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Research in Redwood City

Science Explorer records 51 research institutions in Redwood City, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (United States), Revolution Medicines (United States) and Emergency University.

Research institutions
51
7 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
5.9k
▲ 71% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
23.4%
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 Redwood City?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Heron Therapeutics (United States)Company 882 #33,665 all time
2Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (United States)Company 857 #700
3Emergency UniversityUniversity 830 #13,120
4Guardant (United States)Company 371 #24,279
5Box (United States)Company 298 #26,309
6OncoMed (United States)Company 296 #18,040 all time
7Genomic Health (United States)Company 296 #13,614
8Ubiquitous Energy (United States)Company 260 #18,637
9Maxygen (United States)Company 235 #10,822 all time
10Sequoia HospitalHospital / health system 150 #26,887 all time
11Revolution Medicines (United States)Company 146 #12,850
12Codexis (United States)Company 135 #15,478 all time
13Kaiser Permanente Redwood City Medical CenterHospital / health system 135 #32,822 all time
14Electronic Arts (United States)Company 131 #20,770 all time
15Nevro (United States)Company 100 not ranked
16Adelphi Technology (United States)Company 80 not ranked
17Coherus BioSciences (United States)Company 79 not ranked
18Bavarian Nordic (United States)Company 73 not ranked
19Cañada CollegeUniversity 60 not ranked
20HeartFlow (United States)Company 57 not ranked
21Neurotrack Technologies (United States)Company 43 not ranked
22Citrine Informatics (United States)Company 42 not ranked
23Proteus Digital HealthHospital / health system 32 not ranked
24Adaptive Physical EducationNonprofit 27 not ranked
25PaxVax (United States)Company 27 not ranked
26AcelRx Pharmaceuticals (United States)Company 24 not ranked
27Synergia (United States)Company 24 not ranked
28CardioDx (United States)Company 24 not ranked
29Shutterfly (United States)Company 22 not ranked
30Applied Technology CouncilNonprofit 20 not ranked
31HopeLabNonprofit 18 not ranked
32Soleno Therapeutics (United States)Company 17 not ranked
33Gynesonics (United States)Company 12 not ranked
34Auris Health (United States)Company 9 not ranked
35Canary FoundationNonprofit 9 not ranked
36Pulmonx (United States)Company 9 not ranked
37AIDS Community Research ConsortiumNonprofit 8 not ranked
38PeoplePower (United States)Company 7 not ranked
39Californians Dedicated to Education FoundationInstitution 6 not ranked
40Rocketship EducationNonprofit 5 not ranked
41Genapsys (United States)Company 4 not ranked
42Solidica (United States)Company 3 not ranked
43Avinger (United States)Company 2 not ranked
44Replicon (United States)Company 2 not ranked
45ApniCure (United States)Company 2 not ranked
46AEGEA Medical (United States)Company 1 not ranked
47Course Hero (United States)Company 1 not ranked
48Fit Kids FoundationNonprofit 1 not ranked
49Autogrid Systems (United States)Company 1 not ranked
50Royal Caliber (United States)Company 1 not ranked
51Ultimara (United States)Company 0 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.

Heron Therapeutics (United States): 15.0%Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (United States): 14.6%Emergency University: 14.1%Guardant (United States): 6.3%46 others listed: 49.9%15%largest
Heron Therapeutics (United States)882 · 15.0%Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (United States)857 · 14.6%Emergency University830 · 14.1%Guardant (United States)371 · 6.3%46 others listed2,934 · 49.9%

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

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×
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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 Redwood City?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 Tumor Microenvironment.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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
  1. Epidemiology92▲ 1.64×119 topics
  2. Targeted Therapy68▲ 21×5 topics
  3. Cancer57▲ 3.0×48 topics
  4. Machine Learning53◆ 1.15×61 topics
  5. Deep Learning53◆ 1.08×66 topics
  6. Genomic Instability47▲ 30×3 topics
  7. Inflammation46▲ 1.57×72 topics
  8. Cell-Free DNA46▲ 33×2 topics
  9. Cancer Genomics45▲ 43×1 topic
  10. Mutational Signatures45▲ 43×1 topic
  11. Somatic Mutations45▲ 38×2 topics
  12. Chemotherapy41▲ 4.1×24 topics
  13. Tumor Microenvironment41▲ 6.5×8 topics
  14. Gene Expression40▲ 4.6×17 topics
  15. Immunotherapy38▲ 3.8×19 topics
  16. Clinical Trials37▲ 3.9×16 topics
  17. Cancer Therapy36▲ 4.4×18 topics
  18. Precision Medicine31▲ 4.7×7 topics
  19. Biomarkers24▲ 2.5×16 topics
  20. Immunity22▲ 3.9×10 topics
  21. Breast Cancer22▲ 6.5×11 topics
  22. Cancer Risk21▲ 6.7×8 topics
  23. RNA-Seq19▲ 12×2 topics
  24. Treatment Guidelines19▲ 6.3×7 topics
  25. Genomic Profiling19▲ 13×2 topics
  26. Genetic Testing18▲ 11×3 topics
  27. Cancer Immunotherapy17▲ 7.7×3 topics
  28. Molecular Characterization16▲ 6.5×6 topics
  29. Cancer Progression16▲ 6.1×5 topics
  30. Data Integration16▲ 6.7×4 topics
  31. Immune Checkpoint Blockade16▲ 10×1 topic
  32. PD-1 and PD-L116▲ 10×1 topic
  33. Resistance Mechanisms16▲ 13×2 topics
  34. ALK Inhibitors15▲ 17×1 topic
  35. EGFR Mutations15▲ 17×1 topic
  36. Transcriptional Regulation15▲ 6.7×8 topics
  37. Mutation15▲ 5.6×5 topics
  38. Neuropathic Pain14▲ 15×3 topics
  39. Single-Cell14▲ 22×1 topic
  40. Transcriptomics14▲ 22×1 topic

What research is done in Redwood City?

  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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