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Research in Torrance

Science Explorer records 29 research institutions in Torrance, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Plasma Technology (United States), Dynamic Research (United States) and Toyota Motor North America (United States).

Research institutions
29
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
11k
▲ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
283k
26.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
16.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Torrance

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 Torrance?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Plasma Technology (United States)Company 1,855 #10,250
2Torrance Memorial Medical CenterHospital / health system 665 #21,113
3Dynamic Research (United States)Company 626 #13,061
4Physical Optics CorporationCompany 501 #27,158 all time
5Toyota Motor North America (United States)Company 407 #14,780
6MARK Resources (United States)Company 321 #13,913 all time
7El Camino CollegeUniversity 282 #19,712 all time
8Intelligent Optical Systems (United States)Company 88 not ranked
9NextGen Aeronautics (United States)Company 57 not ranked
10Opto-Knowledge Systems (United States)Company 45 not ranked
11Retina Macula InstituteHospital / health system 42 not ranked
12InnoSense (United States)Company 41 not ranked
13Attention Deficit Disorder Treatment CenterHospital / health system 38 not ranked
14Broadata Communications (United States)Company 32 not ranked
15Luminit (United States)Company 32 not ranked
16Global Communication Semiconductors (United States)Company 31 not ranked
17Transient Plasma Systems (United States)Company 29 not ranked
18QuinStar Technology (United States)Company 26 not ranked
19Wolstan & Goldberg Eye AssociatesInstitution 17 not ranked
20Goleta Star (United States)Company 15 not ranked
21Adsantec (United States)Company 11 not ranked
22Alico Systems (United States)Company 4 not ranked
23Congenital Muscle Disease International RegistryInstitution 4 not ranked
24SCS Engineering (United States)Company 3 not ranked
25QT Medical (United States)Company 1 not ranked
26American Youth Soccer OrganizationNonprofit 1 not ranked
27Escape Communications (United States)Company 1 not ranked
28Spectradyne (United States)Company 1 not ranked
29HarmonoLogic (United States)Company 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.

Plasma Technology (United States): 35.8%Torrance Memorial Medical Center: 12.8%Dynamic Research (United States): 12.1%Physical Optics Corporation: 9.7%25 others listed: 29.6%36%largest
Plasma Technology (United States)1,855 · 35.8%Torrance Memorial Medical Center665 · 12.8%Dynamic Research (United States)626 · 12.1%Physical Optics Corporation501 · 9.7%25 others listed1,530 · 29.6%

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

Which fields of science does Torrance work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research in Torrance is in Health Sciences, 40% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (39%), Engineering (20%), Computer Science (7%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 656 fractional works · 42.0% of its workMedicine: 602 fractional works · 38.5% of its workSurgery: 87 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 68 fractional works · 4.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 47 fractional works · 3.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 42 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEpidemiology: 38 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 28 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOncology: 27 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 25 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 24 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 20 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 18 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNephrology: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 38 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 21 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 624 fractional works · 39.9% of its workEngineering: 308 fractional works · 19.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 69 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 41 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 40 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 38 fractional works · 2.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 25 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 25 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 108 fractional works · 6.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 32 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 24 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 19 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 15 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 97 fractional works · 6.2% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 37 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 22 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 18 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiation: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 51 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 36 fractional works · 2.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 23 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 150 fractional works · 9.6% of its workPsychology: 56 fractional works · 3.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 23 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 20 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 56 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 133 fractional works · 8.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 75 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 35 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 20 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 25 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 16 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 12 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKTorrance1,563fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences40%Health Sciences42%Social Sciences10%

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. Medicine60238.5%
    2. Health Professions382.5%
    3. Nursing110.7%
    4. Dentistry30.2%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Engineering30819.7%
    2. Computer Science1086.9%
    3. Physics and Astronomy976.2%
    4. Materials Science513.3%
    5. Environmental Science231.5%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences110.7%
    7. Chemistry90.6%
    8. Mathematics60.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering60.4%
    10. Energy50.3%
    1. Psychology563.6%
    2. Social Sciences563.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities110.7%
    4. Decision Sciences100.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance90.6%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting80.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology754.8%
    2. Neuroscience251.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology161.0%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences140.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Torrance strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Torrance is most concentrated in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Automotive Engineering and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (6.7× the world share in Nuclear and High Energy Physics).

