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Research in San Diego

Science Explorer records 413 research institutions in San Diego, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of California San Diego, Scripps Research Institute and UC San Diego Health System.

Research institutions
413
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
287k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
13.6M
47.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
20.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
San Diego

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 San Diego?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of California San DiegoUniversity 170,739 #29
2San Diego State UniversityUniversity 25,904 #869
3Scripps Research InstituteNonprofit 22,666 #457
4Scripps HealthHospital / health system 10,048 #2,516
5University of San DiegoUniversity 8,755 #1,103
6General Atomics (United States)Company 4,630 #7,032
7UC San Diego Health SystemHospital / health system 3,747 #833
8Alliant International UniversityUniversity 2,838 #7,066
9Qualcomm (United States)Company 2,401 #10,413
10La Jolla Institute for ImmunologyNonprofit 2,312 #2,177
11Torrey Pines Institute For Molecular StudiesNonprofit 1,769 #7,451
12La Jolla Bioengineering InstituteNonprofit 1,646 #1,481
13Tanabe Research LaboratoriesResearch facility 1,192 #34,821 all time
14Illumina (United States)Company 1,137 #4,364
15Burn InstituteNonprofit 1,052 #20,934
16Point Loma Nazarene UniversityUniversity 969 #7,246
17California Western School of LawUniversity 946 #12,176 all time
18Women’s Health CareHospital / health system 913 #18,343
19BiocomNonprofit 906 #8,558
20San Diego Cardiac CenterResearch facility 775 #19,939
21Zoological Society of San DiegoNonprofit 767 #21,699
22Space Micro (United States)Company 744 #13,832
23Building Engineering and Science TalentInstitution 744 #15,112
24Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging InitiativeNonprofit 741 #11,639
25Maxwell Technologies (United States)Company 695 #13,858 all time
26Thomas Jefferson School of LawUniversity 675 #18,229
27The University of Arizona Global CampusUniversity 648 #13,017
28Neurocrine Biosciences (United States)Company 625 #21,475
29Northcentral UniversityUniversity 598 #17,062
30Southern States UniversityUniversity 579 #12,421
31AntiCancer (United States)Company 579 #19,105 all time
32NewSchool of Architecture and DesignUniversity 570 #12,426 all time
33EP Analytics (United States)Company 553 #7,182
34Therapeutics Clinical ResearchResearch facility 546 #19,846
35Proteogenomics Research Institute for Systems MedicineNonprofit 545 #12,195
36Human Longevity (United States)Company 495 #3,514
37Sharp Memorial HospitalHospital / health system 480 #10,874 all time
38West HealthHospital / health system 446 #16,754
39Information Systems Laboratories (United States)Company 434 #20,986
40Abterra Biosciences (United States)Company 423 #14,454
41Ligand Pharmaceuticals (United States)Company 411 #25,980 all time
42ResearchWorks (United States)Company 388 #15,796
43Predictive Science (United States)Company 383 #13,691
44Sharp HealthCare FoundationHospital / health system 373 #18,903 all time
45San Diego Natural History MuseumArchive 354 #21,557 all time
46Agouron InstituteNonprofit 352 #19,169 all time
47Hydrologic Research CenterNonprofit 351 #28,703 all time
48Cosmetic Laser DermatologyHospital / health system 333 #16,652 all time
49COI Ceramics (United States)Company 320 #25,100 all time
50Acadia Pharmaceuticals (United States)Company 310 #21,391
51Natural Selection (United States)Company 293 #16,250 all time
52Coleman UniversityUniversity 292 #10,033 all time
53Sequenom (United States)Company 266 #25,390 all time
54ATA Engineering (United States)Company 266 #18,033
55Fate Therapeutics (United States)Company 263 #22,131
56Health and Human Services AgencyGovernment institution 258 #18,884 all time
57Lockheed Martin Orincon (United States)Company 257 #20,962 all time
58Fleet Science CenterArchive 249 #12,243 all time
59Arena Pharmaceuticals (United States)Company 237 #31,280 all time
60Xenobe Research InstituteNonprofit 230 #19,871 all time

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.

University of California San Diego: 60.2%San Diego State University: 9.1%Scripps Research Institute: 8.0%Scripps Health: 3.5%56 others listed: 19.1%60%largest
University of California San Diego171k · 60.2%San Diego State University26k · 9.1%Scripps Research Institute23k · 8.0%Scripps Health10k · 3.5%56 others listed54k · 19.1%

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

Which fields of science does San Diego work in?

