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University of Idaho

In research, University of Idaho stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,142 of 12,888 worldwide), Life Sciences (#1,616 of 7,800 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,666 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography and Insect Science — Environmental Chemistry is 20.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,305
of 28,054 · #978 all time
Rank in United States
#349
of 4,192
Research works
19k
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
507k
26.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is University of Idaho known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #2,142 of 12,888 14.2%1,217 #812
Life SciencesDomain #1,616 of 7,800 21.6%514 #1132
Social SciencesDomain #2,666 of 10,521 23.8%421 #926
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #943 of 3,409 21.4%322 #495
Health SciencesDomain #3,359 of 11,982 21.6%206 #3767
Environmental ScienceField #1,065 of 3,551 14.0%371 #328
Social SciencesField #2,008 of 6,365 25.4%228 #639
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,199 of 3,579 23.1%146 #651
EngineeringField #2,402 of 6,636 14.6%282 #959
Computer ScienceField #1,702 of 4,667 24.1%158 #1245

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Idaho 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#812 #2,142
  2. Life Sciences#1,132 #1,616
  3. Social Sciences#926 #2,666
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#495 #943
  5. Health Sciences#3,767 #3,359
  6. Environmental Science#328 #1,065
  7. Social Sciences#639 #2,008
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#651 #1,199
  9. Engineering#959 #2,402
  10. Computer Science#1,245 #1,702
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does University of Idaho specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Chemistry takes 20.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 103.9 works20×
  2. OceanographySubfield · 95.1 works14×
  3. Insect ScienceSubfield · 67.1 works10×
  4. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 108.7 works8.9×
  5. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 31.1 works5.6×
  6. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 30.7 works5.5×
← 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: 2.87× its world share, 322 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.16× its world share, 146 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.01× its world share, 24 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 21 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.25× its world share, 10 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.73× its world share, 27 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.86× its world share, 158 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.89× its world share, 144 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.43× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.80× its world share, 282 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.17× its world share, 371 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.72× its world share, 60 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.79× its world share, 22 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.57× its world share, 135 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.62× its world share, 39 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 141 worksMedicineNursing: 1.60× its world share, 18 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.14× its world share, 7 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.54× its world share, 37 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 30 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.23× its world share, 28 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.66× its world share, 33 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.90× its world share, 64 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 228 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Idaho?

Ranked on the composite score, Richard G. Allen, Ronald L. Crawford and John T. Abatzoglou lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Idaho.

  1. 1 Richard G. Allen United States · #7,042 worldwide 1.5k citations · 103 works
  2. 2 Ronald L. Crawford United States · #13,054 worldwide 1.4k citations · 47 works
  3. 3 John T. Abatzoglou United States · #32,140 worldwide 763 citations · 63 works
  4. 4 John D. Marshall United States · #41,319 worldwide 312 citations · 60 works
  5. 5 Larry J. Forney United States · #49,896 worldwide 497 citations · 58 works
  6. 6 Ronald W. Hardy United States · #56,871 worldwide 564 citations · 57 works
  7. 7 Lisette P. Waits United States · #64,567 worldwide 465 citations · 40 works
  8. 8 Alistair M. S. Smith United States · #65,894 worldwide 351 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 Jeffrey A. Hicke United States · #75,001 worldwide 461 citations · 41 works
  10. 10 Peter R. Griffiths United States · #79,719 worldwide 453 citations · 91 works
All ranked researchers at University of Idaho

Which keywords describe research at University of Idaho?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Microbial Communities, Hydrological Modeling, Sea Level Rise, Invasive Species, Geodetic Measurements, GRACE and groundwater depletion.

▲ 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. Climate Change249▲ 3.9×80 topics
  2. Microbial Communities110▲ 11×10 topics
  3. Hydrological Modeling105▲ 19×5 topics
  4. Sea Level Rise97▲ 32×3 topics
  5. Invasive Species96▲ 9.6×17 topics
  6. Geodetic Measurements96▲ 37×2 topics
  7. GRACE94▲ 77×1 topic
  8. groundwater depletion94▲ 77×1 topic
  9. Solar Wind93▲ 42×2 topics
  10. Methane Oxidation92▲ 48×2 topics
  11. Anaerobic92▲ 56×1 topic
  12. Gas Hydrates92▲ 56×1 topic
  13. Ionosphere92▲ 70×1 topic
  14. Magnetosphere92▲ 70×1 topic
  15. Machine Learning92▲ 1.19×64 topics
  16. Biological Control66▲ 19×9 topics
  17. Population Dynamics64▲ 11×12 topics
  18. Sustainability63◆ 1.09×64 topics
  19. Remote Sensing56▲ 1.91×29 topics
  20. Biodiversity54▲ 3.0×27 topics
  21. Conservation42▲ 4.1×20 topics
  22. Pest Management40▲ 20×5 topics
  23. Genetic Diversity32▲ 3.1×14 topics
  24. Antibiotic Resistance32▲ 3.5×10 topics
  25. Microbiota29▲ 5.7×6 topics
  26. Morphology28▲ 6.8×8 topics
  27. Phylogeny27▲ 7.7×13 topics
  28. Ecosystem Resilience26▲ 7.7×4 topics
  29. Aquaculture26▲ 4.3×7 topics
  30. Habitat Fragmentation26▲ 5.0×5 topics
  31. Taxonomy25▲ 8.1×8 topics
  32. Soil Properties22▲ 5.4×7 topics
  33. Host Plants22▲ 84×2 topics
  34. Ecosystem22▲ 8.5×4 topics
  35. Mealybug21▲ 207×1 topic
  36. Scale Insects21▲ 207×1 topic
  37. Insecticide Resistance20▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Population Genetics20▲ 6.3×5 topics
  39. Drosophila Suzukii20▲ 59×1 topic
  40. Fruit Fly20▲ 59×1 topic

Which research topics does University of Idaho publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geophysics and Gravity Measurements, Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena and Research on scale insects.

Geophysics and Gravity M…94Geophysics and Gravity Measurements: 94 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosp…92Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 92 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Rel…92Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 92 fractional worksResearch on scale insects: 21 fractional worksInsect behavior and control techniques: 20 fractional worksInsects and Parasite Interactions: 17 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 16 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 13 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 12 fractional worksAquaculture Nutrition and Growth: 11 fractional works
OceanographyAstronomy and AstrophysicsEnvironmental ChemistryInsect Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 94 works
  2. 2 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 92 works
  3. 3 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 92 works
  4. 4 Research on scale insects Insect Science 21 works
  5. 5 Insect behavior and control techniques Insect Science 20 works
  6. 6 Insects and Parasite Interactions Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 17 works
  7. 7 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 16 works
  8. 8 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 13 works
  9. 9 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 12 works
  10. 10 Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth Aquatic Science 11 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 available31.3%not open68.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.4%domestic only88.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Idaho's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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