Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute: Statistics

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#2956 of 14,131 In the World
#831 of 2,597 In North America
#763 of 2,496 In the United States
#67 of 249 In California
#5 of 20 In San Diego
#155 of 2,648 For Molecular Biology
Top50% For 65 other topics
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Graduates
52
Male:Female Ratio
32:68
Control
Private
not-for-profit
Highest Degree
Doctor's degree
Acceptance rate
76%*

* Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute is among the institutions that don't provide data on acceptance rates. This might happen because the university has programs where applicants only need to meet admission requirements to enroll and don't necessarily compete with others.

We estimate the above acceptance rate based on admission statistics of closely-ranked nearby universities with similar research profiles that do publish such data.

Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Acceptance rate and admissions statistics

Enrollment demographics by race or ethnicity

Nonresident Alien 27 (52%)
White 15 (29%)
Asian 6 (12%)
Hispanic 3 (6%)
Two or more races 1 (2%)

Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute majors

Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute has granted 5 doctorate degrees in Biomedical Sciences, General. Below is a table with majors that lead to degrees at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute.

Major Doctoral
Biomedical Sciences, General 5
Grand Total 5

Publications & Citations

Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute has published 11,427 scientific papers with 977,988 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Biology, Chemistry, Genetics, Biochemistry, Medicine, Organic Chemistry, Computer Science, Immunology, Oncology and Cancer research, and Pathology.

Publications
11,427
Citations
977,988

Publication / Citation count by topic

Biology
11,066 / 964,935
Chemistry
10,401 / 931,212
Genetics
10,249 / 915,853
Biochemistry
10,129 / 912,979
Medicine
7,729 / 624,753
Organic Chemistry
3,777 / 339,864
Computer Science
3,663 / 299,729
Immunology
3,186 / 264,191
Oncology and Cancer research
3,015 / 245,434
Pathology
2,971 / 244,955
Engineering
2,613 / 237,380
Physics
2,350 / 192,741
Psychology
2,046 / 161,418
Molecular Biology
2,046 / 185,907
Environmental Science
1,975 / 167,681
Bioinformatics and Computational biology
1,939 / 167,329
Neuroscience
1,503 / 122,118
Materials Science
1,278 / 119,163
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
1,228 / 101,947
Quantum and Particle physics
1,164 / 109,296
Geology
1,134 / 95,468
Anatomy and Physiology
983 / 73,387
Psychiatry
920 / 65,631
Paleontology
904 / 73,266
Surgery
878 / 59,960
Biotechnology
803 / 69,463
Pharmacology
738 / 50,517
Biophysics
689 / 50,429
Ecology
616 / 59,826
Philosophy
530 / 57,379
Virology
482 / 38,522
Evolutionary Biology
479 / 44,745
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation
452 / 39,567
Botany
423 / 46,140
Optical Engineering
417 / 22,572
Cardiology
378 / 29,119
Nanotechnology
366 / 31,500
Radiology and Nuclear medicine
335 / 15,429
Microbiology
332 / 23,274
Linguistics
328 / 29,591

Annual publication & citation counts

Year Publications Citations
1993 68 3751
1994 79 4212
1995 94 4305
1996 164 5207
1997 186 7207
1998 185 10146
1999 209 12703
2000 245 14913
2001 228 15787
2002 308 17796
2003 265 19430
2004 313 19556
2005 315 19860
2006 410 22199
2007 384 23598
2008 378 25158
2009 421 26228
2010 458 29156
2011 545 31356
2012 536 35288
2013 550 37803
2014 578 38381
2015 499 38676
2016 445 39301
2017 456 41324
2018 356 42783
2019 363 44932
2020 461 55045
2021 357 61252
2022 370 57734
2023 277 55511
2024 268 52673
2025 229 45985
Academic rankings

General info

Total FTE staff 606
Carnegie classification Special Focus Four-Year: Other Health Professions Schools

Location and contacts

Address 10901 North Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, California, 92037-1005
United States
City population 1,387,000
Phone 85864631005138