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Research in Irvine

Science Explorer records 77 research institutions in Irvine, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of California, Irvine, MIND Research Institute and Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic.

Research institutions
77
10 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
95k
▲ 12% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
20.3%
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 Irvine?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of California, IrvineUniversity 87,773 #110
2Beckman Laser Institute and Medical ClinicHospital / health system 1,150 #12,656
3MIND Research InstituteNonprofit 941 #3,338
4Quality Systems (United States)Company 585 #24,568
5Concordia University IrvineUniversity 585 #26,032
6Conexant (United States)Company 378 #20,813 all time
7Newport (United States)Company 350 #23,511 all time
8St. Joseph Health SystemHospital / health system 343 #22,004 all time
9Edwards Lifesciences (United States)Company 310 #16,291
10Irvine Valley CollegeUniversity 264 #20,815
11Hoag Orthopedic InstituteHospital / health system 241 #26,138
12Brandman UniversityUniversity 240 #14,891
13Applied Scientific Research (United States)Company 212 #28,268 all time
14Masimo (United States)Company 141 #26,589
15Apollo Instruments (United States)Company 132 #14,785 all time
16CombiMatrixResearch facility 101 not ranked
17Institute for Progressive MedicineHospital / health system 99 not ranked
18SM&A (United States)Company 95 not ranked
19HCL Technologies (United States)Company 93 not ranked
20Advanced Systems & Technologies (United States)Company 87 not ranked
21ChromaDex (United States)Company 61 not ranked
22American Career CollegeUniversity 58 not ranked
23Kaiser Permanente Orange County Irvine Medical CenterHospital / health system 56 not ranked
24Dermatology Research and Education FoundationResearch facility 55 not ranked
25Cortex Pharmaceuticals (United States)Company 52 not ranked
26Antigen Discovery (United States)Company 47 not ranked
27Modulim (United States)Company 47 not ranked
28BSH Home Appliances (United States)Company 44 not ranked
29Stanbridge UniversityUniversity 32 not ranked
303T Ophthalmics (United States)Company 24 not ranked
31Tyvak (United States)Company 24 not ranked
32Radiant Health CentersHospital / health system 20 not ranked
33Iris Technology (United States)Company 19 not ranked
34AcuFocus (United States)Company 18 not ranked
35NanoMEMS Research (United States)Company 18 not ranked
36Fixstars Solutions (United States)Company 15 not ranked
37Prodo Laboratories (United States)Company 15 not ranked
38Irvine Unified School DistrictUniversity 15 not ranked
39Arnold and Mabel Beckman FoundationNonprofit 14 not ranked
40Cell Gate (United States)Company 13 not ranked
41Summit Technology Laboratory (United States)Company 11 not ranked
42Acacia Research Corporation (United States)Company 11 not ranked
43Material Methods (United States)Company 10 not ranked
44Docbot (United States)Company 10 not ranked
45Flint Rehabilitation Devices (United States)Company 9 not ranked
46OCT Medical Imaging (United States)Company 8 not ranked
47Dynalloy (United States)Company 7 not ranked
48ClearPoint Neuro (United States)Company 6 not ranked
49GeneTex (United States)Company 5 not ranked
50Society of Early AmericanistsInstitution 5 not ranked
51JenaValve (United States)Company 4 not ranked
52Ivantis (United States)Company 4 not ranked
53Endologix (United States)Company 4 not ranked
54Learning OvationsInstitution 4 not ranked
55University Medical Pharmaceuticals (United States)Company 4 not ranked
56KSK MedicalHospital / health system 4 not ranked
57Consultants for Environmental System TechnologiesCompany 3 not ranked
58Inscent (United States)Company 3 not ranked
59JIT Labs (United States)Company 3 not ranked
60Medennium (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.

