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Research in Boone

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Boone, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Appalachian State University.

Research institutions
4
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
8.3k
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
136k
16.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
21.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1951-2026
76 years on the record
Boone

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 Boone?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Appalachian State UniversityUniversity 8,247 #1,755
2Watauga Medical CenterHospital / health system 26 not ranked
3Jung Tao School of Classical Chinese MedicineUniversity 1 not ranked
4Watauga County Office of Economic DevelopmentGovernment institution 1 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.

Appalachian State University: 99.7%Watauga Medical Center: 0.3%Jung Tao School of Classical Chinese Medicine: 0.0%Watauga County Office of Economic Development: 0.0%100%largest
Appalachian State University8,247 · 99.7%Watauga Medical Center26 · 0.3%Jung Tao School of Classical Chinese Medicine1 · 0.0%Watauga County Office of Economic Development1 · 0.0%

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

Which fields of science does Boone work in?

In 2022-now, 56% of research in Boone is in Social Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (29%), Medicine (10%), Psychology (9%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 848 fractional works · 55.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 436 fractional works · 28.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 146 fractional works · 9.6% of its workEducation: 93 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 36 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGender Studies: 27 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSafety Research: 18 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCommunication: 17 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnthropology: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 139 fractional works · 9.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 50 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 43 fractional works · 2.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 18 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 17 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 129 fractional works · 8.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 35 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHistory: 22 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhilosophy: 16 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 75 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMarketing: 17 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAccounting: 15 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 49 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 40 fractional works · 2.6% of its workFinance: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 19 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 309 fractional works · 20.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 102 fractional works · 6.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 21 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 18 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 13 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 59 fractional works · 3.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 22 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 15 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 52 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 15 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPaleontology: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 46 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 20 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 242 fractional works · 15.9% of its workMedicine: 148 fractional works · 9.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 26 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 14 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 10 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 85 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 52 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 126 fractional works · 8.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 71 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPlant Science: 25 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFood Science: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 27 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 18 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKBoone1,526fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences56%

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. Social Sciences43628.6%
    2. Psychology1399.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities1298.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting754.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance493.2%
    6. Decision Sciences191.3%
    1. Environmental Science1026.7%
    2. Computer Science593.9%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences523.4%
    4. Engineering463.0%
    5. Mathematics201.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy120.8%
    7. Chemistry80.5%
    8. Materials Science60.4%
    9. Energy30.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Medicine1489.7%
    2. Health Professions855.6%
    3. Nursing80.5%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences714.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology271.8%
    3. Neuroscience181.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics60.4%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology40.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Boone strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Boone is most concentrated in Gender Studies (5.0× the world share in Gender Studies).

  1. Gender StudiesSubfield · 23.8 works5.0×
← 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: 1.03× its world share, 65 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.75× its world share, 16 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.04× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.33× its world share, 7 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.48× its world share, 50 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.29× its world share, 48 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 43 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.29× its world share, 85 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.12× its world share, 18 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.41× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.25× its world share, 79 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.50× its world share, 127 worksMedicineNursing: 0.99× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.96× its world share, 113 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.50× its world share, 64 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.27× its world share, 16 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.56× its world share, 44 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.88× its world share, 116 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.26× its world share, 380 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities2.96×113 works
  2. Psychology2.88×116 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.29×48 works
  4. Social Sciences2.26×380 works
  5. Health Professions2.25×79 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.56×44 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.50×64 works
  8. Environmental Science1.29×85 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.27×16 works
  10. Mathematics1.12×18 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.04×5 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.03×65 works
  13. Nursing0.99×6 works
  14. Neuroscience0.75×16 works
  15. Medicine0.50×127 works
  16. Computer Science0.48×50 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.41×12 works
  18. Chemistry0.33×7 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.30×22 works
  20. Veterinary0.22×0 works
  21. Engineering0.21×43 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.20×3 works
  23. Chemical Engineering0.19×1 works
  24. Energy0.13×2 works
  25. Materials Science0.12×6 works
  26. Dentistry0.01×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Boone?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Globalization, Climate Change, Identity, Emotion, Gender, Reflective Practice and Public 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. Mental Health73▲ 3.4×35 topics
  2. Climate Change71▲ 1.72×72 topics
  3. Globalization68▲ 2.3×68 topics
  4. Sustainability50▲ 1.34×52 topics
  5. Public Health47▲ 2.1×35 topics
  6. Epidemiology47▼ 0.77×57 topics
  7. Education46▲ 1.77×45 topics
  8. Identity41▲ 3.7×37 topics
  9. Social Media41▲ 1.93×28 topics
  10. Gender35▲ 4.3×30 topics
  11. Literature33▲ 4.0×26 topics
  12. Social Justice29▲ 3.2×23 topics
  13. Human Rights29▲ 1.83×29 topics
  14. Ethics28▲ 3.6×24 topics
  15. Social Support27▲ 3.3×15 topics
  16. Emotion27▲ 8.4×12 topics
  17. Cultural Studies26▲ 4.7×16 topics
  18. Nationalism26▲ 3.8×18 topics
  19. History25▲ 2.4×28 topics
  20. Reflective Practice25▲ 8.7×7 topics
  21. Technology Integration24▲ 5.0×9 topics
  22. Colonialism23▲ 3.1×24 topics
  23. Physical Activity22▲ 2.9×11 topics
  24. Resilience22▲ 2.9×13 topics
  25. Higher Education21▲ 2.6×17 topics
  26. Religion21▲ 3.0×19 topics
  27. Student Engagement20▲ 3.4×13 topics
  28. Neoliberalism20▲ 3.6×17 topics
  29. Community Engagement20▲ 3.9×10 topics
  30. Politics19▲ 4.7×13 topics
  31. Psychological Impact19▲ 3.9×9 topics
  32. Adolescents19▲ 3.3×9 topics
  33. Feminism17▲ 3.9×14 topics
  34. Race17▲ 9.6×12 topics
  35. Health Outcomes16▲ 4.0×8 topics
  36. Discrimination16▲ 5.0×5 topics
  37. Narrative16▲ 6.7×7 topics
  38. Intersectionality16▲ 5.4×8 topics
  39. Stigma14▲ 6.7×4 topics
  40. Evidence-Based Practice14▲ 6.7×7 topics

What research is done in Boone?

Food Security and Health…9Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 9 fractional worksTeacher Education and Le…9Teacher Education and Leadership Studies: 9 fractional worksMedia Studies and Communication: 6 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 6 fractional worksDigital Storytelling and Education: 6 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 6 fractional worksGeographies of human-animal interactions: 6 fractional worksEarly Childhood Educatio…6Early Childhood Education and Development: 6 fractional worksEconomic and Environmental Valuation: 5 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 5 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsEducationCommunicationOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management5 others

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

  1. 1 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 9 works
  2. 2 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 9 works
  3. 3 Media Studies and Communication Communication 6 works
  4. 4 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 6 works
  5. 5 Digital Storytelling and Education Speech and Hearing 6 works
  6. 6 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 6 works
  7. 7 Geographies of human-animal interactions Geography, Planning and Development 6 works
  8. 8 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 6 works
  9. 9 Economic and Environmental Valuation Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  10. 10 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 5 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%Boone24.4% 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 34.9% in 2016.

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