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Research in Palo Alto

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Palo Alto. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Toyota Research Institute.

Research institutions
5
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.1k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
38k
35.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
29.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1964-2026
63 years on the record
Palo Alto

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?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Toyota Research InstituteResearch facility 595 #5,546
2VMware (United States)Company 94 not ranked
3Arc Research InstituteNonprofit 65 not ranked
4Emerson Collective (United States)Company 0 not ranked
5Peninsula Open Space TrustNonprofit 0 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.

Toyota Research Institute: 78.9%VMware (United States): 12.5%Arc Research Institute: 8.6%79%largest
Toyota Research Institute595 · 78.9%VMware (United States)94 · 12.5%Arc Research Institute65 · 8.6%

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

Which fields of science does Palo Alto work in?

In 2022-now, 63% of research in Palo Alto is in Physical Sciences, 18% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (34%), Computer Science (18%), Medicine (17%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 209 fractional works · 63.1% of its workEngineering: 112 fractional works · 33.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 27 fractional works · 8.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 16 fractional works · 4.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 14 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 3.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 58 fractional works · 17.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 22 fractional works · 6.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 15 fractional works · 4.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 16 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 58 fractional works · 17.7% of its workMedicine: 55 fractional works · 16.7% of its workOncology: 18 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLife Sciences: 35 fractional works · 10.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 26 fractional works · 7.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 4.6% of its workCancer Research: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 28 fractional works · 8.5% of its workPsychology: 14 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKPalo Alto330fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences63%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences9%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering11233.8%
    2. Computer Science5817.6%
    3. Materials Science164.9%
    4. Physics and Astronomy72.1%
    5. Energy72.0%
    6. Chemistry30.8%
    7. Environmental Science30.8%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.5%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.3%
    10. Mathematics10.3%
    1. Medicine5516.7%
    2. Health Professions30.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology267.9%
    2. Neuroscience51.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology41.1%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.2%
    1. Psychology144.4%
    2. Social Sciences82.4%
    3. Decision Sciences30.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Palo Alto strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Palo Alto is most concentrated in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (5.5× the world share in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition).

  1. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 21.2 works5.5×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.17× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.11× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.85× its world share, 4 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.35× its world share, 56 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.29× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.34× its world share, 106 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.45× its world share, 15 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.97× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.86× its world share, 50 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.46× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science2.35×56 works
  2. Engineering2.34×106 works
  3. Energy2.29×6 works
  4. Psychology1.46×14 works
  5. Materials Science1.45×15 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.17×19 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.11×3 works
  8. Chemical Engineering1.04×1 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.97×7 works
  10. Medicine0.86×50 works
  11. Neuroscience0.85×4 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.82×2 works
  13. Chemistry0.52×2 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.36×2 works
  15. Health Professions0.24×2 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.22×1 works
  17. Mathematics0.20×1 works
  18. Social Sciences0.19×7 works
  19. Environmental Science0.17×2 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×1 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×1 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.02×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Palo Alto?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Autonomous Vehicles, Machine Learning, Cathode Materials, Thermal Management, Neural Networks, Electric Vehicles and Convolutional Networks.

▲ 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 Learning33▲ 2.9×48 topics
  2. Machine Learning20▲ 1.81×36 topics
  3. Neural Networks14▲ 2.8×22 topics
  4. Autonomous Vehicles12▲ 18×4 topics
  5. Immunotherapy10▲ 4.0×16 topics
  6. Chemotherapy9▲ 4.0×21 topics
  7. Cathode Materials9▲ 7.1×3 topics
  8. Thermal Management9▲ 8.0×3 topics
  9. Electric Vehicles8▲ 8.8×4 topics
  10. Convolutional Networks8▲ 18×3 topics
  11. Lithium-ion Batteries7▲ 5.3×2 topics
  12. Control Systems7▲ 12×4 topics
  13. Depth Estimation7▲ 27×2 topics
  14. Energy Conversion7▲ 9.8×3 topics
  15. Collision Avoidance7▲ 11×3 topics
  16. Model Predictive Control7▲ 8.0×5 topics
  17. Prognostic Factors7▲ 4.7×13 topics
  18. Unsupervised Learning6▲ 13×3 topics
  19. Human-Robot Interaction6▲ 16×3 topics
  20. Lymphoma6▲ 12×3 topics
  21. Cancer Immunotherapy6▲ 12×3 topics
  22. Catalysts6▲ 8.9×3 topics
  23. Fuel Cells6▲ 12×2 topics
  24. Targeted Therapy6▲ 8.1×5 topics
  25. Electrocatalysis6▲ 6.2×2 topics
  26. Robotics6▲ 7.1×4 topics
  27. Rechargeable Batteries6▲ 6.3×2 topics
  28. Driver Behavior6▲ 21×2 topics
  29. Polymer Electrolyte Membranes6▲ 24×1 topic
  30. Proton Exchange Membranes6▲ 24×1 topic
  31. Tumor Regression6▲ 15×2 topics
  32. Hydrogen Evolution5▲ 12×1 topic
  33. Optical Flow5▲ 34×1 topic
  34. Oxygen Reduction5▲ 12×1 topic
  35. Quantum Mechanics5▲ 17×3 topics
  36. Stereo Vision5▲ 34×1 topic
  37. Crystal Structures5▲ 18×2 topics
  38. High-Throughput5▲ 26×1 topic
  39. Materials Informatics5▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Sensor Fusion5▲ 14×3 topics

What research is done in Palo Alto?

Fuel Cells and Related M…6Fuel Cells and Related Materials: 6 fractional worksAdvanced Vision and Imag…5Advanced Vision and Imaging: 5 fractional worksElectrocatalysts for Energy Conversion: 5 fractional worksMachine Learning in Mate…5Machine Learning in Materials Science: 5 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…5CAR-T cell therapy research: 5 fractional worksAutonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technologies Research: 4 fractional worksRobot Manipulation and L…4Robot Manipulation and Learning: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 4 fractional worksSocial Robot Interaction and HRI: 3 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentMaterials Chemistry4 others

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

  1. 1 Fuel Cells and Related Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  2. 2 Advanced Vision and Imaging Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 5 works
  3. 3 Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 5 works
  4. 4 Machine Learning in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 5 works
  5. 5 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 5 works
  6. 6 Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety Automotive Engineering 4 works
  7. 7 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 4 works
  8. 8 Robot Manipulation and Learning Control and Systems Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  10. 10 Social Robot Interaction and HRI Social Psychology 3 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%60%Palo Alto23.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 50.6% in 2011.

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