Research in Santa Barbara

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.

Relative to its size, research in Santa Barbara is most concentrated in Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and History and Philosophy of Science (8.5× the world share in Condensed Matter Physics).

1. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 99.9 works8.5×
2. Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield · 236.8 works4.5×
3. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 43.8 works3.9×
4. Physics and AstronomyField · 629.3 works3.9×

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.

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Nanowires, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Integrated Circuits, Neural Networks, Band Parameters and Globalization.

1. 1 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 60 works
2. 2 GaN-based semiconductor devices and materials Condensed Matter Physics 41 works
3. 3 Black Holes and Theoretical Physics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 33 works
4. 4 Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 32 works
5. 5 Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 31 works
6. 6 Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 28 works
7. 7 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 28 works
8. 8 Ga2O3 and related materials Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 27 works
9. 9 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 27 works
10. 10 Semiconductor materials and devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 26 works