Research in Pasadena
Science Explorer records 61 research institutions in Pasadena, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Carnegie Observatories.
- Research institutions
- 61 9 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 135k ▼ 14% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 23.3% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in Pasadena?
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 Pasadena strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Pasadena is most concentrated in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Physics and Astronomy (25.1× the world share in Astronomy and Astrophysics).
- Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 1,177.8 works25×
- InstrumentationSubfield · 108.8 works24×
- Physics and AstronomyField · 2,090.6 works10×
- Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 298.1 works7.5×
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 455.8 works7.0×
- GeophysicsSubfield · 201.4 works6.4×
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 Pasadena?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets, Mars, Martian Surface, Climate Change, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics and Remote Sensing.
- Hydrological Cycle
- Protoplanetary Disks
- Quantum Information
- Gamma-Ray Bursts
- Cosmology
- Thermodynamic Modeling
- Turbulence
- Sea Level Rise
- Astronomical Instrumentation
- Dark Matter
- Satellite Observations
- Magnetic Fields
- Entanglement
- Star Formation
- Hydrological Modeling
- Biosensors
- Exoplanets
- Mars
- Solar System Abundances
- Machine Learning
- Climate Change
- Remote Sensing
- Terrestrial Planets
- Martian Surface
- Stellar Astrophysics
- Gravitational Waves
- Black Holes
- Data Assimilation
- Supernovae
- Accretion Disks
- Tomography
- Ocean Circulation
- Spectrograph
- Plate Tectonics
- Geodetic Measurements
- Nucleosynthesis
- Optical Modulators
- Neutron Stars
- Molecular Clouds
- Galactic Center
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
- Climate Change404▲ 1.66×99 topics
- Machine Learning310◆ 1.05×85 topics
- Remote Sensing265▲ 2.4×38 topics
- Solar System Abundances237▲ 54×1 topic
- Terrestrial Planets237▲ 54×1 topic
- Mars203▲ 70×1 topic
- Martian Surface203▲ 70×1 topic
- Exoplanets157▲ 44×1 topic
- Stellar Astrophysics157▲ 44×1 topic
- Biosensors144▲ 3.1×12 topics
- Gravitational Waves143▲ 28×2 topics
- Hydrological Modeling137▲ 6.4×5 topics
- Black Holes136▲ 16×3 topics
- Star Formation136▲ 29×2 topics
- Data Assimilation130▲ 9.2×4 topics
- Entanglement126▲ 9.4×4 topics
- Supernovae126▲ 17×2 topics
- Magnetic Fields125▲ 21×3 topics
- Accretion Disks123▲ 29×2 topics
- Satellite Observations117▲ 13×3 topics
- Tomography114▲ 7.0×5 topics
- Dark Matter105▲ 10×4 topics
- Ocean Circulation101▲ 8.6×3 topics
- Astronomical Instrumentation96▲ 42×1 topic
- Spectrograph96▲ 42×1 topic
- Sea Level Rise94▲ 8.2×3 topics
- Plate Tectonics91▲ 6.6×3 topics
- Turbulence91▲ 12×5 topics
- Geodetic Measurements89▲ 9.1×2 topics
- Thermodynamic Modeling88▲ 8.6×4 topics
- Nucleosynthesis88▲ 20×3 topics
- Cosmology83▲ 14×4 topics
- Optical Modulators83▲ 6.2×3 topics
- Gamma-Ray Bursts82▲ 34×1 topic
- Neutron Stars82▲ 34×1 topic
- Quantum Information82▲ 7.8×3 topics
- Molecular Clouds77▲ 34×1 topic
- Protoplanetary Disks77▲ 34×1 topic
- Galactic Center69▲ 17×2 topics
- Hydrological Cycle68▲ 7.9×2 topics
What research is done in Pasadena?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 237 works
- 2 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 203 works
- 3 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 157 works
- 4 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 96 works
- 5 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 82 works
- 6 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 77 works
- 7 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 68 works
- 8 Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research Astronomy and Astrophysics 61 works
- 9 Spacecraft Design and Technology Aerospace Engineering 60 works
- 10 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 58 works
Research output over time
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