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Research in Mountain View

Science Explorer records 69 research institutions in Mountain View, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Alphabet (United States), Khan Academy and Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.

Research institutions
69
6 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
75k
▲ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.4M
31.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
14.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record

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 Mountain View?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Alphabet (United States)Company 27,238 #155
2Creative CommonsNonprofit 10,369 #22,357
3Synopsys (United States)Company 1,834 #17,794
4Search for Extraterrestrial IntelligenceNonprofit 1,519 #9,854
5Khan AcademyNonprofit 1,200 #5,535
6Intuit (United States)Company 639 #10,096
7NortonLifeLock (United States)Company 356 #16,794 all time
8Sequoia (United States)Company 351 #15,754 all time
9El Camino HospitalHospital / health system 282 #21,176 all time
10Veritas (United States)Company 242 #22,484 all time
11Satellite Healthcare (United States)Company 196 #24,505 all time
12Genetic Information Research InstituteNonprofit 170 #31,080 all time
13Takara (United States)Company 157 #33,780 all time
14Silicon Valley Community FoundationNonprofit 156 #27,164 all time
15ChemoCentryx (United States)Company 131 #32,898 all time
16Edison Pharmaceuticals (United States)Company 121 #28,165 all time
17Computer History MuseumArchive 94 not ranked
18Deep Space Industries (United States)Company 89 not ranked
19CCS Associates (United States)Company 86 not ranked
20Caerus Molecular Diagnostics (United States)Company 77 not ranked
21Codar Ocean Sensors (United States)Company 76 not ranked
22Cellecta (United States)Company 64 not ranked
23IGM Biosciences (United States)Company 59 not ranked
24Complete Genomics (United States)Company 59 not ranked
25Pure Storage (United States)Company 50 not ranked
26Amunix (United States)Company 48 not ranked
27SENS Research FoundationNonprofit 47 not ranked
28NeuroPace (United States)Company 46 not ranked
29Mozilla FoundationNonprofit 46 not ranked
30El Camino Urology Medical GroupHospital / health system 44 not ranked
31Astraea Therapeutics (United States)Company 40 not ranked
32Alexza Pharmaceuticals (United States)Company 40 not ranked
33Open Medicine InstituteHospital / health system 33 not ranked
34Vivus (United States)Company 31 not ranked
35Revolution Analytics (United States)Company 27 not ranked
36DNAnexus (United States)Company 25 not ranked
37PocketLab (United States)Company 24 not ranked
38Moog CSA Engineering (United States)Company 24 not ranked
39Perlegen (United States)Company 22 not ranked
40Oxonica (United States)Company 21 not ranked
41Fogarty Institute for InnovationNonprofit 19 not ranked
42Sea Lane Biotechnologies (United States)Company 18 not ranked
43BrainAid (United States)Company 16 not ranked
44Institute for Rare and Neglected Diseases Drug DiscoveryNonprofit 13 not ranked
45Made In Space (United States)Company 13 not ranked
46Moon Express (United States)Company 12 not ranked
47Genogen (United States)Company 11 not ranked
48Open Source Robotics FoundationNonprofit 10 not ranked
49Osel (United States)Company 9 not ranked
50PerceptiMed (United States)Company 9 not ranked
51Omnicell (United States)Company 9 not ranked
52HealthPoint CommunicationsHospital / health system 7 not ranked
53Lasmed (United States)Company 7 not ranked
54Iridex (United States)Company 7 not ranked
55Cytobank (United States)Company 6 not ranked
56Sunbeam FoundationNonprofit 5 not ranked
57JN Biosciences (United States)Company 5 not ranked
58AuSIM (United States)Company 5 not ranked
59OcuMetrics (United States)Company 4 not ranked
60Exploramed (United States)Company 3 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.

Alphabet (United States): 58.8%Creative Commons: 22.4%Synopsys (United States): 4.0%Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence: 3.3%56 others listed: 11.6%59%largest
Alphabet (United States)27k · 58.8%Creative Commons10k · 22.4%Synopsys (United States)1,834 · 4.0%Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence1,519 · 3.3%56 others listed5,361 · 11.6%

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

Which fields of science does Mountain View work in?

