Research in Boise
Science Explorer records 43 research institutions in Boise, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Boise State University, Micron (United States) and Healthwise.
- Research institutions
- 43 4 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 14k ▲ 32% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 16.1% 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 Boise?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boise State UniversityUniversity | 9,391 | #2,499 | |
| 2 | Micron (United States)Company | 1,719 | #8,817 | |
| 3 | Idaho Department of Fish and GameGovernment institution | 540 | #25,677 | |
| 4 | HealthwiseNonprofit | 381 | #20,929 | |
| 5 | Family Medicine Residency of IdahoHospital / health system | 232 | #39,910 all time | |
| 6 | Boise VA Medical CenterHospital / health system | 229 | #17,114 all time | |
| 7 | Northwest Watershed Research CenterResearch facility | 205 | #18,067 all time | |
| 8 | Simplot (United States)Company | 163 | #38,385 all time | |
| 9 | Idaho State Board of EducationGovernment institution | 157 | #29,802 all time | |
| 10 | Idaho Business for EducationUniversity | 150 | #42,598 all time | |
| 11 | St. Luke's ClinicHospital / health system | 144 | #41,067 all time | |
| 12 | Boise Bible CollegeUniversity | 128 | #42,293 all time | |
| 13 | Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical CenterHospital / health system | 124 | #29,905 all time | |
| 14 | The Peregrine FundNonprofit | 118 | not ranked | |
| 15 | St. Luke's Mountain States Tumor InstituteResearch facility | 81 | not ranked | |
| 16 | Amalgamated Sugar (United States)Company | 64 | not ranked | |
| 17 | Idaho Department of Health and WelfareHospital / health system | 63 | not ranked | |
| 18 | American Semiconductor (United States)Company | 62 | not ranked | |
| 19 | St. Luke’s Boise Medical CenterHospital / health system | 61 | not ranked | |
| 20 | Elks Rehabilitation HospitalHospital / health system | 53 | not ranked | |
| 21 | Idaho State Department of EducationGovernment institution | 45 | not ranked | |
| 22 | St. Luke's Children's HospitalHospital / health system | 44 | not ranked | |
| 23 | St. Luke's Cystic Fibrosis Center of IdahoHospital / health system | 30 | not ranked | |
| 24 | Idaho State Department of AgricultureGovernment institution | 24 | not ranked | |
| 25 | Idaho Department of Parks and RecreationGovernment institution | 23 | not ranked | |
| 26 | Biomark (United States)Company | 19 | not ranked | |
| 27 | Saint Alphonsus Health SystemHospital / health system | 17 | not ranked | |
| 28 | Idaho State Historical SocietyGovernment institution | 15 | not ranked | |
| 29 | O.D. 260 (United States)Company | 13 | not ranked | |
| 30 | Injury Care Medical CenterHospital / health system | 12 | not ranked | |
| 31 | Northwest Clinical TrialsHospital / health system | 10 | not ranked | |
| 32 | Idaho Commission for LibrariesGovernment institution | 9 | not ranked | |
| 33 | Behavior Imaging Solutions (United States)Company | 9 | not ranked | |
| 34 | Melt Organic (United States)Company | 4 | not ranked | |
| 35 | Central District Health DepartmentGovernment institution | 2 | not ranked | |
| 36 | Wild LensNonprofit | 2 | not ranked | |
| 37 | McNeel Eye CenterHospital / health system | 1 | not ranked | |
| 38 | Idaho Humanities CouncilFunder | 1 | not ranked | |
| 39 | Discovery Center of IdahoNonprofit | 1 | not ranked | |
| 40 | JannusNonprofit | 1 | not ranked | |
| 41 | Idaho Scientific (United States)Company | 1 | not ranked | |
| 42 | Idaho Association of School AdministratorsInstitution | 1 | not ranked | |
| 43 | Idaho Governors Office of Species ConservationGovernment institution | 0 | 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.
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What is Boise strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Boise is most concentrated in Nature and Landscape Conservation (5.4× the world share in Nature and Landscape Conservation).
- Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 34.4 works5.4×
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 Boise?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, Biodiversity, Conservation, Habitat Fragmentation and Ecosystem.
- Economic Policy
- Geochronology
- Laser Voltage Probing
- Thermodynamic Modeling
- Conservation Challenges
- Freshwater Biodiversity
- Failure Analysis
- Trophic Cascades
- Tectonics
- High-k Dielectrics
- Plate Tectonics
- Fisheries Sustainability
- Nanoelectronics
- Population Dynamics
- Social Justice
- Student Engagement
- Biodiversity
- Invasive Species
- Remote Sensing
- Machine Learning
- Climate Change
- Epidemiology
- Sustainability
- Mental Health
- Conservation
- Habitat Fragmentation
- Resilience
- Ecosystem
- Reflective Practice
- Habitat Selection
- Atomic Layer Deposition
- Integrated Circuits
- Ecosystem Resilience
- Fault Localization
- Parallel Computing
- Hydrology
- Flow Regulation
- Instructional Design
- Photon Emission Microscopy
- Zircon
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
- Climate Change172▲ 2.4×77 topics
- Machine Learning109▲ 1.24×74 topics
- Epidemiology84▼ 0.79×117 topics
- Remote Sensing76▲ 2.3×28 topics
- Sustainability59◆ 0.91×58 topics
- Invasive Species58▲ 5.0×16 topics
- Mental Health54▲ 1.38×33 topics
- Biodiversity53▲ 2.6×24 topics
- Conservation43▲ 3.7×18 topics
- Student Engagement36▲ 3.4×13 topics
- Habitat Fragmentation34▲ 5.7×5 topics
- Social Justice33▲ 2.1×27 topics
- Resilience30▲ 2.3×14 topics
- Population Dynamics27▲ 4.0×11 topics
- Ecosystem26▲ 9.1×4 topics
- Nanoelectronics24▲ 10×2 topics
- Reflective Practice24▲ 4.8×7 topics
- Fisheries Sustainability23▲ 9.7×2 topics
- Habitat Selection23▲ 11×2 topics
- Plate Tectonics22▲ 5.5×3 topics
- Atomic Layer Deposition22▲ 12×1 topic
- High-k Dielectrics22▲ 12×1 topic
- Integrated Circuits22▲ 5.3×3 topics
- Tectonics22▲ 6.8×3 topics
- Ecosystem Resilience20▲ 5.2×5 topics
- Trophic Cascades20▲ 8.1×2 topics
- Fault Localization20▲ 11×2 topics
- Failure Analysis20▲ 7.5×3 topics
- Parallel Computing19▲ 6.2×5 topics
- Freshwater Biodiversity19▲ 12×2 topics
- Hydrology19▲ 5.7×4 topics
- Conservation Challenges18▲ 15×1 topic
- Flow Regulation18▲ 15×1 topic
- Thermodynamic Modeling18▲ 6.0×3 topics
- Instructional Design17▲ 8.2×3 topics
- Laser Voltage Probing16▲ 21×1 topic
- Photon Emission Microscopy16▲ 21×1 topic
- Geochronology16▲ 8.9×1 topic
- Zircon16▲ 8.9×1 topic
- Economic Policy16▲ 12×3 topics
What research is done in Boise?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Semiconductor materials and devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 22 works
- 2 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 18 works
- 3 Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis Electrical and Electronic Engineering 16 works
- 4 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 16 works
- 5 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 16 works
- 6 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 15 works
- 7 Online and Blended Learning Education 14 works
- 8 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 14 works
- 9 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 14 works
- 10 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 12 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.