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Research in Los Angeles

Science Explorer records 321 research institutions in Los Angeles, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of California, Los Angeles, University of Southern California and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Research institutions
321
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
460k
▲ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
17.3M
37.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Los Angeles

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 Angeles?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of California, Los AngelesUniversity 223,314 #33
2University of Southern CaliforniaUniversity 141,016 #103
3Cedars-Sinai Medical CenterHospital / health system 22,360 #571
4Film IndependentNonprofit 18,801 #1,369
5California State University Los AngelesUniversity 7,796 #3,135
6Loyola Marymount UniversityUniversity 7,770 #4,995
7Doheny Eye InstituteResearch facility 3,830 #4,253
8Occidental CollegeUniversity 2,673 #7,403
9Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and ScienceUniversity 2,536 #7,873
10Parsons (United States)Company 2,034 #7,834
11USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer CenterHospital / health system 1,676 #5,993
12Los Angeles County Department of Public HealthGovernment institution 1,211 #15,586
13Orthopaedic HospitalHospital / health system 1,204 #6,569 all time
14House ClinicNonprofit 1,197 #16,152 all time
15Natural History Museum of Los Angeles CountyArchive 1,134 #17,965
16Los Angeles City CollegeUniversity 1,071 #19,563
17Broad CenterNonprofit 962 #1,851
18System Science Applications (United States)Company 953 #18,341 all time
19Community PartnersInstitution 883 #10,536
20Children’s InstituteNonprofit 742 #14,264
21American Jewish UniversityUniversity 739 #15,637
22Creative Technologies (United States)Company 678 #11,095
23Institute of Contemporary PsychoanalysisUniversity 672 #20,851
24W. M. Keck FoundationFunder 625 #4,189 all time
25Los Angeles County Department of Health ServicesHospital / health system 609 #19,046
26Laser Operations (United States)Company 595 #18,104 all time
27APLA HealthNonprofit 582 #20,607
28University Vascular AssociatesUniversity 567 #15,640
29Southern California Eye InstituteHospital / health system 550 #10,754
30Piedmont UniversityUniversity 515 #11,657
31Preston UniversityUniversity 514 #13,018 all time
32Institute for Magnetospheric PhysicsResearch facility 485 #16,550
33Southern California Earthquake CenterInstitution 466 #16,244
34Capital Group (United States)Company 464 #18,507
35Martin Luther King, Jr. Multi-Service Ambulatory Care CenterHospital / health system 458 #11,850 all time
36St Vincent Medical CenterHospital / health system 448 #23,456 all time
37University of Philosophical ResearchUniversity 435 #14,011
38Southwestern Law SchoolUniversity 430 #27,581 all time
39California Animal HospitalHospital / health system 424 #22,017
40Los Angeles Mission CollegeUniversity 412 #16,522
41Los Angeles Unified School DistrictUniversity 411 #14,362 all time
42National Research InstituteInstitution 403 #8,353 all time
43Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe InstituteHospital / health system 400 #22,267
44Latham & Watkins (United States)Company 379 #22,381 all time
45Pacific States UniversityUniversity 379 #12,292
46Tarzana Treatment CentersNonprofit 376 #12,673 all time
47Terasaki FoundationResearch facility 375 #11,183
48Mount Wilson ObservatoryArchive 358 #19,531 all time
49Paul HastingsInstitution 357 #17,169 all time
50Los Angeles Pierce CollegeUniversity 356 #9,984 all time
51Los Angeles County Museum of ArtArchive 336 #14,516 all time
52J. Paul Getty MuseumArchive 330 #12,271 all time
53West Coast UniversityUniversity 316 #16,027
54International Medical CorpsNonprofit 298 #15,703 all time
55White Memorial Medical CenterHospital / health system 291 #27,319 all time
56John Tracy ClinicNonprofit 279 #13,844
57Orthopaedic Institute for ChildrenNonprofit 277 #15,007 all time
58International Association for Psychoanalytic Self PsychologyNonprofit 266 #31,532 all time
59Encino Hospital Medical CenterHospital / health system 260 #23,707 all time
60UtopiaCompression (United States)Company 252 #21,200 all time

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.

University of California, Los Angeles: 48.5%University of Southern California: 30.6%Cedars-Sinai Medical Center: 4.9%Film Independent: 4.1%56 others listed: 12.0%48%largest
University of California, Los Angeles223k · 48.5%University of Southern California141k · 30.6%Cedars-Sinai Medical Center22k · 4.9%Film Independent19k · 4.1%56 others listed55k · 12.0%

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

Which fields of science does Los Angeles work in?

