Research in San Francisco
Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in San Francisco, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute.
- Research institutions
- 2 1 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 3.8k ▲ 35% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 21.9% 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 San Francisco?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research InstituteNonprofit | 3,676 | #7,335 | |
| 2 | Uber AI (United States)Company | 144 | #27,578 all time |
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.
What is San Francisco strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in San Francisco is most concentrated in Ophthalmology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Cognitive Neuroscience (64.7× the world share in Ophthalmology).
- OphthalmologySubfield · 65.8 works65×
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 43.8 works13×
- Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 30.9 works11×
- NeuroscienceField · 48.9 works7.9×
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 San Francisco?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Macular Degeneration, Glaucoma, Diabetic Retinopathy, Optic Nerve, Intraocular Pressure, Epidemiology, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Optical Coherence Tomography.
- Inflammatory Cytokines
- Retinal Disease
- Corneal Regeneration
- Stem Cell Therapy
- Retinitis Pigmentosa
- Wound Healing
- Visual Perception
- Neural Processing
- Refractive Error
- Global Prevalence
- Visual Field Progression
- Retinal Ganglion Cells
- Choroidal Thickness
- Myopia
- Neurodegeneration
- Optical Coherence Tomography
- Oxidative Stress
- Optic Nerve
- Inflammation
- Macular Degeneration
- Epidemiology
- Glaucoma
- Diabetic Retinopathy
- Intraocular Pressure
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor
- Deep Learning
- Intravitreal Injection
- Risk Factors
- Retinal Pigment Epithelium
- Ocular Hypertension
- Visual Impairment
- Childhood Myopia
- Cortical Connectivity
- Perceptual Learning
- Gene Therapy
- Retinal Stem Cells
- Tissue Engineering
- Cardiovascular Risk
- Limbal Stem Cells
- Vessel Segmentation
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
- Epidemiology43▲ 2.9×46 topics
- Macular Degeneration43▲ 93×3 topics
- Glaucoma33▲ 59×4 topics
- Inflammation33▲ 4.2×44 topics
- Diabetic Retinopathy30▲ 81×2 topics
- Optic Nerve29▲ 78×2 topics
- Intraocular Pressure28▲ 88×2 topics
- Oxidative Stress28▲ 4.5×30 topics
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor25▲ 79×3 topics
- Optical Coherence Tomography25▲ 64×3 topics
- Deep Learning24▲ 1.84×41 topics
- Neurodegeneration24▲ 21×9 topics
- Intravitreal Injection24▲ 91×2 topics
- Myopia21▲ 95×2 topics
- Risk Factors21▲ 5.0×9 topics
- Choroidal Thickness20▲ 99×1 topic
- Retinal Pigment Epithelium20▲ 99×1 topic
- Retinal Ganglion Cells19▲ 45×3 topics
- Ocular Hypertension18▲ 94×1 topic
- Visual Field Progression18▲ 94×1 topic
- Visual Impairment16▲ 90×2 topics
- Global Prevalence16▲ 46×2 topics
- Childhood Myopia15▲ 108×1 topic
- Refractive Error15▲ 108×1 topic
- Cortical Connectivity15▲ 96×2 topics
- Neural Processing15▲ 64×2 topics
- Perceptual Learning15▲ 78×1 topic
- Visual Perception15▲ 158×1 topic
- Gene Therapy14▲ 19×5 topics
- Wound Healing13▲ 13×10 topics
- Retinal Stem Cells12▲ 149×1 topic
- Retinitis Pigmentosa12▲ 149×1 topic
- Tissue Engineering12▲ 5.4×10 topics
- Stem Cell Therapy11▲ 33×3 topics
- Cardiovascular Risk11▲ 9.3×4 topics
- Corneal Regeneration11▲ 114×1 topic
- Limbal Stem Cells11▲ 114×1 topic
- Retinal Disease11▲ 57×1 topic
- Vessel Segmentation11▲ 60×1 topic
- Inflammatory Cytokines11▲ 34×2 topics
What research is done in San Francisco?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 20 works
- 2 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 18 works
- 3 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 15 works
- 4 Visual perception and processing mechanisms Cognitive Neuroscience 15 works
- 5 Retinal Development and Disorders Molecular Biology 12 works
- 6 Corneal Surgery and Treatments Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 11 works
- 7 Retinal Imaging and Analysis Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 11 works
- 8 Ocular Surface and Contact Lens Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 10 works
- 9 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 10 works
- 10 Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome Ophthalmology 7 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.