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Research in Los Alamitos

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Los Alamitos, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Center for Discovery.

Research institutions
5
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.5k
▲ 97% vs 2018-21
Citations
31k
20.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
19.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Los Alamitos

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 Los Alamitos?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Center for DiscoveryHospital / health system 817 #3,130
2Pharmacology Research InstituteResearch facility 337 #20,404 all time
3Instructional Research GroupResearch facility 256 #25,673 all time
4Los Alamitos Medical CenterHospital / health system 116 not ranked
5Proactive Oral Solutions (United States)Company 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.

Center for Discovery: 53.5%Pharmacology Research Institute: 22.1%Instructional Research Group: 16.8%Los Alamitos Medical Center: 7.6%1 other listed: 0.1%54%largest
Center for Discovery817 · 53.5%Pharmacology Research Institute337 · 22.1%Instructional Research Group256 · 16.8%Los Alamitos Medical Center116 · 7.6%1 other listed1 · 0.1%

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

Which fields of science does Los Alamitos work in?

In 2022-now, 59% of research in Los Alamitos is in Health Sciences, 21% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (54%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%), Social Sciences (5%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 313 fractional works · 58.7% of its workMedicine: 286 fractional works · 53.7% of its workSurgery: 40 fractional works · 7.5% of its workEpidemiology: 28 fractional works · 5.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 22 fractional works · 4.1% of its workOncology: 21 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 21 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 17 fractional works · 3.3% of its workNeurology: 12 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPharmacology: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHematology: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDermatology: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 22 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 15 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 114 fractional works · 21.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 64 fractional works · 12.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 35 fractional works · 6.6% of its workMolecular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 19 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 19 fractional works · 3.6% of its workImmunology: 14 fractional works · 2.6% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 59 fractional works · 11.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 16 fractional works · 3.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 47 fractional works · 8.8% of its workEngineering: 13 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 13 fractional works · 2.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKLos Alamitos533fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences21%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences59%Social Sciences11%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine28653.7%
    2. Health Professions224.1%
    3. Veterinary20.4%
    4. Nursing20.3%
    5. Dentistry10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6412.0%
    2. Neuroscience193.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology193.6%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences71.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.8%
    1. Social Sciences264.9%
    2. Psychology163.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities71.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance50.8%
    5. Decision Sciences30.6%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting20.4%
    1. Engineering132.5%
    2. Computer Science132.4%
    3. Chemistry81.5%
    4. Environmental Science51.0%
    5. Materials Science30.6%
    6. Physics and Astronomy20.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
    8. Mathematics10.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Los Alamitos strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Los Alamitos is most concentrated in Infectious Diseases (6.3× the world share in Infectious Diseases).

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 20.0 works6.3×
← 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: 0.31× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.24× its world share, 56 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.63× its world share, 17 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.08× its world share, 16 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.86× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.01× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.55× its world share, 19 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.80× its world share, 251 worksMedicineNursing: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.96× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.47× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.44× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.92× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology3.63×17 works
  2. Veterinary2.96×2 works
  3. Medicine2.80×251 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.24×56 works
  5. Neuroscience2.08×16 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.86×3 works
  7. Health Professions1.55×19 works
  8. Chemistry1.01×7 works
  9. Psychology0.92×13 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.51×2 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.47×6 works
  12. Nursing0.44×1 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.44×4 works
  14. Social Sciences0.41×24 works
  15. Dentistry0.35×1 works
  16. Computer Science0.32×12 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.31×7 works
  18. Mathematics0.22×1 works
  19. Environmental Science0.20×4 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.19×1 works
  21. Engineering0.17×12 works
  22. Materials Science0.16×2 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.14×2 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.10×1 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.07×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Los Alamitos?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, Antibiotic Resistance, Drug Resistance, Immune Response, Health Equity and Precision Medicine.

▲ 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. Epidemiology75▲ 3.5×110 topics
  2. Treatment28▲ 4.3×41 topics
  3. Diagnosis28▲ 5.6×35 topics
  4. Inflammation19▲ 1.65×64 topics
  5. Antibiotic Resistance17▲ 7.9×12 topics
  6. Quality of Life16▲ 2.0×41 topics
  7. Immune Response16▲ 5.1×21 topics
  8. Drug Resistance16▲ 10×8 topics
  9. Healthcare15▲ 2.4×11 topics
  10. Cancer14▲ 1.99×44 topics
  11. Immunotherapy14▲ 3.7×18 topics
  12. Artificial Intelligence14▲ 1.79×10 topics
  13. Precision Medicine14▲ 5.2×7 topics
  14. Health Equity13▲ 8.3×4 topics
  15. Medical Imaging12▲ 4.4×5 topics
  16. Risk Factors12▲ 2.1×28 topics
  17. Complications12▲ 4.4×16 topics
  18. Vaccine12▲ 5.5×10 topics
  19. Chemotherapy11▲ 3.0×22 topics
  20. Big Data11▲ 2.2×5 topics
  21. Management11▲ 2.5×25 topics
  22. Clinical Decision Support10▲ 12×2 topics
  23. Ethical Challenges10▲ 9.0×1 topic
  24. Radiology10▲ 13×1 topic
  25. Genetic Diversity9▲ 3.8×8 topics
  26. Medical Education8▲ 5.9×8 topics
  27. Radiotherapy8▲ 3.9×9 topics
  28. Host-Pathogen Interaction8▲ 20×2 topics
  29. Mycobacterium tuberculosis8▲ 26×1 topic
  30. Tuberculosis8▲ 28×1 topic
  31. Pathophysiology8▲ 4.8×11 topics
  32. Reflective Practice7▲ 6.6×6 topics
  33. Cancer Immunotherapy6▲ 7.9×3 topics
  34. Cystic Fibrosis6▲ 18×3 topics
  35. Virulence Factors6▲ 7.8×8 topics
  36. Antifungal Therapy6▲ 13×3 topics
  37. ESKAPE Pathogens6▲ 19×1 topic
  38. Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria6▲ 19×1 topic
  39. Crohn's Disease6▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Genomic Studies6▲ 16×3 topics

What research is done in Los Alamitos?

Artificial Intelligence …10Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 10 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 7 fractional worksMycobacterium research a…6Mycobacterium research and diagnosis: 6 fractional worksAntibiotic Resistance in…5Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: 5 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 4 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 3 fractional worksAntifungal resistance an…3Antifungal resistance and susceptibility: 3 fractional worksHuman auditory perception and evaluation: 3 fractional worksMultiple Myeloma Research and Treatments: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 3 fractional works
Health InformaticsInfectious DiseasesEpidemiologyMolecular Medicine4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 10 works
  2. 2 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 7 works
  3. 3 Mycobacterium research and diagnosis Epidemiology 6 works
  4. 4 Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria Molecular Medicine 5 works
  5. 5 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 4 works
  6. 6 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  7. 7 Antifungal resistance and susceptibility Infectious Diseases 3 works
  8. 8 Human auditory perception and evaluation Aerospace Engineering 3 works
  9. 9 Multiple Myeloma Research and Treatments Hematology 3 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 3 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 counting20%40%Los Alamitos19.1% 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 35.4% in 2008.

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