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Research in Menlo Park

Science Explorer records 46 research institutions in Menlo Park, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Meta (United States), SRI International and Exponent (United States).

Research institutions
46
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
29k
▼ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.3M
45.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
23.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Menlo Park

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 Menlo Park?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1SRI InternationalNonprofit 10,206 #5,086
2Meta (United States)Company 2,762 #1,665
3Exponent (United States)Company 2,424 #7,251
4Pacific Biosciences (United States)Company 622 #11,857
5ATUM (United States)Company 238 #9,971 all time
6Personalis (United States)Company 207 #27,219 all time
7Geron (United States)Company 124 #34,117 all time
8Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor SocietyNonprofit 100 not ranked
9Acuity Technologies (United States)Company 97 not ranked
10Circuit Therapeutics (United States)Company 92 not ranked
11Hewlett FoundationNonprofit 92 not ranked
12NewGen Therapeutics (United States)Company 84 not ranked
13Trellis Bioscience (United States)Company 81 not ranked
14Synthego (United States)Company 73 not ranked
15Grail (United States)Company 68 not ranked
16Corcept Therapeutics (United States)Company 64 not ranked
17Saint Patrick's Seminary and UniversityUniversity 45 not ranked
18Rational Biotechnology (United States)Company 40 not ranked
19PharmatrophiX (United States)Company 36 not ranked
20Vyne Therapeutics (United States)Company 33 not ranked
21Corium (United States)Company 32 not ranked
22Ayasdi (United States)Company 26 not ranked
23Refuge Biotechnologies (United States)Company 20 not ranked
24HeartVista (United States)Company 20 not ranked
25Intersect ENT (United States)Company 17 not ranked
26Invenio Imaging (United States)Company 16 not ranked
27Dermira (United States)Company 15 not ranked
28TrueBinding (United States)Company 14 not ranked
29Flora Family FoundationNonprofit 13 not ranked
30GeoHazards InternationalNonprofit 10 not ranked
31Photoswitch Biosciences (United States)Company 9 not ranked
32Spangle AssociatesCompany 7 not ranked
33STATegics (United States)Company 6 not ranked
34Versartis (United States)Company 4 not ranked
35LifeMovesNonprofit 4 not ranked
36Earlens (United States)Company 4 not ranked
37Colby Pharmaceutical (United States)Company 3 not ranked
38Avails Medical (United States)Company 2 not ranked
39PellePharm (United States)Company 2 not ranked
40CohBar (United States)Company 1 not ranked
41Accurate Solar Power (United States)Company 1 not ranked
42Antheia (United States)Company 1 not ranked
43JobTrainNonprofit 1 not ranked
44Aratome (United States)Company 0 not ranked
45Draper Richards Kaplan FoundationNonprofit 0 not ranked
46Synthomics (United States)Company 0 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.

SRI International: 57.6%Meta (United States): 15.6%Exponent (United States): 13.7%Pacific Biosciences (United States): 3.5%39 others listed: 9.6%58%largest
SRI International10k · 57.6%Meta (United States)2,762 · 15.6%Exponent (United States)2,424 · 13.7%Pacific Biosciences (United States)622 · 3.5%39 others listed1,702 · 9.6%

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

Which fields of science does Menlo Park work in?

In 2022-now, 69% of research in Menlo Park is in Physical Sciences, 12% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (20%), Engineering (19%), Computer Science (12%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 2,425 fractional works · 68.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 718 fractional works · 20.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 222 fractional works · 6.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 164 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 148 fractional works · 4.2% of its workRadiation: 77 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 53 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInstrumentation: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 685 fractional works · 19.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 294 fractional works · 8.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 89 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 63 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 50 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 38 fractional works · 1.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 419 fractional works · 11.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 154 fractional works · 4.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 65 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 62 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 59 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSignal Processing: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoftware: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 242 fractional works · 6.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 164 fractional works · 4.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 97 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 76 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 22 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 71 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOceanography: 33 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeophysics: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 57 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 53 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 34 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCatalysis: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 419 fractional works · 11.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 272 fractional works · 7.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 153 fractional works · 4.3% of its workCancer Research: 32 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 30 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStructural Biology: 26 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiophysics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 65 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 35 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 48 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPlant Science: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 29 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 376 fractional works · 10.7% of its workMedicine: 337 fractional works · 9.5% of its workOncology: 46 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 46 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 37 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 47 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 306 fractional works · 8.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 119 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 41 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 32 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychology: 65 fractional works · 1.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 39 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 35 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 25 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMenlo Park3,526fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences69%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences9%

