Research Studies About Boulder - Key Findings

What research studies Boulder?

Papers about Boulder as a subject — its agriculture, health, environment and society — regardless of where the authors sit.

Summary

Research about Boulder is strikingly terrain-led: 3337 papers study the city, with landslides and related hazards leading at 34, followed by geology and paleoclimatology at 26. Earthquakes, tectonics and planetary science reinforce the physical-science tilt.

WATCH Watch how hazard studies evolve as Boulder continues to draw geological scrutiny.

Research outlook for Boulder

What the papers — written in the city and about it — point to, split by the Prism stance layer: work that reads promising versus work that flags problems or urges caution.

Opportunities the research points to

Climate Change · 68Machine Learning · 67MathML · 43Sustainability · 31Materials Science · 30Material Science · 27Nanotechnology · 25Artificial Intelligence · 24Energy Efficiency · 22Robotics · 22Semiconductors · 22Neuroscience · 21

Concerns the research raises

Climate Change · 86Education · 31Machine Learning · 27Sustainability · 27Research · 24COVID-19 · 18Artificial Intelligence · 12NASA · 9Engineering · 9Antarctica · 8Innovation · 8Mental Health · 8

counts = papers carrying the theme · concerns merge cautionary, critical and problem-identifying work

Topics

Topic	Works
Landslides and related hazards	34
Geology and Paleoclimatology Research	26
Earthquake and Tectonic Studies	24
Astro and Planetary Science	17
Planetary Science and Exploration	12
Geological formations and processes	12
Rock Mechanics and Modeling	10
Coastal and Marine Dynamics	10
Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes	10
Cryospheric studies and observations	9
Sports injuries and prevention	9
Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies	8
Geological and Geochemical Analysis	8
Sports Performance and Training	6
Sport Psychology and Performance	6
Marine and coastal plant biology	6
Tunneling and Rock Mechanics	6
Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils	5
Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping	5
Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide	5

By year

Orientation (where Prism-tagged)

Descriptive

207

41Promising

20Problem Identifying

19Breakthrough

11Cautionary

8Comparative

7Critical

Most-cited

Paper	Year	Cited	Doi
Waves, coastal boulder deposits and the importance of the pre-transport setting	2003	348	doi
Influence of large woody debris on channel morphology and dynamics in steep, boulder-rich mountain streams…	2003	195	doi
The affirmation of the scientist-practitioner: A look back at Boulder.	2000	154	doi
Paleohydrological Methods and Some Examples from Swedish Fluvial Environments. I. Cobble and Boulder Deposits	1983	152	doi
Bedrock benches and boulder bars: Floods in the Burdekin Gorge of Australia	1992	149	doi
Size-frequency statistics of boulders on global surface of asteroid 25143 Itokawa	2008	147	doi
Pushing the Boulder Uphill: The Persistence of First-Generation College Students	2004	140	doi
Politics, Values, and Public Policy: The Problem of Methodology. By Frank Fischer. (Boulder, Colo.: Westview…	1982	138	doi
Asteroid (101955) Bennu’s weak boulders and thermally anomalous equator	2020	132	doi
Impact History of Eros: Craters and Boulders	2002	130	doi
Boulders transport by catastrophic waves along the Ionian coast of Apulia (southern Italy)	2000	129	doi
Comparative Studies on the Life History of the Grapsid Crabs (Crustacea, Brachyura) Inhabiting Intertidal…	1988	125	doi
Seismic Constraints on Critical Zone Architecture, Boulder Creek Watershed, Front Range, Colorado	2011	116	doi
Indoor rock climbing (bouldering) as a new treatment for depression: study design of a waitlist-controlled…	2015	106	doi
Modulation of erosion on steep granitic slopes by boulder armoring, as revealed by cosmogenic 26Al and 10Be	2001	105	doi

papers whose title or entities mention Boulder (any author location) · partial sample · distinct from research done at the city's institutions

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