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Palo Alto Research Center

In research, Palo Alto Research Center stands highest in Computer Science (#1,469 of 6,336 worldwide), Engineering (#2,587 of 9,532 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#5,579 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,432
of 22,385 · #5,422 all time
Rank in United States
#2,877
of 3,332
Research works
7.1k
▼ 40% vs 2018-21
Citations
470k
66.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
14%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Palo Alto Research Center

What is Palo Alto Research Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Computer ScienceField #1,469 of 6,336 25.3%1,962
EngineeringField #2,587 of 9,532 19.0%2,178
Physical SciencesDomain #5,579 of 17,446 21.3%6,227
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,214 of 3,725 20.0%1,383
Materials ScienceField #1,407 of 3,771 21.2%858
Materials ChemistrySubfield #1,234 of 2,613 21.5%493
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #1,515 of 2,786 25.5%490
Computer Networks and CommunicationsSubfield #1,032 of 1,775 25.5%407
Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield #1,039 of 1,718 22.8%373
Physics and AstronomyField #2,039 of 2,917 20.0%900

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Palo Alto Research Center 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Palo Alto Research Center work in?

In 2022-now, 83% of research at Palo Alto Research Center is in Physical Sciences, 9% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (42%), Computer Science (25%), Physics and Astronomy (8%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 57 fractional works · 83.3% of its workEngineering: 28 fractional works · 41.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 7 fractional works · 9.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 5.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 17 fractional works · 24.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 12.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 7.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 9.1% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKPalo AltoResearch Center68fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences83%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences9%

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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2841.6%
    2. Computer Science1724.6%
    3. Physics and Astronomy57.8%
    4. Chemistry22.6%
    5. Environmental Science22.5%
    6. Materials Science11.9%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.3%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.4%
    9. Energy00.4%
    10. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Psychology22.7%
    2. Social Sciences22.6%
    3. Decision Sciences11.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities11.0%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.9%
    2. Neuroscience11.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Medicine22.8%
    2. Health Professions00.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.04× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.66× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.17× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.77× its world share, 28 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.51× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.51× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy3.51×5 works
  2. Computer Science3.17×17 works
  3. Engineering2.77×28 works
  4. Chemistry1.66×2 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.51×1 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.11×0 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.04×0 works
  8. Psychology0.88×2 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.85×1 works
  10. Neuroscience0.64×1 works
  11. Materials Science0.55×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.49×2 works
  13. Energy0.40×0 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.37×1 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.35×1 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.34×1 works
  17. Mathematics0.21×0 works
  18. Health Professions0.21×0 works
  19. Social Sciences0.21×2 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.17×1 works
  21. Medicine0.15×2 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.12×0 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Palo Alto Research Center?

Ranked on the quality score, John E. Northrup, C. C. Tsai and Marshall W. Bern lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Palo Alto Research Center.

  1. 1 John E. Northrup United States · #36,216 worldwide 18k citations · 223 works
  2. 2 C. C. Tsai United States · #237,387 worldwide 6.9k citations · 131 works
  3. 3 Marshall W. Bern United States · #300,356 worldwide 11k citations · 201 works
  4. 4 Butler Lampson United States · #305,666 worldwide 12k citations · 164 works
  5. 5 NOBLE M. JOHNSON United States · #380,479 worldwide 13k citations · 307 works
  6. 6 Robert A. Street United States · #430,610 worldwide 28k citations · 610 works
  7. 7 D. J. Chadi United States · #646,548 worldwide 20k citations · 178 works
  8. 8 David K. FORK United States · #759,715 worldwide 5.3k citations · 158 works
  9. 9 Stuart K. Card United States · #820,679 worldwide 23k citations · 150 works
  10. 10 C. B. Duke United States · #952,572 worldwide 8.9k citations · 230 works
All ranked researchers at Palo Alto Research Center

What are the most cited papers from Palo Alto Research Center?