In 2022-now, 35% of research in Los Angeles is in Health Sciences, 27% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (31%), Social Sciences (12%), Computer Science (8%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 24k fractional works · 34.9% of its workMedicine: 22k fractional works · 31.1% of its workSurgery: 3,025 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1,881 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1,679 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1,428 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOncology: 1,415 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1,347 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1,159 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 931 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 734 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 656 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 629 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 598 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 524 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 513 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 445 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 405 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 342 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 338 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 334 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 332 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 285 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 277 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 257 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 242 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 191 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 189 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 183 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 182 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 154 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 153 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 933 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 2,161 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1,360 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 186 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 149 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 147 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 318 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 237 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 191 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 46 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 223 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 56 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 19k fractional works · 26.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 8,359 fractional works · 11.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3,009 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1,123 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEducation: 866 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 447 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 422 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 408 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 396 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 325 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 275 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 203 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 187 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 149 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 548 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 3,422 fractional works · 4.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 578 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 510 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 495 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 325 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 291 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 261 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 248 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 205 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 158 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 350 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 3,235 fractional works · 4.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1,245 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 845 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 621 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 288 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 169 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 68 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1,550 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1,178 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 261 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 112 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1,524 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 432 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 319 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 246 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 200 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 165 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 161 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 724 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 392 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 194 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 138 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 18k fractional works · 25.6% of its workComputer Science: 5,365 fractional works · 7.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2,094 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInformation Systems: 899 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 844 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 629 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 242 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 157 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 500 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 5,077 fractional works · 7.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1,299 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1,132 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 371 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 367 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 335 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 275 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 225 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 221 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 165 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 154 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 149 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 142 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 241 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1,953 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 359 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 325 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 317 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 302 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 174 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 141 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 335 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1,820 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 642 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 538 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 230 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 153 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 258 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1,124 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeophysics: 355 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 293 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 244 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 231 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 867 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 487 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 379 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 865 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 281 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 585 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemistry: 510 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 236 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 274 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 181 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 161 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 117 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 8,824 fractional works · 12.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4,775 fractional works · 6.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 2,601 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGenetics: 952 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCancer Research: 447 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 244 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 531 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 2,128 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1,050 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 412 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 282 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 384 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 937 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 735 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 203 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 818 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFood Science: 264 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 232 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 322 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 166 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKLos Angeles70kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences35%Social Sciences27%

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. Medicine22k31.1%
    2. Health Professions2,1613.1%
    3. Nursing2370.3%
    4. Dentistry2230.3%
    5. Veterinary560.1%
    1. Social Sciences8,35911.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities3,4224.9%
    3. Psychology3,2354.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1,5502.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting1,5242.2%
    6. Decision Sciences7241.0%
    1. Computer Science5,3657.7%
    2. Engineering5,0777.3%
    3. Environmental Science1,9532.8%
    4. Physics and Astronomy1,8202.6%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1,1241.6%
    6. Materials Science8671.2%
    7. Mathematics8651.2%
    8. Chemistry5100.7%
    9. Energy1810.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering1170.2%
  4. Life Sciences8,82412.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4,7756.8%
    2. Neuroscience2,1283.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology9371.3%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences8181.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1660.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Los Angeles strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Los Angeles is most concentrated in Transplantation, General Psychology and Music (5.5× the world share in Transplantation).

