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Research in Santa Cruz

Science Explorer records 26 research institutions in Santa Cruz, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County Office of Education and Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies.

Research institutions
26
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
33k
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.5M
47.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
24.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Santa Cruz

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 Santa Cruz?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of California, Santa CruzUniversity 31,744 #339
2Santa Cruz County Office of EducationGovernment institution 525 #13,551
3Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic StudiesUniversity 103 #18,129
4Dominican HospitalHospital / health system 69 not ranked
5Albion (United States)Company 48 not ranked
6Monarch Media (United States)Company 46 not ranked
7Five Branches UniversityUniversity 44 not ranked
8Dovetail Genomics (United States)Company 38 not ranked
9SomaGenics (United States)Company 27 not ranked
10Life LabNonprofit 25 not ranked
11Artwork Conversion Software (United States)Company 22 not ranked
12Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in ScienceInstitution 7 not ranked
13New Teacher CenterNonprofit 6 not ranked
14American Society for Theatre ResearchNonprofit 6 not ranked
15Ecology ActionNonprofit 5 not ranked
16Community Agroecology NetworkNonprofit 4 not ranked
17Healthcare Education AssociatesNonprofit 4 not ranked
18Coastal Watershed CouncilNonprofit 3 not ranked
19Shared AdventuresNonprofit 2 not ranked
20Organic Farming Research FoundationNonprofit 2 not ranked
21Neutron Scattering Society of AmericaResearch facility 2 not ranked
22International Society of Indoor Air Quality and ClimateNonprofit 1 not ranked
23TLC FoundationNonprofit 1 not ranked
24Learning in Motion (United States)Company 1 not ranked
25California FarmLinkUniversity 1 not ranked
26Family Service Agency of the Central CoastInstitution 1 not ranked

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, Santa Cruz: 97.0%Santa Cruz County Office of Education: 1.6%Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies: 0.3%Dominican Hospital: 0.2%22 others listed: 0.9%97%largest
University of California, Santa Cruz32k · 97.0%Santa Cruz County Office of Education525 · 1.6%Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies103 · 0.3%Dominican Hospital69 · 0.2%22 others listed296 · 0.9%

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

Which fields of science does Santa Cruz work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research in Santa Cruz is in Physical Sciences, 27% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (14%), Computer Science (12%), Physics and Astronomy (10%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 2,274 fractional works · 50.4% of its workComputer Science: 552 fractional works · 12.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 206 fractional works · 4.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 94 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 66 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 52 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 39 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 434 fractional works · 9.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 221 fractional works · 4.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 73 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 54 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInstrumentation: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 422 fractional works · 9.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 161 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 63 fractional works · 1.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 60 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 376 fractional works · 8.3% of its workEcology: 140 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 85 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 43 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 222 fractional works · 4.9% of its workOceanography: 77 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeophysics: 54 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 52 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPaleontology: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 90 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeometry and Topology: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 82 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 52 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 52 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 35 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,228 fractional works · 27.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 648 fractional works · 14.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 242 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEducation: 81 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 74 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAnthropology: 47 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 40 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 202 fractional works · 4.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 34 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 199 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 62 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 50 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 43 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 94 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 64 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFinance: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 46 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 39 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 708 fractional works · 15.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 376 fractional works · 8.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 229 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGenetics: 63 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCancer Research: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 162 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPlant Science: 57 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 42 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 132 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 81 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 30 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 302 fractional works · 6.7% of its workMedicine: 246 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 70 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 43 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSanta Cruz4,513fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences50%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences27%

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. Computer Science55212.2%
    2. Physics and Astronomy4349.6%
    3. Engineering4229.4%
    4. Environmental Science3768.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences2224.9%
    6. Mathematics902.0%
    7. Materials Science821.8%
    8. Chemistry521.2%
    9. Energy350.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering90.2%
  2. Social Sciences1,22827.2%
    1. Social Sciences64814.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities2024.5%
    3. Psychology1994.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance942.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting461.0%
    6. Decision Sciences390.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3768.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1623.6%
    3. Neuroscience1322.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology280.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics100.2%
    1. Medicine2465.4%
    2. Health Professions431.0%
    3. Nursing90.2%
    4. Veterinary30.1%
    5. Dentistry10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Santa Cruz strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Santa Cruz is most concentrated in Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Oceanography (14.2× the world share in Instrumentation).

