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Research in Billerica

Science Explorer records 19 research institutions in Billerica, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Bruker (United States), Resonance Research (United States) and Aerodyne Research.

Research institutions
19
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
6.3k
▲ 41% vs 2018-21
Citations
199k
31.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
11.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Billerica

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality 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
1Bruker (United States)Company 2,630 #2,575
2Resonance Research (United States)Company 1,876 #3,965
3Aerodyne ResearchCompany 1,035 #7,489
4Photonic Systems (United States)Company 721 #32,721 all time
5AST Products (United States)Company 511 #19,127 all time
6Entegris (United States)Company 254 #25,501 all time
7ProterixBio (United States)Company 215 #21,807 all time
8ClearMotion (United States)Company 103 not ranked
9Superconducting Systems (United States)Company 101 not ranked
10Lantheus Medical Imaging (United States)Company 48 not ranked
11Billerica Public LibraryArchive 36 not ranked
12SI2 Technologies (United States)Company 32 not ranked
13Passport Systems (United States)Company 22 not ranked
14Conformis (United States)Company 14 not ranked
15Exogenesis (United States)Company 14 not ranked
16Orbotech (United States)Company 9 not ranked
17E Ink (United States)Company 6 not ranked
18Akita Innovation (United States)Company 3 not ranked
19BCO (United States)Company 3 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. 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.

Bruker (United States): 34.5%Resonance Research (United States): 24.6%Aerodyne Research: 13.6%Photonic Systems (United States): 9.4%15 others listed: 18.0%34%largest
Bruker (United States)2,630 · 34.5%Resonance Research (United States)1,876 · 24.6%Aerodyne Research1,035 · 13.6%Photonic Systems (United States)721 · 9.4%15 others listed1,371 · 18.0%

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

Which fields of science does Billerica work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research in Billerica is in Physical Sciences, 17% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Earth and Planetary Sciences (18%), Medicine (16%), Engineering (13%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 703 fractional works · 59.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 213 fractional works · 18.1% of its workOceanography: 94 fractional works · 8.0% of its workGeophysics: 93 fractional works · 7.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 22 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 157 fractional works · 13.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 58 fractional works · 5.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 34 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 146 fractional works · 12.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 98 fractional works · 8.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 32 fractional works · 2.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 50 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 30 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 47 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSpectroscopy: 34 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 44 fractional works · 3.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 36 fractional works · 3.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 203 fractional works · 17.2% of its workMedicine: 192 fractional works · 16.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 71 fractional works · 6.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 16 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 200 fractional works · 16.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 118 fractional works · 10.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 81 fractional works · 6.9% of its workBiophysics: 10 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStructural Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 58 fractional works · 4.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 40 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 14 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 74 fractional works · 6.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 24 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 15 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKBillerica1,179fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences60%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences6%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences21318.1%
    2. Engineering15713.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy14612.3%
    4. Materials Science504.3%
    5. Chemistry474.0%
    6. Environmental Science443.8%
    7. Computer Science363.1%
    8. Energy40.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering30.2%
    10. Mathematics30.2%
    1. Medicine19216.3%
    2. Health Professions70.6%
    3. Dentistry20.1%
    4. Nursing10.1%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11810.0%
    2. Neuroscience584.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences141.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology60.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics40.3%
    1. Social Sciences242.1%
    2. Psychology151.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities131.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting90.8%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance70.6%
    6. Decision Sciences50.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.73× its world share, 94 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.53× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.85× its world share, 47 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.71× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.36× its world share, 38 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.33× its world share, 27 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 12.85× its world share, 206 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.89× its world share, 136 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.73× its world share, 37 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.18× its world share, 42 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 6.06× its world share, 138 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.83× its world share, 163 worksMedicineNursing: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.42× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 19 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 12.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.85×206 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy6.06×138 works
  3. Neuroscience2.85×47 works
  4. Chemistry2.36×38 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.73×94 works
  6. Materials Science1.18×42 works
  7. Engineering0.89×136 works
  8. Medicine0.83×163 works
  9. Environmental Science0.73×37 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.71×3 works
  11. Chemical Engineering0.64×2 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.53×6 works
  13. Veterinary0.46×1 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.42×12 works
  15. Energy0.41×4 works
  16. Psychology0.41×13 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.39×4 works
  18. Dentistry0.34×2 works
  19. Computer Science0.33×27 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.25×6 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.23×11 works
  22. Health Professions0.22×6 works
  23. Nursing0.21×1 works
  24. Mathematics0.18×2 works
  25. Social Sciences0.15×19 works
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.10×3 works

Which keywords describe research in Billerica?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Electron Acceleration, Solar Wind, Hydrological Modeling, Ionosphere, Magnetosphere, Geodetic Measurements, Sea Level Rise and GRACE.

▲ 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-now 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 Change103▲ 3.2×41 topics
  2. Electron Acceleration93▲ 118×2 topics
  3. Hydrological Modeling92▲ 33×3 topics
  4. Solar Wind92▲ 86×2 topics
  5. Ionosphere92▲ 143×1 topic
  6. Magnetosphere92▲ 143×1 topic
  7. Geodetic Measurements92▲ 74×2 topics
  8. Sea Level Rise92▲ 62×2 topics
  9. GRACE92▲ 162×1 topic
  10. groundwater depletion92▲ 162×1 topic
  11. Ionospheric Anomalies91▲ 204×1 topic
  12. Seismic Electromagnetics91▲ 204×1 topic
  13. Magnetic Resonance Imaging63▲ 21×8 topics
  14. Deep Learning56▲ 1.39×52 topics
  15. Spectroscopy36▲ 18×11 topics
  16. Perfusion Imaging36▲ 42×2 topics
  17. Functional MRI32▲ 37×2 topics
  18. Parallel Imaging32▲ 58×1 topic
  19. Susceptibility Weighted Imaging32▲ 58×1 topic
  20. Neurological Disorders30▲ 4.4×16 topics
  21. Mass Spectrometry22▲ 12×6 topics
  22. Air Quality19▲ 8.7×6 topics
  23. NMR Spectroscopy18▲ 18×3 topics
  24. Functional Connectivity17▲ 10×3 topics
  25. Imaging16▲ 5.6×9 topics
  26. Proteomics15▲ 20×3 topics
  27. Default Mode Network14▲ 16×1 topic
  28. Resting-State fMRI14▲ 16×1 topic
  29. Atmospheric Aerosols14▲ 21×1 topic
  30. Black Carbon14▲ 21×1 topic
  31. Brain Development12▲ 5.8×5 topics
  32. Data Integration12▲ 6.0×3 topics
  33. Dynamic Nuclear Polarization12▲ 35×2 topics
  34. Integrated Circuits12▲ 6.8×3 topics
  35. Spin Dynamics11▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Hyperpolarization11▲ 63×1 topic
  37. Solid-State NMR11▲ 63×1 topic
  38. RNA-Seq11▲ 7.9×2 topics
  39. Single-Cell10▲ 17×1 topic
  40. Transcriptomics10▲ 17×1 topic

What research is done in Billerica?

Geophysics and Gravity M…92Geophysics and Gravity Measurements: 92 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosp…92Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 92 fractional worksEarthquake Detection and…91Earthquake Detection and Analysis: 91 fractional worksAdvanced MRI Techniques and Applications: 27 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 12 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 11 fractional worksAdvanced NMR Techniques and Applications: 10 fractional worksAdvanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications: 9 fractional worksAdvanced Biosensing Techniques and Applications: 7 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brain function: 7 fractional works
OceanographyAstronomy and AstrophysicsGeophysicsRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  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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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%Billerica14.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 31.5% in 2000.

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