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Research in Redwood City

Science Explorer records 50 research institutions in Redwood City, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (United States), Emergency University and Genomic Health (United States).

Research institutions
50
7 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5.9k
▲ 31% vs 2018-21
Citations
173k
29.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
23.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Redwood City

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 Redwood City?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Heron Therapeutics (United States)Company 882 #8,702 all time
2Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (United States)Company 857 #471
3Emergency UniversityUniversity 830 #13,380
4Guardant (United States)Company 371 #19,936
5Box (United States)Company 298 #17,801
6OncoMed (United States)Company 296 #19,613 all time
7Genomic Health (United States)Company 296 #14,030
8Ubiquitous Energy (United States)Company 260 #18,915
9Maxygen (United States)Company 235 #30,185 all time
10Sequoia HospitalHospital / health system 150 #28,196 all time
11Revolution Medicines (United States)Company 146 #18,124
12Codexis (United States)Company 135 #15,328 all time
13Electronic Arts (United States)Company 131 #27,810 all time
14Nevro (United States)Company 100 not ranked
15Adelphi Technology (United States)Company 80 not ranked
16Coherus BioSciences (United States)Company 79 not ranked
17Bavarian Nordic (United States)Company 73 not ranked
18Cañada CollegeUniversity 60 not ranked
19HeartFlow (United States)Company 57 not ranked
20Neurotrack Technologies (United States)Company 43 not ranked
21Citrine Informatics (United States)Company 42 not ranked
22Proteus Digital HealthHospital / health system 32 not ranked
23Adaptive Physical EducationNonprofit 27 not ranked
24PaxVax (United States)Company 27 not ranked
25AcelRx Pharmaceuticals (United States)Company 24 not ranked
26Synergia (United States)Company 24 not ranked
27CardioDx (United States)Company 24 not ranked
28Shutterfly (United States)Company 22 not ranked
29Applied Technology CouncilNonprofit 20 not ranked
30HopeLabNonprofit 18 not ranked
31Soleno Therapeutics (United States)Company 17 not ranked
32Gynesonics (United States)Company 12 not ranked
33Auris Health (United States)Company 9 not ranked
34Canary FoundationNonprofit 9 not ranked
35Pulmonx (United States)Company 9 not ranked
36AIDS Community Research ConsortiumNonprofit 8 not ranked
37PeoplePower (United States)Company 7 not ranked
38Californians Dedicated to Education FoundationInstitution 6 not ranked
39Rocketship EducationNonprofit 5 not ranked
40Genapsys (United States)Company 4 not ranked
41Solidica (United States)Company 3 not ranked
42Avinger (United States)Company 2 not ranked
43Replicon (United States)Company 2 not ranked
44ApniCure (United States)Company 2 not ranked
45AEGEA Medical (United States)Company 1 not ranked
46Course Hero (United States)Company 1 not ranked
47Fit Kids FoundationNonprofit 1 not ranked
48Autogrid Systems (United States)Company 1 not ranked
49Royal Caliber (United States)Company 1 not ranked
50Ultimara (United States)Company 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.

Heron Therapeutics (United States): 15.4%Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (United States): 14.9%Emergency University: 14.5%Guardant (United States): 6.5%45 others listed: 48.8%15%largest
Heron Therapeutics (United States)882 · 15.4%Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (United States)857 · 14.9%Emergency University830 · 14.5%Guardant (United States)371 · 6.5%45 others listed2,799 · 48.8%

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

Which fields of science does Redwood City work in?

In 2022-now, 41% of research in Redwood City is in Health Sciences, 34% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (39%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (27%), Computer Science (6%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 696 fractional works · 41.2% of its workMedicine: 657 fractional works · 39.0% of its workOncology: 114 fractional works · 6.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 74 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSurgery: 68 fractional works · 4.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 46 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEpidemiology: 42 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 33 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 29 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 27 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 25 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 25 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 26 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 579 fractional works · 34.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 448 fractional works · 26.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 254 fractional works · 15.1% of its workCancer Research: 75 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGenetics: 56 fractional works · 3.3% of its workCell Biology: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiophysics: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiotechnology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStructural Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 61 fractional works · 3.6% of its workImmunology: 49 fractional works · 2.9% of its workVirology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 41 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNeurology: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 27 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 300 fractional works · 17.8% of its workComputer Science: 102 fractional works · 6.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 41 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 21 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 95 fractional works · 5.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 40 fractional works · 2.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 25 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 21 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiation: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 17 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpectroscopy: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 111 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 43 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 20 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRedwood City1,687fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences34%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences41%Social Sciences7%

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. Medicine65739.0%
    2. Health Professions261.6%
    3. Nursing60.4%
    4. Dentistry50.3%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology44826.6%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology613.6%
    3. Neuroscience412.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences271.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.2%
    1. Computer Science1026.0%
    2. Engineering955.6%
    3. Environmental Science251.5%
    4. Materials Science211.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy201.2%
    6. Chemistry171.0%
    7. Mathematics90.5%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences50.3%
    9. Energy40.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.1%
    1. Social Sciences432.6%
    2. Psychology201.2%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance150.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting130.8%
    5. Arts and Humanities110.6%
    6. Decision Sciences100.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Redwood City strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Redwood City is most concentrated in Cancer Research, Oncology and Molecular Biology (10.1× the world share in Cancer Research).

