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Boys Town

In research, Boys Town stands highest in Psychology (#1,574 of 3,404 worldwide), Health Sciences (#8,311 of 16,688 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,495 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroscience (Cognitive Neuroscience is 27.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,859
of 22,385 · #9,878 all time
Rank in United States
#2,286
of 3,332
Research works
1.2k
▲ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
25k
21.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Boys Town

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
PsychologyField #1,574 of 3,404 9.3%224
Health SciencesDomain #8,311 of 16,688 10.1%259
Social SciencesDomain #7,495 of 14,833 9.1%406
MedicineField #8,258 of 14,558 10.1%143
NeuroscienceField #1,292 of 2,157 11.4%267
Life SciencesDomain #6,797 of 11,023 11.1%344
Physical SciencesDomain #12,061 of 17,446 11.2%161
Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield #788 of 1,124 10.4%179
Social SciencesField #6,677 of 9,330 9.5%139

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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Boys Town work in?

In 2022-now, 34% of research at Boys Town is in Life Sciences, 30% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Neuroscience (28%), Medicine (19%), Psychology (13%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 60 fractional works · 34.1% of its workNeuroscience: 49 fractional works · 28.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 36 fractional works · 20.3% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSensory Systems: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 53 fractional works · 30.0% of its workPsychology: 23 fractional works · 13.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 8 fractional works · 4.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 4.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 23 fractional works · 12.9% of its workEducation: 9 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 44 fractional works · 24.8% of its workMedicine: 34 fractional works · 19.2% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 20 fractional works · 11.2% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 4.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 3.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKBoys Town176fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences34%Physical Sciences11%Health Sciences25%Social Sciences30%

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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Neuroscience4928.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology84.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.8%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Psychology2313.1%
    2. Social Sciences2312.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities31.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Medicine3419.2%
    2. Health Professions95.0%
    3. Dentistry10.4%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Computer Science84.7%
    2. Engineering73.9%
    3. Environmental Science21.2%
    4. Materials Science10.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    7. Chemistry00.2%
    8. Mathematics00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Boys Town specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cognitive Neuroscience takes 27.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 35.7 works28×
  2. NeuroscienceField · 49.5 works17×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.83× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 17.31× its world share, 50 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.60× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.91× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.00× its world share, 34 worksMedicineNursing: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.67× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.30× its world share, 23 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.02× its world share, 23 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 17.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience17.31×50 works
  2. Psychology4.30×23 works
  3. Health Professions1.91×9 works
  4. Social Sciences1.02×23 works
  5. Medicine1.00×34 works
  6. Dentistry0.88×1 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.83×8 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology0.83×2 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.67×3 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.66×2 works
  11. Computer Science0.60×8 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.38×0 works
  13. Veterinary0.35×0 works
  14. Engineering0.26×7 works
  15. Environmental Science0.24×2 works
  16. Nursing0.19×0 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.17×0 works
  18. Mathematics0.16×0 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.15×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.14×1 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.13×0 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.13×1 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.12×1 works
  24. Chemistry0.12×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Boys Town?

Ranked on the quality score, W. Bruce Warr, W. Alex Mason and Eric Javel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Boys Town.

  1. 1 W. Bruce Warr United States · #347,810 worldwide 5.2k citations · 35 works
  2. 2 W. Alex Mason United States · #633,854 worldwide 5.1k citations · 192 works
  3. 3 Eric Javel United States · #1,575,726 worldwide 3k citations · 78 works
  4. 4 Walt Jesteadt United States · #1,722,577 worldwide 4.4k citations · 180 works
  5. 5 Edward Joseph Walsh United States · #1,735,309 worldwide 4.8k citations · 215 works
  6. 6 Chloe C. Casagrande United States · #1,780,905 worldwide 142 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Seth Bashford United States · #1,827,183 worldwide 21 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Donna L. Neff United States · #1,844,364 worldwide 1.2k citations · 68 works
  9. 9 Patrick E. Brookhouser United States · #2,067,071 worldwide 2.2k citations · 58 works
  10. 10 Erin Smolak United States · #2,119,397 worldwide 234 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Boys Town

What are the most cited papers from Boys Town?

