchive 2 not ranked
29Life Goes On-Home ImprovementNonprofit 1 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.

California State University, Fresno: 78.0%Sunrise Medical (United States): 3.7%The California Eye Institute: 3.5%Community Regional Medical Center: 2.9%25 others listed: 11.9%78%largest
California State University, Fresno7,151 · 78.0%Sunrise Medical (United States)337 · 3.7%The California Eye Institute323 · 3.5%Community Regional Medical Center266 · 2.9%25 others listed1,096 · 11.9%

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

What is Fresno strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Fresno is most concentrated in Ophthalmology (4.8× the world share in Ophthalmology).

  1. OphthalmologySubfield · 20.5 works4.8×
← 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 Fresno?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Human-Computer Interaction, Gesture Recognition, Interactive Evolutionary Computation, Music Generation, Social Justice, Treatment and Mental Health.

▲ 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. Epidemiology113▲ 1.80×120 topics
  2. Machine Learning52◆ 1.00×46 topics
  3. Mental Health42▲ 1.80×37 topics
  4. Treatment39▲ 2.0×43 topics
  5. Climate Change38◆ 0.89×53 topics
  6. Education38▲ 1.38×35 topics
  7. Risk Factors37▲ 2.1×33 topics
  8. Diagnosis33▲ 2.2×36 topics
  9. Social Justice30▲ 3.3×19 topics
  10. Artificial Intelligence29▲ 1.33×18 topics
  11. Quality of Life28▲ 1.24×47 topics
  12. Management27▲ 2.1×29 topics
  13. Diabetes24▲ 3.0×14 topics
  14. Human-Computer Interaction22▲ 8.1×4 topics
  15. Immunotherapy22▲ 1.98×17 topics
  16. Meta-Analysis22▲ 2.4×15 topics
  17. Gesture Recognition20▲ 17×2 topics
  18. Mortality20▲ 2.2×12 topics
  19. Interactive Evolutionary Computation20▲ 59×1 topic
  20. Music Generation20▲ 59×1 topic
  21. Social Support20▲ 2.2×15 topics
  22. Environmental Sustainability19▲ 7.7×3 topics
  23. Complications19▲ 2.4×15 topics
  24. Ethnomusicology19▲ 30×2 topics
  25. Indigenous Knowledge19▲ 12×2 topics
  26. Cultural Conservation19▲ 46×1 topic
  27. Ecomusicology19▲ 50×1 topic
  28. Student Engagement18▲ 2.8×13 topics
  29. Genetic Mutations16▲ 2.4×16 topics
  30. Critical Care14▲ 3.8×8 topics
  31. Intersectionality13▲ 4.6×7 topics
  32. Diversity13▲ 4.6×8 topics
  33. Glaucoma12▲ 5.3×4 topics
  34. Academic Performance12▲ 8.8×5 topics
  35. Optic Nerve10▲ 6.4×2 topics
  36. Intraocular Pressure10▲ 7.3×2 topics
  37. Vibration Control10▲ 10×3 topics
  38. Engineering Education10▲ 6.9×4 topics
  39. Hormone Therapy10▲ 7.4×2 topics
  40. Educational Inequality9▲ 9.9×4 topics

What research is done in Fresno?

  1. 1 Music Technology and Sound Studies Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 20 works
  2. 2 Diverse Musicological Studies Music 19 works
  3. 3 Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research Biomedical Engineering 9 works
  4. 4 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 8 works
  5. 5 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  6. 6 Higher Education Research Studies Education 7 works
  7. 7 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 7 works
  8. 8 Horticultural and Viticultural Research Plant Science 6 works
  9. 9 EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces Cognitive Neuroscience 6 works
  10. 10 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 6 works

Research output over time

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