Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute: Statistics

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#2759 of 14,131 In the World
#784 of 2,597 In North America
#720 of 2,496 In the United States
#63 of 249 In California
#5 of 20 In San Diego
#167 of 2,496 For Molecular Biology
Top50% For 66 other topics
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Graduates
44
Male:Female Ratio
45:55
Control
Private
not-for-profit
Highest Degree
Doctor's degree
Acceptance rate
75%*

* 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 25 (57%)
White 12 (27%)
Hispanic 4 (9%)
Asian 2 (5%)
Two or more races 1 (2%)

Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute majors

Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute has granted 6 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 6
Grand Total 6

Publications & Citations

Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute has published 10,210 scientific papers with 787,362 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Biology, Chemistry, Genetics, Biochemistry, Medicine, Organic Chemistry, Computer Science, Immunology, Pathology, and Oncology and Cancer research.

Publications
10,210
Citations
787,362

Publication / Citation count by topic

Biology
9,942 / 778,780
Chemistry
9,413 / 761,224
Genetics
9,269 / 747,767
Biochemistry
9,197 / 749,051
Medicine
6,987 / 505,374
Organic Chemistry
3,509 / 285,334
Computer Science
3,174 / 229,043
Immunology
2,958 / 225,539
Pathology
2,741 / 203,256
Oncology and Cancer research
2,721 / 197,212
Engineering
2,395 / 201,990
Physics
2,106 / 158,856
Molecular Biology
1,926 / 150,525
Psychology
1,829 / 128,693
Environmental Science
1,745 / 137,840
Bioinformatics and Computational biology
1,652 / 126,173
Neuroscience
1,345 / 96,904
Materials Science
1,184 / 102,122
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
1,070 / 80,077
Geology
1,038 / 77,184
Quantum and Particle physics
1,029 / 88,994
Anatomy and Physiology
910 / 60,773
Psychiatry
832 / 52,145
Paleontology
832 / 57,876
Surgery
803 / 47,686
Biotechnology
776 / 60,828
Pharmacology
658 / 38,729
Biophysics
654 / 44,689
Ecology
500 / 46,610
Philosophy
450 / 40,054
Virology
436 / 29,235
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation
415 / 32,807
Evolutionary Biology
407 / 33,548
Optical Engineering
379 / 19,759
Botany
357 / 39,579
Nanotechnology
338 / 26,478
Cardiology
335 / 22,924
Radiology and Nuclear medicine
317 / 14,656
Geography and Cartography
292 / 17,561
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
279 / 39,112

Annual publication & citation counts

Year Publications Citations
1991 47 2515
1992 53 2692
1993 58 2961
1994 71 3284
1995 85 3352
1996 158 4084
1997 169 5732
1998 156 8185
1999 182 10437
2000 215 12189
2001 210 12856
2002 279 14364
2003 255 15475
2004 289 16031
2005 282 16525
2006 391 18678
2007 353 19980
2008 351 21133
2009 379 22461
2010 421 24793
2011 506 27088
2012 509 31393
2013 503 34209
2014 545 34915
2015 483 35832
2016 432 36423
2017 441 37699
2018 359 39945
2019 365 42055
2020 434 49466
2021 351 55979
2022 327 54149
2023 218 50438
Academic rankings

General info

Total FTE staff 564
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