The most cited paper from Boys Town is "PKD2 , a Gene for Polycystic Kidney Disease That Encodes an Integral Membrane Protein" (Toshio Mochizuki, Guanqing Wu, Tomohito Hayashi et al., 1996), with 1,425 citations. Next come "Optimized Hydrophobic Interactions and Hydrogen Bonding at the Target-Ligand Interface Leads the Pathways of Drug-Designing" (766) and "Efferent innervation of the organ of corti: two separate systems" (633).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 PKD2 , a Gene for Polycystic Kidney Disease That Encodes an Integral Membrane Protein Toshio Mochizuki, Guanqing Wu, Tomohito Hayashi et al. · Science 31 May 1996 1,425
2 Optimized Hydrophobic Interactions and Hydrogen Bonding at the Target-Ligand Interface Leads the Pathways of Drug-Designing Rohan Patil, Suranjana Das, Ashley Stanley et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 16 Aug 2010 766
3 Efferent innervation of the organ of corti: two separate systems W. Bruce Warr, John J. Guinan · Brain Research Sep 1979 633
4 High-Risk Neighborhoods and High-Risk Families: The Human Ecology of Child Maltreatment James Garbarino, D M Sherman · Child Development Mar 1980 576
5 The Human Ecology of Child Maltreatment: A Conceptual Model for Research James Garbarino · Journal of Marriage and the Family Nov 1977 556
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Boys Town?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Quality of Life, Hearing Loss, Language Development, 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-now 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 Life18▲ 7.0×19 topics
  2. Hearing Loss17▲ 81×3 topics
  3. Language Development17▲ 75×4 topics
  4. Speech Perception14▲ 96×3 topics
  5. Cognitive Decline13▲ 62×2 topics
  6. Social Isolation13▲ 37×2 topics
  7. Health-related Quality of Life13▲ 31×2 topics
  8. Age-related Hearing Loss13▲ 196×1 topic
  9. Cochlear Implants13▲ 196×1 topic
  10. Neural Plasticity9▲ 28×5 topics
  11. Neurological Disorders9▲ 8.6×7 topics
  12. Epidemiology8▲ 1.22×33 topics
  13. Mental Health7▲ 2.6×16 topics
  14. Functional Connectivity6▲ 26×3 topics
  15. Emotion Regulation6▲ 11×5 topics
  16. Neuronal Oscillations6▲ 46×2 topics
  17. Neural Mechanisms6▲ 32×4 topics
  18. Prefrontal Cortex5▲ 34×3 topics
  19. Bilingualism5▲ 21×3 topics
  20. Depression5▲ 3.2×7 topics
  21. Health Effects5▲ 4.5×6 topics
  22. Neurobiology5▲ 10×8 topics
  23. Neural Correlates5▲ 26×5 topics
  24. Cortical Connectivity4▲ 58×2 topics
  25. Cognitive Control4▲ 38×2 topics
  26. Default Mode Network4▲ 31×1 topic
  27. Resting-State fMRI4▲ 31×1 topic
  28. Working Memory4▲ 24×3 topics
  29. Cochlear Neuropathy4▲ 70×1 topic
  30. Neuroinflammation4▲ 7.2×5 topics
  31. Tinnitus4▲ 70×1 topic
  32. Cortical Networks3▲ 34×1 topic
  33. Synchronization3▲ 16×1 topic
  34. Language Acquisition3▲ 16×3 topics
  35. Neuroimaging3▲ 6.7×8 topics
  36. Perceptual Learning3▲ 37×2 topics
  37. Psychopathology3▲ 10.0×3 topics
  38. Attentional Networks3▲ 45×1 topic
  39. Executive Functions3▲ 28×1 topic
  40. Environmental Noise3▲ 38×1 topic

Which research topics does Boys Town publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics and Neural dynamics and brain function.

Hearing Loss and Rehabil…13Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation: 13 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 4 fractional worksHearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics: 4 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brain function: 3 fractional worksNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies: 3 fractional worksNoise Effects and Management: 3 fractional worksMultisensory perception and integration: 3 fractional worksLanguage Development and Disorders: 3 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 2 fractional worksEarly Childhood Education and Development: 2 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceSensory SystemsSpeech and HearingExperimental and Cognitive Psychology3 others

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

  1. 1 Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation Cognitive Neuroscience 13 works
  2. 2 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  3. 3 Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics Sensory Systems 4 works
  4. 4 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  5. 5 Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  6. 6 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 3 works
  7. 7 Multisensory perception and integration Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 3 works
  8. 8 Language Development and Disorders Developmental and Educational Psychology 3 works
  9. 9 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Boys Town's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Boys Town as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00046% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Boys Town0.00091% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Boys Town over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

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

still counting10%20%Boys Town10.9% 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 16.2% in 2017.

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