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San Francisco Foundation

In research, San Francisco Foundation stands highest in Medicine (#6,571 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#8,051 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ophthalmology — Ophthalmology is 83.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,183
of 28,054 · #4,943 all time
Rank in United States
#1,828
of 4,192
Research works
1.1k
▲ 42% vs 2013–17
Citations
49k
45.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is San Francisco Foundation 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
MedicineField #6,571 of 10,443 22.4%89 #4025
Health SciencesDomain #8,051 of 11,982 22.3%97 #5110

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does San Francisco Foundation specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ophthalmology takes 83.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OphthalmologySubfield · 28.7 works83×
← 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: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.36× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.42× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.19× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.55× its world share, 89 worksMedicineNursing: 6.39× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.83× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× 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, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at San Francisco Foundation?

Ranked on the composite score, K. F. Meyer, Hermann Becks and Chandler R. Dawson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is San Francisco Foundation.

  1. 1 K. F. Meyer United States · #27,947 worldwide 235 citations · 71 works
  2. 2 Hermann Becks United States · #72,648 worldwide 211 citations · 39 works
  3. 3 Chandler R. Dawson United States · #108,776 worldwide 164 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Nisha R. Acharya United States · #249,181 worldwide 80 citations · 29 works
  5. 5 B. F. Howitt United States · #277,198 worldwide 77 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Emmett T. Cunningham United States · #1,132,844 worldwide 30 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 P.H. Vercammen-Grandjean United States · #1,517,062 worldwide 13 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at San Francisco Foundation

Which keywords describe research at San Francisco Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Intraocular Pressure, Intravitreal Injection, Antibiotic Resistance, Glaucoma, Immunosuppressive Therapy, Optical Coherence Tomography and Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology33▲ 6.5×58 topics
  2. Intraocular Pressure9▲ 79×2 topics
  3. Antibiotic Resistance8▲ 17×7 topics
  4. Inflammation8▲ 3.1×26 topics
  5. Intravitreal Injection8▲ 94×2 topics
  6. Glaucoma8▲ 43×3 topics
  7. Immunosuppressive Therapy8▲ 32×4 topics
  8. Optical Coherence Tomography8▲ 57×2 topics
  9. Behçet's Disease7▲ 212×1 topic
  10. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis7▲ 112×2 topics
  11. Uveitis7▲ 212×1 topic
  12. Vaccine7▲ 13×10 topics
  13. ACE2 Receptor7▲ 21×3 topics
  14. COVID-196▲ 3.7×11 topics
  15. Myopia6▲ 81×2 topics
  16. Endophthalmitis6▲ 134×2 topics
  17. Keratitis5▲ 264×1 topic
  18. Ocular Infections5▲ 264×1 topic
  19. Corneal Biomechanics5▲ 124×1 topic
  20. Immune Response5▲ 7.1×11 topics
  21. Keratoconus5▲ 124×1 topic
  22. Global Prevalence5▲ 42×2 topics
  23. Pathogenesis5▲ 7.4×10 topics
  24. Optic Nerve5▲ 38×2 topics
  25. Refractive Error5▲ 98×1 topic
  26. Visual Impairment5▲ 78×1 topic
  27. Inflammatory Cytokines5▲ 44×2 topics
  28. Macular Degeneration5▲ 30×3 topics
  29. Dry Eye Disease4▲ 107×1 topic
  30. Ocular Surface4▲ 107×1 topic
  31. Diabetic Retinopathy4▲ 34×2 topics
  32. Ocular Findings4▲ 115×1 topic
  33. Retinal Artery Occlusion4▲ 115×1 topic
  34. Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor4▲ 34×3 topics
  35. Retinal Ganglion Cells4▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Femtosecond Laser3▲ 54×1 topic
  37. Neurodegeneration3▲ 8.8×2 topics
  38. Ocular Hypertension3▲ 51×1 topic
  39. Visual Field Progression3▲ 51×1 topic
  40. Wound Healing3▲ 10×4 topics

Which research topics does San Francisco Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome, Ocular Infections and Treatments, Corneal surgery and disorders and Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies.

Ocular Diseases and Behç…7Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome: 7 fractional worksOcular Infections and Tr…5Ocular Infections and Treatments: 5 fractional worksCorneal surgery and diso…5Corneal surgery and disorders: 5 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual…5Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 5 fractional worksOcular Surface and Contact Lens: 4 fractional worksRetinal and Optic Conditions: 4 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal dis…3Glaucoma and retinal disorders: 3 fractional worksIntraocular Surgery and Lenses: 3 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Water Access: 3 fractional worksCorneal Surgery and Trea…3Corneal Surgery 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 7 works
  2. 2 Ocular Infections and Treatments Ophthalmology 5 works
  3. 3 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 5 works
  4. 4 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 5 works
  5. 5 Ocular Surface and Contact Lens Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  6. 6 Retinal and Optic Conditions Ophthalmology 4 works
  7. 7 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 3 works
  8. 8 Intraocular Surgery and Lenses Ophthalmology 3 works
  9. 9 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 3 works
  10. 10 Corneal Surgery and Treatments Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has San Francisco Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 42% 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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