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Research in Stanford

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Stanford, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Stanford University, Stanford Health Care and Hoover Institution.

Research institutions
4
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
250k
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
15.3M
61.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
25.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Stanford

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 Stanford?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Stanford UniversityUniversity 264,997 #3
2Stanford Health CareHospital / health system 2,998 #1,192
3Hoover InstitutionResearch facility 1,397 #10,526
4Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of TeachingNonprofit 233 #22,556 all time

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.

Stanford University: 98.3%Stanford Health Care: 1.1%Hoover Institution: 0.5%Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching: 0.1%98%largest
Stanford University265k · 98.3%Stanford Health Care2,998 · 1.1%Hoover Institution1,397 · 0.5%Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching233 · 0.1%

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

Which fields of science does Stanford work in?

In 2022-now, 37% of research in Stanford is in Health Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (34%), Engineering (9%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 12k fractional works · 36.8% of its workMedicine: 11k fractional works · 33.5% of its workSurgery: 1,513 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 885 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEpidemiology: 794 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 768 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOncology: 730 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 718 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 649 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 501 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 374 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 341 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 318 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 283 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 271 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 270 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 234 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 214 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 168 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 157 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 156 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 152 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 141 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 140 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 136 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 120 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 117 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 114 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 106 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 94 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 91 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 87 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 82 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 69 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 328 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 922 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 543 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 106 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 72 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 67 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 134 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 96 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 84 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 38 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 21 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9,433 fractional works · 28.4% of its workEngineering: 3,058 fractional works · 9.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 776 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 769 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 243 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 235 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 225 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 143 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 134 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 123 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 118 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 96 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 195 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 2,219 fractional works · 6.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1,067 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 363 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 169 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 152 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 143 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 83 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 82 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 160 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1,176 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 441 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 229 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 135 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 135 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 104 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 101 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 962 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 184 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 175 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 159 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 140 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 305 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Science: 555 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 341 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 80 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 134 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 536 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 215 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 321 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 477 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeophysics: 183 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 117 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 74 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 103 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 213 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 74 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 68 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 71 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 145 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 130 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 91 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 6,284 fractional works · 18.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,804 fractional works · 8.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 944 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 418 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEducation: 342 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 201 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 143 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 142 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 108 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 98 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 75 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCommunication: 74 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 72 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 188 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 1,308 fractional works · 3.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 431 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 306 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 306 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 139 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 101 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 747 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 576 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 112 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 59 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 673 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 131 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 116 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 113 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 82 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 232 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 424 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 112 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 93 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 219 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 328 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 162 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 82 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 85 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 5,271 fractional works · 15.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2,948 fractional works · 8.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1,723 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGenetics: 521 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCancer Research: 236 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 172 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 96 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 200 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 1,269 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 613 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 272 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 155 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 70 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 160 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 515 fractional works · 1.6% of its workImmunology: 418 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 97 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 474 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPlant Science: 235 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 75 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 165 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 65 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKStanford33kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences37%Social Sciences19%

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. Medicine11k33.5%
    2. Health Professions9222.8%
    3. Nursing960.3%
    4. Dentistry380.1%
    5. Veterinary210.1%
    1. Engineering3,0589.2%
    2. Computer Science2,2196.7%
    3. Physics and Astronomy1,1763.5%
    4. Environmental Science9622.9%
    5. Materials Science5551.7%
    6. Mathematics5361.6%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences4771.4%
    8. Chemistry2130.6%
    9. Energy1450.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering910.3%
  3. Social Sciences6,28418.9%
    1. Social Sciences2,8048.4%
    2. Psychology1,3083.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance7472.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities6732.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting4241.3%
    6. Decision Sciences3281.0%
  4. Life Sciences5,27115.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2,9488.9%
    2. Neuroscience1,2693.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology5151.6%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4741.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics650.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Stanford strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Stanford is most concentrated in Transplantation, Health Informatics and Statistics and Probability (4.9× the world share in Transplantation).

