Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute: Statistics

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#2894 of 14,131 In the World
#814 of 2,597 In North America
#746 of 2,496 In the United States
#63 of 249 In California
#5 of 20 In San Diego
#152 of 2,622 For Molecular Biology
Top50% For 66 other topics
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Graduates
48
Male:Female Ratio
37:63
Control
Private
not-for-profit
Highest Degree
Doctor's degree
Acceptance rate
79%*

* 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 (56%)
White 15 (31%)
Asian 3 (6%)
Hispanic 3 (6%)

Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute majors

Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute has granted 4 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 4
Grand Total 4

Publications & Citations

Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute has published 11,244 scientific papers with 941,204 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
11,244
Citations
941,204

Publication / Citation count by topic

Biology
10,889 / 929,684
Chemistry
10,260 / 897,941
Genetics
10,092 / 883,246
Biochemistry
9,996 / 880,288
Medicine
7,586 / 600,861
Organic Chemistry
3,746 / 329,431
Computer Science
3,592 / 285,594
Immunology
3,134 / 254,215
Oncology and Cancer research
2,963 / 237,028
Pathology
2,919 / 234,631
Engineering
2,589 / 228,135
Physics
2,316 / 186,962
Molecular Biology
2,040 / 182,751
Psychology
2,000 / 154,345
Environmental Science
1,942 / 161,531
Bioinformatics and Computational biology
1,894 / 158,036
Neuroscience
1,479 / 117,486
Materials Science
1,271 / 116,247
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
1,208 / 95,212
Quantum and Particle physics
1,152 / 106,254
Geology
1,122 / 91,456
Anatomy and Physiology
970 / 70,690
Paleontology
893 / 69,805
Psychiatry
890 / 62,268
Surgery
871 / 58,003
Biotechnology
801 / 66,754
Pharmacology
715 / 47,937
Biophysics
683 / 49,148
Ecology
599 / 57,640
Philosophy
522 / 52,209
Evolutionary Biology
474 / 43,334
Virology
473 / 36,782
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation
451 / 38,880
Optical Engineering
414 / 21,899
Botany
414 / 44,781
Cardiology
370 / 27,901
Nanotechnology
366 / 30,439
Radiology and Nuclear medicine
329 / 14,955
Microbiology
328 / 21,849
Linguistics
320 / 27,039

Annual publication & citation counts

Year Publications Citations
1992 57 3385
1993 68 3749
1994 79 4212
1995 94 4302
1996 164 5197
1997 186 7207
1998 185 10158
1999 209 12701
2000 245 14913
2001 228 15783
2002 308 17788
2003 265 19427
2004 313 19548
2005 315 19858
2006 410 22199
2007 384 23597
2008 378 25160
2009 421 26229
2010 458 29159
2011 545 31348
2012 536 35263
2013 550 37783
2014 577 38370
2015 500 38557
2016 446 39145
2017 455 41174
2018 356 42644
2019 363 44848
2020 461 54978
2021 357 61174
2022 369 57638
2023 277 55412
2024 266 52251
Academic rankings

General info

Total FTE staff 589
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