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Research in Missoula

Science Explorer records 17 research institutions in Missoula, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Montana.

Research institutions
17
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
20k
▼ 49% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
19.0%
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 Missoula?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of MontanaUniversity 19,717 #1,888
2Missoula County Public SchoolsUniversity 200 #29,201 all time
3St. Patrick HospitalHospital / health system 101 not ranked
4Community Medical CenterHospital / health system 59 not ranked
5The International Heart Institute of MontanaHospital / health system 49 not ranked
6Institutes for Journalism and Natural ResourcesInstitution 39 not ranked
7Institute of the RockiesNonprofit 9 not ranked
8Humanities MontanaFunder 6 not ranked
9Community Food and Agriculture CoalitionNonprofit 6 not ranked
10VA Montana Health Care SystemHospital / health system 4 not ranked
11Missoula Public LibraryArchive 2 not ranked
12Bee Alert Technology (United States)Company 2 not ranked
13International Association of Wildland FireNonprofit 2 not ranked
14Rivertop Renewables (United States)Company 2 not ranked
15Providence Montana Health FoundationHospital / health system 2 not ranked
16Good Nutrition Ideas (United States)Company 1 not ranked
17Mountain Home MontanaNonprofit 0 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.

University of Montana: 97.6%Missoula County Public Schools: 1.0%St. Patrick Hospital: 0.5%Community Medical Center: 0.3%12 others listed: 0.6%98%largest
University of Montana20k · 97.6%Missoula County Public Schools200 · 1.0%St. Patrick Hospital101 · 0.5%Community Medical Center59 · 0.3%12 others listed124 · 0.6%

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

What is Missoula strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Missoula is most concentrated in Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology (8.1× the world share in Nature and Landscape Conservation).

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 38.1 works8.1×
  2. EcologySubfield · 117.3 works7.5×
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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 Missoula?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Conservation, Population Dynamics, Habitat Fragmentation, Ecosystem and Ecosystem Resilience.

▲ 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 Change214▲ 4.0×84 topics
  2. Epidemiology88◆ 1.12×93 topics
  3. Biodiversity83▲ 5.6×31 topics
  4. Invasive Species78▲ 9.3×18 topics
  5. Remote Sensing62▲ 2.6×28 topics
  6. Sustainability60▲ 1.25×52 topics
  7. Conservation59▲ 6.9×20 topics
  8. Public Health44▲ 1.53×39 topics
  9. Population Dynamics42▲ 8.4×9 topics
  10. Habitat Fragmentation40▲ 9.2×5 topics
  11. Quality of Life40▲ 1.39×37 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress39▲ 1.20×52 topics
  13. Ecosystem38▲ 18×4 topics
  14. Ecosystem Resilience37▲ 13×5 topics
  15. Mental Health37▲ 1.27×31 topics
  16. Biodiversity Conservation36▲ 4.9×13 topics
  17. Habitat Selection36▲ 24×2 topics
  18. Global Change34▲ 6.5×6 topics
  19. Resilience33▲ 3.5×14 topics
  20. Soil Properties32▲ 9.2×5 topics
  21. Conservation Biology31▲ 15×4 topics
  22. Global Warming29▲ 3.5×14 topics
  23. Forest Fires28▲ 32×1 topic
  24. Wildfire Activity28▲ 32×1 topic
  25. Social Justice27▲ 2.3×19 topics
  26. Trophic Cascades25▲ 14×2 topics
  27. Animal Movement25▲ 24×1 topic
  28. Occupancy Rates25▲ 24×1 topic
  29. Species Richness24▲ 19×2 topics
  30. Model Evaluation23▲ 9.4×2 topics
  31. Biological Invasions21▲ 12×3 topics
  32. Sagebrush19▲ 63×1 topic
  33. Wildlife Habitat19▲ 63×1 topic
  34. Community Ecology18▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Functional Diversity18▲ 16×1 topic
  36. Citizen Science17▲ 8.6×3 topics
  37. Ecological Niche16▲ 14×1 topic
  38. Species Distribution Modeling16▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Freshwater Biodiversity15▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Adaptive Evolution14▲ 13×2 topics

What research is done in Missoula?

  1. 1 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 28 works
  2. 2 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 25 works
  3. 3 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 19 works
  4. 4 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 18 works
  5. 5 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 16 works
  6. 6 Music Technology and Sound Studies Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 13 works
  7. 7 Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes Geriatrics and Gerontology 11 works
  8. 8 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 11 works
  9. 9 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 10 works
  10. 10 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 10 works

Research output over time

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