  1. TransplantationSubfield · 148.3 works5.5×
  2. General PsychologySubfield · 26.8 works4.3×
  3. MusicSubfield · 181.1 works3.7×
  4. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 285.6 works3.1×
  5. Theoretical Computer ScienceSubfield · 30.3 works2.9×
  6. AgingSubfield · 41.0 works2.8×
  7. Structural BiologySubfield · 25.3 works2.6×
← 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: 0.26× its world share, 746 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.27× its world share, 4,106 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.33× its world share, 807 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.86× its world share, 1,828 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.65× its world share, 139 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.49× its world share, 104 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.48× its world share, 455 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.89× its world share, 4,160 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 1,015 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.29× its world share, 160 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.49× its world share, 4,453 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.59× its world share, 1,763 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 755 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.07× its world share, 760 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.20× its world share, 1,612 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.66× its world share, 193 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.20× its world share, 1,915 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.63× its world share, 19k worksMedicineNursing: 0.69× its world share, 205 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.60× its world share, 50 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.68× its world share, 2,939 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.62× its world share, 1,211 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 580 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.09× its world share, 1,404 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.52× its world share, 2,796 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 7,365 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 1.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience1.86×1,828 works
  2. Arts and Humanities1.68×2,939 works
  3. Medicine1.63×19k works
  4. Psychology1.52×2,796 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.33×807 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.27×4,106 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.20×1,612 works
  8. Health Professions1.20×1,915 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.09×1,404 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.07×1,015 works
  11. Mathematics1.07×760 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.99×580 works
  13. Social Sciences0.96×7,365 works
  14. Computer Science0.89×4,160 works
  15. Nursing0.69×205 works
  16. Dentistry0.66×193 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.65×139 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.62×1,211 works
  19. Veterinary0.60×50 works
  20. Environmental Science0.59×1,763 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.49×104 works
  22. Engineering0.49×4,453 works
  23. Chemistry0.48×455 works
  24. Materials Science0.36×755 works
  25. Energy0.29×160 works
  26. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.26×746 works

Which keywords describe research in Los Angeles?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Machine Learning, Identity, Mental Health, Deep Learning, Risk Factors and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology3,826▲ 1.37×139 topics
  2. Machine Learning2,231◆ 0.96×95 topics
  3. Deep Learning2,133◆ 0.88×85 topics
  4. Inflammation1,872▲ 1.26×83 topics
  5. Globalization1,535◆ 1.12×169 topics
  6. Mental Health1,506▲ 1.50×48 topics
  7. Quality of Life1,392▲ 1.38×61 topics
  8. Public Health1,330▲ 1.31×73 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress1,291◆ 1.12×62 topics
  10. Risk Factors1,264▲ 1.64×37 topics
  11. Treatment1,173▲ 1.38×52 topics
  12. Identity1,169▲ 2.3×76 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease1,127▲ 1.41×39 topics
  14. Big Data1,066▲ 1.59×36 topics
  15. Cancer1,060◆ 1.13×59 topics
  16. Immunotherapy1,029▲ 2.0×19 topics
  17. Neural Networks999◆ 0.93×41 topics
  18. Depression940▲ 1.53×26 topics
  19. History918▲ 1.89×63 topics
  20. Healthcare914◆ 1.15×43 topics
  21. Gender869▲ 2.3×57 topics
  22. Diagnosis854▲ 1.31×41 topics
  23. Biomarkers833▲ 1.71×18 topics
  24. Chemotherapy831▲ 1.68×25 topics
  25. Colonialism789▲ 2.4×51 topics
  26. Metabolic Syndrome774▲ 1.37×24 topics
  27. Literature773▲ 2.0×62 topics
  28. Neurological Disorders772▲ 1.93×20 topics
  29. Genetics770▲ 1.56×27 topics
  30. Nationalism728▲ 2.3×33 topics
  31. Clinical Trials715▲ 1.53×19 topics
  32. Mortality699▲ 1.76×13 topics
  33. Culture690▲ 1.89×37 topics
  34. Genetic Mutations683▲ 2.2×23 topics
  35. Ethics664▲ 1.88×58 topics
  36. Religion642▲ 1.98×43 topics
  37. Complications637▲ 1.83×17 topics
  38. Health Disparities600▲ 3.3×9 topics
  39. Distributed Systems525▲ 4.4×6 topics
  40. Mortality Risk492▲ 3.0×6 topics

What research is done in Los Angeles?

Methane Hydrates and Rel…270Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 270 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosp…210Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 210 fractional worksCulinary Culture and Tourism: 178 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 170 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity Measurements: 162 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 160 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 158 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis140Seismic Waves and Analysis: 140 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 136 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 130 fractional works
Environmental ChemistryAstronomy and AstrophysicsFood SciencePsychiatry and Mental health6 others

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

  1. 1 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 270 works
  2. 2 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 210 works
  3. 3 Culinary Culture and Tourism Food Science 178 works
  4. 4 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 170 works
  5. 5 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 162 works
  6. 6 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 160 works
  7. 7 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 158 works
  8. 8 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 140 works
  9. 9 Health disparities and outcomes Health 136 works
  10. 10 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 130 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Angeles16.2% 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 32.4% in 2008.

Questions people ask

What are the best universities in Los Angeles for research?

Science Explorer records 321 research institutions in Los Angeles, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of California, Los Angeles, University of Southern California and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Which research institutions are in Los Angeles?
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