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. Physics and Astronomy71820.4%
    2. Engineering68519.4%
    3. Computer Science41911.9%
    4. Materials Science2426.9%
    5. Environmental Science972.8%
    6. Chemistry762.2%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences712.0%
    8. Energy571.6%
    9. Chemical Engineering341.0%
    10. Mathematics260.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2727.7%
    2. Neuroscience651.8%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences481.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology290.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.1%
    1. Medicine3379.5%
    2. Health Professions270.8%
    3. Nursing90.2%
    4. Veterinary20.1%
    5. Dentistry10.0%
    1. Social Sciences1193.4%
    2. Psychology651.8%
    3. Decision Sciences391.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting351.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities250.7%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance230.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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×
← 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: 0.28× its world share, 42 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.41× its world share, 233 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.88× its world share, 27 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.11× its world share, 56 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.30× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.63× its world share, 29 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.39× its world share, 68 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.53× its world share, 369 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.35× its world share, 66 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.68× its world share, 48 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.33× its world share, 619 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.56× its world share, 86 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.95× its world share, 212 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.47× its world share, 17 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 9.24× its world share, 638 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.30× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.48× its world share, 287 worksMedicineNursing: 0.48× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 24 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 30 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 34 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 21 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.61× its world share, 57 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 107 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 9.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy9.24×638 works
  2. Chemical Engineering2.63×29 works
  3. Materials Science1.95×212 works
  4. Energy1.68×48 works
  5. Computer Science1.53×369 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.41×233 works
  7. Chemistry1.39×68 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.35×66 works
  9. Engineering1.33×619 works
  10. Decision Sciences1.13×34 works
  11. Neuroscience1.11×56 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.88×27 works
  13. Psychology0.61×57 works
  14. Environmental Science0.56×86 works
  15. Medicine0.48×287 works
  16. Nursing0.48×7 works
  17. Mathematics0.47×17 works
  18. Veterinary0.42×2 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.32×21 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.30×3 works
  21. Health Professions0.30×24 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.30×30 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.28×42 works
  24. Social Sciences0.27×107 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.26×24 works
  26. Dentistry0.06×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Menlo Park?

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

▲ 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 Learning157▲ 1.29×72 topics
  2. Machine Learning150▲ 1.28×70 topics
  3. Dark Matter90▲ 22×4 topics
  4. Neural Networks84▲ 1.55×32 topics
  5. Cathode Materials79▲ 5.8×3 topics
  6. Electron Acceleration70▲ 30×2 topics
  7. X-ray Imaging70▲ 58×2 topics
  8. Lithium-ion Batteries70▲ 4.8×4 topics
  9. Energy Storage65▲ 2.9×12 topics
  10. Cosmology62▲ 26×3 topics
  11. Molecular Dynamics62▲ 9.9×6 topics
  12. Tomography60▲ 9.7×5 topics
  13. Black Holes59▲ 17×3 topics
  14. Catalysis57▲ 2.4×23 topics
  15. Superconductivity57▲ 9.3×9 topics
  16. Particle Physics56▲ 22×2 topics
  17. Solar Wind55▲ 17×2 topics
  18. Synchrotron Radiation51▲ 29×4 topics
  19. Nanoscale Imaging50▲ 17×2 topics
  20. Rechargeable Batteries50▲ 5.3×2 topics
  21. Cosmic Rays48▲ 27×2 topics
  22. Neutrinos48▲ 27×2 topics
  23. Electronic Structure45▲ 7.2×8 topics
  24. Galactic Center45▲ 28×2 topics
  25. Star Formation44▲ 22×2 topics
  26. Supernovae44▲ 15×2 topics
  27. Phase Retrieval43▲ 80×1 topic
  28. Ptychography43▲ 80×1 topic
  29. Free-Electron Lasers42▲ 101×1 topic
  30. X-Ray42▲ 101×1 topic
  31. Spectroscopy42▲ 7.0×10 topics
  32. X-Ray Spectroscopy38▲ 25×2 topics
  33. Photon Counting38▲ 16×3 topics
  34. Distributed Systems37▲ 6.1×6 topics
  35. Battery Materials36▲ 6.2×1 topic
  36. Nanostructured Anodes36▲ 6.2×1 topic
  37. CMOS Technology34▲ 12×5 topics
  38. Structure Determination33▲ 32×2 topics
  39. Galaxies33▲ 32×1 topic
  40. Stellar Populations33▲ 32×1 topic

What research is done in Menlo Park?

Advanced X-ray Imaging T…41Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques: 41 fractional worksParticle Accelerators an…37Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers: 37 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 33 fractional worksGalaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 28 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 27 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 27 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 27 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity M…26Geophysics and Gravity Measurements: 26 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 26 fractional worksDark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena: 25 fractional works
RadiationElectrical and Electronic EngineeringAstronomy and AstrophysicsOceanography2 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques Radiation 41 works
  2. 2 Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers Electrical and Electronic Engineering 37 works
  3. 3 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 33 works
  4. 4 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 28 works
  5. 5 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 27 works
  6. 6 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 27 works
  7. 7 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 27 works
  8. 8 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 26 works
  9. 9 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 26 works
  10. 10 Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 25 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%Menlo Park23.1% 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 39.9% in 2015.

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