  1. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 28.3 works6.7×
  2. Automotive EngineeringSubfield · 38.9 works5.4×
  3. Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismSubfield · 22.6 works3.1×
  4. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 36.5 works3.0×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.87× its world share, 63 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.07× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.95× its world share, 21 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.98× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.36× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.94× its world share, 98 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.43× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.32× its world share, 266 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.80× its world share, 38 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.64× its world share, 79 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.98× its world share, 35 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.05× its world share, 529 worksMedicineNursing: 1.38× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.19× its world share, 49 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 50 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 2.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy2.64×79 works
  2. Medicine2.05×529 works
  3. Nursing1.38×9 works
  4. Engineering1.32×266 works
  5. Psychology1.19×49 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.07×14 works
  7. Chemical Engineering0.98×5 works
  8. Health Professions0.98×35 works
  9. Neuroscience0.95×21 works
  10. Computer Science0.94×98 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.87×63 works
  12. Materials Science0.80×38 works
  13. Dentistry0.50×3 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.49×6 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.44×2 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.43×9 works
  17. Veterinary0.43×1 works
  18. Chemistry0.36×8 works
  19. Mathematics0.32×5 works
  20. Social Sciences0.30×50 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.29×8 works
  22. Environmental Science0.26×17 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.26×10 works
  24. Energy0.22×3 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.18×11 works
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.15×6 works

Which keywords describe research in Torrance?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Autonomous Vehicles, Cardiovascular Disease, Inflammation, Deep Learning, Coronary Artery Disease, Intelligent Transportation Systems and Collision Avoidance.

▲ 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. Epidemiology92▲ 1.48×115 topics
  2. Deep Learning75▲ 1.39×58 topics
  3. Inflammation68▲ 2.0×73 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease54▲ 3.0×36 topics
  5. Machine Learning50◆ 0.95×61 topics
  6. Diagnosis38▲ 2.6×36 topics
  7. Autonomous Vehicles36▲ 11×4 topics
  8. Risk Factors36▲ 2.1×33 topics
  9. Obesity35▲ 2.9×25 topics
  10. Metabolic Syndrome32▲ 2.6×23 topics
  11. Treatment32▲ 1.69×44 topics
  12. Management31▲ 2.5×30 topics
  13. Coronary Artery Disease29▲ 16×3 topics
  14. Intelligent Transportation Systems28▲ 12×4 topics
  15. Collision Avoidance27▲ 9.5×4 topics
  16. Magnetic Resonance Imaging26▲ 6.6×8 topics
  17. Myocardial Infarction26▲ 7.0×7 topics
  18. Diagnostics26▲ 21×3 topics
  19. Turbulence26▲ 18×4 topics
  20. Transport25▲ 50×2 topics
  21. Mortality25▲ 2.8×13 topics
  22. Atherosclerosis25▲ 5.6×11 topics
  23. MHD Stability24▲ 73×1 topic
  24. Tokamak24▲ 73×1 topic
  25. Diabetes24▲ 3.1×16 topics
  26. Sensor Fusion22▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Driver Assistance Systems21▲ 24×1 topic
  28. Trajectory Prediction21▲ 24×1 topic
  29. Guidelines21▲ 2.8×13 topics
  30. Cardiac Imaging20▲ 11×3 topics
  31. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment18▲ 15×2 topics
  32. Radiation Exposure18▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Chronic Kidney Disease17▲ 4.4×9 topics
  34. Computed Tomography Angiography17▲ 17×1 topic
  35. Myocardial Perfusion17▲ 17×1 topic
  36. Driver Behavior17▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Vascular Function17▲ 11×3 topics
  38. Traffic Flow15▲ 9.2×2 topics
  39. Reinforcement Learning13▲ 7.4×3 topics
  40. Routing Protocols13▲ 17×3 topics

What research is done in Torrance?

Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety: 21 fractional worksMagnetic confinement fusion research: 18 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…16Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 16 fractional worksVehicular Ad Hoc Network…12Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs): 12 fractional worksTraffic control and management: 11 fractional worksCardiovascular Disease and Adiposity: 10 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulm…10Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 10 fractional worksSuperconducting Materials and Applications: 9 fractional worksHuman-Automation Interaction and Safety: 9 fractional worksLaser-Plasma Interaction…9Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics: 9 fractional works
Automotive EngineeringNuclear and High Energy PhysicsRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingElectrical and Electronic Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety Automotive Engineering 21 works
  2. 2 Magnetic confinement fusion research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 18 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 16 works
  4. 4 Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs) Electrical and Electronic Engineering 12 works
  5. 5 Traffic control and management Control and Systems Engineering 11 works
  6. 6 Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 10 works
  7. 7 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 10 works
  8. 8 Superconducting Materials and Applications Biomedical Engineering 9 works
  9. 9 Human-Automation Interaction and Safety Social Psychology 9 works
  10. 10 Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics Nuclear and High Energy Physics 9 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 counting10%20%30%Torrance13.0% 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 28.3% in 2010.

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