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Research in Los Gatos

Science Explorer records 10 research institutions in Los Gatos, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Sensors (United States) and Netflix (United States).

Research institutions
10
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.6k
▼ 36% vs 2018-21
Citations
47k
17.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
11.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1953-2026
74 years on the record
Los Gatos

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 Gatos?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Sensors (United States)Company 1,930 #13,464
2Netflix (United States)Company 363 #15,926
3H.T. Harvey & AssociatesNonprofit 219 #19,765 all time
4SA Photonics (United States)Company 61 not ranked
5zyBooksUniversity 30 not ranked
6Calera (United States)Company 23 not ranked
7Tela Innovations (United States)Company 13 not ranked
8Thync (United States)Company 2 not ranked
9Women's Pelvic Health InstituteResearch facility 2 not ranked
10Mindwires ConsultingInstitution 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.

Sensors (United States): 73.0%Netflix (United States): 13.7%H.T. Harvey & Associates: 8.3%SA Photonics (United States): 2.3%6 others listed: 2.7%73%largest
Sensors (United States)1,930 · 73.0%Netflix (United States)363 · 13.7%H.T. Harvey & Associates219 · 8.3%SA Photonics (United States)61 · 2.3%6 others listed71 · 2.7%

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

Which fields of science does Los Gatos work in?

In 2022-now, 78% of research in Los Gatos is in Physical Sciences, 11% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (29%), Computer Science (26%), Physics and Astronomy (6%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 283 fractional works · 77.9% of its workEngineering: 105 fractional works · 28.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 40 fractional works · 10.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 17 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 10 fractional works · 2.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 96 fractional works · 26.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 27 fractional works · 7.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 22 fractional works · 6.1% of its workInformation Systems: 14 fractional works · 3.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 10 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSignal Processing: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 23 fractional works · 6.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInstrumentation: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 22 fractional works · 6.0% of its workEcology: 10 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 16 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBioengineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 40 fractional works · 11.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 23 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMedicine: 22 fractional works · 6.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 17 fractional works · 4.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKLos Gatos363fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences78%Health Sciences6%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. Engineering10528.8%
    2. Computer Science9626.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy236.4%
    4. Environmental Science226.0%
    5. Materials Science164.4%
    6. Mathematics61.6%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences51.4%
    8. Chemistry51.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering41.0%
    10. Energy20.6%
    1. Social Sciences195.2%
    2. Decision Sciences61.7%
    3. Psychology61.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting51.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities41.0%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
    1. Medicine226.0%
    2. Health Professions10.2%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology72.0%
    2. Neuroscience51.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences30.9%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Los Gatos strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Los Gatos is most concentrated in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (6.5× the world share in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition).

  1. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 26.0 works6.5×
← 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: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.41× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.76× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.91× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.93× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.43× its world share, 85 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.87× its world share, 90 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.27× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.25× its world share, 14 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.05× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.89× its world share, 20 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.32× its world share, 20 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.83× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.59× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science3.43×85 works
  2. Chemical Engineering2.91×3 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.89×20 works
  4. Engineering1.87×90 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.83×6 works
  6. Environmental Science1.27×20 works
  7. Materials Science1.25×14 works
  8. Mathematics1.05×4 works
  9. Chemistry0.93×5 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.90×4 works
  11. Neuroscience0.76×4 works
  12. Energy0.73×2 works
  13. Psychology0.59×6 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.57×1 works
  15. Veterinary0.45×0 works
  16. Social Sciences0.42×17 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.41×7 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.40×4 works
  19. Medicine0.32×20 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.30×3 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.20×3 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.14×1 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.11×0 works
  24. Health Professions0.07×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Los Gatos?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Neural Networks, Machine Learning, Biosensors, Climate Change, Sparse Representation, Model Selection and Convolutional Networks.

▲ 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. Deep Learning47▲ 3.7×60 topics
  2. Neural Networks24▲ 4.3×26 topics
  3. Machine Learning22▲ 1.81×45 topics
  4. Climate Change17▲ 1.70×31 topics
  5. Biosensors11▲ 6.2×11 topics
  6. Online Learning8▲ 2.5×9 topics
  7. Sparse Representation8▲ 11×6 topics
  8. Model Selection7▲ 24×3 topics
  9. Convolutional Neural Networks7▲ 2.5×10 topics
  10. Convolutional Networks6▲ 13×3 topics
  11. Image Quality Assessment6▲ 94×1 topic
  12. Medical Imaging6▲ 3.0×7 topics
  13. Perceptual Quality6▲ 94×1 topic
  14. Integrated Circuits6▲ 11×3 topics
  15. Wavelet Transform6▲ 6.6×4 topics
  16. Distributed Systems5▲ 8.3×5 topics
  17. Collaborative Filtering5▲ 37×1 topic
  18. Habitat Selection5▲ 18×2 topics
  19. Matrix Factorization5▲ 37×1 topic
  20. Detection5▲ 4.6×7 topics
  21. Optical Modulators5▲ 9.1×3 topics
  22. Generative Adversarial Networks4▲ 14×2 topics
  23. Avian Ecology4▲ 54×1 topic
  24. Migration Patterns4▲ 45×1 topic
  25. Microcavities4▲ 11×2 topics
  26. Silicon Photonics4▲ 11×2 topics
  27. Raman Lasers4▲ 11×2 topics
  28. Video Coding4▲ 52×2 topics
  29. Visualization4▲ 20×2 topics
  30. Convex Optimization4▲ 13×3 topics
  31. Field-Effect Transistors4▲ 6.8×4 topics
  32. Learning Analytics4▲ 8.9×2 topics
  33. Nanophotonic Waveguides4▲ 12×1 topic
  34. Whispering Gallery Mode4▲ 12×1 topic
  35. Radiation Detection4▲ 23×2 topics
  36. State Estimation4▲ 22×2 topics
  37. Image4▲ 25×1 topic
  38. Super-Resolution4▲ 25×1 topic
  39. Hyperparameter Optimization3▲ 22×2 topics
  40. Breath Analysis3▲ 9.0×2 topics

What research is done in Los Gatos?

Image and Video Quality Assessment: 5 fractional worksRecommender Systems and Techniques: 4 fractional worksAvian ecology and behavior4Avian ecology and behavior: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Image Processin…4Advanced Image Processing Techniques: 4 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 3 fractional worksComputer Graphics and Visualization Techniques: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Bandit Algorith…2Advanced Bandit Algorithms Research: 2 fractional worksImage Enhancement Techniques: 2 fractional worksIndustrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection: 2 fractional worksVirtual Reality Applicat…2Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts: 2 fractional works
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionInformation SystemsEcologyElectrical and Electronic Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Image and Video Quality Assessment Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 5 works
  2. 2 Recommender Systems and Techniques Information Systems 4 works
  3. 3 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 4 works
  4. 4 Advanced Image Processing Techniques Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 4 works
  5. 5 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 2 works
  7. 7 Advanced Bandit Algorithms Research Management Science and Operations Research 2 works
  8. 8 Image Enhancement Techniques Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2 works
  9. 9 Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 2 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 Gatos12.5% 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 34.2% in 2013.

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