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Research in Provo

Science Explorer records 9 research institutions in Provo, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Brigham Young University, Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions and Provo College.

Research institutions
9
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
44k
▼ 9% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
15.3%
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 Provo?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Brigham Young UniversityUniversity 42,771 #1,225
2Provo CollegeUniversity 412 #27,273
3Rocky Mountain University of Health ProfessionsUniversity 401 #25,886
4Utah Valley Regional Medical CenterHospital / health system 264 #27,574 all time
5Utah State HospitalHospital / health system 83 not ranked
6Nu Skin (United States)Company 73 not ranked
7Clinicians Report FoundationNonprofit 51 not ranked
8Coreform (United States)Company 7 not ranked
9Sixteenth Century Society and ConferenceInstitution 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.

Brigham Young University: 97.1%Provo College: 0.9%Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions: 0.9%Utah Valley Regional Medical Center: 0.6%4 others listed: 0.5%97%largest
Brigham Young University43k · 97.1%Provo College412 · 0.9%Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions401 · 0.9%Utah Valley Regional Medical Center264 · 0.6%4 others listed214 · 0.5%

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

What is Provo strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Provo is most concentrated in Oceanography, Environmental Chemistry and Orthopedics and Sports Medicine (4.9× the world share in Oceanography).

  1. OceanographySubfield · 71.8 works4.9×
  2. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 44.6 works3.9×
  3. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 46.3 works3.4×
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Which keywords describe research in Provo?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Emotion Regulation, Climate Change, Social Support, Well-being, Epidemiology, Hydrological Modeling and Solar Wind.

▲ 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. Mental Health199▲ 2.6×37 topics
  2. Climate Change194▲ 1.37×82 topics
  3. Epidemiology192◆ 0.92×103 topics
  4. Machine Learning149▼ 0.86×71 topics
  5. Globalization109◆ 1.05×81 topics
  6. Social Support102▲ 3.5×14 topics
  7. Emotion Regulation96▲ 5.8×9 topics
  8. Well-being80▲ 4.0×14 topics
  9. Depression70▲ 1.52×20 topics
  10. Resilience70▲ 2.8×14 topics
  11. Religion68▲ 2.7×28 topics
  12. Gender67▲ 2.4×40 topics
  13. Meta-Analysis65▲ 2.1×15 topics
  14. Adolescents65▲ 3.3×10 topics
  15. Hydrological Modeling64▲ 5.2×5 topics
  16. Solar Wind52▲ 11×2 topics
  17. Geodetic Measurements52▲ 9.1×2 topics
  18. Sea Level Rise52▲ 7.7×3 topics
  19. Electron Acceleration50▲ 14×2 topics
  20. Parenting50▲ 7.4×2 topics
  21. Ionosphere49▲ 17×1 topic
  22. Magnetosphere49▲ 17×1 topic
  23. Large-Eddy Simulation48▲ 4.8×5 topics
  24. GRACE48▲ 18×1 topic
  25. groundwater depletion48▲ 18×1 topic
  26. Wave Propagation41▲ 7.0×4 topics
  27. Vibration Control40▲ 13×3 topics
  28. Attachment39▲ 8.5×3 topics
  29. Gender Roles39▲ 6.4×6 topics
  30. Psychopathology39▲ 4.1×3 topics
  31. Turbulent Flow37▲ 6.0×4 topics
  32. Developmental Trajectories36▲ 5.6×3 topics
  33. Relationships36▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Adult Attachment33▲ 23×1 topic
  35. Marital Quality33▲ 23×1 topic
  36. Subwavelength Imaging31▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Elastic Waves29▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Band Gaps29▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Acoustic Metamaterials29▲ 15×1 topic
  40. Phononic Crystals29▲ 15×1 topic

What research is done in Provo?

  1. 1 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamicsAstronomy and Astrophysics 49 works
  2. 2 Geophysics and Gravity MeasurementsOceanography 48 works
  3. 3 Attachment and Relationship DynamicsSocial Psychology 33 works
  4. 4 Acoustic Wave Phenomena ResearchBiomedical Engineering 29 works
  5. 5 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentClinical Psychology 29 works
  6. 6 Methane Hydrates and Related PhenomenaEnvironmental Chemistry 27 works
  7. 7 Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet FlowsAerospace Engineering 24 works
  8. 8 Sleep and related disordersExperimental and Cognitive Psychology 24 works
  9. 9 Family Dynamics and RelationshipsDemography 21 works
  10. 10 Terahertz technology and applicationsElectrical and Electronic Engineering 18 works

Research output over time

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