Research in South San Francisco
Science Explorer records 42 research institutions in South San Francisco, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Sunesis (United States), Atara Biotherapeutics (United States) and Rapt Therapeutics (United States).
- Research institutions
- 42 3 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 4.1k ▲ 42% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 15.7% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in South San Francisco?
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
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.
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What is South San Francisco strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in South San Francisco is most concentrated in Oncology, Immunology and Immunology and Microbiology (11.0× the world share in Oncology).
- OncologySubfield · 112.8 works11×
- ImmunologySubfield · 67.3 works11×
- Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 71.1 works7.8×
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 South San Francisco?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Immunotherapy, Cancer Immunotherapy, Tumor Regression, Lymphoma, Leukemia, CAR T Cells, Chimeric Antigen Receptor and Cancer.
- Transcriptional Regulation
- Antigen Presentation
- TGF-ß
- Immune Checkpoint Blockade
- NK Cell Recognition
- Prognostic Factors
- Targeted Therapy
- Chemotherapy
- Neurodegeneration
- Clinical Trials
- Antibody Engineering
- Treatment
- Therapeutic Antibodies
- Tumor Microenvironment
- Genetic Mutations
- Epidemiology
- Chimeric Antigen Receptor
- Leukemia
- Inflammation
- Cancer Immunotherapy
- Immunotherapy
- Tumor Regression
- Lymphoma
- CAR T Cells
- Cancer
- Oxidative Stress
- Monoclonal Antibodies
- Glycosylation
- Biomarkers
- Innate Immunity
- Fc Receptors
- Cancer Therapy
- Immunity
- Angiogenesis
- Heart Failure
- Gene Therapy
- Natural Killer Cells
- PD-1 and PD-L1
- Genomic Profiling
- Dendritic Cells
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
- Immunotherapy82▲ 13×19 topics
- Cancer Immunotherapy65▲ 47×3 topics
- Tumor Regression56▲ 56×2 topics
- Inflammation55▲ 2.9×72 topics
- Lymphoma54▲ 37×3 topics
- Leukemia51▲ 66×2 topics
- CAR T Cells50▲ 75×1 topic
- Chimeric Antigen Receptor50▲ 75×1 topic
- Cancer49▲ 4.0×41 topics
- Epidemiology43▲ 1.19×88 topics
- Oxidative Stress35▲ 2.4×43 topics
- Genetic Mutations35▲ 9.0×18 topics
- Monoclonal Antibodies34▲ 42×3 topics
- Tumor Microenvironment33▲ 8.1×8 topics
- Glycosylation33▲ 32×3 topics
- Therapeutic Antibodies28▲ 44×2 topics
- Biomarkers27▲ 4.3×16 topics
- Treatment26▲ 2.3×31 topics
- Innate Immunity25▲ 8.7×9 topics
- Antibody Engineering24▲ 48×1 topic
- Fc Receptors24▲ 48×1 topic
- Clinical Trials22▲ 3.7×14 topics
- Cancer Therapy22▲ 4.3×16 topics
- Neurodegeneration22▲ 8.0×11 topics
- Immunity22▲ 6.0×10 topics
- Chemotherapy21▲ 3.3×18 topics
- Angiogenesis20▲ 6.5×14 topics
- Targeted Therapy19▲ 9.5×5 topics
- Heart Failure18▲ 4.6×11 topics
- Prognostic Factors18▲ 4.4×12 topics
- Gene Therapy16▲ 9.3×6 topics
- NK Cell Recognition15▲ 26×1 topic
- Natural Killer Cells15▲ 26×1 topic
- Immune Checkpoint Blockade15▲ 15×1 topic
- PD-1 and PD-L115▲ 15×1 topic
- TGF-ß14▲ 10×4 topics
- Genomic Profiling14▲ 15×2 topics
- Antigen Presentation14▲ 17×2 topics
- Dendritic Cells14▲ 17×2 topics
- Transcriptional Regulation14▲ 9.2×9 topics
What research is done in South San Francisco?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 50 works
- 2 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 24 works
- 3 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 15 works
- 4 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 15 works
- 5 Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 12 works
- 6 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 12 works
- 7 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 10 works
- 8 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 8 works
- 9 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 8 works
- 10 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 8 works
Research output over time
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