Research in Palo Alto
Science Explorer records 80 research institutions in Palo Alto, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Palo Alto University, Institute for the Future and Electric Power Research Institute.
- Research institutions
- 80 14 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 60k ▲ 29% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 2M 33.8 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 14.8% 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 Palo Alto?
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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Palo Alto work in?
In 2022-now, 44% of research in Palo Alto is in Physical Sciences, 30% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (26%), Engineering (25%), Computer Science (8%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.
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
- Physical Sciences3,61044.2%
- Engineering2,02924.8%
- Computer Science6337.7%
- Environmental Science2433.0%
- Materials Science2332.9%
- Physics and Astronomy1551.9%
- Energy1421.7%
- Mathematics570.7%
- Chemistry530.7%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences480.6%
- Chemical Engineering170.2%
- Health Sciences2,42429.7%
- Medicine2,15926.4%
- Health Professions2322.8%
- Nursing220.3%
- Dentistry90.1%
- Veterinary30.0%
- Social Sciences1,29715.9%
- Social Sciences4946.1%
- Psychology4255.2%
- Business, Management and Accounting1241.5%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1011.2%
- Arts and Humanities781.0%
- Decision Sciences750.9%
- Life Sciences83810.3%
What is Palo Alto strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Palo Alto is most concentrated in Energy Engineering and Power Technology, Control and Systems Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering (10.7× the world share in Energy Engineering and Power Technology).
- Energy Engineering and Power TechnologySubfield · 78.9 works11×
- Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 255.3 works3.4×
- Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 796.0 works3.2×
- Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 21.4 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.
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 2.0×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Energy1.96×124 works
- Psychology1.79×374 works
- Engineering1.65×1,704 works
- Neuroscience1.56×173 works
- Medicine1.39×1,833 works
- Health Professions1.11×202 works
- Computer Science1.01×542 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.00×69 works
- Decision Sciences0.95×63 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.91×332 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.81×124 works
- Materials Science0.76×182 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.63×93 works
- Chemical Engineering0.59×14 works
- Environmental Science0.58×198 works
- Nursing0.51×17 works
- Social Sciences0.49×428 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.47×11 works
- Mathematics0.47×38 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.47×105 works
- Chemistry0.38×41 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.35×38 works
- Arts and Humanities0.33×65 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×89 works
- Veterinary0.25×2 works
- Dentistry0.19×6 works
Which keywords describe research in Palo Alto?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, Power Electronics, Epidemiology, Renewable Energy Integration, Smart Grid Applications, Power System and Machine Learning.
- Offshore Wind Farms
- Photovoltaic Generation
- Dielectrics
- Polymer
- Frequency Regulation
- Control Strategies
- Distributed Power Generation
- Grid Integration
- Energy Storage Systems
- HVDC Transmission
- Wind Power
- Distributed Generation
- Power System
- Depression
- Energy Storage
- Renewable Energy Integration
- Big Data
- Power Electronics
- Deep Learning
- Epidemiology
- Renewable Energy
- Machine Learning
- Smart Grid
- Inflammation
- Mental Health
- Neural Networks
- Energy Efficiency
- Smart Grid Applications
- Power Systems
- Resilience
- Decentralized Control
- Voltage Control
- Fault Detection
- Battery Technology
- Microgrid Control
- Cloud Computing
- Wind Power Integration
- Interfaces
- Partial Discharge
- Intelligent Control
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
- Renewable Energy452▲ 3.8×53 topics
- Epidemiology413▲ 1.27×132 topics
- Machine Learning342▲ 1.26×93 topics
- Deep Learning320◆ 1.14×81 topics
- Smart Grid284▲ 9.7×10 topics
- Power Electronics218▲ 8.3×8 topics
- Inflammation184◆ 1.06×83 topics
- Big Data175▲ 2.2×29 topics
- Mental Health172▲ 1.48×44 topics
- Renewable Energy Integration169▲ 6.3×6 topics
- Neural Networks161▲ 1.28×40 topics
- Energy Storage158▲ 3.0×13 topics
- Energy Efficiency141▲ 1.87×38 topics
- Depression140▲ 1.95×25 topics
- Smart Grid Applications136▲ 13×2 topics
- Power System127▲ 18×5 topics
- Power Systems123▲ 15×3 topics
- Distributed Generation113▲ 17×3 topics
- Resilience113▲ 2.8×16 topics
- Wind Power112▲ 15×4 topics
- Decentralized Control110▲ 11×2 topics
- HVDC Transmission106▲ 26×2 topics
- Voltage Control105▲ 18×2 topics
- Energy Storage Systems103▲ 9.0×2 topics
- Fault Detection102▲ 9.1×3 topics
- Grid Integration99▲ 12×4 topics
- Battery Technology99▲ 4.3×3 topics
- Distributed Power Generation97▲ 12×1 topic
- Microgrid Control97▲ 12×1 topic
- Control Strategies90▲ 7.8×5 topics
- Cloud Computing87▲ 3.7×12 topics
- Frequency Regulation80▲ 17×2 topics
- Wind Power Integration78▲ 14×2 topics
- Polymer74▲ 13×2 topics
- Interfaces74▲ 16×2 topics
- Dielectrics73▲ 28×1 topic
- Partial Discharge73▲ 28×1 topic
- Photovoltaic Generation67▲ 20×1 topic
- Intelligent Control62▲ 20×2 topics
- Offshore Wind Farms62▲ 12×2 topics
What research is done in Palo Alto?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 80 works
- 2 Power Systems and Renewable Energy Energy Engineering and Power Technology 63 works
- 3 High voltage insulation and dielectric phenomena Materials Chemistry 59 works
- 4 Smart Grid and Power Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 48 works
- 5 HVDC Systems and Fault Protection Electrical and Electronic Engineering 46 works
- 6 High-Voltage Power Transmission Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 44 works
- 7 Smart Grid Energy Management Electrical and Electronic Engineering 44 works
- 8 Power Systems and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 38 works
- 9 Optimal Power Flow Distribution Electrical and Electronic Engineering 37 works
- 10 Power Transformer Diagnostics and Insulation Electrical and Electronic Engineering 36 works
Research output over time
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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 33.2% in 2001.
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