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Research in Long Beach

Science Explorer records 44 research institutions in Long Beach, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Pioneer (United States), California State University, Long Beach and California State University System.

Research institutions
44
6 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
28k
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
14.8%
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 Long Beach?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1California State University, Long BeachUniversity 11,871 #3,866
2California State University SystemUniversity 6,830 #7,442
3Pioneer (United States)Company 3,027 #3,295
4MemorialCare Health SystemHospital / health system 913 #14,026
5MemorialCare Long Beach Medical CenterHospital / health system 787 #19,220 all time
6VA Long Beach Healthcare SystemHospital / health system 726 #21,714
7Department of Health and Human ServicesGovernment institution 573 #6,829 all time
8SCS Engineers (United States)Company 485 #25,091
9Epson (United States)Company 384 #23,583 all time
10St. Mary Medical CenterHospital / health system 330 #24,164 all time
11Miller Children's & Women's HospitalHospital / health system 328 #26,982 all time
12College Medical CenterHospital / health system 199 #17,153 all time
13California Adaptive Rowing ProgramNonprofit 155 #35,324 all time
14Long Beach City CollegeUniversity 118 not ranked
15M4 Engineering (United States)Company 110 not ranked
16Southern California Institute for Research and EducationNonprofit 96 not ranked
17Scan FoundationNonprofit 91 not ranked
18Parkinson's and Movement Disorder InstituteHospital / health system 74 not ranked
19Alpha Star (United States)Company 72 not ranked
20Aquarium of the PacificNonprofit 66 not ranked
21Tibor Rubin VA Medical CenterHospital / health system 59 not ranked
22ImageCat (United States)Company 54 not ranked
23Design Science (United States)Company 51 not ranked
24Long Beach Unified School DistrictUniversity 36 not ranked
25Collaborative Neuroscience NetworkResearch facility 35 not ranked
26Intellectual Virtues AcademyUniversity 35 not ranked
27Community Hospital of Long BeachHospital / health system 32 not ranked
28Long Beach Animal HospitalHospital / health system 25 not ranked
29Pacific Coast UniversityUniversity 23 not ranked
30VA Desert Pacific Healthcare NetworkHospital / health system 20 not ranked
31Creative Aero Engineering Solutions (United States)Company 16 not ranked
32Memorial Orthopaedic Surgical GroupHospital / health system 16 not ranked
33Long Beach Public LibraryArchive 13 not ranked
34Vestar (United States)Company 12 not ranked
35Archstone FoundationNonprofit 10 not ranked
36Arthritis National Research FoundationNonprofit 10 not ranked
37Guam Communications NetworkNonprofit 8 not ranked
38Medical Data ExchangeHospital / health system 6 not ranked
39Cambodian Association of AmericaNonprofit 6 not ranked
40Apollo Enterprise Solutions (United States)Company 4 not ranked
41Memorial Medical Center FoundationNonprofit 2 not ranked
42Freedom Writers FoundationNonprofit 2 not ranked
43EyeSonix (United States)Company 2 not ranked
44Substance Abuse FoundationInstitution 1 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.

California State University, Long Beach: 42.8%California State University System: 24.6%Pioneer (United States): 10.9%MemorialCare Health System: 3.3%40 others listed: 18.3%43%largest
California State University, Long Beach12k · 42.8%California State University System6,830 · 24.6%Pioneer (United States)3,027 · 10.9%MemorialCare Health System913 · 3.3%40 others listed5,072 · 18.3%

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

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 predictsmore →

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 Long Beach?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Globalization, Gender, Identity, Colonialism, Epidemiology, Machine Learning and Intersectionality.

▲ 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. Epidemiology130◆ 0.91×130 topics
  2. Mental Health124▲ 2.3×43 topics
  3. Machine Learning116◆ 0.99×80 topics
  4. Globalization115▲ 1.63×103 topics
  5. Climate Change92◆ 0.95×94 topics
  6. Sustainability92◆ 1.05×89 topics
  7. Deep Learning86▼ 0.70×77 topics
  8. Education78▲ 1.26×87 topics
  9. Identity70▲ 2.7×53 topics
  10. Gender70▲ 3.6×43 topics
  11. Public Health68▲ 1.30×61 topics
  12. Human Rights64▲ 1.73×58 topics
  13. Healthcare59▲ 1.45×31 topics
  14. Colonialism58▲ 3.4×35 topics
  15. Quality of Life53◆ 1.01×53 topics
  16. History52▲ 2.1×47 topics
  17. Depression51▲ 1.60×25 topics
  18. Treatment50◆ 1.15×47 topics
  19. Risk Factors49▲ 1.24×36 topics
  20. Ethics48▲ 2.8×35 topics
  21. Big Data47▲ 1.43×19 topics
  22. Literature45▲ 2.3×39 topics
  23. Religion43▲ 2.5×31 topics
  24. Social Justice43▲ 2.0×36 topics
  25. Culture38▲ 2.0×26 topics
  26. Feminism37▲ 3.6×22 topics
  27. Intersectionality37▲ 5.6×13 topics
  28. Neoliberalism37▲ 2.9×24 topics
  29. Social Support36▲ 1.81×18 topics
  30. Nationalism36▲ 2.1×21 topics
  31. Student Engagement35▲ 2.4×13 topics
  32. Resilience34▲ 1.93×15 topics
  33. Health Disparities32▲ 3.4×9 topics
  34. Social Movements32▲ 2.9×21 topics
  35. Politics27▲ 2.8×17 topics
  36. Discrimination27▲ 3.9×8 topics
  37. Race24▲ 6.0×15 topics
  38. Diversity24▲ 3.7×9 topics
  39. Cultural Competence20▲ 4.5×8 topics
  40. Career Development20▲ 4.8×6 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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