Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute: Statistics

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#763 of 2,597 In North America
#701 of 2,496 In the United States
#61 of 249 In California
#5 of 20 In San Diego
#139 of 2,323 For Molecular Biology
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Graduates
31
Male:Female Ratio
54:46
Control
Private
not-for-profit
Highest Degree
Doctor's degree
Acceptance rate
86%*

* 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 15 (48%)
White 12 (39%)
Hispanic 2 (6%)
Two or more races 1 (3%)
Asian 1 (3%)

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 9,430 scientific papers with 725,282 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
9,430
Citations
725,282

Publication / Citation count by topic

Biology
9,190 / 719,409
Chemistry
8,670 / 699,510
Genetics
8,527 / 684,699
Biochemistry
8,465 / 686,770
Medicine
6,407 / 461,478
Organic Chemistry
3,218 / 264,495
Computer Science
2,975 / 212,387
Immunology
2,680 / 202,783
Pathology
2,528 / 181,331
Oncology and Cancer research
2,464 / 184,954
Engineering
2,248 / 186,048
Physics
1,990 / 151,743
Molecular Biology
1,738 / 145,369
Psychology
1,693 / 116,054
Environmental Science
1,605 / 121,372
Bioinformatics and Computational biology
1,579 / 119,986
Neuroscience
1,241 / 88,092
Materials Science
1,108 / 94,937
Quantum and Particle physics
971 / 84,204
Geology
927 / 70,405
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences
920 / 69,070
Anatomy and Physiology
832 / 56,889
Psychiatry
761 / 45,241
Paleontology
746 / 49,573
Surgery
721 / 42,295
Biotechnology
702 / 51,294
Pharmacology
628 / 36,588
Biophysics
603 / 41,041
Ecology
487 / 42,868
Philosophy
407 / 37,260
Virology
397 / 27,194
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation
389 / 28,863
Evolutionary Biology
386 / 33,999
Optical Engineering
343 / 19,193
Botany
339 / 35,933
Nanotechnology
308 / 24,420
Cardiology
307 / 18,940
Radiology and Nuclear medicine
283 / 12,727
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
265 / 35,308
Metallurgical Engineering
252 / 17,565

Annual publication & citation counts

Year Publications Citations
1990 36 1911
1991 42 2248
1992 45 2400
1993 51 2675
1994 61 2968
1995 73 3079
1996 156 3696
1997 157 5274
1998 149 7690
1999 178 9987
2000 198 11563
2001 199 12650
2002 263 14261
2003 223 14922
2004 263 15406
2005 268 15943
2006 378 17786
2007 330 18930
2008 336 20480
2009 356 21567
2010 392 23586
2011 468 25885
2012 475 30175
2013 486 32863
2014 513 33540
2015 466 34586
2016 427 35208
2017 419 37598
2018 330 36692
2019 344 40050
2020 404 47158
2021 356 57670
2022 298 52638
Academic rankings

General info

Total FTE staff 570
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