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Research in Sunnyvale

Science Explorer records 65 research institutions in Sunnyvale, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are NetApp (United States), Intuitive Surgical (United States) and SC Solutions (United States).

Research institutions
65
8 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
14k
▲ 21% vs 2018-21
Citations
378k
27.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
14.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Sunnyvale

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 Sunnyvale?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Fairchild Semiconductor (United States)Company 1,886 #5,161 all time
2Advanced Micro Devices (United States)Company 1,866 #13,624
3Yahoo (United States)Company 1,506 #3,744 all time
4Fujitsu (United States)Company 1,098 #21,671
5United Microelectronics (United States)Company 574 #18,594
6Juniper Networks (United States)Company 521 #8,770 all time
7Eloret (United States)Company 483 #17,833 all time
8NetApp (United States)Company 469 #12,101
9SC Solutions (United States)Company 442 #13,292
10Infinera (United States)Company 413 #20,521
11Panorama Research (United States)Company 318 #18,271
12Intuitive Surgical (United States)Company 316 #13,240
13Rambus (United States)Company 300 #23,280 all time
14Sunnyvale Public LibraryArchive 282 #19,033 all time
15Finisar (United States)Company 249 #19,012 all time
16Galaxy Biotech (United States)Company 247 #18,435 all time
17Pharmacyclics (United States)Company 229 #24,832 all time
18Parkinson's Institute and Clinical CenterNonprofit 218 #24,121 all time
19Real-Time Innovations (United States)Company 204 #20,873 all time
20Molecular Medicine Research InstituteNonprofit 167 #26,192 all time
21Diagnostics for the Real World (United States)Company 162 #23,728 all time
22Singularity UniversityUniversity 159 #23,029 all time
23Trimble (United States)Company 146 #24,095 all time
24Advanced Rotorcraft Technology (United States)Company 123 #33,905 all time
2523andMe (United States)Company 122 #12,161 all time
26Accuray (United States)Company 120 #30,911 all time
27Integrated Systems Incorporation (United States)Company 114 not ranked
28Layton BioScience (United States)Company 69 not ranked
29DigiLens (United States)Company 67 not ranked
30Acellent Technologies (United States)Company 66 not ranked
313D Technology Laboratories (United States)Company 65 not ranked
32Altex Technologies Corporation (United States)Company 41 not ranked
33University of East-West MedicineUniversity 35 not ranked
34Alpha and Omega Semiconductor (United States)Company 32 not ranked
35Artium Technologies (United States)Company 30 not ranked
36Qusemde (United States)Company 25 not ranked
37Solid (United States)Company 24 not ranked
38Proofpoint (United States)Company 20 not ranked
39Herguan UniversityUniversity 20 not ranked
40Pragati Synergetic Research (United States)Company 17 not ranked
41Aqua Metrology Systems (United States)Company 15 not ranked
42Insilixa (United States)Company 12 not ranked
43Cogswell Polytechnical CollegeUniversity 12 not ranked
44OEpic Semiconductors (United States)Company 10 not ranked
45Silk Road Medical (United States)Company 10 not ranked
46Nvigen (United States)Company 9 not ranked
47Regenerative Sciences InstituteNonprofit 8 not ranked
48Protigen (United States)Company 7 not ranked
49EBR Systems (United States)Company 7 not ranked
50AraVasc (United States)Company 6 not ranked
51Theron Pharmaceuticals (United States)Company 6 not ranked
52Olympia Diagnostics (United States)Company 5 not ranked
53Gener8 (United States)Company 5 not ranked
54AOSense (United States)Company 5 not ranked
55Testco (United States)Company 4 not ranked
56Turner Designs (United States)Company 3 not ranked
57Zeno Semiconductor (United States)Company 3 not ranked
584C Air (United States)Company 3 not ranked
59Acuitus (United States)Company 3 not ranked
60Vytronus (United States)Company 3 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.

