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Research in Livermore

Science Explorer records 14 research institutions in Livermore, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories California and Lawrence Livermore National Security.

Research institutions
14
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
56k
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
12.7%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Livermore?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryResearch facility 37,976 #619
2Sandia National Laboratories CaliforniaResearch facility 16,346 #2,228
3Lawrence Livermore National SecurityGovernment institution 1,649 #7,690
4Las Positas CollegeUniversity 81 not ranked
5Acumen Pharmaceuticals (United States)Company 34 not ranked
6FormFactor (United States)Company 24 not ranked
7Sensor Concepts (United States)Company 21 not ranked
8Grainflow Dynamics (United States)Company 20 not ranked
9Wang NMR (United States)Company 15 not ranked
10Hertz FoundationNonprofit 13 not ranked
11Shal Technologies (United States)Company 12 not ranked
12Ocellus (United States)Company 7 not ranked
13SunvaporInstitution 6 not ranked
14UltraCell (United States)Company 2 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.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: 67.6%Sandia National Laboratories California: 29.1%Lawrence Livermore National Security: 2.9%Las Positas College: 0.1%10 others listed: 0.3%68%largest
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory38k · 67.6%Sandia National Laboratories California16k · 29.1%Lawrence Livermore National Security1,649 · 2.9%Las Positas College81 · 0.1%10 others listed154 · 0.3%

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

What is Livermore strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Livermore is most concentrated in Radiation, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Environmental Chemistry (19.9× the world share in Radiation).

  1. RadiationSubfield · 147.5 works20×
  2. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 235.3 works14×
  3. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 141.6 works12×
  4. OceanographySubfield · 157.9 works10×
  5. Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesSubfield · 38.0 works9.1×
  6. GeophysicsSubfield · 143.7 works7.6×
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Which keywords describe research in Livermore?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Tomography, Geodetic Measurements, Sea Level Rise, Hydrological Modeling, GRACE, groundwater depletion, Solar Wind and Microbial Communities.

▲ 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. Climate Change260▲ 1.79×68 topics
  2. Machine Learning236▲ 1.33×70 topics
  3. Tomography200▲ 20×5 topics
  4. Geodetic Measurements159▲ 27×2 topics
  5. Sea Level Rise155▲ 23×3 topics
  6. Hydrological Modeling153▲ 12×5 topics
  7. Microbial Communities150▲ 6.5×10 topics
  8. GRACE145▲ 52×1 topic
  9. groundwater depletion145▲ 52×1 topic
  10. Solar Wind142▲ 28×2 topics
  11. Mechanical Properties140▲ 2.7×33 topics
  12. Anaerobic135▲ 36×1 topic
  13. Methane Oxidation135▲ 31×1 topic
  14. Electron Acceleration134▲ 37×2 topics
  15. Ionosphere127▲ 42×1 topic
  16. Magnetosphere127▲ 42×1 topic
  17. Electron Beams109▲ 116×1 topic
  18. Laser-Plasma Accelerators109▲ 116×1 topic
  19. Data Analysis107▲ 7.2×9 topics
  20. Spectroscopy97▲ 11×11 topics
  21. Heat Transfer93▲ 3.5×17 topics
  22. Molecular Dynamics89▲ 10×7 topics
  23. Small-Angle Scattering86▲ 29×2 topics
  24. Radiography84▲ 42×2 topics
  25. Neutron Activation Analysis83▲ 43×1 topic
  26. Neutron Imaging83▲ 43×1 topic
  27. Superconductivity83▲ 9.0×9 topics
  28. Additive Manufacturing82▲ 4.9×8 topics
  29. Crystal Growth82▲ 5.4×11 topics
  30. Hydrogen Embrittlement72▲ 16×3 topics
  31. Molecular Dynamics Simulations72▲ 31×2 topics
  32. Plate Tectonics70▲ 8.6×3 topics
  33. Frequency Conversion67▲ 30×3 topics
  34. Density Functional Theory67▲ 12×6 topics
  35. High-Performance Computing66▲ 15×3 topics
  36. Oxidation Resistance66▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Space Exploration65▲ 28×2 topics
  38. Crystal Structure Prediction62▲ 25×1 topic
  39. Mantle Dynamics62▲ 25×1 topic
  40. Material Analysis61▲ 56×1 topic

What research is done in Livermore?

  1. 1 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 145 works
  2. 2 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 135 works
  3. 3 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 127 works
  4. 4 Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 109 works
  5. 5 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 83 works
  6. 6 High-pressure geophysics and materials Geophysics 62 works
  7. 7 Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma Mechanics of Materials 61 works
  8. 8 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 48 works
  9. 9 Laser Design and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 44 works
  10. 10 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 42 works

Research output over time

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