Research in Oakland
Science Explorer records 141 research institutions in Oakland, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of California System, Kaiser Permanente and Center for Environmental Health.
- Research institutions
- 141 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 54k ◆ 2% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 20.2% 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 Oakland?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of California SystemUniversity | 23,499 | #574 | |
| 2 | Kaiser PermanenteNonprofit | 10,303 | #2,274 | |
| 3 | Earthquake Engineering Research InstituteNonprofit | 2,170 | #18,139 | |
| 4 | Center for Environmental HealthResearch facility | 2,029 | #4,341 | |
| 5 | Public Health InstituteHospital / health system | 2,009 | #11,872 | |
| 6 | Prevention InstituteNonprofit | 1,573 | #9,741 | |
| 7 | Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical CenterHospital / health system | 1,361 | #13,145 | |
| 8 | UCSF Benioff Children's HospitalHospital / health system | 1,303 | #11,239 | |
| 9 | Mills CollegeUniversity | 1,256 | #22,766 | |
| 10 | Social Policy Research Associates (United States)Company | 867 | #29,847 all time | |
| 11 | University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural ResourcesUniversity | 597 | #15,463 | |
| 12 | Highland HospitalHospital / health system | 488 | #21,949 all time | |
| 13 | Hispanics in PhilanthropyNonprofit | 475 | #26,577 | |
| 14 | Samuel Merritt UniversityUniversity | 441 | #17,754 all time | |
| 15 | Alameda Health SystemHospital / health system | 439 | #21,073 | |
| 16 | OASIS ClinicNonprofit | 422 | #16,816 all time | |
| 17 | Coral Reef AllianceNonprofit | 363 | #17,700 | |
| 18 | Super Stars LiteracyUniversity | 310 | #39,612 all time | |
| 19 | Carbon180Nonprofit | 284 | #10,193 | |
| 20 | Oakland Museum of CaliforniaArchive | 273 | #30,582 all time | |
| 21 | National Council on Crime and DelinquencyNonprofit | 253 | #30,762 all time | |
| 22 | Eureka ScientificResearch facility | 235 | #19,233 all time | |
| 23 | Alameda County Public Health DepartmentGovernment institution | 216 | #26,971 all time | |
| 24 | Oikos UniversityUniversity | 206 | #27,910 | |
| 25 | California Digital LibraryArchive | 199 | #15,774 all time | |
| 26 | University of California Office of the PresidentUniversity | 185 | #20,095 all time | |
| 27 | Sierra ClubNonprofit | 173 | #37,780 all time | |
| 28 | Frontier Energy (United States)Company | 165 | #13,365 all time | |
| 29 | Developmental Studies CenterNonprofit | 157 | #28,922 all time | |
| 30 | Alta Bates Summit Medical CenterHospital / health system | 141 | #29,345 all time | |
| 31 | Merritt CollegeUniversity | 117 | not ranked | |
| 32 | Holy Names UniversityUniversity | 103 | not ranked | |
| 33 | Health Decision Technologies (United States)Company | 93 | not ranked | |
| 34 | The CrucibleInstitution | 85 | not ranked | |
| 35 | California HealthCare FoundationNonprofit | 81 | not ranked | |
| 36 | Native American Health CenterNonprofit | 81 | not ranked | |
| 37 | Lincoln University - CaliforniaUniversity | 79 | not ranked | |
| 38 | Pandora (United States)Company | 77 | not ranked | |
| 39 | Breakthrough InstituteResearch facility | 75 | not ranked | |
| 40 | Laney CollegeUniversity | 69 | not ranked | |
| 41 | Peralta Community College DistrictUniversity | 67 | not ranked | |
| 42 | Asian Health ServicesHospital / health system | 60 | not ranked | |
| 43 | The Clorox (United States)Company | 55 | not ranked | |
| 44 | Sarah Samuels Center for Public Health & EvaluationResearch facility | 55 | not ranked | |
| 45 | Dascena (United States)Company | 50 | not ranked | |
| 46 | Patten UniversityUniversity | 47 | not ranked | |
| 47 | Youth+Tech+HealthHospital / health system | 47 | not ranked | |
| 48 | Spatial Cognition (United States)Company | 43 | not ranked | |
| 49 | Center for Story-based StrategyNonprofit | 41 | not ranked | |
| 50 | Oral Health Solutions (United States)Company | 34 | not ranked | |
| 51 | Head-Royce SchoolUniversity | 33 | not ranked | |
| 52 | Turnitin (United States)Company | 32 | not ranked | |
| 53 | ChangeLab SolutionsNonprofit | 31 | not ranked | |
| 54 | Children NowNonprofit | 28 | not ranked | |
| 55 | Oakland Public LibraryArchive | 25 | not ranked | |
| 56 | East Bay Community Recovery ProjectHospital / health system | 24 | not ranked | |
| 57 | KW Engineering (United States)Company | 22 | not ranked | |
| 58 | La Clinica de La RazaHospital / health system | 22 | not ranked | |
| 59 | The CarpentriesNonprofit | 22 | not ranked | |
| 60 | Starr King School for the MinistryUniversity | 22 | 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.
