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Research in Salem

Science Explorer records 18 research institutions in Salem, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Oregon Health Authority, Willamette University and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Research institutions
18
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
6.8k
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
145k
21.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Salem

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality 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 Salem?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Willamette UniversityUniversity 2,321 #8,608
2Oregon Department of Fish and WildlifeGovernment institution 1,563 #10,810
3Oregon Health AuthorityGovernment institution 673 #8,479
4Oregon Department of EducationGovernment institution 672 #17,472
5Oregon Department of Human ServicesGovernment institution 297 #15,931 all time
6State Library of OregonArchive 182 #30,209 all time
7Access TechnologiesNonprofit 142 #30,868 all time
8Corban UniversityUniversity 113 not ranked
9Chemeketa Community CollegeUniversity 39 not ranked
10Associated Oregon LoggersInstitution 37 not ranked
11Oregon Parks and Recreation DepartmentGovernment institution 32 not ranked
12Living Tongues Institute for Endangered LanguagesNonprofit 16 not ranked
13Oregon Department of Land Conservation and DevelopmentGovernment institution 10 not ranked
14Math Learning CenterNonprofit 4 not ranked
15Confederation of Oregon School AdministratorsNonprofit 3 not ranked
16Oregon Department of State LandsGovernment institution 3 not ranked
17Oregon Watershed Enhancement BoardGovernment institution 2 not ranked
18Oregon Department of Consumer and Business ServicesGovernment institution 2 not ranked

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

Willamette University: 38.0%Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife: 25.6%Oregon Health Authority: 11.0%Oregon Department of Education: 11.0%14 others listed: 14.4%38%largest
Willamette University2,321 · 38.0%Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife1,563 · 25.6%Oregon Health Authority673 · 11.0%Oregon Department of Education672 · 11.0%14 others listed882 · 14.4%

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

Which fields of science does Salem work in?

In 2022-now, 37% of research in Salem is in Physical Sciences, 33% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (21%), Social Sciences (15%), Medicine (15%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 384 fractional works · 37.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 215 fractional works · 20.9% of its workEcology: 92 fractional works · 8.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 40 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 39 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 59 fractional works · 5.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 46 fractional works · 4.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 15 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 22 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOceanography: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPaleontology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 15 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 339 fractional works · 32.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 152 fractional works · 14.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 46 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEducation: 30 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 23 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSafety Research: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 63 fractional works · 6.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 25 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 16 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 43 fractional works · 4.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 35 fractional works · 3.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAccounting: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 31 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 28 fractional works · 2.8% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 15 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 195 fractional works · 18.9% of its workMedicine: 152 fractional works · 14.7% of its workEpidemiology: 20 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSurgery: 15 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 31 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 18 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 112 fractional works · 10.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 43 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 39 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPlant Science: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAquatic Science: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 15 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSalem1,030fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences37%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences33%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science21520.9%
    2. Engineering595.7%
    3. Computer Science464.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences222.1%
    5. Materials Science151.5%
    6. Physics and Astronomy111.1%
    7. Mathematics90.9%
    8. Chemistry40.4%
    9. Energy20.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Social Sciences15214.8%
    2. Psychology636.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities434.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting353.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance313.0%
    6. Decision Sciences151.4%
    1. Medicine15214.7%
    2. Health Professions313.0%
    3. Nursing60.6%
    4. Veterinary40.3%
    5. Dentistry30.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology434.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences393.8%
    3. Neuroscience151.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology121.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Salem strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Salem is most concentrated in Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Global and Planetary Change (15.7× the world share in Nature and Landscape Conservation).

