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Research in Boise

Science Explorer records 39 research institutions in Boise, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Boise State University, Micron (United States) and Healthwise.

Research institutions
39
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
14k
▼ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
251k
17.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
16.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record

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 Boise?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Boise State UniversityUniversity 9,435 #1,771
2Micron (United States)Company 1,719 #6,110
3Idaho Department of Fish and GameGovernment institution 540 #21,554
4HealthwiseNonprofit 381 #17,097
5Family Medicine Residency of IdahoHospital / health system 232 #27,045 all time
6Simplot (United States)Company 163 #30,926 all time
7Idaho State Board of EducationGovernment institution 157 #21,457 all time
8Idaho Business for EducationUniversity 150 #33,772 all time
9St. Luke's ClinicHospital / health system 144 #33,041 all time
10Boise Bible CollegeUniversity 128 #31,618 all time
11Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical CenterHospital / health system 124 #34,138 all time
12The Peregrine FundNonprofit 118 not ranked
13St. Luke's Mountain States Tumor InstituteResearch facility 81 not ranked
14Amalgamated Sugar (United States)Company 64 not ranked
15Idaho Department of Health and WelfareHospital / health system 63 not ranked
16American Semiconductor (United States)Company 62 not ranked
17Elks Rehabilitation HospitalHospital / health system 53 not ranked
18Idaho State Department of EducationGovernment institution 45 not ranked
19St. Luke's Cystic Fibrosis Center of IdahoHospital / health system 30 not ranked
20Idaho State Department of AgricultureGovernment institution 24 not ranked
21Idaho Department of Parks and RecreationGovernment institution 23 not ranked
22Biomark (United States)Company 19 not ranked
23Saint Alphonsus Health SystemHospital / health system 17 not ranked
24Idaho State Historical SocietyGovernment institution 15 not ranked
25O.D. 260 (United States)Company 13 not ranked
26Injury Care Medical CenterHospital / health system 12 not ranked
27Northwest Clinical TrialsHospital / health system 10 not ranked
28Idaho Commission for LibrariesGovernment institution 9 not ranked
29Behavior Imaging Solutions (United States)Company 9 not ranked
30Melt Organic (United States)Company 4 not ranked
31Central District Health DepartmentGovernment institution 2 not ranked
32Wild LensNonprofit 2 not ranked
33McNeel Eye CenterHospital / health system 1 not ranked
34Idaho Humanities CouncilFunder 1 not ranked
35Discovery Center of IdahoNonprofit 1 not ranked
36JannusNonprofit 1 not ranked
37Idaho Scientific (United States)Company 1 not ranked
38Idaho Association of School AdministratorsInstitution 1 not ranked
39Idaho Governors Office of Species ConservationGovernment institution 0 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.

Boise State University: 68.1%Micron (United States): 12.4%Idaho Department of Fish and Game: 3.9%Healthwise: 2.8%34 others listed: 12.8%68%largest
Boise State University9,435 · 68.1%Micron (United States)1,719 · 12.4%Idaho Department of Fish and Game540 · 3.9%Healthwise381 · 2.8%34 others listed1,779 · 12.8%

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

Which fields of science does Boise work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research in Boise is in Physical Sciences, 29% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (15%), Engineering (15%), Medicine (12%).

Physical Sciences: 1,417 fractional works · 43.9% of its workEngineering: 480 fractional works · 14.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 199 fractional works · 6.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 63 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 43 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 301 fractional works · 9.3% of its workEcology: 87 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 57 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 39 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 28 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 267 fractional works · 8.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 88 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems: 54 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 37 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 122 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeophysics: 43 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 42 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPaleontology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 106 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 66 fractional works · 2.0% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 69 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 33 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 935 fractional works · 29.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 489 fractional works · 15.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 130 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEducation: 126 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 69 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGender Studies: 29 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLaw: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCultural Studies: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 193 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 63 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 57 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 44 fractional works · 1.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 98 fractional works · 3.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 29 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 77 fractional works · 2.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 47 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 36 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 32 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 539 fractional works · 16.7% of its workMedicine: 403 fractional works · 12.5% of its workSurgery: 51 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 45 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 38 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 112 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 60 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 339 fractional works · 10.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 161 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 96 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGenetics: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 111 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPlant Science: 36 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAquatic Science: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 46 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKBoise3,230fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences44%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences29%