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What is Oakland strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Oakland is most concentrated in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Health (3.2× the world share in Obstetrics and Gynecology).
- Obstetrics and GynecologySubfield · 72.5 works3.2×
- Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 76.5 works3.1×
- HealthSubfield · 69.9 works3.0×
- Emergency MedicineSubfield · 54.5 works2.8×
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 286.5 works2.8×
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.
Which keywords describe research in Oakland?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Risk Factors, Mental Health, Cardiovascular Disease, Mortality, Depression and Inflammation.
- Mortality Rates
- Substance Use Disorders
- Chronic Disease
- Health Outcomes
- Mortality Risk
- Immune Response
- Health Effects
- Biomarkers
- Global Burden of Disease
- Health Disparities
- Global Burden
- Obesity
- Pandemic
- Oxidative Stress
- Globalization
- Depression
- Climate Change
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Risk Factors
- Public Health
- Epidemiology
- Mental Health
- Inflammation
- Quality of Life
- Treatment
- COVID-19
- Mortality
- Diagnosis
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Chemotherapy
- Clinical Trials
- Management
- Anxiety
- Primary Care
- Guidelines
- Adolescents
- SARS-CoV-2
- Chronic Disease Management
- Psychiatric Disorders
- Antiretroviral Therapy
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
- Epidemiology664▲ 2.1×139 topics
- Public Health285▲ 2.5×67 topics
- Mental Health234▲ 2.0×43 topics
- Risk Factors227▲ 2.6×37 topics
- Inflammation225▲ 1.37×80 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease197▲ 2.2×39 topics
- Quality of Life187▲ 1.64×58 topics
- Climate Change185◆ 0.87×104 topics
- Treatment174▲ 1.82×50 topics
- Depression162▲ 2.3×24 topics
- COVID-19159▲ 1.48×31 topics
- Globalization144◆ 0.93×121 topics
- Mortality144▲ 3.1×13 topics
- Oxidative Stress141◆ 1.09×58 topics
- Diagnosis138▲ 1.88×41 topics
- Pandemic129▲ 1.52×13 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome127▲ 1.98×24 topics
- Obesity110▲ 1.85×27 topics
- Chemotherapy110▲ 1.98×25 topics
- Global Burden106▲ 2.5×12 topics
- Clinical Trials105▲ 1.99×19 topics
- Health Disparities103▲ 5.0×9 topics
- Management100▲ 1.61×34 topics
- Global Burden of Disease100▲ 5.1×4 topics
- Anxiety98▲ 2.6×12 topics
- Biomarkers97▲ 1.80×18 topics
- Primary Care95▲ 3.2×15 topics
- Health Effects94▲ 1.97×23 topics
- Guidelines93▲ 2.5×13 topics
- Immune Response93▲ 2.1×22 topics
- Adolescents85▲ 2.9×10 topics
- Mortality Risk85▲ 4.5×6 topics
- SARS-CoV-278▲ 3.0×6 topics
- Health Outcomes78▲ 3.6×8 topics
- Chronic Disease Management76▲ 5.0×6 topics
- Chronic Disease73▲ 5.3×4 topics
- Psychiatric Disorders64▲ 6.1×4 topics
- Substance Use Disorders60▲ 10×2 topics
- Antiretroviral Therapy59▲ 4.6×6 topics
- Mortality Rates55▲ 7.4×2 topics
What research is done in Oakland?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 38 works
- 2 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 34 works
- 3 Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 32 works
- 4 Global Cancer Incidence and Screening Oncology 30 works
- 5 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 28 works
- 6 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 26 works
- 7 Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 26 works
- 8 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 26 works
- 9 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 25 works
- 10 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 25 works
Research output over time
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