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Research in Salem

Science Explorer records 20 research institutions in Salem, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Willamette University and Salem Hospital.

Research institutions
20
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
6.8k
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
18.6%
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 Salem?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Willamette UniversityUniversity 2,321 #16,259
2Oregon Department of Fish and WildlifeGovernment institution 1,563 #8,215
3Salem HospitalHospital / health system 712 #22,001
4Oregon Department of EducationGovernment institution 672 #23,511
5Oregon State HospitalHospital / health system 373 #25,265
6Oregon Health AuthorityGovernment institution 300 #19,062 all time
7Oregon Department of Human ServicesGovernment institution 297 #27,597 all time
8State Library of OregonArchive 182 #24,420 all time
9Access TechnologiesNonprofit 142 #41,724 all time
10Corban UniversityUniversity 113 not ranked
11Chemeketa Community CollegeUniversity 39 not ranked
12Associated Oregon LoggersInstitution 37 not ranked
13Oregon Parks and Recreation DepartmentGovernment institution 32 not ranked
14Living Tongues Institute for Endangered LanguagesNonprofit 16 not ranked
15Oregon Department of Land Conservation and DevelopmentGovernment institution 10 not ranked
16Math Learning CenterNonprofit 4 not ranked
17Confederation of Oregon School AdministratorsNonprofit 3 not ranked
18Oregon Department of State LandsGovernment institution 3 not ranked
19Oregon Watershed Enhancement BoardGovernment institution 2 not ranked
20Oregon Department of Consumer and Business ServicesGovernment institution 2 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.

Willamette University: 34.0%Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife: 22.9%Salem Hospital: 10.4%Oregon Department of Education: 9.8%16 others listed: 22.8%34%largest
Willamette University2,321 · 34.0%Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife1,563 · 22.9%Salem Hospital712 · 10.4%Oregon Department of Education672 · 9.8%16 others listed1,555 · 22.8%

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

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.

Which keywords describe research in Salem?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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 Change116▲ 4.8×70 topics
  2. Invasive Species50▲ 13×16 topics
  3. Epidemiology44▲ 1.24×96 topics
  4. Population Dynamics38▲ 17×10 topics
  5. Conservation37▲ 9.4×15 topics
  6. Biodiversity36▲ 5.3×25 topics
  7. Fisheries Sustainability34▲ 42×2 topics
  8. Habitat Fragmentation31▲ 15×4 topics
  9. Trophic Cascades27▲ 32×2 topics
  10. Freshwater Biodiversity25▲ 45×2 topics
  11. Sustainability23◆ 1.06×43 topics
  12. Mental Health22▲ 1.70×34 topics
  13. Globalization22▲ 1.21×46 topics
  14. Conservation Challenges21▲ 49×1 topic
  15. Flow Regulation21▲ 49×1 topic
  16. Habitat Selection20▲ 31×2 topics
  17. Environmental Impact20▲ 1.28×32 topics
  18. Public Health19▲ 1.47×38 topics
  19. Resilience18▲ 4.1×12 topics
  20. Acoustic Communication16▲ 35×2 topics
  21. Ecosystem16▲ 16×3 topics
  22. Animal Movement14▲ 30×1 topic
  23. Occupancy Rates14▲ 30×1 topic
  24. Predator-Prey Interactions14▲ 20×3 topics
  25. Ecosystem Management13▲ 24×1 topic
  26. Marine Fisheries13▲ 34×1 topic
  27. Ecosystem Resilience12▲ 9.2×5 topics
  28. Conservation Biology12▲ 13×4 topics
  29. Anthropogenic Noise12▲ 44×1 topic
  30. Marine Mammals12▲ 44×1 topic
  31. Global Change11▲ 4.7×5 topics
  32. Aquaculture10▲ 4.2×6 topics
  33. Marine Environment10▲ 7.6×3 topics
  34. Model Evaluation10▲ 8.7×2 topics
  35. Ocean Acidification9▲ 14×3 topics
  36. River Restoration8▲ 23×2 topics
  37. Sagebrush8▲ 61×1 topic
  38. Wildlife Habitat8▲ 61×1 topic
  39. Species Richness8▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Marine Ecosystems7▲ 15×2 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.