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?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boise State UniversityUniversity | 9,435 | #1,771 | |
| 2 | Micron (United States)Company | 1,719 | #6,110 | |
| 3 | Idaho Department of Fish and GameGovernment institution | 540 | #21,554 | |
| 4 | HealthwiseNonprofit | 381 | #17,097 | |
| 5 | Family Medicine Residency of IdahoHospital / health system | 232 | #27,045 all time | |
| 6 | Simplot (United States)Company | 163 | #30,926 all time | |
| 7 | Idaho State Board of EducationGovernment institution | 157 | #21,457 all time | |
| 8 | Idaho Business for EducationUniversity | 150 | #33,772 all time | |
| 9 | St. Luke's ClinicHospital / health system | 144 | #33,041 all time | |
| 10 | Boise Bible CollegeUniversity | 128 | #31,618 all time | |
| 11 | Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical CenterHospital / health system | 124 | #34,138 all time | |
| 12 | The Peregrine FundNonprofit | 118 | not ranked | |
| 13 | St. Luke's Mountain States Tumor InstituteResearch facility | 81 | not ranked | |
| 14 | Amalgamated Sugar (United States)Company | 64 | not ranked | |
| 15 | Idaho Department of Health and WelfareHospital / health system | 63 | not ranked | |
| 16 | American Semiconductor (United States)Company | 62 | not ranked | |
| 17 | Elks Rehabilitation HospitalHospital / health system | 53 | not ranked | |
| 18 | Idaho State Department of EducationGovernment institution | 45 | not ranked | |
| 19 | St. Luke's Cystic Fibrosis Center of IdahoHospital / health system | 30 | not ranked | |
| 20 | Idaho State Department of AgricultureGovernment institution | 24 | not ranked | |
| 21 | Idaho Department of Parks and RecreationGovernment institution | 23 | not ranked | |
| 22 | Biomark (United States)Company | 19 | not ranked | |
| 23 | Saint Alphonsus Health SystemHospital / health system | 17 | not ranked | |
| 24 | Idaho State Historical SocietyGovernment institution | 15 | not ranked | |
| 25 | O.D. 260 (United States)Company | 13 | not ranked | |
| 26 | Injury Care Medical CenterHospital / health system | 12 | not ranked | |
| 27 | Northwest Clinical TrialsHospital / health system | 10 | not ranked | |
| 28 | Idaho Commission for LibrariesGovernment institution | 9 | not ranked | |
| 29 | Behavior Imaging Solutions (United States)Company | 9 | not ranked | |
| 30 | Melt Organic (United States)Company | 4 | not ranked | |
| 31 | Central District Health DepartmentGovernment institution | 2 | not ranked | |
| 32 | Wild LensNonprofit | 2 | not ranked | |
| 33 | McNeel Eye CenterHospital / health system | 1 | not ranked | |
| 34 | Idaho Humanities CouncilFunder | 1 | not ranked | |
| 35 | Discovery Center of IdahoNonprofit | 1 | not ranked | |
| 36 | JannusNonprofit | 1 | not ranked | |
| 37 | Idaho Scientific (United States)Company | 1 | not ranked | |
| 38 | Idaho Association of School AdministratorsInstitution | 1 | not ranked | |
| 39 | Idaho 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.
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%).
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
- Physical Sciences1,41743.9%
- Engineering48014.9%
- Environmental Science3019.3%
- Computer Science2678.3%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1223.8%
- Materials Science1063.3%
- Physics and Astronomy692.1%
- Chemistry270.8%
- Mathematics250.8%
- Energy120.4%
- Chemical Engineering70.2%
- Social Sciences93529.0%
- Social Sciences48915.1%
- Psychology1936.0%
- Arts and Humanities983.0%
- Business, Management and Accounting772.4%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance471.4%
- Decision Sciences321.0%
- Health Sciences53916.7%
- Medicine40312.5%
- Health Professions1123.5%
- Nursing140.4%
- Veterinary60.2%
- Dentistry40.1%
- Life Sciences33910.5%
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.
