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Research in Burlington

Science Explorer records 15 research institutions in Burlington, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Vermont and Champlain College.

Research institutions
15
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
37k
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.2M
31.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
17.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Burlington

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 Burlington?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of VermontUniversity 35,872 #1,097
2Burlington CollegeUniversity 606 #6,602 all time
3Champlain CollegeUniversity 441 #17,598
4Vermont Department of HealthGovernment institution 315 #18,348 all time
5Vermont Oxford NetworkNonprofit 95 not ranked
6Burlington School DistrictUniversity 85 not ranked
7Shelburne MuseumArchive 50 not ranked
8inTACT (United States)Company 33 not ranked
9Northeastern Vermont Regional HospitalHospital / health system 15 not ranked
10Dynapower (United States)Company 14 not ranked
11Versatilis (United States)Company 4 not ranked
12Association of Africans Living in VermontNonprofit 2 not ranked
13Stromatec (United States)Company 2 not ranked
14QuantaSpec (United States)Company 1 not ranked
15Society for the Preservation of American ModernistsNonprofit 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.

University of Vermont: 95.6%Burlington College: 1.6%Champlain College: 1.2%Vermont Department of Health: 0.8%11 others listed: 0.8%96%largest
University of Vermont36k · 95.6%Burlington College606 · 1.6%Champlain College441 · 1.2%Vermont Department of Health315 · 0.8%11 others listed302 · 0.8%

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

Which fields of science does Burlington work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research in Burlington is in Health Sciences, 22% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (34%), Social Sciences (11%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 1,802 fractional works · 38.5% of its workMedicine: 1,567 fractional works · 33.5% of its workSurgery: 173 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 153 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 138 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 128 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEpidemiology: 119 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysiology: 107 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOncology: 74 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 58 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 49 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 49 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 46 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 44 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 39 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 187 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 114 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,034 fractional works · 22.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 504 fractional works · 10.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 175 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEducation: 83 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 61 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGender Studies: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransportation: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 258 fractional works · 5.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 100 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 76 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 35 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 126 fractional works · 2.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 59 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 48 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 59 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 995 fractional works · 21.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 305 fractional works · 6.5% of its workEcology: 68 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 67 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 281 fractional works · 6.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 69 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 55 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science: 119 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 47 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 72 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 64 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 55 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 44 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 845 fractional works · 18.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 356 fractional works · 7.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 192 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGenetics: 66 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCell Biology: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 253 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPlant Science: 77 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 38 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 35 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInsect Science: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 145 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 61 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 80 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 55 fractional works · 1.2% of its workParasitology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKBurlington4,675fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences39%Social Sciences22%

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. Health Sciences1,80238.5%
    1. Medicine1,56733.5%
    2. Health Professions1874.0%
    3. Nursing320.7%
    4. Veterinary100.2%
    5. Dentistry70.1%
  2. Social Sciences1,03422.1%
    1. Social Sciences50410.8%
    2. Psychology2585.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities1262.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance591.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting591.3%
    6. Decision Sciences280.6%
    1. Environmental Science3056.5%
    2. Engineering2816.0%
    3. Computer Science1192.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences721.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy641.4%
    6. Chemistry551.2%
    7. Materials Science440.9%
    8. Mathematics320.7%
    9. Energy160.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering70.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3567.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2535.4%
    3. Neuroscience1453.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology801.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics100.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Burlington strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Burlington is most concentrated in Nature and Landscape Conservation and Physiology (2.9× the world share in Nature and Landscape Conservation).