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. Engineering48014.9%
    2. Environmental Science3019.3%
    3. Computer Science2678.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1223.8%
    5. Materials Science1063.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy692.1%
    7. Chemistry270.8%
    8. Mathematics250.8%
    9. Energy120.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering70.2%
    1. Social Sciences48915.1%
    2. Psychology1936.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities983.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting772.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance471.4%
    6. Decision Sciences321.0%
    1. Medicine40312.5%
    2. Health Professions1123.5%
    3. Nursing140.4%
    4. Veterinary60.2%
    5. Dentistry40.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1615.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1113.4%
    3. Neuroscience461.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology150.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics60.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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 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: 0.74× its world share, 94 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.96× its world share, 137 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.41× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.79× its world share, 34 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.33× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.52× its world share, 22 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.11× its world share, 231 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.50× its world share, 105 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.40× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.04× its world share, 418 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.86× its world share, 248 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.93× its world share, 87 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.74× its world share, 23 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.02× its world share, 60 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.34× its world share, 95 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.63× its world share, 324 worksMedicineNursing: 0.93× its world share, 12 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.18× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.89× its world share, 69 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.77× its world share, 67 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 26 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.67× its world share, 39 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.81× its world share, 148 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 405 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.50×105 works
  2. Environmental Science1.86×248 works
  3. Psychology1.81×148 works
  4. Health Professions1.34×95 works
  5. Social Sciences1.19×405 works
  6. Veterinary1.18×4 works
  7. Computer Science1.11×231 works
  8. Engineering1.04×418 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy1.02×60 works
  10. Decision Sciences1.02×26 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.96×137 works
  12. Materials Science0.93×87 works
  13. Nursing0.93×12 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.89×69 works
  15. Neuroscience0.79×34 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.77×67 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.74×94 works
  18. Mathematics0.74×23 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.67×39 works
  20. Medicine0.63×324 works
  21. Chemistry0.52×22 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.43×4 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.41×11 works
  24. Energy0.40×10 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.33×3 works
  26. Dentistry0.24×3 works

Which keywords describe research in Boise?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Machine Learning, Remote Sensing, Biodiversity, Conservation, Habitat Fragmentation and Mental Health.

▲ 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 Change202▲ 2.3×85 topics
  2. Machine Learning136▲ 1.26×76 topics
  3. Epidemiology105▼ 0.82×121 topics
  4. Remote Sensing88▲ 2.2×29 topics
  5. Sustainability70◆ 0.88×68 topics
  6. Mental Health70▲ 1.51×36 topics
  7. Invasive Species67▲ 4.9×17 topics
  8. Biodiversity63▲ 2.5×28 topics
  9. Social Media53▲ 1.19×31 topics
  10. Conservation50▲ 3.6×19 topics
  11. Student Engagement41▲ 3.2×13 topics
  12. Social Justice38▲ 1.98×29 topics
  13. Habitat Fragmentation37▲ 5.3×5 topics
  14. Resilience37▲ 2.3×15 topics
  15. Population Dynamics33▲ 3.9×12 topics
  16. Psychological Impact30▲ 3.0×9 topics
  17. Ecosystem29▲ 8.5×4 topics
  18. Habitat Selection27▲ 12×2 topics
  19. Nanoelectronics27▲ 10×2 topics
  20. Fisheries Sustainability26▲ 9.5×2 topics
  21. Reflective Practice26▲ 4.3×7 topics
  22. Plate Tectonics26▲ 5.3×3 topics
  23. Atomic Layer Deposition25▲ 12×1 topic
  24. High-k Dielectrics25▲ 12×1 topic
  25. Tectonics25▲ 6.4×3 topics
  26. Trophic Cascades24▲ 8.0×2 topics
  27. Integrated Circuits23▲ 5.0×3 topics
  28. Parallel Computing22▲ 5.9×5 topics
  29. Hydrology22▲ 5.3×4 topics
  30. Freshwater Biodiversity22▲ 11×2 topics
  31. Thermodynamic Modeling22▲ 6.0×4 topics
  32. Fault Localization21▲ 9.5×2 topics
  33. Conservation Challenges21▲ 14×1 topic
  34. Flow Regulation21▲ 14×1 topic
  35. Failure Analysis21▲ 6.9×3 topics
  36. Geochronology19▲ 8.6×1 topic
  37. Zircon19▲ 8.6×1 topic
  38. Economic Policy19▲ 12×4 topics
  39. Animal Movement18▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Occupancy Rates18▲ 11×1 topic

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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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%Boise14.4% 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 26.4% in 2015.

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