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Boston Foundation

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World rank, all time
#28,919
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#6,189
of 8,685
Research works
168
▼ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.2k
25.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.79× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.07× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.97× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.99× its world share, 19 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Boston Foundation?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Targeted Therapy, Genomic Instability, Cancer Genomics, Mutational Signatures, Prognostic Factors, Epidemiology, Chemotherapy and Dry Eye Disease.

▲ 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 institution's work against its share of the world's. The 20 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Targeted Therapy4▲ 60×5 topics
  2. Epidemiology4▲ 3.0×20 topics
  3. Genomic Instability3▲ 89×2 topics
  4. Cancer Genomics3▲ 118×1 topic
  5. Mutational Signatures3▲ 118×1 topic
  6. Prognostic Factors3▲ 20×9 topics
  7. Chemotherapy2▲ 6.8×10 topics
  8. Dry Eye Disease2▲ 139×1 topic
  9. Ocular Surface2▲ 139×1 topic
  10. Clinical Trials1▲ 6.4×5 topics
  11. Cancer Therapy1▲ 6.8×5 topics
  12. Precision Medicine1▲ 8.8×6 topics
  13. Homologous Recombination1▲ 80×2 topics
  14. Molecular Characterization1▲ 20×3 topics
  15. Gender Differences1▲ 8.7×2 topics
  16. Immunotherapy1▲ 4.9×4 topics
  17. Computational Thinking1▲ 94×1 topic
  18. Corneal Regeneration1▲ 125×1 topic
  19. Programming Education1▲ 94×1 topic
  20. Tissue Engineering1▲ 5.1×1 topic

Which research topics does Boston Foundation publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics, Ocular Surface and Contact Lens, Corneal Surgery and Treatments and Teaching and Learning Programming.

Cancer Genomics and Diag…3Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksOcular Surface and Contact Lens: 2 fractional worksCorneal Surgery and Treatments: 1 fractional worksTeaching and Learning Programming: 1 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury Research: 1 fractional worksCorneal surgery and disorders: 1 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments a…1Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 1 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 1 fractional worksPARP inhibition in cancer therapy: 1 fractional worksGenetic factors in colorectal cancer: 1 fractional works
Cancer ResearchPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingComputer Science Applications5 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 3 works
  2. 2 Ocular Surface and Contact Lens Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  3. 3 Corneal Surgery and Treatments Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  4. 4 Teaching and Learning Programming Computer Science Applications 1 works
  5. 5 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 1 works
  6. 6 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  7. 7 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 1 works
  9. 9 PARP inhibition in cancer therapy Oncology 1 works
  10. 10 Genetic factors in colorectal cancer Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available31.0%not open69.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.4%domestic only80.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Boston Foundation's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% lower than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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