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Research in Burlington

Science Explorer records 21 research institutions in Burlington, United States. The largest by output are Spectral Sciences (United States), Arqule (United States) and Nuance Communications (United States).

Research institutions
21
Research works
4.4k
▲ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
123k
27.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
14.3%
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
1Spectral Sciences (United States)Company 302 #31,431 all time
2Arqule (United States)Company 222 #32,807 all time
3Nuance Communications (United States)Company 110 not ranked
4UFA (United States)Company 75 not ranked
5Visidyne (United States)Company 72 not ranked
6Boston Fusion (United States)Company 63 not ranked
7Marine Polymer Technologies (United States)Company 58 not ranked
8LeMaitre Vascular (United States)Company 31 not ranked
9Comsol (United States)Company 31 not ranked
10Flexion Therapeutics (United States)Company 21 not ranked
11Surmet (United States)Company 21 not ranked
12TelAztec (United States)Company 18 not ranked
13The Open Group (United States)Company 18 not ranked
14Winchester Technologies (United States)Company 16 not ranked
15Natural Pharmacia International (United States)Company 11 not ranked
16Social Science Research and EvaluationNonprofit 7 not ranked
17Massachusetts Health & Hospital AssociationNonprofit 4 not ranked
18Fishing Partnership Support ServicesNonprofit 3 not ranked
19MAKScientific (United States)Company 3 not ranked
20Avid (United States)Company 2 not ranked
21Terason (United States)Company 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.

Spectral Sciences (United States): 27.7%Arqule (United States): 20.4%Nuance Communications (United States): 10.1%UFA (United States): 6.9%17 others listed: 34.9%28%largest
Spectral Sciences (United States)302 · 27.7%Arqule (United States)222 · 20.4%Nuance Communications (United States)110 · 10.1%UFA (United States)75 · 6.9%17 others listed380 · 34.9%

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

Which fields of science does Burlington work in?

In 2022-now, 62% of research in Burlington is in Health Sciences, 24% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (59%), Engineering (11%), Social Sciences (4%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 263 fractional works · 62.4% of its workMedicine: 250 fractional works · 59.2% of its workSurgery: 51 fractional works · 12.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 30 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 26 fractional works · 6.2% of its workOncology: 16 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEpidemiology: 13 fractional works · 3.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 12 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 10 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNeurology: 9 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRheumatology: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOphthalmology: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workUrology: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHepatology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 12 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 99 fractional works · 23.5% of its workEngineering: 45 fractional works · 10.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 15 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 17 fractional works · 4.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 14 fractional works · 3.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 34 fractional works · 8.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 25 fractional works · 6.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKBurlington422fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences62%Social Sciences8%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine25059.2%
    2. Health Professions122.9%
    3. Dentistry10.2%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Engineering4510.7%
    2. Computer Science174.1%
    3. Physics and Astronomy143.3%
    4. Environmental Science102.3%
    5. Materials Science51.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences40.9%
    7. Chemistry30.7%
    8. Energy10.2%
    9. Mathematics10.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Social Sciences184.3%
    2. Psychology61.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities40.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting20.6%
    6. Decision Sciences10.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology153.5%
    2. Neuroscience51.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology30.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
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 Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery (6.4× the world share in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine).

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 23.7 works6.4×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 43.5 works5.3×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.59× its world share, 11 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.63× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.51× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.55× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.55× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.73× its world share, 39 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.65× its world share, 13 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.05× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.12× its world share, 211 worksMedicineNursing: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.49× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.12×211 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy1.65×13 works
  3. Health Professions1.05×10 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.86×1 works
  5. Engineering0.73×39 works
  6. Neuroscience0.63×4 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.59×11 works
  8. Computer Science0.55×15 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.55×3 works
  10. Chemistry0.51×3 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.50×2 works
  12. Psychology0.49×5 works
  13. Environmental Science0.46×8 works
  14. Dentistry0.43×1 works
  15. Materials Science0.33×4 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.30×2 works
  17. Social Sciences0.30×13 works
  18. Energy0.27×1 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.24×2 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.23×0 works
  21. Nursing0.23×0 works
  22. Decision Sciences0.17×1 works
  23. Mathematics0.16×1 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.11×1 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Burlington?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Genetic Mutations, Echocardiography, Diagnosis, Heart Failure, Chemotherapy, Medical Education and Cardiac Imaging.

▲ 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. Epidemiology34▲ 2.0×88 topics
  2. Diagnosis15▲ 3.7×30 topics
  3. Genetic Mutations14▲ 7.7×19 topics
  4. Treatment14▲ 2.7×36 topics
  5. Chemotherapy12▲ 4.0×17 topics
  6. Management11▲ 3.4×23 topics
  7. Echocardiography11▲ 9.2×8 topics
  8. Heart Failure10▲ 5.5×11 topics
  9. Complications10▲ 4.9×15 topics
  10. Quality of Life10▲ 1.66×29 topics
  11. Risk Factors10▲ 2.2×27 topics
  12. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 4.1×12 topics
  13. Guidelines9▲ 4.7×11 topics
  14. Medical Education9▲ 7.6×10 topics
  15. Cardiac Imaging8▲ 16×3 topics
  16. Radiotherapy8▲ 5.0×11 topics
  17. Immunotherapy8▲ 2.6×16 topics
  18. Mortality8▲ 3.2×12 topics
  19. Surgical Treatment8▲ 9.3×6 topics
  20. Clinical Trials8▲ 2.6×14 topics
  21. Surgical Management7▲ 4.2×17 topics
  22. Dilated Cardiomyopathy7▲ 24×2 topics
  23. Cardiovascular Risk7▲ 5.0×7 topics
  24. Laparoscopic Surgery6▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Robotic Surgery6▲ 9.7×4 topics
  26. Clinical Outcomes6▲ 6.6×5 topics
  27. Cardiomyopathies6▲ 47×1 topic
  28. Myosin6▲ 47×1 topic
  29. Adjuvant Therapy5▲ 10.0×2 topics
  30. Degenerative Disc Disease5▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Low Back Pain5▲ 7.4×3 topics
  32. Spinal Fusion5▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Lung Cancer5▲ 6.7×3 topics
  34. Tumor Staging5▲ 9.8×2 topics
  35. Atrial Fibrillation4▲ 11×2 topics
  36. CT Screening4▲ 15×1 topic
  37. Positron Emission Tomography4▲ 15×1 topic
  38. Diagnostics4▲ 13×3 topics
  39. Liver Transplantation4▲ 8.3×5 topics
  40. Turbulence4▲ 11×3 topics

What research is done in Burlington?

Cardiomyopathy and Myosi…4Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies: 4 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis an…4Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 4 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral…4Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 4 fractional worksMagnetic confinement fus…4Magnetic confinement fusion research: 4 fractional worksSurgical Simulation and Training: 3 fractional worksDiversity and Career in Medicine: 3 fractional worksCardiovascular Function …2Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 2 fractional worksSuperconducting Materials and Applications: 2 fractional worksUrological Disorders and…2Urological Disorders and Treatments: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePathology and Forensic MedicineNuclear and High Energy Physics5 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  3. 3 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Magnetic confinement fusion research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 4 works
  5. 5 Surgical Simulation and Training Surgery 3 works
  6. 6 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 3 works
  7. 7 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 2 works
  9. 9 Superconducting Materials and Applications Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Urological Disorders and Treatments Urology 2 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%Burlington14.0% 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 23.4% in 1996.

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