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Research in Helena

Science Explorer records 22 research institutions in Helena, United States. The largest by output are Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks, Carroll College and Shodair Children's Hospital.

Research institutions
22
Research works
1.2k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
13.3%
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 Helena?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Montana Fish, Wildlife & ParksGovernment institution 380 #32,360 all time
2Carroll CollegeUniversity 190 #37,512 all time
3Shodair Children's HospitalHospital / health system 100 not ranked
4Montana Department of Public Health and Human ServicesGovernment institution 85 not ranked
5Montana Department of Environmental QualityGovernment institution 64 not ranked
6Montana Institute on EcosystemsResearch facility 58 not ranked
7Big Sky InstituteNonprofit 54 not ranked
8Montana Department of TransportationGovernment institution 54 not ranked
9St. Peter's HospitalHospital / health system 48 not ranked
10Montana University SystemUniversity 21 not ranked
11Montana Learning CenterUniversity 21 not ranked
12Montana Department of AgricultureGovernment institution 20 not ranked
13Montana State University SystemUniversity 16 not ranked
14Helena Public School DistrictUniversity 12 not ranked
15Montana Office of Public InstructionGovernment institution 11 not ranked
16Montana State LibraryArchive 7 not ranked
17Montana Historical SocietyInstitution 6 not ranked
18Montana Department of JusticeGovernment institution 5 not ranked
19Indian Law Resource CenterNonprofit 4 not ranked
20Montana Department of CorrectionsGovernment institution 2 not ranked
21Lewis and Clark LibraryArchive 2 not ranked
22Montana Department of Labor & IndustryGovernment institution 1 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 Fish, Wildlife & Parks: 32.7%Carroll College: 16.4%Shodair Children's Hospital: 8.6%Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services: 7.3%18 others listed: 35.0%33%largest
Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks380 · 32.7%Carroll College190 · 16.4%Shodair Children's Hospital100 · 8.6%Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services85 · 7.3%18 others listed406 · 35.0%

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

What is Helena strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Helena is most concentrated in Ecology and Environmental Science (19.9× the world share in Ecology).

  1. EcologySubfield · 24.7 works20×
  2. Environmental ScienceField · 49.0 works6.3×
← 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.

Which keywords describe research in Helena?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Population Dynamics, Trophic Cascades, Habitat Selection, Conservation and Animal Movement.

▲ 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 Change28▲ 6.6×43 topics
  2. Invasive Species17▲ 26×13 topics
  3. Biodiversity14▲ 12×15 topics
  4. Population Dynamics12▲ 31×7 topics
  5. Trophic Cascades10▲ 66×2 topics
  6. Habitat Selection10▲ 82×2 topics
  7. Conservation9▲ 14×12 topics
  8. Animal Movement8▲ 98×1 topic
  9. Occupancy Rates8▲ 98×1 topic
  10. Habitat Fragmentation8▲ 23×5 topics
  11. Fisheries Sustainability7▲ 50×2 topics
  12. Freshwater Biodiversity6▲ 65×2 topics
  13. Ecosystem6▲ 34×3 topics
  14. Conservation Challenges5▲ 72×1 topic
  15. Flow Regulation5▲ 72×1 topic
  16. Resilience5▲ 6.5×5 topics
  17. Water Quality4▲ 7.0×10 topics
  18. Biogeography4▲ 9.9×9 topics
  19. Model Evaluation4▲ 20×2 topics
  20. Sagebrush4▲ 169×1 topic
  21. Wildlife Habitat4▲ 169×1 topic
  22. Conservation Biology4▲ 23×4 topics
  23. Genetic Diversity4▲ 5.1×5 topics
  24. DNA Barcoding3▲ 13×8 topics
  25. Sediment Transport3▲ 13×2 topics
  26. Geomorphological Effects3▲ 55×2 topics
  27. Citizen Science3▲ 20×3 topics
  28. Ecosystem Engineering3▲ 68×2 topics
  29. Evolution3▲ 7.6×5 topics
  30. Phylogeny3▲ 13×8 topics
  31. Global Change3▲ 7.0×6 topics
  32. Species Richness3▲ 29×2 topics
  33. Ecosystem Resilience3▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Genetic Structure3▲ 23×3 topics
  35. Morphology3▲ 9.5×3 topics
  36. Predator-Prey Interactions3▲ 21×3 topics
  37. River Restoration2▲ 39×2 topics
  38. Ecological Niche2▲ 26×1 topic
  39. Soil Properties2▲ 9.0×3 topics
  40. Species Distribution Modeling2▲ 26×1 topic

What research is done in Helena?

Wildlife Ecology and Con…8Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 8 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 5 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife Management: 4 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…2Species Distribution and Climate Change: 2 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 2 fractional worksHydrology and Sediment T…2Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes: 2 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 2 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 2 fractional worksEcology and biodiversity studies: 2 fractional worksAquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior: 1 fractional works
EcologyNature and Landscape ConservationEcological ModelingGlobal and Planetary Change1 others

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

  1. 1 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 8 works
  2. 2 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 5 works
  3. 3 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 4 works
  4. 4 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 2 works
  5. 5 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  6. 6 Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes Ecology 2 works
  7. 7 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  8. 8 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 2 works
  9. 9 Ecology and biodiversity studies Ecology 2 works
  10. 10 Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior Ecology 1 works

Research output over time

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