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Research in Billerica

Science Explorer records 20 research institutions in Billerica, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Resonance Research (United States), Aerodyne Research and Bruker (United States).

Research institutions
20
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
6.3k
▼ 14% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
11.1%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Billerica?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Resonance Research (United States)Company 1,876 #6,475
2Bruker (United States)Company 1,197 #8,366
3Aerodyne ResearchCompany 1,035 #7,118
4Photonic Systems (United States)Company 721 #9,678 all time
5AST Products (United States)Company 511 #14,942 all time
6Entegris (United States)Company 254 #20,272 all time
7ProterixBio (United States)Company 215 #27,054 all time
8ClearMotion (United States)Company 103 not ranked
9Superconducting Systems (United States)Company 101 not ranked
10Thales (United States)Company 91 not ranked
11Lantheus Medical Imaging (United States)Company 48 not ranked
12Billerica Public LibraryArchive 36 not ranked
13SI2 Technologies (United States)Company 32 not ranked
14Passport Systems (United States)Company 22 not ranked
15Conformis (United States)Company 14 not ranked
16Exogenesis (United States)Company 14 not ranked
17Orbotech (United States)Company 9 not ranked
18E Ink (United States)Company 6 not ranked
19Akita Innovation (United States)Company 3 not ranked
20BCO (United States)Company 3 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

Resonance Research (United States): 29.8%Bruker (United States): 19.0%Aerodyne Research: 16.5%Photonic Systems (United States): 11.5%16 others listed: 23.2%30%largest
Resonance Research (United States)1,876 · 29.8%Bruker (United States)1,197 · 19.0%Aerodyne Research1,035 · 16.5%Photonic Systems (United States)721 · 11.5%16 others listed1,462 · 23.2%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

What is Billerica strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Billerica is most concentrated in Oceanography, Geophysics and Astronomy and Astrophysics (32.4× the world share in Oceanography).

  1. OceanographySubfield · 92.9 works32×
  2. GeophysicsSubfield · 92.4 works26×
  3. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 96.1 works18×
  4. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 205.8 works13×
  5. SpectroscopySubfield · 27.8 works12×
  6. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 61.9 works6.7×
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Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

Which keywords describe research in Billerica?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Electron Acceleration, Hydrological Modeling, Geodetic Measurements, GRACE, Ionosphere, Magnetosphere, Sea Level Rise and Ionospheric Anomalies.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change101▲ 3.7×34 topics
  2. Electron Acceleration92▲ 134×2 topics
  3. Hydrological Modeling92▲ 38×3 topics
  4. Geodetic Measurements92▲ 83×2 topics
  5. GRACE92▲ 175×1 topic
  6. Ionosphere92▲ 161×1 topic
  7. Magnetosphere92▲ 161×1 topic
  8. Sea Level Rise92▲ 71×1 topic
  9. Ionospheric Anomalies91▲ 230×1 topic
  10. Seismic Electromagnetics91▲ 230×1 topic
  11. Magnetic Resonance Imaging54▲ 21×8 topics
  12. Deep Learning46▲ 1.32×48 topics
  13. Perfusion Imaging30▲ 41×2 topics
  14. Spectroscopy30▲ 17×7 topics
  15. Functional MRI27▲ 35×2 topics
  16. Parallel Imaging27▲ 56×1 topic
  17. Susceptibility Weighted Imaging27▲ 56×1 topic
  18. Neurological Disorders24▲ 4.2×16 topics
  19. Mass Spectrometry19▲ 12×6 topics
  20. NMR Spectroscopy16▲ 18×2 topics
  21. Air Quality16▲ 8.3×6 topics
  22. Imaging15▲ 5.7×8 topics
  23. Functional Connectivity13▲ 10×3 topics
  24. Proteomics12▲ 19×3 topics
  25. Neuroimaging12▲ 4.3×10 topics
  26. Default Mode Network12▲ 16×1 topic
  27. Resting-State fMRI12▲ 16×1 topic
  28. Integrated Circuits11▲ 7.1×3 topics
  29. Atmospheric Aerosols11▲ 19×1 topic
  30. Black Carbon11▲ 19×1 topic
  31. Brain Development11▲ 6.0×5 topics
  32. Dynamic Nuclear Polarization10▲ 35×2 topics
  33. Spin Dynamics10▲ 23×2 topics
  34. Hyperpolarization10▲ 63×1 topic
  35. Solid-State NMR10▲ 63×1 topic
  36. Particulate Matter10▲ 6.2×2 topics
  37. Brain Connectivity9▲ 9.7×2 topics
  38. Diffusion MRI9▲ 29×1 topic
  39. White Matter9▲ 29×1 topic
  40. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy9▲ 11×2 topics

What research is done in Billerica?

  1. 1 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 92 works
  2. 2 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 92 works
  3. 3 Earthquake Detection and Analysis Geophysics 91 works
  4. 4 Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 27 works
  5. 5 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 12 works
  6. 6 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 11 works
  7. 7 Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications Spectroscopy 10 works
  8. 8 Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 9 works
  9. 9 Advanced Biosensing Techniques and Applications Molecular Biology 7 works
  10. 10 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 7 works

Research output over time

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