Research in San Luis Obispo
Science Explorer records 16 research institutions in San Luis Obispo, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are California Polytechnic State University and Cal Poly Corporation.
- Research institutions
- 16 2 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 9.9k ▲ 26% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 13.8% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in San Luis Obispo?
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
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What is San Luis Obispo strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in San Luis Obispo is most concentrated in Media Technology (7.2× the world share in Media Technology).
- Media TechnologySubfield · 36.5 works7.2×
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 Luis Obispo?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Engineering Education, STEM Education, Lifelong Learning, Globalization, Assessment Methods, Student Engagement and Innovation.
- Integrated First-Year Curriculum
- Transcriptome Analysis
- Open Innovation
- Ecosystem
- Biomedical Engineering
- Ecosystem Resilience
- Habitat Fragmentation
- Remote Laboratories
- Control System
- Outcome-Based Education
- Professional Skills
- Assessment Methods
- Invasive Species
- Student Engagement
- Mental Health
- Curriculum Development
- Innovation
- Education
- Globalization
- Machine Learning
- Climate Change
- Sustainability
- Engineering Education
- Deep Learning
- STEM Education
- Biodiversity
- Remote Sensing
- Higher Education
- Lifelong Learning
- Conservation
- Accreditation
- Distance Learning
- Entrepreneurship
- Virtual Labs
- Project-Based Learning
- Career Development
- Social Cognitive Theory
- Grapevine
- Data Science
- Hands-On Learning
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
- Climate Change99▲ 2.3×72 topics
- Machine Learning55◆ 1.04×62 topics
- Sustainability54▲ 1.37×59 topics
- Globalization53▲ 1.66×56 topics
- Engineering Education48▲ 33×4 topics
- Education42▲ 1.53×41 topics
- Deep Learning40▼ 0.73×54 topics
- Innovation40▲ 2.3×30 topics
- STEM Education37▲ 5.0×8 topics
- Curriculum Development33▲ 2.9×7 topics
- Biodiversity33▲ 2.7×21 topics
- Mental Health30▲ 1.27×29 topics
- Remote Sensing29▲ 1.44×22 topics
- Student Engagement29▲ 4.4×12 topics
- Higher Education25▲ 2.9×18 topics
- Invasive Species25▲ 3.6×14 topics
- Lifelong Learning24▲ 7.4×8 topics
- Assessment Methods23▲ 13×3 topics
- Conservation23▲ 3.3×17 topics
- Professional Skills20▲ 37×2 topics
- Accreditation19▲ 44×1 topic
- Outcome-Based Education19▲ 44×1 topic
- Distance Learning18▲ 3.2×4 topics
- Control System17▲ 20×3 topics
- Entrepreneurship17▲ 2.7×10 topics
- Remote Laboratories17▲ 35×1 topic
- Virtual Labs17▲ 35×1 topic
- Habitat Fragmentation15▲ 4.2×4 topics
- Project-Based Learning15▲ 25×3 topics
- Ecosystem Resilience13▲ 5.3×5 topics
- Career Development12▲ 6.7×5 topics
- Biomedical Engineering12▲ 5.0×2 topics
- Social Cognitive Theory11▲ 16×2 topics
- Ecosystem11▲ 6.4×2 topics
- Grapevine11▲ 17×2 topics
- Open Innovation11▲ 11×2 topics
- Data Science11▲ 6.1×2 topics
- Transcriptome Analysis10▲ 9.9×2 topics
- Hands-On Learning10▲ 68×1 topic
- Integrated First-Year Curriculum10▲ 68×1 topic
What research is done in San Luis Obispo?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Engineering Education and Curriculum Development Media Technology 19 works
- 2 Experimental Learning in Engineering Media Technology 17 works
- 3 Engineering Education and Pedagogy Architecture 10 works
- 4 Horticultural and Viticultural Research Plant Science 9 works
- 5 Biomedical and Engineering Education Biomedical Engineering 9 works
- 6 Career Development and Diversity Safety Research 9 works
- 7 Statistics Education and Methodologies Statistics and Probability 8 works
- 8 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 8 works
- 9 Higher Education Research Studies Education 7 works
- 10 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 6 works
Research output over time
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