  1. TransplantationSubfield · 62.7 works4.9×
  2. Health InformaticsSubfield · 126.3 works3.6×
  3. Statistics and ProbabilitySubfield · 182.5 works3.0×
  4. Developmental NeuroscienceSubfield · 40.2 works2.8×
  5. Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSubfield · 234.2 works2.6×
← 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: 0.29× its world share, 400 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.62× its world share, 2,503 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.52× its world share, 443 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.31× its world share, 1,087 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.56× its world share, 57 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.80× its world share, 81 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.40× its world share, 183 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.85× its world share, 1,906 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 420 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.48× its world share, 128 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.63× its world share, 2,738 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.58× its world share, 835 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.48× its world share, 484 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.39× its world share, 473 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.64× its world share, 1,055 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 32 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.08× its world share, 821 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.74× its world share, 9,683 worksMedicineNursing: 0.59× its world share, 84 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.41× its world share, 16 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.67× its world share, 563 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.43× its world share, 398 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 281 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.11× its world share, 690 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.27× its world share, 1,121 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 2,446 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience2.31×1,087 works
  2. Medicine1.74×9,683 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy1.64×1,055 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.62×2,503 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.52×443 works
  6. Mathematics1.39×473 works
  7. Psychology1.27×1,121 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.11×690 works
  9. Health Professions1.08×821 works
  10. Decision Sciences1.01×281 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.93×420 works
  12. Computer Science0.85×1,906 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.80×81 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.67×563 works
  15. Social Sciences0.67×2,446 works
  16. Engineering0.63×2,738 works
  17. Nursing0.59×84 works
  18. Environmental Science0.58×835 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.56×57 works
  20. Energy0.48×128 works
  21. Materials Science0.48×484 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.43×398 works
  23. Veterinary0.41×16 works
  24. Chemistry0.40×183 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.29×400 works
  26. Dentistry0.23×32 works

Which keywords describe research in Stanford?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Immunotherapy, Inflammation, Precision Medicine, Quality of Life and Cancer.

▲ 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. Epidemiology1,912▲ 1.45×136 topics
  2. Machine Learning1,140◆ 1.03×89 topics
  3. Deep Learning1,118◆ 0.98×82 topics
  4. Inflammation884▲ 1.25×83 topics
  5. Quality of Life633▲ 1.32×58 topics
  6. Cancer608▲ 1.36×59 topics
  7. Climate Change607▼ 0.67×110 topics
  8. Immunotherapy586▲ 2.4×19 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress580◆ 1.06×63 topics
  10. Treatment571▲ 1.42×52 topics
  11. Risk Factors555▲ 1.52×37 topics
  12. Public Health535◆ 1.11×71 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease509▲ 1.34×39 topics
  14. Mental Health500◆ 1.05×46 topics
  15. Neural Networks470◆ 0.92×39 topics
  16. Healthcare462▲ 1.22×34 topics
  17. Precision Medicine439▲ 2.7×8 topics
  18. Depression439▲ 1.51×26 topics
  19. Neurological Disorders402▲ 2.1×20 topics
  20. Gene Expression400▲ 1.92×20 topics
  21. Diagnosis400▲ 1.29×41 topics
  22. Clinical Trials398▲ 1.80×19 topics
  23. Chemotherapy396▲ 1.68×25 topics
  24. Mortality386▲ 2.0×13 topics
  25. Genetics378▲ 1.61×27 topics
  26. Biomarkers356▲ 1.54×18 topics
  27. Medical Imaging354▲ 2.0×9 topics
  28. Metabolic Syndrome352▲ 1.31×24 topics
  29. Prognostic Factors334▲ 2.3×14 topics
  30. Radiotherapy330▲ 2.5×13 topics
  31. Genetic Mutations325▲ 2.2×23 topics
  32. Complications305▲ 1.85×17 topics
  33. Guidelines294▲ 1.87×13 topics
  34. Heart Failure281▲ 1.89×14 topics
  35. Health Equity244▲ 2.5×6 topics
  36. Medical Education239▲ 2.7×14 topics
  37. Magnetic Resonance Imaging221▲ 2.6×8 topics
  38. Cancer Immunotherapy191▲ 3.8×3 topics
  39. Lymphoma188▲ 3.5×4 topics
  40. Transplantation168▲ 4.9×4 topics

What research is done in Stanford?

Artificial Intelligence …126Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 126 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…114CAR-T cell therapy research: 114 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 93 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 86 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 84 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 78 fractional worksTopic Modeling78Topic Modeling: 78 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connect…78Functional Brain Connectivity Studies: 78 fractional worksMedical Imaging Techniques and Applications: 78 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 77 fractional works
Health InformaticsOncologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingCancer Research5 others

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

  1. 1 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 126 works
  2. 2 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 114 works
  3. 3 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 93 works
  4. 4 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 86 works
  5. 5 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 84 works
  6. 6 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 78 works
  7. 7 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 78 works
  8. 8 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 78 works
  9. 9 Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 78 works
  10. 10 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 77 works

Research output over time

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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%Stanford22.5% 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 38.9% in 2000.

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