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Palo Alto Institute

In research, Palo Alto Institute stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,833 of 12,888 worldwide), Medicine (#5,352 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,786 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,755
of 28,054 · #1,914 all time
Rank in United States
#661
of 4,192
Research works
3.4k
▲ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
128k
37.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Palo Alto Institute known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #4,833 of 12,888 18.4%127 #2907
MedicineField #5,352 of 10,443 14.5%96 #1459
Health SciencesDomain #6,786 of 11,982 15.1%102 #1487

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Palo Alto Institute sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#2,907 #4,833
  2. Medicine#1,459 #5,352
  3. Health Sciences#1,487 #6,786
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.09× its world share, 37 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.80× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.91× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.74× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.77× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.95× its world share, 24 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.22× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.96× its world share, 48 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.63× its world share, 27 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.48× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.77× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.58× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.50× its world share, 96 worksMedicineNursing: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.66× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.95× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.26× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Palo Alto Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Don D. Jackson, William E. Chapman and David B. Apfelberg lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Palo Alto Institute.

  1. 1 Don D. Jackson United States · #41,171 worldwide 1.2k citations · 30 works
  2. 2 William E. Chapman United States · #89,295 worldwide 193 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 David B. Apfelberg United States · #180,335 worldwide 142 citations · 67 works
  4. 4 Paul Watzlawick United States · #183,853 worldwide 1.2k citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Teni Boulikas United States · #223,012 worldwide 679 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 John H. Weakland United States · #255,079 worldwide 211 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Amol Saxena United States · #359,960 worldwide 24 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Su‐Ying Liang United States · #432,408 worldwide 53 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Leonard A. Sagan United States · #489,994 worldwide 57 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Gordon H. Jones United States · #552,238 worldwide 119 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Palo Alto Institute

Which keywords describe research at Palo Alto Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Epidemiology, Immunotherapy, Risk Factors, Vulnerability, Sustainability, Global Warming and Public Health.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution'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 Change19▲ 2.1×50 topics
  2. Epidemiology19▲ 1.45×71 topics
  3. Machine Learning11◆ 1.02×30 topics
  4. Deep Learning11◆ 0.97×41 topics
  5. Sustainability10▲ 1.29×29 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress8▲ 1.54×23 topics
  7. Public Health8▲ 1.71×23 topics
  8. Risk Factors8▲ 2.2×22 topics
  9. Inflammation8▲ 1.18×38 topics
  10. Immunotherapy8▲ 3.2×16 topics
  11. Environmental Impact8▲ 1.33×17 topics
  12. Renewable Energy8▲ 1.58×20 topics
  13. Cancer7▲ 1.65×21 topics
  14. Artificial Intelligence7▲ 1.51×12 topics
  15. Quality of Life6▲ 1.35×23 topics
  16. Healthcare6▲ 1.66×12 topics
  17. Nanoparticles6▲ 1.44×15 topics
  18. Chemotherapy6▲ 2.5×17 topics
  19. Mortality5▲ 2.9×10 topics
  20. Global Warming5▲ 3.9×10 topics
  21. Gene Expression5▲ 2.3×12 topics
  22. Precision Medicine5▲ 3.0×7 topics
  23. Vulnerability5▲ 6.2×5 topics
  24. Biosensors4▲ 2.5×9 topics
  25. Cancer Immunotherapy4▲ 7.4×3 topics
  26. Global Burden of Disease4▲ 4.6×4 topics
  27. Pregnancy4▲ 5.3×6 topics
  28. Breast Cancer4▲ 4.5×9 topics
  29. Lymphoma4▲ 6.5×2 topics
  30. Tumor Regression3▲ 9.4×2 topics
  31. CO2 Capture3▲ 6.5×2 topics
  32. Carbon Dioxide3▲ 6.2×2 topics
  33. Catalytic3▲ 7.7×2 topics
  34. Macular Degeneration3▲ 7.4×3 topics
  35. Membrane Gas Separation3▲ 38×1 topic
  36. Mixed Matrix Membranes3▲ 38×1 topic
  37. Glycosylation3▲ 7.5×3 topics
  38. CAR T Cells3▲ 11×1 topic
  39. Chimeric Antigen Receptor3▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Diabetic Retinopathy2▲ 7.5×2 topics

Which research topics does Palo Alto Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Membrane Separation and Gas Transport, CAR-T cell therapy research, Catalysts for Methane Reforming and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics.

Membrane Separation and …3Membrane Separation and Gas Transport: 3 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…3CAR-T cell therapy research: 3 fractional worksCatalysts for Methane Reforming: 2 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksWater-Energy-Food Nexus Studies: 2 fractional worksDisaster Management and Resilience: 2 fractional worksHybrid Renewable Energy Systems: 2 fractional worksClimate Change and Healt…2Climate Change and Health Impacts: 2 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksManufacturing Process and Optimization: 2 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringOncologyCatalysisCancer Research6 others

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

  1. 1 Membrane Separation and Gas Transport Mechanical Engineering 3 works
  2. 2 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 3 works
  3. 3 Catalysts for Methane Reforming Catalysis 2 works
  4. 4 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 2 works
  5. 5 Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies Water Science and Technology 2 works
  6. 6 Disaster Management and Resilience Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  7. 7 Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems Energy Engineering and Power Technology 2 works
  8. 8 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  9. 9 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 2 works
  10. 10 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available27.8%not open72.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.7%domestic only87.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Palo Alto Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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