Fairchild Semiconductor (United States): 14.1%Advanced Micro Devices (United States): 13.9%Yahoo (United States): 11.3%Fujitsu (United States): 8.2%56 others listed: 52.5%14%largest
Fairchild Semiconductor (United States)1,886 · 14.1%Advanced Micro Devices (United States)1,866 · 13.9%Yahoo (United States)1,506 · 11.3%Fujitsu (United States)1,098 · 8.2%56 others listed7,025 · 52.5%

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

Which fields of science does Sunnyvale work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research in Sunnyvale is in Physical Sciences, 18% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (26%), Engineering (22%), Medicine (15%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,155 fractional works · 56.7% of its workComputer Science: 526 fractional works · 25.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 165 fractional works · 8.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 114 fractional works · 5.6% of its workInformation Systems: 83 fractional works · 4.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 63 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHardware and Architecture: 42 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoftware: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 448 fractional works · 22.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 231 fractional works · 11.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 41 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 34 fractional works · 1.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 24 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 22 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 59 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 25 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 43 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 33 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 19 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 15 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 373 fractional works · 18.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 152 fractional works · 7.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 50 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEducation: 28 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDemography: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 61 fractional works · 3.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 21 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 50 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 28 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 46 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 35 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhilosophy: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 30 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 26 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 355 fractional works · 17.4% of its workMedicine: 303 fractional works · 14.9% of its workSurgery: 60 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 25 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 24 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 18 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 17 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 15 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Informatics: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 41 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 40 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 8 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 153 fractional works · 7.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 75 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 41 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 31 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 6 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 25 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 14 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 19 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 16 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSunnyvale2,036fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences57%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences18%

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 Science52625.8%
    2. Engineering44822.0%
    3. Physics and Astronomy592.9%
    4. Environmental Science432.1%
    5. Materials Science331.6%
    6. Mathematics150.7%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences120.6%
    8. Chemistry90.5%
    9. Energy70.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.1%
    1. Social Sciences1527.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting613.0%
    3. Decision Sciences502.5%
    4. Psychology462.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities351.7%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance301.5%
    1. Medicine30314.9%
    2. Health Professions401.9%
    3. Nursing60.3%
    4. Dentistry30.2%
    5. Veterinary30.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology753.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences311.5%
    3. Neuroscience251.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology190.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Sunnyvale strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Sunnyvale is most concentrated in Hardware and Architecture, Computer Networks and Communications and Artificial Intelligence (17.1× the world share in Hardware and Architecture).

  1. Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 31.7 works17×
  2. Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield · 75.9 works5.2×
  3. Artificial IntelligenceSubfield · 134.3 works3.4×
  4. Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield · 198.7 works3.4×
← 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: 0.34× its world share, 26 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.71× its world share, 62 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.00× its world share, 16 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.69× its world share, 18 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.29× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.17× its world share, 405 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 10 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.46× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.52× its world share, 374 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.38× its world share, 31 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.42× its world share, 24 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.59× its world share, 12 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.17× its world share, 43 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.81× its world share, 35 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.84× its world share, 264 worksMedicineNursing: 0.68× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.29× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.57× its world share, 27 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.86× its world share, 46 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.38× its world share, 38 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.70× its world share, 25 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.78× its world share, 39 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.57× its world share, 119 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science3.17×405 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.38×38 works
  3. Engineering1.52×374 works
  4. Veterinary1.29×3 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.17×43 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.00×16 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting0.86×46 works
  8. Medicine0.84×264 works
  9. Health Professions0.81×35 works
  10. Psychology0.78×39 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.71×62 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.70×25 works
  13. Neuroscience0.69×18 works
  14. Nursing0.68×6 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.59×3 works
  16. Mathematics0.59×12 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.57×27 works
  18. Social Sciences0.57×119 works
  19. Energy0.46×7 works
  20. Materials Science0.42×24 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.38×10 works
  22. Environmental Science0.38×31 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.34×26 works
  24. Chemistry0.29×8 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.28×2 works
  26. Dentistry0.26×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Sunnyvale?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Neural Networks, Distributed Systems, Big Data, Parallel Computing, Energy Efficiency and High-Performance Computing.

