Research in Idaho Falls
Science Explorer records 8 research institutions in Idaho Falls, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Idaho National Laboratory and Center for Advanced Energy Studies.
- Research institutions
- 8 2 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 9.7k ▲ 54% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 9.3% record average 16.5%
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Which research institutions are in Idaho Falls?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Idaho National LaboratoryResearch facility | 9,023 | #2,080 | |
| 2 | Center for Advanced Energy StudiesUniversity | 317 | #15,041 | |
| 3 | International Isotopes (United States)Company | 233 | #17,392 all time | |
| 4 | Eastern Idaho Technical CollegeUniversity | 55 | not ranked | |
| 5 | Rocky Mountain Diabetes and Osteoporosis CenterHospital / health system | 14 | not ranked | |
| 6 | Idaho Falls Public LibraryArchive | 10 | not ranked | |
| 7 | Optimal Solutions Software (United States)Company | 3 | not ranked | |
| 8 | Pearlhill Technologies (United States)Company | 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.
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What is Idaho Falls strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Idaho Falls is most concentrated in Radiation, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality and Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes (22.2× the world share in Radiation).
- RadiationSubfield · 79.8 works22×
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualitySubfield · 89.5 works14×
- Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesSubfield · 28.5 works14×
- Statistics, Probability and UncertaintySubfield · 52.8 works12×
- Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 297.8 works9.7×
- Materials ChemistrySubfield · 432.5 works8.4×
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 Idaho Falls?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Molten Salt, Nuclear Reactor, Oxidation Resistance, Hydrogen Embrittlement, Density Functional Theory, High Temperature Behavior, Accident Tolerant Fuels and Fuel Cladding.
- Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis
- Large Eddy Simulation
- Safety Assessment
- Fault Tree Analysis
- Reliability Evaluation
- radiation damage
- Molecular Dynamics Simulations
- Microstructure
- Neutron Activation Analysis
- Tomography
- Energy Storage
- Nuclear Fuel
- Finite Element Analysis
- Microstructural Characterization
- Raman Spectroscopy
- Renewable Energy
- Fuel Cladding
- High Temperature Behavior
- Hydrogen Embrittlement
- Nuclear Reactor
- Molten Salt
- Oxidation Resistance
- Density Functional Theory
- Accident Tolerant Fuels
- Machine Learning
- Thermal Properties
- Oxidation Behavior
- Nuclear Graphite
- Mechanical Properties
- Radiation Protection
- Data Analysis
- Small-Angle Scattering
- Neutron Imaging
- Lithium-ion Batteries
- fusion materials
- Actinides
- Bayesian Networks
- Quantitative Risk Assessment
- Adsorption
- Passive Systems
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
- Molten Salt200▲ 237×1 topic
- Nuclear Reactor200▲ 237×1 topic
- Oxidation Resistance186▲ 67×3 topics
- Hydrogen Embrittlement182▲ 83×3 topics
- Density Functional Theory176▲ 65×3 topics
- High Temperature Behavior175▲ 113×2 topics
- Accident Tolerant Fuels175▲ 183×1 topic
- Fuel Cladding175▲ 183×1 topic
- Machine Learning123▲ 1.44×57 topics
- Renewable Energy99▲ 2.6×35 topics
- Thermal Properties95▲ 29×6 topics
- Raman Spectroscopy95▲ 18×6 topics
- Oxidation Behavior93▲ 57×2 topics
- Microstructural Characterization89▲ 155×1 topic
- Nuclear Graphite89▲ 155×1 topic
- Finite Element Analysis81▲ 13×8 topics
- Mechanical Properties76▲ 3.0×35 topics
- Nuclear Fuel74▲ 166×1 topic
- Radiation Protection74▲ 166×1 topic
- Energy Storage70▲ 4.1×12 topics
- Data Analysis66▲ 9.2×7 topics
- Tomography65▲ 14×5 topics
- Small-Angle Scattering62▲ 43×2 topics
- Neutron Activation Analysis61▲ 65×1 topic
- Neutron Imaging61▲ 65×1 topic
- Microstructure58▲ 4.3×15 topics
- Lithium-ion Batteries57▲ 5.2×4 topics
- Molecular Dynamics Simulations55▲ 49×2 topics
- fusion materials52▲ 107×1 topic
- radiation damage52▲ 107×1 topic
- Actinides51▲ 37×2 topics
- Reliability Evaluation48▲ 36×3 topics
- Bayesian Networks45▲ 19×2 topics
- Fault Tree Analysis44▲ 34×1 topic
- Quantitative Risk Assessment44▲ 34×1 topic
- Safety Assessment43▲ 40×2 topics
- Adsorption43▲ 7.8×5 topics
- Large Eddy Simulation41▲ 49×2 topics
- Passive Systems40▲ 101×1 topic
- Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis40▲ 101×1 topic
What research is done in Idaho Falls?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Nuclear reactor physics and engineeringAerospace Engineering 200 works
- 2 Nuclear Materials and PropertiesMaterials Chemistry 175 works
- 3 Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studiesMaterials Chemistry 89 works
- 4 Nuclear and radioactivity studiesSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 74 works
- 5 Nuclear Physics and ApplicationsRadiation 61 works
- 6 Fusion materials and technologiesMaterials Chemistry 52 works
- 7 Risk and Safety AnalysisStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty 44 works
- 8 Nuclear Engineering Thermal-HydraulicsAerospace Engineering 40 works
- 9 Radioactive element chemistry and processingInorganic Chemistry 34 works
- 10 Fault Detection and Control SystemsControl and Systems Engineering 27 works
Research output over time
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