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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?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Boise State UniversityUniversity 9,391 #2,499
2Micron (United States)Company 1,719 #8,817
3Idaho Department of Fish and GameGovernment institution 540 #25,677
4HealthwiseNonprofit 381 #20,929
5Family Medicine Residency of IdahoHospital / health system 232 #39,910 all time
6Boise VA Medical CenterHospital / health system 229 #17,114 all time
7Northwest Watershed Research CenterResearch facility 205 #18,067 all time
8Simplot (United States)Company 163 #38,385 all time
9Idaho State Board of EducationGovernment institution 157 #29,802 all time
10Idaho Business for EducationUniversity 150 #42,598 all time
11St. Luke's ClinicHospital / health system 144 #41,067 all time
12Boise Bible CollegeUniversity 128 #42,293 all time
13Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical CenterHospital / health system 124 #29,905 all time
14The Peregrine FundNonprofit 118 not ranked
15St. Luke's Mountain States Tumor InstituteResearch facility 81 not ranked
16Amalgamated Sugar (United States)Company 64 not ranked
17Idaho Department of Health and WelfareHospital / health system 63 not ranked
18American Semiconductor (United States)Company 62 not ranked
19St. Luke’s Boise Medical CenterHospital / health system 61 not ranked
20Elks Rehabilitation HospitalHospital / health system 53 not ranked
21Idaho State Department of EducationGovernment institution 45 not ranked
22St. Luke's Children's HospitalHospital / health system 44 not ranked
23St. Luke's Cystic Fibrosis Center of IdahoHospital / health system 30 not ranked
24Idaho State Department of AgricultureGovernment institution 24 not ranked
25Idaho Department of Parks and RecreationGovernment institution 23 not ranked
26Biomark (United States)Company 19 not ranked
27Saint Alphonsus Health SystemHospital / health system 17 not ranked
28Idaho State Historical SocietyGovernment institution 15 not ranked
29O.D. 260 (United States)Company 13 not ranked
30Injury Care Medical CenterHospital / health system 12 not ranked
31Northwest Clinical TrialsHospital / health system 10 not ranked
32Idaho Commission for LibrariesGovernment institution 9 not ranked
33Behavior Imaging Solutions (United States)Company 9 not ranked
34Melt Organic (United States)Company 4 not ranked
35Central District Health DepartmentGovernment institution 2 not ranked
36Wild LensNonprofit 2 not ranked
37McNeel Eye CenterHospital / health system 1 not ranked
38Idaho Humanities CouncilFunder 1 not ranked
39Discovery Center of IdahoNonprofit 1 not ranked
40JannusNonprofit 1 not ranked
41Idaho Scientific (United States)Company 1 not ranked
42Idaho Association of School AdministratorsInstitution 1 not ranked
43Idaho 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.

Boise State University: 65.4%Micron (United States): 12.0%Idaho Department of Fish and Game: 3.8%Healthwise: 2.7%38 others listed: 16.2%65%largest
Boise State University9,391 · 65.4%Micron (United States)1,719 · 12.0%Idaho Department of Fish and Game540 · 3.8%Healthwise381 · 2.7%38 others listed2,318 · 16.2%

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

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).

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 34.4 works5.4×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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.

▲ 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 Change172▲ 2.4×77 topics
  2. Machine Learning109▲ 1.24×74 topics
  3. Epidemiology84▼ 0.79×117 topics
  4. Remote Sensing76▲ 2.3×28 topics
  5. Sustainability59◆ 0.91×58 topics
  6. Invasive Species58▲ 5.0×16 topics
  7. Mental Health54▲ 1.38×33 topics
  8. Biodiversity53▲ 2.6×24 topics
  9. Conservation43▲ 3.7×18 topics
  10. Student Engagement36▲ 3.4×13 topics
  11. Habitat Fragmentation34▲ 5.7×5 topics
  12. Social Justice33▲ 2.1×27 topics
  13. Resilience30▲ 2.3×14 topics
  14. Population Dynamics27▲ 4.0×11 topics
  15. Ecosystem26▲ 9.1×4 topics
  16. Nanoelectronics24▲ 10×2 topics
  17. Reflective Practice24▲ 4.8×7 topics
  18. Fisheries Sustainability23▲ 9.7×2 topics
  19. Habitat Selection23▲ 11×2 topics
  20. Plate Tectonics22▲ 5.5×3 topics
  21. Atomic Layer Deposition22▲ 12×1 topic
  22. High-k Dielectrics22▲ 12×1 topic
  23. Integrated Circuits22▲ 5.3×3 topics
  24. Tectonics22▲ 6.8×3 topics
  25. Ecosystem Resilience20▲ 5.2×5 topics
  26. Trophic Cascades20▲ 8.1×2 topics
  27. Fault Localization20▲ 11×2 topics
  28. Failure Analysis20▲ 7.5×3 topics
  29. Parallel Computing19▲ 6.2×5 topics
  30. Freshwater Biodiversity19▲ 12×2 topics
  31. Hydrology19▲ 5.7×4 topics
  32. Conservation Challenges18▲ 15×1 topic
  33. Flow Regulation18▲ 15×1 topic
  34. Thermodynamic Modeling18▲ 6.0×3 topics
  35. Instructional Design17▲ 8.2×3 topics
  36. Laser Voltage Probing16▲ 21×1 topic
  37. Photon Emission Microscopy16▲ 21×1 topic
  38. Geochronology16▲ 8.9×1 topic
  39. Zircon16▲ 8.9×1 topic
  40. Economic Policy16▲ 12×3 topics

What research is done in Boise?

  1. 1 Semiconductor materials and devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 22 works
  2. 2 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 18 works
  3. 3 Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis Electrical and Electronic Engineering 16 works
  4. 4 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 16 works
  5. 5 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 16 works
  6. 6 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 15 works
  7. 7 Online and Blended Learning Education 14 works
  8. 8 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 14 works
  9. 9 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 14 works
  10. 10 Cryospheric studies and observations Atmospheric Science 12 works

Research output over time

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