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Research in Sacramento

Science Explorer records 99 research institutions in Sacramento, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Methodist Hospital, University of California Davis Medical Center and California State University, Sacramento.

Research institutions
99
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
38k
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
15.2%
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 Sacramento?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of California Davis Medical CenterHospital / health system 7,523 #4,951
2Methodist HospitalHospital / health system 6,544 #2,931
3California State University, SacramentoUniversity 6,385 #6,648
4California Department of EducationGovernment institution 1,278 #23,832
5California Health and Human Services AgencyGovernment institution 1,190 #4,917 all time
6California Department of Public HealthGovernment institution 1,114 #9,680
7California Department of Fish and WildlifeGovernment institution 1,020 #18,413
8California Department of Food and AgricultureGovernment institution 960 #23,550
9UC Davis HealthHospital / health system 944 #9,268
10California Department of TransportationGovernment institution 906 #25,595
11VA Northern California Health Care SystemHospital / health system 848 #12,712
12Sutter HealthHospital / health system 748 #12,856
13California Environmental Protection AgencyGovernment institution 573 #20,658
14California Department of Parks and RecreationGovernment institution 489 #23,031 all time
15Shriners Hospitals for Children - Northern CaliforniaHospital / health system 482 #20,624
16Community LinkNonprofit 477 #24,557
17California Air Resources BoardGovernment institution 424 #8,747 all time
18Sutter Medical CenterHospital / health system 375 #22,391
19Sacramento City CollegeUniversity 365 #23,344 all time
20Northern California ResearchResearch facility 351 #24,202 all time
21College TrackUniversity 343 #17,086 all time
22UC Davis Children's HospitalHospital / health system 341 #21,723
23SearchNonprofit 327 #24,156 all time
24California Department of Pesticide RegulationGovernment institution 294 #27,793 all time
25Harm Reduction ServicesInstitution 286 #20,730
26California Earthquake AuthorityFunder 272 #38,171 all time
27California Department of Health Care ServicesGovernment institution 239 #25,408 all time
28Sierra Engineering (United States)Company 220 #31,215 all time
29Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical CenterHospital / health system 210 #30,805 all time
30California Native Plant SocietyNonprofit 186 #40,167 all time
31California Energy CommissionGovernment institution 180 #21,566 all time
32State of CaliforniaGovernment institution 179 #29,855 all time
33M Corp (United States)Company 163 #31,975 all time
34California Department of ConservationGovernment institution 161 #37,153 all time
35California Department of Toxic Substances ControlGovernment institution 129 #29,133 all time
36Carrington CollegeUniversity 98 not ranked
37Kaiser Permanente South Sacramento Medical CenterHospital / health system 98 not ranked
38Capital Allergy and Respiratory Disease CenterHospital / health system 89 not ranked
39Mercy General HospitalHospital / health system 89 not ranked
40Vacuum Process Engineering (United States)Company 87 not ranked
41Center for Dermatology and Laser SurgeryHospital / health system 76 not ranked
42American River CollegeUniversity 74 not ranked
43Sutter Institute for Medical ResearchHospital / health system 71 not ranked
44California Community Colleges SystemUniversity 68 not ranked
45California Psychological AssociationNonprofit 64 not ranked
46TDIC (United States)Company 60 not ranked
47Harbage ConsultingHospital / health system 51 not ranked
48California State LibraryArchive 42 not ranked
49Lucent Optics (United States)Company 42 not ranked
50California Public Interest Research GroupNonprofit 42 not ranked
51Local Government CommissionGovernment institution 40 not ranked
52Sacramento City Unified School DistrictUniversity 40 not ranked
53California Consortium of Addiction Programs and ProfessionalsNonprofit 38 not ranked
54California Hospital AssociationHospital / health system 34 not ranked
55MTI CollegeUniversity 31 not ranked
56Sacramento County Office of EducationGovernment institution 22 not ranked
57California Institute for Behavioral Health SolutionsNonprofit 21 not ranked
58Breathe California of Sacramento Emigrant TrailsNonprofit 21 not ranked
59Epic Bible CollegeUniversity 15 not ranked
60Los Rios Community College DistrictUniversity 14 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.

