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Boys Town

In research, Boys Town stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,679 of 16,945 worldwide), Life Sciences (#5,930 of 14,347 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,978 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroscience — Cognitive Neuroscience is 30.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,043
of 28,054 · #11,591 all time
Rank in United States
#2,269
of 4,192
Research works
1.2k
▲ 38% vs 2013–17
Citations
25k
21.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is Boys Town known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #5,679 of 16,945 21.9%406
Life SciencesDomain #5,930 of 14,347 12.0%344
Health SciencesDomain #9,978 of 20,462 15.9%259
MedicineField #9,067 of 17,978 17.0%143
PsychologyField #1,925 of 3,744 19.6%224
Social SciencesField #5,577 of 10,206 28.9%139
NeuroscienceField #1,886 of 2,675 10.5%267
Physical SciencesDomain #19,356 of 21,541 5.6%161
Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield #1,134 of 1,237 8.6%179

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Boys Town sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Boys Town specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cognitive Neuroscience takes 30.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 31.0 works31×
  2. NeuroscienceField · 39.8 works18×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.57× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 17.59× its world share, 40 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.56× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.29× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.10× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.95× its world share, 25 worksMedicineNursing: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.67× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.55× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.41× its world share, 19 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 17.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Boys Town?

Ranked on the composite score, Patricia G. Stelmachowicz, Eric Javel and Ronald W. Thompson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Boys Town.

  1. 1 Patricia G. Stelmachowicz United States · #435,572 worldwide 90 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Eric Javel United States · #468,567 worldwide 107 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Ronald W. Thompson United States · #493,851 worldwide 116 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Walt Jesteadt United States · #837,727 worldwide 32 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Patrick C. Friman United States · #916,512 worldwide 63 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Boys Town

Which keywords describe research at Boys Town?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Language Development, Hearing Loss, Speech Perception, Cognitive Decline, Social Isolation, Health-related Quality of Life and Age-related Hearing Loss.

▲ 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 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. Quality of Life15▲ 7.4×16 topics
  2. Language Development14▲ 82×4 topics
  3. Hearing Loss14▲ 85×3 topics
  4. Speech Perception12▲ 106×3 topics
  5. Cognitive Decline11▲ 68×2 topics
  6. Social Isolation11▲ 39×2 topics
  7. Health-related Quality of Life11▲ 34×2 topics
  8. Age-related Hearing Loss11▲ 215×1 topic
  9. Cochlear Implants11▲ 215×1 topic
  10. Neurological Disorders7▲ 9.4×7 topics
  11. Epidemiology7▲ 1.24×31 topics
  12. Neural Plasticity6▲ 26×5 topics
  13. Mental Health6▲ 3.0×16 topics
  14. Functional Connectivity6▲ 32×3 topics
  15. Neuronal Oscillations6▲ 52×2 topics
  16. Emotion Regulation5▲ 12×5 topics
  17. Prefrontal Cortex4▲ 37×3 topics
  18. Depression4▲ 3.3×6 topics
  19. Neural Correlates4▲ 31×5 topics
  20. Neural Mechanisms4▲ 32×4 topics
  21. Bilingualism4▲ 21×3 topics
  22. Cortical Connectivity4▲ 66×2 topics
  23. Default Mode Network4▲ 38×1 topic
  24. Resting-State fMRI4▲ 38×1 topic
  25. Health Effects4▲ 4.4×5 topics
  26. Cognitive Control4▲ 43×2 topics
  27. Neurobiology4▲ 10×8 topics
  28. Working Memory4▲ 29×3 topics
  29. Cortical Networks3▲ 40×1 topic
  30. Synchronization3▲ 19×1 topic
  31. Psychopathology3▲ 12×3 topics
  32. Environmental Noise3▲ 44×1 topic
  33. Language Acquisition3▲ 17×3 topics
  34. Noise Pollution3▲ 44×1 topic
  35. Perceptual Learning3▲ 41×2 topics
  36. Developmental Trajectories3▲ 15×3 topics
  37. Children2▲ 7.8×4 topics
  38. Executive Functions2▲ 31×1 topic
  39. Anxiety Disorders2▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Cochlear Neuropathy2▲ 57×1 topic

Which research topics does Boys Town publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Neural dynamics and brain function and Noise Effects and Management.

Hearing Loss and Rehabil…11Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation: 11 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connect…4Functional Brain Connectivity Studies: 4 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brai…3Neural dynamics and brain function: 3 fractional worksNoise Effects and Management: 3 fractional worksNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies: 2 fractional worksHearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics: 2 fractional worksMultisensory perception and integration: 2 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 2 fractional worksSpeech and Audio Processing: 2 fractional worksEarly Childhood Education and Development: 2 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceSpeech and HearingSensory SystemsExperimental and Cognitive Psychology3 others

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

  1. 1 Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation Cognitive Neuroscience 11 works
  2. 2 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  3. 3 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  4. 4 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 3 works
  5. 5 Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  6. 6 Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics Sensory Systems 2 works
  7. 7 Multisensory perception and integration Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2 works
  8. 8 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 2 works
  9. 9 Speech and Audio Processing Signal Processing 2 works
  10. 10 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 2 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 available32.0%not open68.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.4%domestic only89.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Boys Town's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% higher 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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