Research in La Jolla
Science Explorer records 60 research institutions in La Jolla, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Salk Institute for Biological Studies and Neurosciences Institute.
- Research institutions
- 60 12 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 46k ◆ 1% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 23.0% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in La Jolla?
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
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What is La Jolla strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in La Jolla is most concentrated in Oceanography, Earth and Planetary Sciences and Atmospheric Science (16.7× the world share in Oceanography).
- OceanographySubfield · 194.6 works17×
- Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 436.4 works6.7×
- Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 118.3 works6.5×
- Endocrine and Autonomic SystemsSubfield · 22.2 works6.3×
- GeophysicsSubfield · 82.2 works5.7×
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 La Jolla?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Ocean Circulation, Global Warming, Oxidative Stress, Data Assimilation, Epidemiology, Inflammation and Fisheries Sustainability.
- Marine Ecosystems
- Climate Modeling
- Extreme Events
- Anthropogenic Noise
- Ecosystem Management
- Predator-Prey Interactions
- Ocean Acidification
- Tidal Analysis
- Acoustic Communication
- Neuroinflammation
- Acoustic Techniques
- Innate Immunity
- Metabolism
- Gene Expression
- Population Dynamics
- Neurological Disorders
- Global Warming
- Cancer
- Oxidative Stress
- Epidemiology
- Climate Change
- Inflammation
- Machine Learning
- Ocean Circulation
- Remote Sensing
- Data Assimilation
- Conservation
- Fisheries Sustainability
- Marine Sediments
- Neurodegeneration
- Seafloor Mapping
- Climate Change Impact
- Oceanic Modeling
- Neurobiology
- Trophic Cascades
- Hydrological Cycle
- Marine Fisheries
- Marine Mammals
- Harmful Algal Blooms
- Precipitation Extremes
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
- Climate Change395▲ 3.5×90 topics
- Epidemiology198▲ 1.20×130 topics
- Inflammation152▲ 1.76×82 topics
- Oxidative Stress149▲ 2.2×59 topics
- Machine Learning134◆ 0.99×69 topics
- Cancer112▲ 2.0×53 topics
- Ocean Circulation105▲ 19×3 topics
- Global Warming100▲ 5.9×14 topics
- Remote Sensing90▲ 1.76×28 topics
- Neurological Disorders85▲ 3.6×19 topics
- Data Assimilation74▲ 11×4 topics
- Population Dynamics70▲ 6.7×11 topics
- Conservation69▲ 3.9×20 topics
- Gene Expression68▲ 2.7×19 topics
- Fisheries Sustainability67▲ 18×2 topics
- Metabolism60▲ 2.8×31 topics
- Marine Sediments56▲ 22×2 topics
- Innate Immunity54▲ 4.1×11 topics
- Neurodegeneration54▲ 4.3×11 topics
- Acoustic Techniques54▲ 40×1 topic
- Seafloor Mapping54▲ 40×1 topic
- Neuroinflammation52▲ 4.4×6 topics
- Climate Change Impact51▲ 5.5×5 topics
- Acoustic Communication49▲ 23×2 topics
- Oceanic Modeling48▲ 36×1 topic
- Tidal Analysis48▲ 36×1 topic
- Neurobiology48▲ 4.5×10 topics
- Ocean Acidification48▲ 16×3 topics
- Trophic Cascades46▲ 12×2 topics
- Predator-Prey Interactions44▲ 13×3 topics
- Hydrological Cycle44▲ 11×2 topics
- Ecosystem Management44▲ 18×1 topic
- Marine Fisheries44▲ 26×1 topic
- Anthropogenic Noise43▲ 36×1 topic
- Marine Mammals43▲ 36×1 topic
- Extreme Events36▲ 9.9×2 topics
- Harmful Algal Blooms36▲ 11×3 topics
- Climate Modeling35▲ 12×1 topic
- Precipitation Extremes35▲ 12×1 topic
- Marine Ecosystems34▲ 16×2 topics
What research is done in La Jolla?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Underwater Acoustics Research Oceanography 54 works
- 2 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 48 works
- 3 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 44 works
- 4 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 43 works
- 5 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 35 works
- 6 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 30 works
- 7 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 25 works
- 8 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 24 works
- 9 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 23 works
- 10 Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics Atmospheric Science 22 works
Research output over time
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