University of California Davis Medical Center: 19.9%Methodist Hospital: 17.3%California State University, Sacramento: 16.9%California Department of Education: 3.4%56 others listed: 42.6%20%largest
University of California Davis Medical Center7,523 · 19.9%Methodist Hospital6,544 · 17.3%California State University, Sacramento6,385 · 16.9%California Department of Education1,278 · 3.4%56 others listed16k · 42.6%

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

What is Sacramento strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Sacramento is most concentrated in Transplantation, Emergency Medicine and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine (9.8× the world share in Transplantation).

  1. TransplantationSubfield · 23.5 works9.8×
  2. Emergency MedicineSubfield · 55.2 works4.2×
  3. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 227.6 works4.0×
  4. SurgerySubfield · 433.7 works3.4×
  5. HepatologySubfield · 35.5 works3.4×
  6. Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineSubfield · 27.1 works3.4×
← 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.

Which keywords describe research in Sacramento?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Risk Factors, Quality of Life, Echocardiography, Inflammation and Mortality.

▲ 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. Epidemiology507▲ 2.4×132 topics
  2. Inflammation178▲ 1.59×80 topics
  3. Treatment173▲ 2.6×50 topics
  4. Climate Change161◆ 1.11×87 topics
  5. Quality of Life158▲ 2.0×56 topics
  6. Risk Factors157▲ 2.6×36 topics
  7. Diagnosis152▲ 3.0×41 topics
  8. Public Health144▲ 1.84×58 topics
  9. Mental Health114▲ 1.44×42 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease113▲ 1.88×35 topics
  11. Mortality107▲ 3.5×13 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress106▲ 1.20×58 topics
  13. Management98▲ 2.3×34 topics
  14. Guidelines96▲ 3.8×13 topics
  15. Heart Failure96▲ 4.1×13 topics
  16. Immunotherapy96▲ 2.5×19 topics
  17. Chemotherapy92▲ 2.5×24 topics
  18. Echocardiography89▲ 6.1×8 topics
  19. Complications88▲ 3.2×17 topics
  20. Clinical Practice Guidelines80▲ 2.7×14 topics
  21. Clinical Trials78▲ 2.2×19 topics
  22. Genetic Mutations75▲ 3.2×23 topics
  23. Biomarkers72▲ 1.95×18 topics
  24. Genetics71▲ 1.89×27 topics
  25. Rehabilitation70▲ 3.3×12 topics
  26. Invasive Species70▲ 3.0×20 topics
  27. Neurological Disorders65▲ 2.1×19 topics
  28. Radiotherapy63▲ 3.0×13 topics
  29. Surgical Management62▲ 2.8×20 topics
  30. Prognostic Factors61▲ 2.6×14 topics
  31. Myocardial Infarction56▲ 4.5×7 topics
  32. Primary Care56▲ 2.8×14 topics
  33. Patient Satisfaction52▲ 3.0×9 topics
  34. Chronic Kidney Disease52▲ 4.0×9 topics
  35. Magnetic Resonance Imaging50▲ 3.6×7 topics
  36. Mortality Risk49▲ 3.8×6 topics
  37. Resuscitation43▲ 6.2×4 topics
  38. Immunosuppressive Therapy43▲ 4.3×8 topics
  39. Transplantation41▲ 7.5×4 topics
  40. Graft Survival35▲ 8.0×3 topics

What research is done in Sacramento?

Cardiac Valve Diseases a…31Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 31 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…24Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 24 fractional worksTransplantation: Methods and Outcomes: 22 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 22 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 21 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 20 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 20 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …19Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 19 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 19 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 18 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 31 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 24 works
  3. 3 Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes Surgery 22 works
  4. 4 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 22 works
  5. 5 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 21 works
  6. 6 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 20 works
  7. 7 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 20 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 19 works
  9. 9 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 19 works
  10. 10 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 18 works

Research output over time

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