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Research in Long Beach

Science Explorer records 39 research institutions in Long Beach, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are California State University, Long Beach, California State University System and Pioneer (United States).

Research institutions
39
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
28k
▲ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
524k
18.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
14.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record

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 Long Beach?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1California State University, Long BeachUniversity 11,871 #1,340
2California State University SystemUniversity 6,830 #2,171
3Pioneer (United States)Company 3,027 #12,575
4MemorialCare Health SystemHospital / health system 913 #12,913
5MemorialCare Long Beach Medical CenterHospital / health system 787 #15,320 all time
6Department of Health and Human ServicesGovernment institution 573 #3,100 all time
7SCS Engineers (United States)Company 485 #20,863
8Epson (United States)Company 384 #24,243 all time
9Miller Children's & Women's HospitalHospital / health system 328 #25,475 all time
10California Adaptive Rowing ProgramNonprofit 155 #27,324 all time
11Long Beach City CollegeUniversity 118 not ranked
12M4 Engineering (United States)Company 110 not ranked
13Southern California Institute for Research and EducationNonprofit 96 not ranked
14Scan FoundationNonprofit 91 not ranked
15Parkinson's and Movement Disorder InstituteHospital / health system 74 not ranked
16Alpha Star (United States)Company 72 not ranked
17Aquarium of the PacificNonprofit 66 not ranked
18ImageCat (United States)Company 54 not ranked
19Design Science (United States)Company 51 not ranked
20Long Beach Unified School DistrictUniversity 36 not ranked
21Collaborative Neuroscience NetworkResearch facility 35 not ranked
22Intellectual Virtues AcademyUniversity 35 not ranked
23Community Hospital of Long BeachHospital / health system 32 not ranked
24Long Beach Animal HospitalHospital / health system 25 not ranked
25Pacific Coast UniversityUniversity 23 not ranked
26Creative Aero Engineering Solutions (United States)Company 16 not ranked
27Memorial Orthopaedic Surgical GroupHospital / health system 16 not ranked
28Long Beach Public LibraryArchive 13 not ranked
29Vestar (United States)Company 12 not ranked
30Archstone FoundationNonprofit 10 not ranked
31Arthritis National Research FoundationNonprofit 10 not ranked
32Guam Communications NetworkNonprofit 8 not ranked
33Medical Data ExchangeHospital / health system 6 not ranked
34Cambodian Association of AmericaNonprofit 6 not ranked
35Apollo Enterprise Solutions (United States)Company 4 not ranked
36Memorial Medical Center FoundationNonprofit 2 not ranked
37Freedom Writers FoundationNonprofit 2 not ranked
38EyeSonix (United States)Company 2 not ranked
39Substance Abuse FoundationInstitution 1 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.

California State University, Long Beach: 45.0%California State University System: 25.9%Pioneer (United States): 11.5%MemorialCare Health System: 3.5%35 others listed: 14.2%45%largest
California State University, Long Beach12k · 45.0%California State University System6,830 · 25.9%Pioneer (United States)3,027 · 11.5%MemorialCare Health System913 · 3.5%35 others listed3,738 · 14.2%

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

Which fields of science does Long Beach work in?

In 2022-now, 38% of research in Long Beach is in Social Sciences, 32% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (19%), Medicine (17%), Engineering (11%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,581 fractional works · 37.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 811 fractional works · 19.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 259 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEducation: 158 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 98 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSafety Research: 45 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 38 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 289 fractional works · 6.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 113 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 93 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 34 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 31 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 226 fractional works · 5.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 45 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhilosophy: 35 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 33 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 125 fractional works · 3.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 87 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 58 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFinance: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 44 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,326 fractional works · 31.8% of its workEngineering: 472 fractional works · 11.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 88 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 64 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 56 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 42 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 41 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 31 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 290 fractional works · 7.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 101 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems: 57 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 37 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 193 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEcology: 36 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 32 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 88 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 53 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomaterials: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 82 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 73 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeophysics: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 65 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 34 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 897 fractional works · 21.5% of its workMedicine: 716 fractional works · 17.2% of its workSurgery: 84 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 63 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 57 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 53 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 43 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 39 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 32 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 69 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 145 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 83 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 367 fractional works · 8.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 185 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 102 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGenetics: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 80 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPlant Science: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFood Science: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 62 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 32 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKLong Beach4,170fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences32%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences38%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences1,58137.9%
    1. Social Sciences81119.4%
    2. Psychology2896.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities2265.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1253.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance872.1%
    6. Decision Sciences441.1%
    1. Engineering47211.3%
    2. Computer Science2907.0%
    3. Environmental Science1934.6%
    4. Materials Science882.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy822.0%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences731.7%
    7. Chemistry651.6%
    8. Mathematics340.8%
    9. Energy190.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering90.2%
    1. Medicine71617.2%
    2. Health Professions1453.5%
    3. Nursing210.5%
    4. Dentistry100.2%
    5. Veterinary40.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1854.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences801.9%
    3. Neuroscience621.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology240.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics160.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Long Beach strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Long Beach is most concentrated in Safety Research (3.5× the world share in Safety Research).

