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San Francisco Foundation

In research, San Francisco Foundation stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,065 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,290 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ophthalmology (Ophthalmology is 80.5× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,337
of 22,385 · #2,476 all time
Rank in United States
#840
of 3,332
Research works
1.1k
▲ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
49k
45.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.08×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
San Francisco Foundation

What is San Francisco Foundation known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #1,065 of 9,902 15.7%97 #854
MedicineField #1,290 of 8,541 15.6%89 #946

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where San Francisco Foundation 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 San Francisco Foundation work in?

In 2022-now, 74% of research at San Francisco Foundation is in Health Sciences, 14% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (67%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%), Immunology and Microbiology (5%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 109 fractional works · 73.9% of its workMedicine: 100 fractional works · 67.3% of its workOphthalmology: 32 fractional works · 21.5% of its workEpidemiology: 14 fractional works · 9.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 13 fractional works · 8.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 9 fractional works · 6.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 8 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 21 fractional works · 14.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 7.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEndocrinology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 4.7% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 7.6% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSan FranciscoFoundation148fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences74%Social Sciences4%

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. Medicine10067.3%
    2. Health Professions53.2%
    3. Nursing53.1%
    4. Veterinary00.3%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology127.8%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology74.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.1%
    4. Neuroscience10.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Computer Science42.9%
    2. Engineering31.7%
    3. Environmental Science21.6%
    4. Mathematics10.8%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    7. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Social Sciences32.3%
    2. Psychology10.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    5. Decision Sciences00.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does San Francisco Foundation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ophthalmology takes 80.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OphthalmologySubfield · 31.8 works81×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.47× its world share, 12 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.67× its world share, 7 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.21× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.50× its world share, 100 worksMedicineNursing: 6.26× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.48× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing6.26×4 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology4.67×7 works
  3. Medicine3.50×100 works
  4. Veterinary2.48×0 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.47×12 works
  6. Health Professions1.21×5 works
  7. Mathematics0.71×1 works
  8. Chemical Engineering0.39×0 works
  9. Computer Science0.38×4 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.37×0 works
  11. Neuroscience0.36×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.33×2 works
  13. Psychology0.29×1 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.24×2 works
  15. Social Sciences0.18×3 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.17×0 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.14×0 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.13×1 works
  19. Engineering0.11×3 works
  20. Dentistry0.09×0 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.09×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.03×0 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at San Francisco Foundation?

Ranked on the quality score, Chandler R. Dawson, K. F. Meyer and BARBARA A. NICHOLS lead among researchers whose main affiliation is San Francisco Foundation.

  1. 1 Chandler R. Dawson United States · #620,341 worldwide 5.5k citations · 137 works
  2. 2 K. F. Meyer United States · #910,221 worldwide 5.9k citations · 335 works
  3. 3 BARBARA A. NICHOLS United States · #918,436 worldwide 1.8k citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Yuwei Sun United States · #1,134,936 worldwide 324 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Mary Louise Chiappino United States · #1,207,322 worldwide 1.1k citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Phillips Thygeson United States · #1,253,621 worldwide 2.6k citations · 181 works
  7. 7 Hermann Becks United States · #1,415,180 worldwide 2.4k citations · 126 works
  8. 8 Vivien M. Tham United States · #1,431,423 worldwide 928 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Kevin Cyrus Hong United States · #1,521,383 worldwide 932 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Hermann Sommer United States · #1,532,373 worldwide 781 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at San Francisco Foundation

What are the most cited papers from San Francisco Foundation?

The most cited paper from San Francisco Foundation is "A SARS-CoV-2 protein interaction map reveals targets for drug repurposing" (David Ezra Gordon et al., 2020), with 4,901 citations. Next come "Molecular themes in oncogenesis" (1,652) and "Corneal blindness: a global perspective." (1,542).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A SARS-CoV-2 protein interaction map reveals targets for drug repurposing David Ezra Gordon et al. · Nature Open access125 authors 30 Apr 2020 4,901
2 Molecular themes in oncogenesis J. Michael Bishop · Cell 1991 1,652
3 Corneal blindness: a global perspective. John P. Whitcher, Muthiah Srinivasan, Madan Prasad Upadhyay · PubMed Open access 2001 1,542
4 High-efficiency deleter mice show that FLPe is an alternative to Cre-loxP Carolyn I. Rodríguez, Frank Buchholz, Jenna Lauren Galloway et al. · Nature Genetics Jun 2000 1,190
5 Diet Dominates Host Genotype in Shaping the Murine Gut Microbiota Rachel N. Carmody, Georg K. Gerber, Jesús M. Luévano et al. · Cell Host & Microbe Open access 19 Dec 2014 1,161
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at San Francisco Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Antibiotic Resistance, Intravitreal Injection, Intraocular Pressure, Glaucoma, Immunosuppressive Therapy, Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis and Optical Coherence Tomography.