  1. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 33.7 works16×
  2. EcologySubfield · 76.6 works11×
  3. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 34.9 works5.1×
← 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.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 35 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.78× its world share, 38 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.14× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.94× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.54× its world share, 38 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.40× its world share, 20 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.40× its world share, 54 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.14× its world share, 186 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.45× its world share, 14 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.74× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.50× its world share, 10 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.68× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.14× its world share, 27 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.75× its world share, 130 worksMedicineNursing: 1.11× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.34× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.42× its world share, 37 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.19× its world share, 34 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.50× its world share, 13 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.52× its world share, 30 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.96× its world share, 54 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 133 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science4.14×186 works
  2. Veterinary2.34×3 works
  3. Psychology1.96×54 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.52×30 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.50×13 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.42×37 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.40×20 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.19×34 works
  9. Social Sciences1.17×133 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology1.14×10 works
  11. Health Professions1.14×27 works
  12. Nursing1.11×5 works
  13. Neuroscience0.94×14 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.81×35 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.78×38 works
  16. Medicine0.75×130 works
  17. Mathematics0.74×8 works
  18. Dentistry0.68×3 works
  19. Computer Science0.54×38 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.50×10 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.48×2 works
  22. Materials Science0.45×14 works
  23. Engineering0.40×54 works
  24. Chemistry0.31×4 works
  25. Energy0.22×2 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.21×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Salem?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Population Dynamics, Conservation, Fisheries Sustainability, Habitat Fragmentation, Biodiversity and Trophic Cascades.

▲ 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-now 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 Change130▲ 4.6×72 topics
  2. Invasive Species58▲ 13×16 topics
  3. Epidemiology50▲ 1.22×103 topics
  4. Population Dynamics46▲ 17×11 topics
  5. Conservation42▲ 9.5×16 topics
  6. Biodiversity42▲ 5.3×28 topics
  7. Fisheries Sustainability38▲ 44×2 topics
  8. Habitat Fragmentation36▲ 16×4 topics
  9. Trophic Cascades31▲ 33×2 topics
  10. Freshwater Biodiversity29▲ 46×2 topics
  11. Mental Health25▲ 1.68×35 topics
  12. Conservation Challenges25▲ 53×1 topic
  13. Flow Regulation25▲ 53×1 topic
  14. Habitat Selection24▲ 32×2 topics
  15. Globalization24▲ 1.20×51 topics
  16. Environmental Impact23▲ 1.32×33 topics
  17. Public Health22▲ 1.46×40 topics
  18. Resilience20▲ 4.1×12 topics
  19. Acoustic Communication19▲ 35×2 topics
  20. Animal Movement18▲ 33×1 topic
  21. Occupancy Rates18▲ 33×1 topic
  22. Ecosystem17▲ 16×3 topics
  23. Predator-Prey Interactions16▲ 20×3 topics
  24. Ecosystem Resilience14▲ 8.9×5 topics
  25. Conservation Biology14▲ 13×4 topics
  26. Ecosystem Management14▲ 23×1 topic
  27. Marine Fisheries14▲ 33×1 topic
  28. Anthropogenic Noise14▲ 47×1 topic
  29. Marine Mammals14▲ 47×1 topic
  30. Global Change12▲ 4.5×5 topics
  31. Model Evaluation11▲ 8.5×2 topics
  32. Marine Environment11▲ 7.2×3 topics
  33. Ocean Acidification10▲ 13×3 topics
  34. Conservation Genetics10▲ 23×2 topics
  35. Species Richness9▲ 14×2 topics
  36. River Restoration9▲ 21×2 topics
  37. Sagebrush9▲ 62×1 topic
  38. Wildlife Habitat9▲ 62×1 topic
  39. Citizen Science9▲ 8.3×2 topics
  40. Geomorphological Effects8▲ 22×2 topics

What research is done in Salem?

Fish Ecology and Managem…21Fish Ecology and Management Studies: 21 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 14 fractional worksMarine and fisheries res…13Marine and fisheries research: 13 fractional worksMarine animal studies ov…12Marine animal studies overview: 12 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife Management: 8 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 7 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems7Fire effects on ecosystems: 7 fractional worksAvian ecology and behavior: 6 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 6 fractional worksMarine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies: 5 fractional works
Nature and Landscape ConservationEcologyGlobal and Planetary ChangeEcological Modeling

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

  1. 1 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 21 works
  2. 2 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 14 works
  3. 3 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 13 works
  4. 4 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 12 works
  5. 5 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 8 works
  6. 6 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 7 works
  7. 7 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 7 works
  8. 8 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 6 works
  9. 9 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 6 works
  10. 10 Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies Global and Planetary Change 5 works

Research output over time

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%Salem17.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 31.2% in 1999.

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