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Research in Goleta

Science Explorer records 13 research institutions in Goleta, United States. The largest by output are Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network, Toyon (United States) and Transphorm (United States).

Research institutions
13
Research works
863
▼ 36% vs 2018-21
Citations
22k
25.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
17.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1953-2026
74 years on the record
Goleta

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 Goleta?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope NetworkResearch facility 348 #23,519 all time
2Toyon (United States)Company 134 #10,918 all time
3Transphorm (United States)Company 70 not ranked
4Serimmune (United States)Company 59 not ranked
5Praevium Research (United States)Company 58 not ranked
6Aurrion (United States)Company 55 not ranked
7Pacific Design Technologies (United States)Company 33 not ranked
8InTouch Health (United States)Company 27 not ranked
9Tecolote Research (United States)Company 25 not ranked
10Deployable Space Systems (United States)Company 23 not ranked
11Vascular BioSciences (United States)Company 15 not ranked
12LaunchPoint Technologies (United States)Company 15 not ranked
13Nama Development (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.

Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network: 40.4%Toyon (United States): 15.5%Transphorm (United States): 8.1%Serimmune (United States): 6.8%8 others listed: 29.1%40%largest
Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network348 · 40.4%Toyon (United States)134 · 15.5%Transphorm (United States)70 · 8.1%Serimmune (United States)59 · 6.8%8 others listed251 · 29.1%

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

Which fields of science does Goleta work in?

In 2022-now, 80% of research in Goleta is in Physical Sciences, 8% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (32%), Physics and Astronomy (28%), Computer Science (12%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 97 fractional works · 79.8% of its workEngineering: 39 fractional works · 32.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 16 fractional works · 12.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 4.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 35 fractional works · 28.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 17 fractional works · 13.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 8 fractional works · 6.3% of its workInstrumentation: 6 fractional works · 4.7% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Science: 14 fractional works · 11.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 9 fractional works · 7.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFiltration and Separation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 9 fractional works · 7.7% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 6.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 7.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKGoleta122fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences80%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences7%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering3932.0%
    2. Physics and Astronomy3528.3%
    3. Computer Science1411.7%
    4. Environmental Science43.0%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.3%
    6. Materials Science11.2%
    7. Chemistry11.0%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.7%
    9. Mathematics00.3%
    10. Energy00.3%
    1. Medicine86.7%
    2. Health Professions10.8%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    1. Social Sciences42.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting21.6%
    3. Psychology11.0%
    4. Decision Sciences10.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.8%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology43.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.7%
    4. Neuroscience10.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Goleta strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Goleta is most concentrated in Physics and Astronomy (12.5× the world share in Physics and Astronomy).

  1. Physics and AstronomyField · 30.4 works12×
← 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 25 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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.56× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.25× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.61× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.21× its world share, 36 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.62× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 12.49× its world share, 30 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 12.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy12.49×30 works
  2. Chemical Engineering2.25×1 works
  3. Engineering2.21×36 works
  4. Computer Science1.61×14 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.01×1 works
  6. Environmental Science0.62×3 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.56×3 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.51×1 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.49×0 works
  10. Chemistry0.47×1 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.46×2 works
  12. Medicine0.34×7 works
  13. Psychology0.34×1 works
  14. Energy0.33×0 works
  15. Materials Science0.33×1 works
  16. Health Professions0.33×1 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.33×1 works
  18. Neuroscience0.27×0 works
  19. Mathematics0.27×0 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.26×0 works
  21. Social Sciences0.24×3 works
  22. Nursing0.10×0 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.09×0 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Goleta?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Astronomical Instrumentation, Spectrograph, Adaptive Optics, Wavefront Sensing, Gravitational Waves, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics and Supernovae.

▲ 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. Machine Learning6▲ 1.44×13 topics
  2. Adaptive Optics6▲ 374×1 topic
  3. Astronomical Instrumentation6▲ 145×1 topic
  4. Spectrograph6▲ 145×1 topic
  5. Wavefront Sensing6▲ 374×1 topic
  6. Gravitational Waves5▲ 73×2 topics
  7. Exoplanets4▲ 87×1 topic
  8. Gamma-Ray Bursts4▲ 127×1 topic
  9. Neutron Stars4▲ 127×1 topic
  10. Nucleosynthesis4▲ 70×2 topics
  11. Stellar Astrophysics4▲ 87×1 topic
  12. Supernovae4▲ 42×2 topics
  13. Biosensors3▲ 5.7×2 topics
  14. Semiconductor Lasers3▲ 41×2 topics
  15. Thermal Management3▲ 8.0×4 topics
  16. Integrated Circuits3▲ 17×2 topics
  17. Accretion Disks3▲ 47×2 topics
  18. Magnetic Fields3▲ 35×2 topics
  19. Optical Modulators3▲ 17×1 topic
  20. Silicon Photonics3▲ 24×1 topic
  21. Band Parameters3▲ 42×2 topics
  22. Nanowires3▲ 16×2 topics
  23. Power Devices3▲ 34×2 topics
  24. GaN3▲ 62×2 topics
  25. III-Nitrides3▲ 69×1 topic
  26. Quantum3▲ 27×2 topics
  27. Quantum Information3▲ 18×2 topics
  28. Reliability3▲ 28×1 topic
  29. Semiconductors3▲ 7.2×1 topic
  30. Solid-State Lighting3▲ 28×2 topics
  31. Wide Bandgap Semiconductors3▲ 52×1 topic
  32. Nonlinear Dynamics2▲ 8.9×2 topics
  33. Quantum Algorithms2▲ 37×1 topic
  34. Quantum Computation2▲ 37×1 topic
  35. Structural Health Monitoring2▲ 25×2 topics
  36. Black Holes2▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Optical 3D Laser Measurement2▲ 135×1 topic
  38. Position-Sensitive Detector2▲ 135×1 topic
  39. Atomic Layer Deposition2▲ 27×1 topic
  40. High-k Dielectrics2▲ 27×1 topic

What research is done in Goleta?

Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing: 6 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysical Research: 5 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and sup…4Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 4 fractional worksStellar, planetary, and …3Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 3 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 3 fractional worksSilicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies: 3 fractional worksGaN-based semiconductor …3GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials: 3 fractional worksQuantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture: 2 fractional worksAstronomical Observations and Instrumentation: 2 fractional worksSemiconductor materials and devices: 2 fractional works
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsInstrumentationAstronomy and AstrophysicsElectrical and Electronic Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 6 works
  2. 2 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 5 works
  3. 3 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works
  4. 4 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
  5. 5 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 Silicon Carbide Semiconductor Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials Condensed Matter Physics 3 works
  8. 8 Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  9. 9 Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation Computational Mechanics 2 works
  10. 10 Semiconductor materials and devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

20%40%60%Goleta14.0% in 2024all institutions10.0% in 202420102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 47.9% in 2013.

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