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.
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
- Earth and Planetary Sciences2.50×105 works
- Environmental Science1.86×248 works
- Psychology1.81×148 works
- Health Professions1.34×95 works
- Social Sciences1.19×405 works
- Veterinary1.18×4 works
- Computer Science1.11×231 works
- Engineering1.04×418 works
- Physics and Astronomy1.02×60 works
- Decision Sciences1.02×26 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.96×137 works
- Materials Science0.93×87 works
- Nursing0.93×12 works
- Arts and Humanities0.89×69 works
- Neuroscience0.79×34 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.77×67 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.74×94 works
- Mathematics0.74×23 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.67×39 works
- Medicine0.63×324 works
- Chemistry0.52×22 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.43×4 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.41×11 works
- Energy0.40×10 works
- Chemical Engineering0.33×3 works
- 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.
- Occupancy Rates
- Economic Policy
- Geochronology
- Flow Regulation
- Fault Localization
- Freshwater Biodiversity
- Parallel Computing
- Trophic Cascades
- High-k Dielectrics
- Plate Tectonics
- Fisheries Sustainability
- Habitat Selection
- Psychological Impact
- Resilience
- Social Justice
- Conservation
- Biodiversity
- Mental Health
- Remote Sensing
- Machine Learning
- Climate Change
- Epidemiology
- Sustainability
- Invasive Species
- Social Media
- Student Engagement
- Habitat Fragmentation
- Population Dynamics
- Ecosystem
- Nanoelectronics
- Reflective Practice
- Atomic Layer Deposition
- Tectonics
- Integrated Circuits
- Hydrology
- Thermodynamic Modeling
- Conservation Challenges
- Failure Analysis
- Zircon
- Animal Movement
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
- Climate Change202▲ 2.3×85 topics
- Machine Learning136▲ 1.26×76 topics
- Epidemiology105▼ 0.82×121 topics
- Remote Sensing88▲ 2.2×29 topics
- Sustainability70◆ 0.88×68 topics
- Mental Health70▲ 1.51×36 topics
- Invasive Species67▲ 4.9×17 topics
- Biodiversity63▲ 2.5×28 topics
- Social Media53▲ 1.19×31 topics
- Conservation50▲ 3.6×19 topics
- Student Engagement41▲ 3.2×13 topics
- Social Justice38▲ 1.98×29 topics
- Habitat Fragmentation37▲ 5.3×5 topics
- Resilience37▲ 2.3×15 topics
- Population Dynamics33▲ 3.9×12 topics
- Psychological Impact30▲ 3.0×9 topics
- Ecosystem29▲ 8.5×4 topics
- Habitat Selection27▲ 12×2 topics
- Nanoelectronics27▲ 10×2 topics
- Fisheries Sustainability26▲ 9.5×2 topics
- Reflective Practice26▲ 4.3×7 topics
- Plate Tectonics26▲ 5.3×3 topics
- Atomic Layer Deposition25▲ 12×1 topic
- High-k Dielectrics25▲ 12×1 topic
- Tectonics25▲ 6.4×3 topics
- Trophic Cascades24▲ 8.0×2 topics
- Integrated Circuits23▲ 5.0×3 topics
- Parallel Computing22▲ 5.9×5 topics
- Hydrology22▲ 5.3×4 topics
- Freshwater Biodiversity22▲ 11×2 topics
- Thermodynamic Modeling22▲ 6.0×4 topics
- Fault Localization21▲ 9.5×2 topics
- Conservation Challenges21▲ 14×1 topic
- Flow Regulation21▲ 14×1 topic
- Failure Analysis21▲ 6.9×3 topics
- Geochronology19▲ 8.6×1 topic
- Zircon19▲ 8.6×1 topic
- Economic Policy19▲ 12×4 topics
- Animal Movement18▲ 11×1 topic
- Occupancy Rates18▲ 11×1 topic
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.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.
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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