The most cited paper from Palo Alto Research Center is "Foundations of statistical natural language processing" (Christopher D. Manning, Hinrich Schütze, 1999), with 9,960 citations. Next come "Organizational Learning and Communities-of-Practice: Toward a Unified View of Working, Learning, and Innovation" (8,411) and "Immunobiology of Dendritic Cells" (6,652).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Foundations of statistical natural language processing Christopher D. Manning, Hinrich Schütze 1999 9,960
2 Organizational Learning and Communities-of-Practice: Toward a Unified View of Working, Learning, and Innovation John Seely Brown, Paul Duguid · Organization Science Feb 1991 8,411
3 Immunobiology of Dendritic Cells Jacques Banchereau, Francine Brière, Christophe Caux et al. · Annual Review of Immunology Review Apr 2000 6,652
4 Plans and Situated Actions: The Problem of Human-Machine Communication Barry H. Kantowitz, Lucy A. Suchman · The American Journal of Psychology 1990 5,324
5 Aspect-oriented programming Gregor Kiczales · ACM Computing Surveys Dec 1996 5,164
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Palo Alto Research Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Model Predictive Control, Distributed Control, Nonlinear Systems, Additive Manufacturing, Optimization and Stability Analysis.

▲ 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 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. Deep Learning8▲ 3.4×30 topics
  2. Machine Learning6▲ 2.9×21 topics
  3. Model Predictive Control3▲ 19×3 topics
  4. Neural Networks3▲ 2.9×16 topics
  5. Distributed Control2▲ 34×3 topics
  6. Nonlinear Systems2▲ 16×3 topics
  7. Additive Manufacturing2▲ 11×3 topics
  8. Optimization2▲ 7.2×3 topics
  9. Energy Efficiency2▲ 3.2×3 topics
  10. Real-time Optimization2▲ 54×2 topics
  11. Stability Analysis2▲ 17×3 topics
  12. Artificial Neural Networks2▲ 5.9×2 topics
  13. Fluid Dynamics2▲ 18×3 topics
  14. Thermal Comfort2▲ 20×2 topics
  15. Fault Detection2▲ 18×1 topic
  16. Finite Element Method2▲ 26×2 topics
  17. Level Set Method2▲ 55×2 topics
  18. Process Monitoring2▲ 26×1 topic
  19. Robust Control2▲ 34×2 topics
  20. Climate Change Impact2▲ 10×2 topics
  21. Multi-Agent Systems2▲ 12×4 topics
  22. Sensitivity Analysis2▲ 24×3 topics
  23. Building Energy Consumption2▲ 29×1 topic
  24. Energy Simulation2▲ 25×1 topic
  25. Industrial Applications2▲ 25×1 topic
  26. Nonlinear MPC2▲ 50×1 topic
  27. 3D Reconstruction1▲ 22×2 topics
  28. Autonomous Vehicles1▲ 10×4 topics
  29. Point Clouds1▲ 22×2 topics
  30. Assembly Planning1▲ 28×1 topic
  31. Design for Manufacture1▲ 28×1 topic
  32. Concept Drift1▲ 94×1 topic
  33. Data Streams1▲ 94×1 topic
  34. Heuristic Search1▲ 146×1 topic
  35. Mesh Segmentation1▲ 57×1 topic
  36. Planning Systems1▲ 146×1 topic
  37. Shape Representation1▲ 57×1 topic
  38. 3D Printing1▲ 7.5×2 topics
  39. Agent-Based Modeling1▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Data Assimilation1▲ 10×3 topics

Which research topics does Palo Alto Research Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Fault Detection and Control Systems, Advanced Control Systems Optimization, Building Energy and Comfort Optimization and Manufacturing Process and Optimization.

Fault Detection and Cont…2Fault Detection and Control Systems: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Control Systems…2Advanced Control Systems Optimization: 2 fractional worksBuilding Energy and Comfort Optimization: 2 fractional worksManufacturing Process and Optimization: 1 fractional worksData Stream Mining Techniques: 1 fractional works3D Shape Modeling and Analysis: 1 fractional worksAI-based Problem Solving and Planning: 1 fractional worksTopology Optimization in…1Topology Optimization in Engineering: 1 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Frequency and Time Standards: 1 fractional works
Control and Systems EngineeringBuilding and ConstructionIndustrial and Manufacturing EngineeringArtificial Intelligence4 others

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

  1. 1 Fault Detection and Control Systems Control and Systems Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Advanced Control Systems Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 2 works
  3. 3 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 2 works
  4. 4 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Data Stream Mining Techniques Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  6. 6 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis Computational Mechanics 1 works
  7. 7 AI-based Problem Solving and Planning Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  8. 8 Topology Optimization in Engineering Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Advanced Frequency and Time Standards Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 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 available13.9%not open86.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.6%domestic only88.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Palo Alto Research Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 40% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Palo Alto Research Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00016% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Palo Alto Research Center0.00018% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Palo Alto Research Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2023Palo Alto Research Center6.1% in 2023200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 29.2% in 1991.

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