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Research in College Station

Science Explorer records 18 research institutions in College Station, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University System and Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center.

Research institutions
18
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
127k
▲ 14% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
21.4%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in College Station?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Texas A&M UniversityUniversity 119,225 #133
2Texas A&M University SystemUniversity 5,057 #6,336
3Southern Plains Agricultural Research CenterResearch facility 810 #19,615
4College Station Medical CenterHospital / health system 790 #8,223 all time
5Knowledge Based Systems (United States)Company 405 #21,387 all time
6Wellborn Road Veterinary Medical CenterHospital / health system 202 #32,957 all time
7Institute of Nautical ArchaeologyNonprofit 110 not ranked
8Lynntech (United States)Company 110 not ranked
9StataCorp (United States)Company 100 not ranked
10Texas Sea Grant College ProgramInstitution 34 not ranked
11RBC Technologies (United States)Company 32 not ranked
12AI Biosciences (United States)Company 32 not ranked
13Ecolyse (United States)Company 29 not ranked
14Texas ENT and AllergyHospital / health system 13 not ranked
15Gulf of America Coastal Ocean Observing SystemNonprofit 5 not ranked
16Star Vision Technologies (United States)Company 3 not ranked
17Essentium Materials (United States)Company 3 not ranked
18University Transportation Center for MobilityInstitution 1 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

Texas A&M University: 93.9%Texas A&M University System: 4.0%Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center: 0.6%College Station Medical Center: 0.6%14 others listed: 0.8%94%largest
Texas A&M University119k · 93.9%Texas A&M University System5,057 · 4.0%Southern Plains Agricultural Research Center810 · 0.6%College Station Medical Center790 · 0.6%14 others listed1,079 · 0.8%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

What is College Station strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in College Station is most concentrated in Veterinary, Small Animals and Agronomy and Crop Science (5.2× the world share in Veterinary).

  1. VeterinaryField · 113.1 works5.2×
  2. Small AnimalsSubfield · 94.6 works4.8×
  3. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 161.1 works4.2×
  4. ArchitectureSubfield · 21.4 works3.4×
  5. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 117.0 works3.3×
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Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

Which keywords describe research in College Station?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Epidemiology, Sustainability, Remote Sensing, Heat Transfer and Oxidative Stress.

▲ 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 city'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 Change739▲ 1.71×104 topics
  2. Machine Learning572◆ 1.09×89 topics
  3. Epidemiology509▼ 0.80×131 topics
  4. Deep Learning508◆ 0.92×80 topics
  5. Sustainability408◆ 1.04×97 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress291◆ 1.11×59 topics
  7. Inflammation284▼ 0.85×81 topics
  8. Remote Sensing281▲ 1.42×37 topics
  9. Environmental Impact259◆ 0.95×63 topics
  10. Public Health258◆ 1.10×56 topics
  11. Biomedical Applications242▲ 1.27×35 topics
  12. Nanoparticles242▲ 1.20×42 topics
  13. Renewable Energy233◆ 1.01×47 topics
  14. Neural Networks224◆ 0.91×38 topics
  15. Mental Health210◆ 0.89×39 topics
  16. Heat Transfer185▲ 2.3×17 topics
  17. Mechanical Properties179◆ 1.15×39 topics
  18. Optimization168▲ 2.3×25 topics
  19. Health Effects167▲ 1.73×24 topics
  20. Catalysis141▲ 1.31×28 topics
  21. Global Warming138▲ 2.1×14 topics
  22. Genetic Diversity134▲ 1.88×21 topics
  23. Additive Manufacturing134▲ 2.7×7 topics
  24. Resilience128▲ 1.66×16 topics
  25. Risk Perception116▲ 2.7×7 topics
  26. Genomics114▲ 2.4×12 topics
  27. Gut Microbiota114▲ 2.0×7 topics
  28. Large-Eddy Simulation104▲ 3.4×5 topics
  29. Hydrological Modeling100▲ 2.7×5 topics
  30. CO2 Sequestration96▲ 3.1×4 topics
  31. Hydraulic Fracturing91▲ 5.1×2 topics
  32. Dairy Cattle88▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Data Assimilation88▲ 3.5×4 topics
  34. Engineering Education80▲ 5.6×5 topics
  35. Animal Welfare79▲ 5.6×4 topics
  36. Marker-Assisted Selection74▲ 5.8×3 topics
  37. Energy Balance69▲ 7.6×3 topics
  38. Heat Stress66▲ 5.1×2 topics
  39. Fracture Propagation63▲ 6.4×1 topic
  40. Shale Gas Reservoirs63▲ 6.4×1 topic

What research is done in College Station?

  1. 1 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 63 works
  2. 2 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 55 works
  3. 3 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 51 works
  4. 4 Reproductive Physiology in Livestock Agronomy and Crop Science 50 works
  5. 5 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 49 works
  6. 6 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 48 works
  7. 7 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 47 works
  8. 8 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 44 works
  9. 9 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 44 works
  10. 10 Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock Animal Science and Zoology 38 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.