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Research in Milpitas

Science Explorer records 11 research institutions in Milpitas, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are JDSU (United States) and KLA (United States).

Research institutions
11
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
3.1k
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
39k
12.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
11.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Milpitas

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 Milpitas?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1KLA (United States)Company 1,070 #13,366
2JDSU (United States)Company 895 #10,819
3Intersil (United States)Company 571 #16,335 all time
4Applied StemCell (United States)Company 150 #29,753 all time
5Blue Sky Research (United States)Company 134 #30,023 all time
6Elixir Medical (United States)Company 100 not ranked
7Lumentum (United States)Company 72 not ranked
8Protagonist Therapeutics (United States)Company 59 not ranked
9FireEye (United States)Company 13 not ranked
10Bigfoot Biomedical (United States)Company 12 not ranked
11MagArray (United States)Company 11 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.

KLA (United States): 34.7%JDSU (United States): 29.0%Intersil (United States): 18.5%Applied StemCell (United States): 4.9%7 others listed: 13.0%35%largest
KLA (United States)1,070 · 34.7%JDSU (United States)895 · 29.0%Intersil (United States)571 · 18.5%Applied StemCell (United States)150 · 4.9%7 others listed401 · 13.0%

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

Which fields of science does Milpitas work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research in Milpitas is in Physical Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (17%), Medicine (17%), Engineering (15%).

Physical Sciences: 214 fractional works · 43.3% of its workComputer Science: 83 fractional works · 16.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 28 fractional works · 5.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 20 fractional works · 4.0% of its workInformation Systems: 12 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSignal Processing: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 76 fractional works · 15.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 31 fractional works · 6.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 16 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInstrumentation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 16 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 128 fractional works · 25.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 74 fractional works · 15.0% of its workEducation: 36 fractional works · 7.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 13 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 13 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 12 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 101 fractional works · 20.4% of its workMedicine: 83 fractional works · 16.7% of its workSurgery: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 13 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 52 fractional works · 10.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 21 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 17 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAquatic Science: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKMilpitas495fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences43%Health Sciences20%Social Sciences26%

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. Computer Science8316.8%
    2. Engineering7615.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy163.3%
    4. Environmental Science163.2%
    5. Materials Science71.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences61.3%
    7. Mathematics40.8%
    8. Chemistry40.8%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    10. Energy10.2%
    1. Social Sciences7415.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities132.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance132.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting122.4%
    5. Psychology102.0%
    6. Decision Sciences61.2%
    1. Medicine8316.7%
    2. Health Professions132.6%
    3. Nursing20.4%
    4. Veterinary20.4%
    5. Dentistry20.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology214.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences173.3%
    3. Neuroscience71.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology51.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.5%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Milpitas strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Milpitas is most concentrated in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (5.2× the world share in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition).

  1. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 26.5 works5.2×
← 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: 0.80× its world share, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.71× its world share, 15 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.05× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.87× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.03× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.11× its world share, 66 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.05× its world share, 64 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.66× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.35× its world share, 5 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.36× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.09× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.91× its world share, 71 worksMedicineNursing: 1.04× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.76× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.00× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.73× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.11× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.17× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.60× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.20× its world share, 62 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science2.11×66 works
  2. Veterinary1.76×1 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy1.36×12 works
  4. Social Sciences1.20×62 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.17×10 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.11×4 works
  7. Health Professions1.09×12 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology1.05×4 works
  9. Engineering1.05×64 works
  10. Nursing1.04×2 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.03×2 works
  12. Arts and Humanities1.00×12 works
  13. Medicine0.91×71 works
  14. Neuroscience0.87×6 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.80×15 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.73×1 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.73×10 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.71×15 works
  19. Dentistry0.71×1 works
  20. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.70×4 works
  21. Environmental Science0.66×13 works
  22. Psychology0.60×8 works
  23. Mathematics0.45×2 works
  24. Chemistry0.37×2 works
  25. Materials Science0.35×5 works
  26. Energy0.22×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Milpitas?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Pedagogy, Deep Learning, Language Teaching, Digital Education, Teaching Methods, Formative Assessment, Critical Thinking and Educational Technologies.

▲ 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 Learning42▲ 2.4×56 topics
  2. Pedagogy24▲ 9.8×14 topics
  3. Language Teaching22▲ 16×3 topics
  4. Digital Education21▲ 29×4 topics
  5. Teaching Methods21▲ 26×4 topics
  6. Formative Assessment21▲ 51×2 topics
  7. Critical Thinking20▲ 35×2 topics
  8. Educational Technologies20▲ 45×1 topic
  9. Student Competencies20▲ 63×1 topic
  10. Neural Networks17▲ 2.3×28 topics
  11. Globalization16▲ 1.70×27 topics
  12. Epidemiology16▼ 0.82×61 topics
  13. Sustainability16▲ 1.34×22 topics
  14. Machine Learning15◆ 0.93×50 topics
  15. Video Coding10▲ 89×2 topics
  16. Economic Development9▲ 2.4×8 topics
  17. Climate Change Impact8▲ 7.4×3 topics
  18. Convolutional Networks8▲ 12×3 topics
  19. Entrepreneurship8▲ 4.0×5 topics
  20. 3D Reconstruction8▲ 17×2 topics
  21. Point Clouds8▲ 17×2 topics
  22. Irrigation8▲ 80×1 topic
  23. Water Efficiency8▲ 80×1 topic
  24. Investment7▲ 13×4 topics
  25. Digital Economy7▲ 6.9×2 topics
  26. Industrial Enterprises7▲ 40×1 topic
  27. Innovation Economics7▲ 40×1 topic
  28. Unsupervised Learning7▲ 8.8×3 topics
  29. Hyperspectral Imaging6▲ 4.9×4 topics
  30. Mesh Segmentation6▲ 39×1 topic
  31. Shape Representation6▲ 39×1 topic
  32. Depth Estimation5▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Integrated Circuits5▲ 7.5×3 topics
  34. JPEG20005▲ 72×1 topic
  35. Wavelet Compression5▲ 72×1 topic
  36. Semiconductor Lasers5▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Motion Estimation5▲ 84×2 topics
  38. Optical Flow5▲ 20×1 topic
  39. Stereo Vision5▲ 20×1 topic
  40. H.264/AVC4▲ 121×1 topic

What research is done in Milpitas?

Education, Innovation an…18Education, Innovation and Language Studies: 18 fractional worksEngineering and Agricult…8Engineering and Agricultural Innovations: 8 fractional worksEconomic and Industrial …6Economic and Industrial Development: 6 fractional works3D Shape Modeling and Analysis: 5 fractional worksAdvanced Data Compression Techniques: 5 fractional worksAdvanced Vision and Imaging: 5 fractional worksVideo Coding and Compression Technologies: 4 fractional worksSemiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices: 4 fractional worksComputer Graphics and Visualization Techniques: 4 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 4 fractional works
EducationAquatic ScienceEconomics and EconometricsComputational Mechanics4 others

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

  1. 1 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 18 works
  2. 2 Engineering and Agricultural Innovations Aquatic Science 8 works
  3. 3 Economic and Industrial Development Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  4. 4 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis Computational Mechanics 5 works
  5. 5 Advanced Data Compression Techniques Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 5 works
  6. 6 Advanced Vision and Imaging Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 5 works
  7. 7 Video Coding and Compression Technologies Signal Processing 4 works
  8. 8 Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 Computer Graphics and Visualization Techniques Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 4 works
  10. 10 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 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 counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Milpitas8.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.9% in 2019.

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