  1. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 62.0 works10×
  2. OncologySubfield · 94.5 works5.9×
  3. Molecular BiologySubfield · 216.8 works5.0×
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField · 374.0 works4.9×
← 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: 0.34× its world share, 23 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.94× its world share, 374 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.49× its world share, 50 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.59× its world share, 36 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.65× its world share, 14 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.76× its world share, 84 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.28× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.38× its world share, 81 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 22 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 18 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.46× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.49× its world share, 15 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.48× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.65× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.02× its world share, 552 worksMedicineNursing: 0.78× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.44× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 38 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.94×374 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology3.49×50 works
  3. Medicine2.02×552 works
  4. Neuroscience1.59×36 works
  5. Nursing0.78×5 works
  6. Computer Science0.76×84 works
  7. Chemistry0.65×14 works
  8. Health Professions0.65×24 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.54×7 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.49×15 works
  11. Dentistry0.48×3 works
  12. Veterinary0.47×1 works
  13. Mathematics0.46×8 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.45×2 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.44×13 works
  16. Psychology0.41×18 works
  17. Engineering0.38×81 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.36×2 works
  19. Materials Science0.36×18 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.34×23 works
  21. Environmental Science0.32×22 works
  22. Energy0.28×4 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.25×10 works
  24. Social Sciences0.21×38 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.20×4 works
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.20×9 works

Which keywords describe research in Redwood City?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Targeted Therapy, Genomic Instability, Cell-Free DNA, Somatic Mutations, Cancer Genomics, Mutational Signatures, Epidemiology and Cancer.

▲ 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. Epidemiology109▲ 1.62×123 topics
  2. Targeted Therapy82▲ 22×5 topics
  3. Cancer68▲ 3.0×49 topics
  4. Deep Learning65◆ 1.11×69 topics
  5. Machine Learning63◆ 1.13×62 topics
  6. Inflammation58▲ 1.63×75 topics
  7. Genomic Instability58▲ 31×3 topics
  8. Cell-Free DNA57▲ 34×2 topics
  9. Somatic Mutations55▲ 40×2 topics
  10. Cancer Genomics55▲ 46×1 topic
  11. Mutational Signatures55▲ 46×1 topic
  12. Gene Expression50▲ 4.7×17 topics
  13. Immunotherapy50▲ 4.1×19 topics
  14. Chemotherapy49▲ 4.1×24 topics
  15. Tumor Microenvironment48▲ 6.3×8 topics
  16. Cancer Therapy44▲ 4.6×18 topics
  17. Clinical Trials44▲ 3.9×16 topics
  18. Precision Medicine39▲ 4.6×7 topics
  19. Breast Cancer30▲ 7.0×11 topics
  20. Biomarkers29▲ 2.5×16 topics
  21. Immunity27▲ 3.9×11 topics
  22. RNA-Seq24▲ 12×2 topics
  23. Cancer Risk24▲ 6.3×9 topics
  24. Treatment Guidelines23▲ 6.4×7 topics
  25. Genomic Profiling22▲ 13×2 topics
  26. Transcriptional Regulation21▲ 7.6×9 topics
  27. Genetic Testing21▲ 11×3 topics
  28. Data Integration20▲ 7.1×4 topics
  29. Cancer Immunotherapy20▲ 7.6×3 topics
  30. Immune Checkpoint Blockade19▲ 9.7×1 topic
  31. PD-1 and PD-L119▲ 9.7×1 topic
  32. Single-Cell18▲ 21×1 topic
  33. Transcriptomics18▲ 21×1 topic
  34. Cancer Progression18▲ 5.8×7 topics
  35. Resistance Mechanisms18▲ 12×2 topics
  36. ALK Inhibitors18▲ 17×1 topic
  37. EGFR Mutations18▲ 17×1 topic
  38. Molecular Characterization17▲ 5.8×6 topics
  39. Gene Regulation16▲ 9.8×4 topics
  40. Monoclonal Antibodies15▲ 10×3 topics

What research is done in Redwood City?

Cancer Genomics and Diag…45Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 45 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 16 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 15 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 14 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 13 fractional worksGenetic factors in colorectal cancer: 10 fractional worksGut microbiota and health10Gut microbiota and health: 10 fractional worksCell Image Analysis Techniques: 10 fractional worksPain Management and Treatment: 10 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 10 fractional works
Cancer ResearchOncologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineMolecular Biology3 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 45 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 16 works
  3. 3 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 15 works
  4. 4 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 14 works
  5. 5 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 13 works
  6. 6 Genetic factors in colorectal cancer Pathology and Forensic Medicine 10 works
  7. 7 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 10 works
  8. 8 Cell Image Analysis Techniques Biophysics 10 works
  9. 9 Pain Management and Treatment Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 10 works
  10. 10 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 10 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 counting20%40%Redwood City20.9% 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 33.9% in 1993.

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