University of California, Irvine: 92.5%Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic: 1.2%MIND Research Institute: 1.0%Quality Systems (United States): 0.6%56 others listed: 4.7%93%largest
University of California, Irvine88k · 92.5%Beckman Laser Institute and Medical Clinic1,150 · 1.2%MIND Research Institute941 · 1.0%Quality Systems (United States)585 · 0.6%56 others listed4,436 · 4.7%

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

What is Irvine strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Irvine is most concentrated in Aging, Behavioral Neuroscience and Biophysics (8.6× the world share in Aging).

  1. AgingSubfield · 27.3 works8.6×
  2. Behavioral NeuroscienceSubfield · 22.5 works4.4×
  3. BiophysicsSubfield · 55.0 works3.7×
  4. Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSubfield · 146.4 works3.6×
  5. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 289.1 works3.0×
  6. NeuroscienceField · 641.5 works3.0×
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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 Irvine?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Oxidative Stress, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Neuroinflammation, Neurological Disorders, Inflammation and Neurodegeneration.

▲ 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. Epidemiology599◆ 1.15×133 topics
  2. Machine Learning448◆ 1.04×85 topics
  3. Deep Learning419◆ 0.93×81 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress346▲ 1.60×61 topics
  5. Inflammation322▲ 1.17×81 topics
  6. Mental Health276▲ 1.43×41 topics
  7. Climate Change257▼ 0.72×104 topics
  8. Quality of Life225▲ 1.18×57 topics
  9. Globalization222▼ 0.86×110 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease209▲ 1.43×37 topics
  11. Neural Networks208◆ 1.02×38 topics
  12. Neurological Disorders199▲ 2.6×20 topics
  13. Depression198▲ 1.70×23 topics
  14. Public Health197◆ 1.03×60 topics
  15. Treatment185▲ 1.16×51 topics
  16. Aging174▲ 2.5×19 topics
  17. Risk Factors173▲ 1.19×37 topics
  18. Cancer172◆ 0.97×54 topics
  19. Neuroinflammation161▲ 4.3×6 topics
  20. Biomarkers156▲ 1.73×18 topics
  21. Neurodegeneration155▲ 3.9×11 topics
  22. Immunotherapy140▲ 1.49×19 topics
  23. Neuroimaging129▲ 3.6×11 topics
  24. Alzheimer's Disease126▲ 3.4×9 topics
  25. Social Support125▲ 1.70×18 topics
  26. Mortality122▲ 1.61×13 topics
  27. Neurobiology101▲ 3.0×10 topics
  28. Emotion Regulation96▲ 2.3×9 topics
  29. Brain Development96▲ 4.2×6 topics
  30. Health Disparities95▲ 2.8×8 topics
  31. Cognitive Decline89▲ 5.6×2 topics
  32. Synaptic Plasticity89▲ 3.1×6 topics
  33. Cognitive Training82▲ 6.8×2 topics
  34. Caregiver Burden80▲ 5.5×3 topics
  35. Dementia77▲ 6.3×2 topics
  36. Mild Cognitive Impairment76▲ 6.9×1 topic
  37. Vascular Risk Factors76▲ 6.9×1 topic
  38. Therapeutic Strategies68▲ 5.3×2 topics
  39. Amyloid Hypothesis62▲ 8.0×1 topic
  40. Tau Pathology62▲ 8.0×1 topic

What research is done in Irvine?

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchPsychiatry and Mental health 76 works
  2. 2 Alzheimer's disease research and treatmentsPhysiology 62 works
  3. 3 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration MechanismsNeurology 44 works
  4. 4 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchCellular and Molecular Neuroscience 43 works
  5. 5 Neural dynamics and brain functionCognitive Neuroscience 37 works
  6. 6 Education, Innovation and Language StudiesEducation 36 works
  7. 7 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosolsAtmospheric Science 35 works
  8. 8 Research studies in VietnamEcology 34 works
  9. 9 Functional Brain Connectivity StudiesCognitive Neuroscience 33 works
  10. 10 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationHealth Informatics 32 works

Research output over time

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