▲ 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. Deep Learning164▲ 2.3×77 topics
  2. Machine Learning141▲ 2.1×85 topics
  3. Neural Networks89▲ 2.8×36 topics
  4. Big Data70▲ 3.6×26 topics
  5. Artificial Intelligence53▲ 1.81×37 topics
  6. Energy Efficiency52▲ 2.7×26 topics
  7. Distributed Systems50▲ 14×6 topics
  8. Security44▲ 3.2×22 topics
  9. Healthcare43▲ 1.83×22 topics
  10. Internet of Things34▲ 1.93×23 topics
  11. Data Mining34▲ 2.2×20 topics
  12. Parallel Computing32▲ 13×5 topics
  13. High-Performance Computing30▲ 18×2 topics
  14. Anomaly Detection29▲ 5.0×5 topics
  15. Cloud Computing28▲ 4.9×12 topics
  16. Optical Fiber27▲ 13×3 topics
  17. Resource Management26▲ 7.6×5 topics
  18. Integrated Circuits26▲ 8.7×3 topics
  19. 5G Networks24▲ 5.9×5 topics
  20. Digital Signal Processing24▲ 25×2 topics
  21. Coherent Detection24▲ 28×1 topic
  22. Nonlinear Effects24▲ 28×1 topic
  23. IoT Security23▲ 3.7×3 topics
  24. Information Retrieval22▲ 5.0×5 topics
  25. Robotic Surgery22▲ 7.3×5 topics
  26. Microwave Photonics22▲ 13×2 topics
  27. Laparoscopic Surgery21▲ 8.6×3 topics
  28. Fault Tolerance21▲ 6.7×7 topics
  29. Fault Localization21▲ 15×2 topics
  30. Performance Optimization20▲ 16×3 topics
  31. Virtualization20▲ 12×3 topics
  32. Text Classification20▲ 6.0×3 topics
  33. Workflow Management20▲ 14×2 topics
  34. GPU Computing20▲ 25×1 topic
  35. Multicore Architectures20▲ 25×1 topic
  36. Topic Modeling19▲ 6.0×2 topics
  37. Semantic Similarity17▲ 6.8×1 topic
  38. Optical Access Networks17▲ 26×1 topic
  39. Photonic Signal Processing17▲ 26×1 topic
  40. Raman Lasers16▲ 7.7×2 topics

What research is done in Sunnyvale?

Optical Network Technolo…23Optical Network Technologies: 23 fractional worksAdvanced Photonic Commun…16Advanced Photonic Communication Systems: 16 fractional worksParallel Computing and Optimization Techniques: 16 fractional worksTopic Modeling14Topic Modeling: 14 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 14 fractional worksAdvanced Optical Network Technologies: 13 fractional worksSurgical Simulation and Training: 13 fractional worksCloud Computing and Reso…12Cloud Computing and Resource Management: 12 fractional worksDistributed and Parallel Computing Systems: 10 fractional worksAdvanced Data Storage Technologies: 9 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringHardware and ArchitectureArtificial IntelligenceSurgery2 others

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

  1. 1 Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 23 works
  2. 2 Advanced Photonic Communication Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering 16 works
  3. 3 Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques Hardware and Architecture 16 works
  4. 4 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 14 works
  5. 5 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 14 works
  6. 6 Advanced Optical Network Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 13 works
  7. 7 Surgical Simulation and Training Surgery 13 works
  8. 8 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 12 works
  9. 9 Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems Computer Networks and Communications 10 works
  10. 10 Advanced Data Storage Technologies Computer Networks and Communications 9 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%Sunnyvale13.1% 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 35.1% in 2010.

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