  1. InstrumentationSubfield · 28.3 works14×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 203.2 works9.8×
  3. OceanographySubfield · 67.9 works6.0×
  4. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 67.4 works5.3×
← 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: 0.76× its world share, 144 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.47× its world share, 314 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.62× its world share, 25 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.78× its world share, 115 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.57× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.52× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.73× its world share, 46 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.55× its world share, 484 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.07× its world share, 193 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.77× its world share, 28 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.64× its world share, 381 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.68× its world share, 334 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.54× its world share, 75 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.74× its world share, 82 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 4.44× its world share, 395 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.38× its world share, 40 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 207 worksMedicineNursing: 0.43× its world share, 8 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.53× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.54× its world share, 178 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.26× its world share, 34 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 37 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.04× its world share, 90 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.50× its world share, 183 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 590 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy4.44×395 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.07×193 works
  3. Neuroscience1.78×115 works
  4. Mathematics1.74×82 works
  5. Environmental Science1.68×334 works
  6. Computer Science1.55×484 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.54×178 works
  8. Psychology1.50×183 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.47×314 works
  10. Social Sciences1.17×590 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.04×90 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.95×37 works
  13. Energy0.77×28 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.76×144 works
  15. Chemistry0.73×46 works
  16. Engineering0.64×381 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.62×25 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.57×8 works
  19. Materials Science0.54×75 works
  20. Veterinary0.53×3 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.52×7 works
  22. Nursing0.43×8 works
  23. Health Professions0.38×40 works
  24. Medicine0.27×207 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.26×34 works
  26. Dentistry0.04×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Santa Cruz?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Population Dynamics, Conservation, Dark Matter, Deep Learning, Globalization, Machine Learning and Star Formation.

▲ 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. Climate Change314▲ 2.6×88 topics
  2. Deep Learning155◆ 0.99×76 topics
  3. Machine Learning147◆ 0.98×77 topics
  4. Globalization120▲ 1.36×81 topics
  5. Neural Networks99▲ 1.42×36 topics
  6. Conservation85▲ 4.4×22 topics
  7. Population Dynamics76▲ 6.6×11 topics
  8. Biodiversity69▲ 2.0×29 topics
  9. Identity63▲ 1.91×44 topics
  10. Colonialism61▲ 2.8×35 topics
  11. Global Warming58▲ 3.0×14 topics
  12. Dark Matter58▲ 11×4 topics
  13. Gender56▲ 2.3×41 topics
  14. Invasive Species56▲ 2.9×18 topics
  15. Social Interaction50▲ 2.9×11 topics
  16. Neoliberalism48▲ 2.9×20 topics
  17. Ecosystem Services46▲ 2.6×11 topics
  18. Star Formation46▲ 18×2 topics
  19. Exoplanets44▲ 24×1 topic
  20. Stellar Astrophysics44▲ 24×1 topic
  21. Acoustic Communication44▲ 19×3 topics
  22. Black Holes40▲ 9.1×3 topics
  23. Habitat Fragmentation39▲ 4.0×5 topics
  24. Predator-Prey Interactions39▲ 11×3 topics
  25. Cosmology38▲ 12×4 topics
  26. Anthropogenic Noise36▲ 28×1 topic
  27. Marine Mammals36▲ 28×1 topic
  28. Ocean Acidification36▲ 10×3 topics
  29. Distributed Systems35▲ 4.5×6 topics
  30. Particle Physics34▲ 10×2 topics
  31. Magnetic Fields33▲ 11×3 topics
  32. Fisheries Sustainability33▲ 8.6×2 topics
  33. Accretion Disks33▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Trophic Cascades32▲ 7.7×2 topics
  35. Supernovae31▲ 8.5×2 topics
  36. Astronomical Instrumentation31▲ 21×1 topic
  37. Spectrograph31▲ 21×1 topic
  38. Solar System Abundances30▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Terrestrial Planets30▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Serotonin26▲ 14×2 topics

What research is done in Santa Cruz?

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 41 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 32 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Scie…28Astro and Planetary Science: 28 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysi…27Astronomy and Astrophysical Research: 27 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 20 fractional worksParticle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 20 fractional worksGalaxies: Formation, Evo…20Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 20 fractional worksPsychedelics and Drug Studies: 20 fractional worksPsychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction: 20 fractional worksMarine and fisheries res…20Marine and fisheries research: 20 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsEcologyInstrumentationNuclear and High Energy Physics3 others

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

  1. 1 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 41 works
  2. 2 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 32 works
  3. 3 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 28 works
  4. 4 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 27 works
  5. 5 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 20 works
  6. 6 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 20 works
  7. 7 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 20 works
  8. 8 Psychedelics and Drug Studies Clinical Psychology 20 works
  9. 9 Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction Social Psychology 20 works
  10. 10 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 20 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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%Santa Cruz23.5% 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 39.7% in 2008.

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