In 2022-now, 38% of research in Mountain View is in Physical Sciences, 37% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (31%), Computer Science (19%), Engineering (10%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 4,672 fractional works · 38.2% of its workComputer Science: 2,296 fractional works · 18.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 945 fractional works · 7.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 425 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInformation Systems: 273 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 198 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSignal Processing: 124 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHardware and Architecture: 83 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 70 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 61 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 50 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoftware: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 1,260 fractional works · 10.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 294 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 292 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 128 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 118 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 102 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 62 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 31 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 69 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 485 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 310 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 85 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 60 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 248 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 69 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 43 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 123 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 64 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 59 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 96 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 53 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 95 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Mathematics: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 47 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 13 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 4,528 fractional works · 37.0% of its workMedicine: 3,776 fractional works · 30.8% of its workSurgery: 666 fractional works · 5.4% of its workOphthalmology: 311 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 284 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 214 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 213 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEpidemiology: 210 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 205 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOncology: 161 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 152 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 118 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 105 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 94 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 92 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 88 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 82 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 76 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 75 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 57 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 41 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 36 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 27 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 26 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 136 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 527 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 221 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 87 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 54 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 46 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 184 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOral Surgery: 83 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPeriodontics: 49 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthodontics: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,038 fractional works · 16.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 788 fractional works · 6.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 235 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEducation: 190 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 67 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 48 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 136 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychology: 575 fractional works · 4.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 187 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 146 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 144 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 78 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 203 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhilosophy: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 35 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 131 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 183 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 61 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 62 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 178 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 88 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 50 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 38 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 111 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 82 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1,006 fractional works · 8.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 481 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 222 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 151 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 39 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 301 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 180 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 40 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 30 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSensory Systems: 28 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 129 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 42 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 87 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 77 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 45 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 18 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMountain View12kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences38%Health Sciences37%Social Sciences17%

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 Science2,29618.7%
    2. Engineering1,26010.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy4854.0%
    4. Environmental Science2482.0%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1231.0%
    6. Materials Science960.8%
    7. Mathematics950.8%
    8. Chemistry470.4%
    9. Energy130.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering100.1%
  1. Health Sciences4,52837.0%
    1. Medicine3,77630.8%
    2. Health Professions5274.3%
    3. Dentistry1841.5%
    4. Nursing300.2%
    5. Veterinary110.1%
  2. Social Sciences2,03816.6%
    1. Social Sciences7886.4%
    2. Psychology5754.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities2031.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1831.5%
    5. Decision Sciences1781.5%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1110.9%
  3. Life Sciences1,0068.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4813.9%
    2. Neuroscience3012.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1291.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology770.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics180.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Mountain View strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Mountain View is most concentrated in Ophthalmology, Hardware and Architecture and Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (10.1× the world share in Ophthalmology).

  1. OphthalmologySubfield · 310.0 works10×
  2. Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 71.8 works5.6×
  3. Anesthesiology and Pain MedicineSubfield · 56.8 works4.5×
  4. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 268.3 works4.5×
  5. SoftwareSubfield · 28.5 works3.9×
  6. Oral SurgerySubfield · 82.0 works3.7×
← 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: 0.22× its world share, 122 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.76× its world share, 463 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.65× its world share, 75 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.54× its world share, 287 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 18 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.24× its world share, 42 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.32× its world share, 2,076 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 106 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.12× its world share, 12 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.67× its world share, 1,150 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.39× its world share, 220 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 84 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.64× its world share, 86 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.59× its world share, 407 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.28× its world share, 183 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.69× its world share, 512 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.68× its world share, 3,716 worksMedicineNursing: 0.50× its world share, 28 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.67× its world share, 10 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.55× its world share, 181 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.46× its world share, 172 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 159 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.43× its world share, 104 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.55× its world share, 542 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 723 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry3.28×183 works
  2. Computer Science2.32×2,076 works
  3. Health Professions1.69×512 works
  4. Medicine1.68×3,716 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.59×407 works
  6. Psychology1.55×542 works
  7. Neuroscience1.54×287 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.43×159 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.76×463 works
  10. Engineering0.67×1,150 works
  11. Veterinary0.67×10 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.65×75 works
  13. Mathematics0.64×86 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.59×106 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.55×181 works
  16. Nursing0.50×28 works
  17. Social Sciences0.50×723 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.46×172 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.43×18 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.43×104 works
  21. Environmental Science0.39×220 works
  22. Chemistry0.24×42 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.22×122 works
  24. Chemical Engineering0.22×9 works
  25. Materials Science0.21×84 works
  26. Energy0.12×12 works

