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Research in Butte

Science Explorer records 7 research institutions in Butte, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Montana Technological University.

Research institutions
7
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.3k
▼ 20% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
6.6%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 Butte?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Montana Technological UniversityUniversity 1,233 #15,046
2National Center for Appropriate TechnologyNonprofit 50 not ranked
3Montana Emergent Technologies (United States)Company 12 not ranked
4St. James HealthcareHospital / health system 7 not ranked
5Resodyn Corporation (United States)Company 4 not ranked
6Butte-Silver Bow Public ArchivesArchive 3 not ranked
7Montana Economic Revitalization and Development InstituteNonprofit 2 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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.

Montana Technological University: 94.1%National Center for Appropriate Technology: 3.8%Montana Emergent Technologies (United States): 0.9%St. James Healthcare: 0.5%3 others listed: 0.7%94%largest
Montana Technological University1,233 · 94.1%National Center for Appropriate Technology50 · 3.8%Montana Emergent Technologies (United States)12 · 0.9%St. James Healthcare7 · 0.5%3 others listed9 · 0.7%

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

What is Butte strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Butte is most concentrated in Earth and Planetary Sciences (6.1× the world share in Earth and Planetary Sciences).

  1. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 23.8 works6.1×
← less than its size predictsmore →

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.

Which keywords describe research in Butte?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Hamiltonian Systems, Antioxidant Activity, Differential Equations, Numerical Integration, Hyperspectral Imaging and Mechanical Properties.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Climate Change16▲ 2.4×36 topics
  2. Machine Learning14▲ 1.66×32 topics
  3. Remote Sensing11▲ 3.6×18 topics
  4. Mechanical Properties9▲ 3.7×15 topics
  5. Environmental Impact8▲ 1.99×23 topics
  6. Renewable Energy8▲ 2.3×23 topics
  7. Antioxidant Activity8▲ 5.2×11 topics
  8. Hamiltonian Systems7▲ 97×2 topics
  9. Differential Equations7▲ 119×1 topic
  10. Numerical Integration7▲ 95×1 topic
  11. Biomedical Applications7▲ 2.2×12 topics
  12. Hyperspectral Imaging6▲ 9.0×4 topics
  13. Optimization6▲ 5.3×7 topics
  14. Geochemistry6▲ 38×3 topics
  15. Geological Mapping6▲ 28×2 topics
  16. Rheological Properties6▲ 13×6 topics
  17. Tectonics6▲ 19×3 topics
  18. Support Vector Machines5▲ 6.8×5 topics
  19. Functional Food5▲ 15×2 topics
  20. Compositional Data Analysis5▲ 29×1 topic
  21. Mineral Prospectivity5▲ 29×1 topic
  22. Health Benefits5▲ 5.7×6 topics
  23. Water Quality5▲ 4.8×8 topics
  24. Microstructure5▲ 3.5×6 topics
  25. Plate Tectonics5▲ 12×3 topics
  26. Food Safety4▲ 6.3×2 topics
  27. Environmental Impacts4▲ 6.5×5 topics
  28. Control Systems4▲ 8.6×3 topics
  29. Food Composition4▲ 19×1 topic
  30. Hydraulic Fracturing4▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Nutrient Analysis4▲ 19×1 topic
  32. Rare Earth Elements4▲ 10×3 topics
  33. Uncertainty Quantification4▲ 19×2 topics
  34. Shale Gas4▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Smart Grid Applications4▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Dietary Fiber3▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Metal Recovery3▲ 6.7×2 topics
  38. Data Assimilation3▲ 8.5×3 topics
  39. Geochronology3▲ 20×1 topic
  40. Zircon3▲ 20×1 topic

What research is done in Butte?

  1. 1 Numerical methods for differential equations Numerical Analysis 7 works
  2. 2 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 5 works
  3. 3 Food and Agricultural Sciences Food Science 4 works
  4. 4 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 3 works
  5. 5 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 3 works
  6. 6 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 3 works
  7. 7 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 2 works
  8. 8 Power System Optimization and Stability Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Advanced materials and composites Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Food composition and properties Nutrition and Dietetics 2 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.