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Research in Burlington

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Burlington, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are LabCorp (United States).

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.2k
▲ 195% vs 2018-21
Citations
29k
24.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
11.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1952-2026
75 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
1LabCorp (United States)Company 1,197 #12,533

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.

Which fields of science does Burlington work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research in Burlington is in Health Sciences, 29% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (46%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (20%), Engineering (6%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 245 fractional works · 49.0% of its workMedicine: 228 fractional works · 45.6% of its workOncology: 33 fractional works · 6.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 18 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEpidemiology: 17 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPhysiology: 15 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 13 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 12 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSurgery: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHematology: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRheumatology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workReproductive Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHepatology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmall Animals: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife Sciences: 147 fractional works · 29.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 98 fractional works · 19.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 44 fractional works · 8.8% of its workCancer Research: 22 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGenetics: 18 fractional works · 3.7% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiotechnology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 26 fractional works · 5.1% of its workImmunology: 22 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 69 fractional works · 13.8% of its workEngineering: 30 fractional works · 5.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 2.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science: 15 fractional works · 2.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 11 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpectroscopy: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 39 fractional works · 7.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 10 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBurlington501fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences29%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences49%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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine22845.6%
    2. Health Professions81.6%
    3. Veterinary61.2%
    4. Nursing30.6%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9819.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology265.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences132.6%
    4. Neuroscience81.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.5%
    1. Engineering305.9%
    2. Computer Science152.9%
    3. Environmental Science112.3%
    4. Chemistry51.0%
    5. Mathematics40.7%
    6. Materials Science20.4%
    7. Chemical Engineering10.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
    9. Energy10.1%
    10. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Social Sciences132.5%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance102.0%
    3. Psychology51.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting50.9%
    5. Decision Sciences40.7%
    6. Arts and Humanities30.6%
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 Oncology (5.9× the world share in Oncology).

  1. OncologySubfield · 29.1 works5.9×
← 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: 0.53× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.43× its world share, 80 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.10× its world share, 22 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.03× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.63× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.71× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.36× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.70× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.59× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.43× its world share, 204 worksMedicineNursing: 1.02× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 9.08× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.07× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.23× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 9.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary9.08×5 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology5.10×22 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.43×80 works
  4. Medicine2.43×204 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.63×2 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.07×10 works
  7. Neuroscience1.03×7 works
  8. Nursing1.02×2 works
  9. Chemical Engineering0.84×1 works
  10. Chemistry0.71×5 works
  11. Mathematics0.70×4 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.62×3 works
  13. Health Professions0.59×7 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.53×11 works
  15. Environmental Science0.40×9 works
  16. Computer Science0.37×13 works
  17. Engineering0.36×24 works
  18. Psychology0.36×5 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.29×4 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.24×3 works
  21. Social Sciences0.23×12 works
  22. Energy0.16×1 works
  23. Materials Science0.13×2 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×0 works
  25. Dentistry0.02×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Burlington?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Targeted Therapy, Cell-Free DNA, Epidemiology, Immunotherapy, Genomic Instability, Cancer Genomics, Mutational Signatures and Inflammation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology40▲ 1.98×89 topics
  2. Inflammation26▲ 2.5×61 topics
  3. Targeted Therapy22▲ 20×4 topics
  4. Cell-Free DNA21▲ 43×2 topics
  5. Immunotherapy21▲ 5.8×17 topics
  6. Metabolic Syndrome17▲ 4.1×20 topics
  7. Genomic Instability16▲ 28×2 topics
  8. Cancer Genomics16▲ 44×1 topic
  9. Mutational Signatures16▲ 44×1 topic
  10. Gene Expression15▲ 4.8×13 topics
  11. Tumor Microenvironment13▲ 6.0×7 topics
  12. Cancer13▲ 1.96×35 topics
  13. Clinical Trials13▲ 4.0×13 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease13▲ 2.3×25 topics
  15. Oxidative Stress13▲ 1.59×39 topics
  16. Biomarkers12▲ 3.5×16 topics
  17. Chemotherapy12▲ 3.3×20 topics
  18. Precision Medicine12▲ 4.8×7 topics
  19. Monoclonal Antibodies11▲ 24×3 topics
  20. Immunity9▲ 4.6×8 topics
  21. Tumor Regression9▲ 16×2 topics
  22. Immune Checkpoint Blockade9▲ 16×1 topic
  23. PD-1 and PD-L19▲ 16×1 topic
  24. Cancer Immunotherapy9▲ 12×3 topics
  25. Immune Response9▲ 3.1×16 topics
  26. Data Analysis9▲ 6.6×4 topics
  27. Insulin Resistance8▲ 3.8×8 topics
  28. Prognostic Factors8▲ 3.9×9 topics
  29. Genetic Testing8▲ 14×3 topics
  30. Cardiovascular Risk7▲ 4.7×8 topics
  31. Data Integration7▲ 8.6×3 topics
  32. Gene Therapy7▲ 7.5×5 topics
  33. SARS-CoV-27▲ 4.8×6 topics
  34. Lymphoma7▲ 9.0×3 topics
  35. Glycosylation7▲ 13×3 topics
  36. Mass Spectrometry7▲ 8.9×4 topics
  37. Prenatal Diagnosis7▲ 9.1×5 topics
  38. Genetic Variants6▲ 7.0×7 topics
  39. Tumor Targeting6▲ 6.7×3 topics
  40. Biopharmaceuticals6▲ 22×3 topics

What research is done in Burlington?

Cancer Genomics and Diag…11Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 11 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 8 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 5 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy research: 5 fractional worksPrenatal Screening and Diagnostics: 5 fractional worksAnimal testing and alternatives: 4 fractional worksBiosimilars and Bioanaly…4Biosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods: 4 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 4 fractional worksImmunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders: 4 fractional worksCancer Research and Treatments: 4 fractional works
Cancer ResearchOncologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health4 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 11 works
  2. 2 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 8 works
  3. 3 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 5 works
  4. 4 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 5 works
  5. 5 Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 5 works
  6. 6 Animal testing and alternatives Small Animals 4 works
  7. 7 Biosimilars and Bioanalytical Methods Immunology 4 works
  8. 8 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works
  9. 9 Immunodeficiency and Autoimmune Disorders Immunology 4 works
  10. 10 Cancer Research and Treatments Biotechnology 4 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Burlington9.7% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 38.5% in 2005.

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