▲ 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. Epidemiology39▲ 6.5×61 topics
  2. Antibiotic Resistance10▲ 18×8 topics
  3. Intraocular Pressure9▲ 71×2 topics
  4. Intravitreal Injection9▲ 87×2 topics
  5. Glaucoma9▲ 41×3 topics
  6. Inflammation9▲ 2.9×28 topics
  7. Immunosuppressive Therapy8▲ 30×4 topics
  8. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis8▲ 106×2 topics
  9. Optical Coherence Tomography8▲ 54×2 topics
  10. Behçet's Disease8▲ 188×1 topic
  11. Uveitis8▲ 188×1 topic
  12. Vaccine7▲ 12×10 topics
  13. COVID-197▲ 3.7×11 topics
  14. Myopia7▲ 71×2 topics
  15. ACE2 Receptor7▲ 21×3 topics
  16. Endophthalmitis7▲ 126×2 topics
  17. Keratitis6▲ 227×1 topic
  18. Ocular Infections6▲ 227×1 topic
  19. Treatment6▲ 3.4×14 topics
  20. Global Prevalence6▲ 41×2 topics
  21. Corneal Biomechanics6▲ 105×1 topic
  22. Keratoconus6▲ 105×1 topic
  23. Immune Response6▲ 6.7×11 topics
  24. Refractive Error6▲ 88×1 topic
  25. Visual Impairment6▲ 70×1 topic
  26. Pathogenesis6▲ 7.3×10 topics
  27. Optic Nerve5▲ 37×2 topics
  28. Macular Degeneration5▲ 29×3 topics
  29. Inflammatory Cytokines5▲ 40×2 topics
  30. Diabetic Retinopathy5▲ 34×2 topics
  31. Dry Eye Disease5▲ 97×1 topic
  32. Ocular Surface5▲ 97×1 topic
  33. Ocular Findings4▲ 110×1 topic
  34. Retinal Artery Occlusion4▲ 110×1 topic
  35. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor4▲ 31×3 topics
  36. Femtosecond Laser4▲ 49×1 topic
  37. Global Burden of Disease4▲ 10×2 topics
  38. Infectious Diseases4▲ 7.7×6 topics
  39. Intraocular Lens Implantation4▲ 85×1 topic
  40. Maternal and Child Undernutrition4▲ 30×1 topic

Which research topics does San Francisco Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome, Ocular Infections and Treatments, Corneal surgery and disorders and Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies.

Ocular Diseases and Behç…8Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome: 8 fractional worksOcular Infections and Tr…6Ocular Infections and Treatments: 6 fractional worksCorneal surgery and diso…6Corneal surgery and disorders: 6 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual…6Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 6 fractional worksOcular Surface and Contact Lens: 5 fractional worksRetinal and Optic Conditions: 4 fractional worksIntraocular Surgery and …4Intraocular Surgery and Lenses: 4 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 4 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal disorders: 4 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Tre…3Retinal Diseases and Treatments: 3 fractional works
OphthalmologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingEpidemiologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health1 others

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

  1. 1 Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome Ophthalmology 8 works
  2. 2 Ocular Infections and Treatments Ophthalmology 6 works
  3. 3 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 6 works
  4. 4 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 6 works
  5. 5 Ocular Surface and Contact Lens Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  6. 6 Retinal and Optic Conditions Ophthalmology 4 works
  7. 7 Intraocular Surgery and Lenses Ophthalmology 4 works
  8. 8 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 4 works
  9. 9 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 4 works
  10. 10 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 3 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 available40.8%not open59.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.8%domestic only80.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has San Francisco Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% higher 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 San Francisco Foundation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00055% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%San Francisco Foundation0.00064% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of San Francisco Foundation 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.

still counting10%20%30%San Francisco Foundation13.1% 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 27.5% in 2013.

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