In 2022-now, 33% of research in San Diego is in Health Sciences, 30% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (30%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (11%), Engineering (10%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 13k fractional works · 33.3% of its workMedicine: 12k fractional works · 30.0% of its workSurgery: 1,318 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1,005 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 963 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOncology: 809 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 758 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 756 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 697 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 590 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 515 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 452 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 391 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 338 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 330 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 295 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 266 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 238 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 203 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 189 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 182 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 172 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 163 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 153 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 146 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 133 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 132 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 105 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 104 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 89 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 83 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 83 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 488 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1,105 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 663 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 98 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 83 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 260 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 133 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 114 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 63 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 38 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 12k fractional works · 30.4% of its workEngineering: 4,138 fractional works · 10.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1,092 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 767 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 468 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 332 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 300 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 234 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 207 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 151 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 142 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 117 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 92 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 85 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 150 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 2,880 fractional works · 7.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1,033 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 440 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 343 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 323 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 249 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 146 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 100 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 95 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 86 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 66 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1,342 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 398 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 356 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 237 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 170 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 88 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 93 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1,266 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEcology: 320 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 254 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 210 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 110 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 100 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 272 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 719 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOceanography: 292 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 171 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 140 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 116 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 693 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 392 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 100 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 201 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 565 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 140 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 90 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeometry and Topology: 90 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 246 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 531 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 303 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 93 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 135 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 116 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 105 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 63 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 7,449 fractional works · 18.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4,387 fractional works · 10.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 2,664 fractional works · 6.6% of its workGenetics: 614 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCancer Research: 312 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 274 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiotechnology: 129 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 112 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 281 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 1,542 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 715 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 356 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 189 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 93 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 189 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 836 fractional works · 2.1% of its workImmunology: 655 fractional works · 1.6% of its workVirology: 84 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 97 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 538 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 215 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 96 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 227 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 147 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 7,250 fractional works · 17.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 3,093 fractional works · 7.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1,037 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEducation: 486 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 378 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 175 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 167 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 153 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 92 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDemography: 87 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnthropology: 86 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 81 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 351 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 1,878 fractional works · 4.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 712 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 454 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 363 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 211 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 116 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 691 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhilosophy: 165 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 104 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 422 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 606 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 131 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 116 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 112 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 90 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 156 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 594 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 458 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 87 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 388 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 174 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 128 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 86 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSan Diego40kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences30%Health Sciences33%Social Sciences18%

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. Medicine12k30.0%
    2. Health Professions1,1052.7%
    3. Nursing1330.3%
    4. Dentistry630.2%
    5. Veterinary380.1%
    1. Engineering4,13810.2%
    2. Computer Science2,8807.1%
    3. Physics and Astronomy1,3423.3%
    4. Environmental Science1,2663.1%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences7191.8%
    6. Materials Science6931.7%
    7. Mathematics5651.4%
    8. Chemistry5311.3%
    9. Energy1160.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering630.2%
  3. Life Sciences7,44918.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4,38710.8%
    2. Neuroscience1,5423.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology8362.1%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5381.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1470.4%
  4. Social Sciences7,25017.9%
    1. Social Sciences3,0937.6%
    2. Psychology1,8784.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities6911.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting6061.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance5941.5%
    6. Decision Sciences3881.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is San Diego strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in San Diego is most concentrated in Aging, Virology and Developmental Biology (4.7× the world share in Aging).

