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Research in Menlo Park

Science Explorer records 50 research institutions in Menlo Park, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource and Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology.

Research institutions
50
7 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
29k
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
23.5%
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 Menlo Park?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1SRI InternationalNonprofit 10,206 #5,748
2SLAC National Accelerator LaboratoryResearch facility 6,937 #453
3Stanford Synchrotron Radiation LightsourceResearch facility 4,156 #3,009
4Exponent (United States)Company 2,424 #14,383
5Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and CosmologyResearch facility 1,339 #3,519
6Meta (United States)Company 1,267 #6,116
7Pacific Biosciences (United States)Company 622 #8,105
8Linac Coherent Light SourceResearch facility 439 #3,687 all time
9ATUM (United States)Company 238 #18,154 all time
10Personalis (United States)Company 207 #36,807 all time
11Geron (United States)Company 124 #12,490 all time
12Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor SocietyNonprofit 100 not ranked
13Acuity Technologies (United States)Company 97 not ranked
14Circuit Therapeutics (United States)Company 92 not ranked
15Hewlett FoundationNonprofit 92 not ranked
16NewGen Therapeutics (United States)Company 84 not ranked
17Trellis Bioscience (United States)Company 81 not ranked
18Synthego (United States)Company 73 not ranked
19Grail (United States)Company 68 not ranked
20Corcept Therapeutics (United States)Company 64 not ranked
21Saint Patrick's Seminary and UniversityUniversity 45 not ranked
22Rational Biotechnology (United States)Company 40 not ranked
23PharmatrophiX (United States)Company 36 not ranked
24Vyne Therapeutics (United States)Company 33 not ranked
25Corium (United States)Company 32 not ranked
26Ayasdi (United States)Company 26 not ranked
27Refuge Biotechnologies (United States)Company 20 not ranked
28HeartVista (United States)Company 20 not ranked
29Intersect ENT (United States)Company 17 not ranked
30Invenio Imaging (United States)Company 16 not ranked
31Dermira (United States)Company 15 not ranked
32TrueBinding (United States)Company 14 not ranked
33Flora Family FoundationNonprofit 13 not ranked
34GeoHazards InternationalNonprofit 10 not ranked
35Photoswitch Biosciences (United States)Company 9 not ranked
36Spangle AssociatesCompany 7 not ranked
37STATegics (United States)Company 6 not ranked
38Versartis (United States)Company 4 not ranked
39LifeMovesNonprofit 4 not ranked
40Earlens (United States)Company 4 not ranked
41Colby Pharmaceutical (United States)Company 3 not ranked
42Avails Medical (United States)Company 2 not ranked
43PellePharm (United States)Company 2 not ranked
44CohBar (United States)Company 1 not ranked
45Accurate Solar Power (United States)Company 1 not ranked
46Antheia (United States)Company 1 not ranked
47JobTrainNonprofit 1 not ranked
48Aratome (United States)Company 0 not ranked
49Draper Richards Kaplan FoundationNonprofit 0 not ranked
50Synthomics (United States)Company 0 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.

SRI International: 35.1%SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory: 23.8%Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource: 14.3%Exponent (United States): 8.3%43 others listed: 18.5%35%largest
SRI International10k · 35.1%SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory6,937 · 23.8%Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource4,156 · 14.3%Exponent (United States)2,424 · 8.3%43 others listed5,369 · 18.5%

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

What is Menlo Park strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Menlo Park is most concentrated in Structural Biology, Radiation and Nuclear and High Energy Physics (48.1× the world share in Structural Biology).

  1. Structural BiologySubfield · 23.8 works48×
  2. RadiationSubfield · 72.3 works17×
  3. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 141.7 works14×
  4. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 200.3 works12×
  5. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 48.9 works9.8×
  6. Physics and AstronomyField · 638.4 works9.2×
  7. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 131.4 works5.9×
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Which keywords describe research in Menlo Park?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Dark Matter, X-ray Imaging, Electron Acceleration, Cathode Materials, Tomography, Solar Wind, Cosmology and Molecular Dynamics.

▲ 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. Deep Learning139▲ 1.30×72 topics
  2. Machine Learning133▲ 1.31×70 topics
  3. Dark Matter77▲ 22×4 topics
  4. Neural Networks75▲ 1.57×32 topics
  5. Cathode Materials70▲ 5.8×3 topics
  6. X-ray Imaging64▲ 59×2 topics
  7. Electron Acceleration64▲ 31×2 topics
  8. Lithium-ion Batteries64▲ 4.8×4 topics
  9. Energy Storage58▲ 2.8×12 topics
  10. Tomography57▲ 10×5 topics
  11. Solar Wind54▲ 19×2 topics
  12. Cosmology53▲ 26×3 topics
  13. Molecular Dynamics53▲ 10×6 topics
  14. Superconductivity51▲ 9.5×9 topics
  15. Black Holes50▲ 17×3 topics
  16. Catalysis50▲ 2.4×23 topics
  17. Particle Physics48▲ 21×2 topics
  18. Nanoscale Imaging48▲ 17×2 topics
  19. Synchrotron Radiation44▲ 31×4 topics
  20. Rechargeable Batteries44▲ 5.2×2 topics
  21. Cosmic Rays43▲ 27×2 topics
  22. Neutrinos43▲ 27×2 topics
  23. Phase Retrieval41▲ 87×1 topic
  24. Ptychography41▲ 87×1 topic
  25. Supernovae41▲ 16×2 topics
  26. Galactic Center40▲ 28×2 topics
  27. Electronic Structure40▲ 7.1×8 topics
  28. Spectroscopy38▲ 7.3×10 topics
  29. Star Formation37▲ 23×2 topics
  30. Free-Electron Lasers37▲ 102×1 topic
  31. X-Ray37▲ 102×1 topic
  32. Photon Counting34▲ 16×3 topics
  33. X-Ray Spectroscopy34▲ 25×2 topics
  34. Distributed Systems33▲ 6.4×6 topics
  35. Battery Materials33▲ 6.3×1 topic
  36. Nanostructured Anodes33▲ 6.3×1 topic
  37. CMOS Technology30▲ 12×5 topics
  38. Structure Determination30▲ 33×2 topics
  39. Nonlinear Optics29▲ 8.3×4 topics
  40. Electronic Structure Calculations28▲ 14×2 topics

What research is done in Menlo Park?

  1. 1 Advanced X-ray Imaging TechniquesRadiation 41 works
  2. 2 Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron LasersElectrical and Electronic Engineering 37 works
  3. 3 Advancements in Battery MaterialsElectrical and Electronic Engineering 33 works
  4. 4 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, PhenomenaAstronomy and Astrophysics 28 works
  5. 5 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamicsAstronomy and Astrophysics 27 works
  6. 6 Solar and Space Plasma DynamicsAstronomy and Astrophysics 27 works
  7. 7 Advanced Battery Materials and TechnologiesElectrical and Electronic Engineering 27 works
  8. 8 Geophysics and Gravity MeasurementsOceanography 26 works
  9. 9 Advanced Battery Technologies ResearchAutomotive Engineering 26 works
  10. 10 Dark Matter and Cosmic PhenomenaNuclear and High Energy Physics 25 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.