University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego)
United States of America (USA)
Time frame: 1 June 2025 - 30 May 2026Profile
The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 178 applied, health, natural and social sciences journals, across many different publishers, chosen by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides absolute Count of primary research articles and fractional Share counts of author contribution to articles. The positions in the table below reflect University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego)'s position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share. Each position links to the corresponding table where University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) is listed.
Position by research output Share
Position by research output Share in subject areas
Research
University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) has the following research output in the current window (1 June 2025 - 30 May 2026) of the Nature Index. Click on Count to view a list of articles representing the corresponding Share value.
Overall research output
Research outputs by subject area
Leading research topics
In the Current Index (12-month rolling window), University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) published the most articles in these research topics. Learn more about Nature Research Intelligence Topics.
| Topics | Count | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Clinical Sciences | 117 | 27.36 |
| Oncology and Carcinogenesis | 87 | 21.32 |
| Zoology | 42 | 17.76 |
| Bioinformatics and Computational Biology | 65 | 17.69 |
| Physical Chemistry | 35 | 16.29 |
| Biochemistry and Cell Biology | 41 | 16.27 |
| Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry | 19 | 12.74 |
Share output for the past 5 years
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Collaboration
Nature Index collaborations highlight fruitful collaborations that lead to high quality research around the world. A collaboration can be between any two institutions or locations co-authoring at least one article in the journals tracked by the Nature Index. The collaboration score between two institutions is the sum of each of their Shares on the papers to which both have contributed. The table and charts below highlight the leading collaborators with University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego).
Top 5 domestic collaborators with University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) by Share
Collaborating institutions
Note: Hover over the bars to view details about each institution's Share.
| Collaborating Institution | Collaborators' Share | Collaboration Score |
|---|---|---|
| UC San Diego Health Sciences | 82.72 / 42.57 | 125.29 |
| Harvard University | 19.03 / 28.25 | 47.27 |
| Stanford University | 18.86 / 20.28 | 39.14 |
| Salk Institute for Biological Studies (Salk) | 17.25 / 14.26 | 31.51 |
| Rady Children’s Health (RCH) | 18.72 / 6.20 | 24.92 |
Top 5 international collaborators with University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego) by Share
Collaborating institutions
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| Collaborating Institution | Collaborators' Share | Total Share |
|---|---|---|
| French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) | 11.84 / 5.26 | 17.10 |
| Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) | 4.68 / 7.24 | 11.92 |
| Max Planck Society | 6.61 / 3.95 | 10.56 |
| Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich (LMU) | 5.93 / 4.27 | 10.21 |
| Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) | 5.54 / 2.48 | 8.02 |
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Relationships
Affiliated institutions
The following affiliated institutions are wholly owned, operated, administered or contains research facilities for University of California, San Diego (UC San Diego). All affiliations for an affiliated institution are credited to the institution to which it is affiliated. Each of the affiliated institutions listed below has its own research profile.
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Affiliated joint institutions and consortia
Represents joint institutions and consortia for which the institution is designated as a partner institution. Each partner institution of a joint institution or consortium receives an equivalent Share for every affiliation in which the consortium is included.
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Transformative Meta-Optical Systems
- Assembling Galaxies of Resolved Anatomy (AGORA)
- BICEP2 Collaboration
- CARe Consortium
- CDF Collaboration
- CUHK-UC San Diego Joint Laboratory on Chinese Economy
- California Center for Algae Biotechnology (Cal-CAB)
- California Institute for Quantum Entanglement (CAIQuE)
- California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2)
- Center for Applied Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA)
- Center for Neural Circuits and Behavior (CNCB)
- Center for Scalable and Integrated NAno Manufacturing (SINAM)
- Center for Science of Information (CSoI)
- Center of Excellence for Telecom Applications (CETA)
- Chimpanzee Sequencing and Analysis Consortium
- Collaboration for AIDS Vaccine Discovery (CAVD)
- Diabetes Control and Complications Trial/Epidemiology of Diabetes Interventions and Complications (DCCT/EDIC)
- Drosophila 12 Genomes Consortium
- ENCODE Consortium
- Enzo Collaboration
- Expedition 318 Scientists
- Future Circular Collider Design Study (FCC)
- Gleeson Laboratory for Pediatric Brain Diseases
- ImmGen Consortium
- Institute for the Study of the Ecological and Evolutionary Climate Impacts (ISEECI)
- International Brachypodium Initiative (IBI)
- International SAE Consortium (iSAEC)
- Joint Center for Structural Genomics
- LJI-UC San Diego Program in Immunology
- Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation Mother-Milk-Infant Center of Research Excellence (LRF MOMI CORE)
- Liquid Sunlight Alliance (LiSA)
- Low-cost Earth-abundant Na-ion Storage Consortium (LENS Consortium)
- Mouse ENCODE Consortium
- NIH Roadmap Epigenomics Mapping Consortium
- NSF AI Institute for Advances in Optimization (AI4OPT)
- Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability (CFB) - UC San Diego
- POLARBEAR Collaboration
- Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank (RCSB PDB)
- SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program (JDP) in Clinical Psychology
- SHINES Energy Frontier Research Center (EFRC)
- San Diego Center for Systems Biology (SDCSB)
- Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine
- Singapore Institute of Neurotechnology (SINAPSE)
- Southern California Center for Galaxy Evolution
- TMT International Observatory LLC (TIO)
- Tata Institute for Genetics and Society (TIGS)
- The 1000 Genomes Project
- The AMD Gene Consortium
- The CMS Collaboration
- The Center for Momentum Transport and Flow Organization in Plasmas and Magnetofluids (CMTFO)
- The NEIGHBORHOOD Consortium
- UCSD-CNRS Joint Research Chemistry Laboratory
- Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling (WISSARD) Project