  1. AgingSubfield · 40.2 works4.7×
  2. VirologySubfield · 72.0 works3.5×
  3. Developmental BiologySubfield · 25.3 works3.2×
  4. Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSubfield · 306.0 works2.8×
  5. OceanographySubfield · 271.7 works2.7×
  6. Endocrine and Autonomic SystemsSubfield · 79.8 works2.6×
  7. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 457.5 works2.6×
← 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: 0.28× its world share, 470 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.99× its world share, 3,758 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.03× its world share, 724 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.33× its world share, 1,339 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.01× its world share, 126 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.44× its world share, 55 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.81× its world share, 451 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.89× its world share, 2,453 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 639 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.32× its world share, 105 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.70× its world share, 3,714 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.63× its world share, 1,116 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.48× its world share, 596 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.22× its world share, 508 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.48× its world share, 1,171 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.30× its world share, 52 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.06× its world share, 994 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.56× its world share, 11k worksMedicineNursing: 0.66× its world share, 116 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.64× its world share, 31 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.61× its world share, 621 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.47× its world share, 533 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 334 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.70× its world share, 534 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.52× its world share, 1,642 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 2,754 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience2.33×1,339 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.03×724 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.99×3,758 works
  4. Medicine1.56×11k works
  5. Psychology1.52×1,642 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.48×1,171 works
  7. Mathematics1.22×508 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.15×639 works
  9. Health Professions1.06×994 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.01×126 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.97×334 works
  12. Computer Science0.89×2,453 works
  13. Chemistry0.81×451 works
  14. Engineering0.70×3,714 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.70×534 works
  16. Nursing0.66×116 works
  17. Veterinary0.64×31 works
  18. Environmental Science0.63×1,116 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.61×621 works
  20. Social Sciences0.61×2,754 works
  21. Materials Science0.48×596 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.47×533 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.44×55 works
  24. Energy0.32×105 works
  25. Dentistry0.30×52 works
  26. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.28×470 works

Which keywords describe research in San Diego?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Cancer, Mental Health and Cardiovascular Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology2,381▲ 1.48×137 topics
  2. Inflammation1,326▲ 1.54×83 topics
  3. Deep Learning1,256◆ 0.90×84 topics
  4. Machine Learning1,253◆ 0.93×93 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress982▲ 1.47×62 topics
  6. Climate Change855▼ 0.78×117 topics
  7. Mental Health806▲ 1.39×48 topics
  8. Cancer791▲ 1.45×59 topics
  9. Treatment732▲ 1.49×52 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Disease719▲ 1.56×39 topics
  11. Risk Factors684▲ 1.54×37 topics
  12. Quality of Life681▲ 1.16×58 topics
  13. Public Health668◆ 1.13×70 topics
  14. Neural Networks599◆ 0.96×40 topics
  15. Depression583▲ 1.64×26 topics
  16. Biomarkers575▲ 2.0×18 topics
  17. Immunotherapy554▲ 1.89×19 topics
  18. Metabolic Syndrome546▲ 1.66×24 topics
  19. Neurological Disorders538▲ 2.3×20 topics
  20. Genetics527▲ 1.84×27 topics
  21. Aging504▲ 2.3×18 topics
  22. Diagnosis492▲ 1.30×41 topics
  23. Obesity426▲ 1.36×28 topics
  24. Management423▲ 1.31×38 topics
  25. Clinical Trials421▲ 1.56×19 topics
  26. Mortality387▲ 1.68×13 topics
  27. Immune Response382▲ 1.66×23 topics
  28. Gene Expression376▲ 1.48×20 topics
  29. Cancer Therapy369▲ 1.60×20 topics
  30. Insulin Resistance356▲ 1.94×10 topics
  31. Neuroimaging353▲ 3.2×11 topics
  32. Neurodegeneration342▲ 2.8×11 topics
  33. Genetic Mutations335▲ 1.89×23 topics
  34. Immunity326▲ 1.99×11 topics
  35. Neuroinflammation324▲ 2.8×6 topics
  36. Prevalence314▲ 1.90×15 topics
  37. Alzheimer's Disease303▲ 2.7×9 topics
  38. Innate Immunity297▲ 2.3×11 topics
  39. Neurobiology268▲ 2.5×10 topics
  40. Cancer Immunotherapy230▲ 3.7×3 topics

What research is done in San Diego?

Dementia and Cognitive I…153Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 153 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosp…117Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 117 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 106 fractional worksRNA and protein synthesis mechanisms: 99 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 98 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 98 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 94 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and…91Immune Cell Function and Interaction: 91 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 89 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity Measurements: 88 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthAstronomy and AstrophysicsOncologyMolecular Biology5 others

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

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 153 works
  2. 2 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 117 works
  3. 3 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 106 works
  4. 4 RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms Molecular Biology 99 works
  5. 5 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 98 works
  6. 6 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 98 works
  7. 7 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 94 works
  8. 8 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 91 works
  9. 9 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 89 works
  10. 10 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 88 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%San Diego18.4% 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 33.5% in 2009.

Questions people ask

What are the best universities in San Diego for research?

Science Explorer records 413 research institutions in San Diego, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of California San Diego, Scripps Research Institute and UC San Diego Health System.

Which research institutions are in San Diego?
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