Which keywords describe research in Mountain View?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Epidemiology, Neural Networks, Quality of Life, Machine Learning, Complications, Breastfeeding and Health Education.

▲ 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. Epidemiology830▲ 1.70×138 topics
  2. Deep Learning797▲ 1.89×82 topics
  3. Machine Learning558▲ 1.37×92 topics
  4. Neural Networks504▲ 2.7×38 topics
  5. Quality of Life461▲ 2.6×57 topics
  6. Complications262▲ 4.3×17 topics
  7. Inflammation260◆ 1.00×81 topics
  8. Health Education248▲ 4.7×11 topics
  9. Community Empowerment236▲ 2.7×12 topics
  10. COVID-19227▲ 1.42×31 topics
  11. Big Data208▲ 1.77×32 topics
  12. Non-Communicable Diseases207▲ 6.2×5 topics
  13. Treatment206▲ 1.38×52 topics
  14. Maternal Health205▲ 6.5×4 topics
  15. Breastfeeding204▲ 7.3×3 topics
  16. Risk Factors204▲ 1.51×37 topics
  17. Public Health Policy197▲ 6.2×3 topics
  18. Child Nutrition194▲ 8.5×1 topic
  19. Stunting194▲ 8.5×1 topic
  20. Convolutional Neural Networks187▲ 2.1×14 topics
  21. Information Retrieval144▲ 5.4×6 topics
  22. Breast Reconstruction139▲ 18×2 topics
  23. Glaucoma137▲ 7.5×4 topics
  24. Patient Satisfaction136▲ 3.6×10 topics
  25. Text Classification132▲ 6.7×3 topics
  26. Language Development131▲ 8.6×6 topics
  27. Topic Modeling129▲ 6.9×3 topics
  28. Machine Translation125▲ 6.1×2 topics
  29. Semantic Similarity124▲ 8.2×1 topic
  30. Word Representation124▲ 8.2×1 topic
  31. Bilingualism121▲ 7.2×7 topics
  32. Unsupervised Learning109▲ 5.9×3 topics
  33. Deep Neural Networks104▲ 6.9×3 topics
  34. Neural Machine Translation94▲ 8.4×1 topic
  35. Statistical Machine Translation94▲ 8.4×1 topic
  36. Free Flap92▲ 19×1 topic
  37. Microsurgical Reconstruction92▲ 19×1 topic
  38. Optical Coherence Tomography92▲ 7.4×3 topics
  39. Intraocular Pressure91▲ 8.4×2 topics
  40. Treatment Outcomes88▲ 11×4 topics

What research is done in Mountain View?

  1. 1 Public Health and Nutrition Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 191 works
  2. 2 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 114 works
  3. 3 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 92 works
  4. 4 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 91 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Quality and Satisfaction General Health Professions 71 works
  6. 6 Intraocular Surgery and Lenses Ophthalmology 66 works
  7. 7 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 62 works
  8. 8 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 61 works
  9. 9 Speech Recognition and Synthesis Artificial Intelligence 60 works
  10. 10 Language Development and Disorders Developmental and Educational Psychology 60 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%Mountain View15.7% 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 2010.

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