  1. Safety ResearchSubfield · 35.2 works3.5×
← 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 26 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: 0.41× its world share, 70 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.79× its world share, 153 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.57× its world share, 21 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.88× its world share, 52 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.05× its world share, 13 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.69× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.98× its world share, 56 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.85× its world share, 239 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.16× its world share, 66 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.49× its world share, 16 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.77× its world share, 418 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.94× its world share, 169 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.60× its world share, 75 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.65× its world share, 28 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.79× its world share, 64 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.52× its world share, 9 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.34× its world share, 128 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.87× its world share, 605 worksMedicineNursing: 1.01× its world share, 18 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.63× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.94× its world share, 202 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.96× its world share, 112 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 38 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.01× its world share, 78 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.31× its world share, 254 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.56× its world share, 711 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology2.31×254 works
  2. Arts and Humanities1.94×202 works
  3. Social Sciences1.56×711 works
  4. Health Professions1.34×128 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.16×66 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.10×38 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.05×13 works
  8. Nursing1.01×18 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.01×78 works
  10. Chemistry0.98×56 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.96×112 works
  12. Environmental Science0.94×169 works
  13. Neuroscience0.88×52 works
  14. Medicine0.87×605 works
  15. Computer Science0.85×239 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.79×153 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.79×64 works
  18. Engineering0.77×418 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.69×9 works
  20. Mathematics0.65×28 works
  21. Veterinary0.63×3 works
  22. Materials Science0.60×75 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.57×21 works
  24. Dentistry0.52×9 works
  25. Energy0.49×16 works
  26. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.41×70 works

Which keywords describe research in Long Beach?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Globalization, Gender, Epidemiology, Identity, Machine Learning, Colonialism and Education.

▲ 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. Epidemiology155◆ 0.93×131 topics
  2. Mental Health138▲ 2.3×45 topics
  3. Machine Learning138◆ 1.00×82 topics
  4. Globalization127▲ 1.55×107 topics
  5. Sustainability107◆ 1.05×94 topics
  6. Climate Change105◆ 0.92×95 topics
  7. Deep Learning103▼ 0.71×79 topics
  8. Education97▲ 1.35×93 topics
  9. Public Health81▲ 1.33×61 topics
  10. Identity78▲ 2.6×53 topics
  11. Gender76▲ 3.4×45 topics
  12. Human Rights73▲ 1.71×64 topics
  13. Inflammation69▼ 0.78×76 topics
  14. Healthcare68▲ 1.43×32 topics
  15. Colonialism62▲ 3.1×35 topics
  16. Quality of Life62◆ 1.02×55 topics
  17. Treatment60▲ 1.18×48 topics
  18. Big Data59▲ 1.48×21 topics
  19. History58▲ 2.0×50 topics
  20. Ethics58▲ 2.7×35 topics
  21. Depression56▲ 1.52×25 topics
  22. Risk Factors54▲ 1.17×36 topics
  23. Social Justice53▲ 2.1×37 topics
  24. Innovation52▲ 1.20×49 topics
  25. Literature50▲ 2.2×40 topics
  26. Religion48▲ 2.5×31 topics
  27. Intersectionality44▲ 5.5×14 topics
  28. Social Support43▲ 1.89×19 topics
  29. Culture41▲ 1.90×27 topics
  30. Feminism41▲ 3.4×23 topics
  31. Student Engagement40▲ 2.4×14 topics
  32. Neoliberalism40▲ 2.6×24 topics
  33. Nationalism39▲ 2.1×22 topics
  34. Resilience38▲ 1.84×15 topics
  35. Health Disparities36▲ 3.3×9 topics
  36. Well-being34▲ 2.1×14 topics
  37. Discrimination34▲ 3.9×8 topics
  38. Social Movements34▲ 2.7×22 topics
  39. Diversity28▲ 3.8×9 topics
  40. Race27▲ 5.4×15 topics

What research is done in Long Beach?

  1. 1 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 11 works
  2. 2 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 11 works
  3. 3 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 11 works
  4. 4 Critical Race Theory in Education Sociology and Political Science 11 works
  5. 5 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 10 works
  6. 6 Career Development and Diversity Safety Research 10 works
  7. 7 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 9 works
  8. 8 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 9 works
  9. 9 Blockchain Technology Applications and Security Information Systems 9 works
  10. 10 Resilience and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 9 works

Research output over time

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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.

still counting10%20%30%Long Beach14.6% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 25.8% in 2010.

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