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Research in Northridge

Science Explorer records 8 research institutions in Northridge, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are California State University, Northridge.

Research institutions
8
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
10k
▼ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
194k
18.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
14.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Northridge

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 Northridge?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1California State University, NorthridgeUniversity 9,505 #1,012
2Areté Associates (United States)Company 392 #12,318 all time
3Northridge Hospital Medical CenterHospital / health system 238 #24,308 all time
4Photon Imaging (United States)Company 123 #31,745 all time
5Particle Beam Lasers (United States)Company 68 not ranked
6DxRay (United States)Company 29 not ranked
7Chemat Technology (United States)Company 20 not ranked
8CHIME InstituteNonprofit 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.

California State University, Northridge: 91.6%Areté Associates (United States): 3.8%Northridge Hospital Medical Center: 2.3%Photon Imaging (United States): 1.2%4 others listed: 1.1%92%largest
California State University, Northridge9,505 · 91.6%Areté Associates (United States)392 · 3.8%Northridge Hospital Medical Center238 · 2.3%Photon Imaging (United States)123 · 1.2%4 others listed118 · 1.1%

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

Which fields of science does Northridge work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research in Northridge is in Physical Sciences, 35% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (17%), Engineering (15%), Medicine (10%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 637 fractional works · 42.9% of its workEngineering: 221 fractional works · 14.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 54 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 25 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 24 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 136 fractional works · 9.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 48 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 25 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 69 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEcology: 20 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 57 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeophysics: 20 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOceanography: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPaleontology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 55 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 22 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 38 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 29 fractional works · 1.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 31 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeometry and Topology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematical Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNumerical Analysis: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 18 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 527 fractional works · 35.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 250 fractional works · 16.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 87 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEducation: 46 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 22 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGender Studies: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 106 fractional works · 7.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 35 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 32 fractional works · 2.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 17 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 16 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 60 fractional works · 4.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 15 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAccounting: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 58 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPhilosophy: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 29 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 19 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFinance: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 24 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 201 fractional works · 13.5% of its workMedicine: 151 fractional works · 10.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 21 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 15 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 45 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 26 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 122 fractional works · 8.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 64 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 40 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeuroscience: 25 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 25 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKNorthridge1,486fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences43%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences35%

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. Engineering22114.9%
    2. Computer Science1369.1%
    3. Environmental Science694.6%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences573.8%
    5. Physics and Astronomy553.7%
    6. Materials Science382.6%
    7. Mathematics312.1%
    8. Chemistry181.2%
    9. Energy80.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering40.3%
    1. Social Sciences25016.8%
    2. Psychology1067.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting604.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities583.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance292.0%
    6. Decision Sciences241.6%
    1. Medicine15110.2%
    2. Health Professions453.1%
    3. Nursing30.2%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology644.3%
    2. Neuroscience251.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences251.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology50.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Northridge?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Globalization, Climate Change, Glycemic Control, Insulin Therapy and Ocean Acidification.

▲ 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. Machine Learning66▲ 1.33×66 topics
  2. Deep Learning63▲ 1.24×67 topics
  3. Mental Health50▲ 2.4×34 topics
  4. Climate Change47▲ 1.17×62 topics
  5. Globalization42▲ 1.44×61 topics
  6. Sustainability36◆ 0.98×58 topics
  7. Neural Networks28▲ 1.24×31 topics
  8. Education28◆ 1.11×43 topics
  9. Gender21▲ 2.6×24 topics
  10. Identity21▲ 1.95×29 topics
  11. Big Data21▲ 1.46×14 topics
  12. Social Justice20▲ 2.2×22 topics
  13. Social Support19▲ 2.3×16 topics
  14. Resilience18▲ 2.5×13 topics
  15. Glycemic Control17▲ 7.2×4 topics
  16. Literature17▲ 2.1×24 topics
  17. Student Engagement17▲ 2.8×13 topics
  18. Insulin Therapy16▲ 8.8×3 topics
  19. Neoliberalism16▲ 3.0×19 topics
  20. Ocean Acidification16▲ 14×3 topics
  21. Intersectionality13▲ 4.7×10 topics
  22. Diversity12▲ 4.5×9 topics
  23. Career Development12▲ 6.6×6 topics
  24. Tectonics11▲ 6.3×3 topics
  25. Plate Tectonics10▲ 4.6×3 topics
  26. Acculturation10▲ 9.1×2 topics
  27. Marine Ecosystems10▲ 12×2 topics
  28. Thermodynamic Modeling10▲ 5.9×3 topics
  29. Type 1 Diabetes10▲ 7.7×2 topics
  30. Continuous Glucose Monitoring9▲ 14×1 topic
  31. Hypoglycemia9▲ 14×1 topic
  32. Bleaching9▲ 19×1 topic
  33. Coral Reefs9▲ 19×1 topic
  34. Subduction9▲ 7.8×3 topics
  35. Benthic Communities8▲ 9.3×2 topics
  36. Marine Biodiversity8▲ 9.3×2 topics
  37. Geochronology8▲ 7.9×1 topic
  38. Zircon8▲ 7.9×1 topic
  39. Coastal Protection8▲ 8.0×2 topics
  40. Implicit Bias8▲ 12×2 topics

What research is done in Northridge?

Coral and Marine Ecosyst…9Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies: 9 fractional worksGeological and Geochemic…8Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 8 fractional worksDiabetes Management and …7Diabetes Management and Research: 7 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant…6Marine and coastal plant biology: 6 fractional worksGeological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America: 6 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 5 fractional worksRacial and Ethnic Identi…5Racial and Ethnic Identity Research: 5 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 5 fractional works2D Materials and Applications: 5 fractional worksFamily and Disability Su…4Family and Disability Support Research: 4 fractional works
EcologyGeophysicsEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismOceanography5 others

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

  1. 1 Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies Ecology 9 works
  2. 2 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 8 works
  3. 3 Diabetes Management and Research Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 7 works
  4. 4 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 6 works
  5. 5 Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America Geophysics 6 works
  6. 6 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 5 works
  7. 7 Racial and Ethnic Identity Research Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  8. 8 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 5 works
  9. 9 2D Materials and Applications Materials Chemistry 5 works
  10. 10 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 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%Northridge12.8% 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 29.3% in 2016.

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