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 28.9 works2.9×
  2. PhysiologySubfield · 98.4 works2.7×
← 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: 1.13× its world share, 223 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.38× its world share, 304 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.68× its world share, 70 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.85× its world share, 124 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.61× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.41× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.70× its world share, 46 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.34× its world share, 109 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.03× its world share, 67 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.38× its world share, 15 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.40× its world share, 251 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.33× its world share, 273 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 36 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.61× its world share, 30 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.61× its world share, 56 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.32× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.56× its world share, 170 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.72× its world share, 1,370 worksMedicineNursing: 1.36× its world share, 28 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.50× its world share, 8 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.95× its world share, 114 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.39× its world share, 52 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 26 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.61× its world share, 54 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.83× its world share, 231 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 462 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 1.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience1.85×124 works
  2. Psychology1.83×231 works
  3. Medicine1.72×1,370 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.68×70 works
  5. Health Professions1.56×170 works
  6. Veterinary1.50×8 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.38×304 works
  8. Nursing1.36×28 works
  9. Environmental Science1.33×273 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.13×223 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.03×67 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.95×114 works
  13. Social Sciences0.88×462 works
  14. Chemistry0.70×46 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.65×26 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.61×9 works
  17. Mathematics0.61×30 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.61×56 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.61×54 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.41×6 works
  21. Engineering0.40×251 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.39×52 works
  23. Energy0.38×15 works
  24. Computer Science0.34×109 works
  25. Dentistry0.32×6 works
  26. Materials Science0.25×36 works

Which keywords describe research in Burlington?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Inflammation, Mental Health, Public Health, Treatment, Depression and Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology308▲ 1.65×126 topics
  2. Climate Change196▲ 1.54×91 topics
  3. Inflammation178▲ 1.79×79 topics
  4. Mental Health141▲ 2.1×39 topics
  5. Public Health134▲ 1.96×51 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress118▲ 1.53×58 topics
  7. Treatment109▲ 1.91×48 topics
  8. Quality of Life98▲ 1.45×50 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease97▲ 1.83×36 topics
  10. Sustainability97▼ 0.85×70 topics
  11. Diagnosis95▲ 2.2×40 topics
  12. Depression94▲ 2.3×23 topics
  13. Risk Factors92▲ 1.80×35 topics
  14. Cancer72◆ 1.15×51 topics
  15. Biodiversity68▲ 1.91×29 topics
  16. Genetics64▲ 1.92×27 topics
  17. Obesity60▲ 1.67×26 topics
  18. Management58▲ 1.55×30 topics
  19. Neurological Disorders54▲ 2.0×20 topics
  20. Invasive Species53▲ 2.7×21 topics
  21. Anxiety52▲ 2.4×11 topics
  22. Resilience52▲ 2.2×15 topics
  23. Gender51▲ 2.0×36 topics
  24. Global Burden50▲ 1.97×12 topics
  25. Mortality50▲ 1.89×13 topics
  26. Adolescents50▲ 2.9×7 topics
  27. Psychiatric Disorders47▲ 7.4×4 topics
  28. Primary Care46▲ 2.7×14 topics
  29. Mortality Risk45▲ 4.0×6 topics
  30. Cancer Risk43▲ 4.2×9 topics
  31. Biodiversity Conservation42▲ 2.4×14 topics
  32. Neurobiology41▲ 3.4×10 topics
  33. Ecosystem Services41▲ 2.3×11 topics
  34. Health Disparities41▲ 3.4×8 topics
  35. Emotion Regulation40▲ 2.7×9 topics
  36. Health Outcomes37▲ 3.0×8 topics
  37. Global Burden of Disease35▲ 3.0×4 topics
  38. Substance Use Disorders31▲ 8.8×2 topics
  39. Smoking Cessation26▲ 18×1 topic
  40. Tobacco Use26▲ 18×1 topic

What research is done in Burlington?

Smoking Behavior and Ces…25Smoking Behavior and Cessation: 25 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psy…17Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 17 fractional worksFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 17 fractional worksOpioid Use Disorder Trea…16Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 16 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulm…16Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 16 fractional worksVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management: 13 fractional worksNeonatal Respiratory Health Research: 13 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatmen…13Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 13 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 12 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 11 fractional works
PhysiologyClinical PsychologyGeneral Health ProfessionsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 25 works
  2. 2 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 17 works
  3. 3 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 17 works
  4. 4 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 16 works
  5. 5 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 16 works
  6. 6 Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management Internal Medicine 13 works
  7. 7 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 13 works
  8. 8 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 13 works
  9. 9 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 12 works
  10. 10 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 11 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 counting10%20%30%Burlington15.2% 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 28.7% in 2006.

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