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Research in College Station

Science Explorer records 16 research institutions in College Station, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Texas A&M University and Texas A&M University System.

Research institutions
16
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
127k
▼ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.1M
32.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
21.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
College Station

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality 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 133,537 #111
2Texas A&M University SystemUniversity 28,094 #1,007
3College Station Medical CenterHospital / health system 790 #2,267 all time
4Knowledge Based Systems (United States)Company 405 #15,481 all time
5Wellborn Road Veterinary Medical CenterHospital / health system 202 #29,132 all time
6Institute of Nautical ArchaeologyNonprofit 110 not ranked
7Lynntech (United States)Company 110 not ranked
8StataCorp (United States)Company 100 not ranked
9RBC Technologies (United States)Company 32 not ranked
10AI Biosciences (United States)Company 32 not ranked
11Ecolyse (United States)Company 29 not ranked
12Texas ENT and AllergyHospital / health system 13 not ranked
13Gulf of America Coastal Ocean Observing SystemNonprofit 5 not ranked
14Star Vision Technologies (United States)Company 3 not ranked
15Essentium Materials (United States)Company 3 not ranked
16University Transportation Center for MobilityInstitution 1 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. 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: 81.7%Texas A&M University System: 17.2%College Station Medical Center: 0.5%Knowledge Based Systems (United States): 0.2%12 others listed: 0.4%82%largest
Texas A&M University134k · 81.7%Texas A&M University System28k · 17.2%College Station Medical Center790 · 0.5%Knowledge Based Systems (United States)405 · 0.2%12 others listed640 · 0.4%

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

Which fields of science does College Station work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research in College Station is in Physical Sciences, 18% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (21%), Medicine (11%), Social Sciences (8%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 9,128 fractional works · 50.4% of its workEngineering: 3,768 fractional works · 20.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 624 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 498 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 477 fractional works · 2.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 311 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 299 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 258 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 254 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 248 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 205 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 159 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 141 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 93 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 91 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 85 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1,372 fractional works · 7.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 298 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology: 264 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 209 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 156 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 112 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 84 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 75 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 63 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 39 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1,261 fractional works · 7.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 444 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 172 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 160 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 135 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 134 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science Applications: 57 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 54 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 47 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 59 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 699 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 418 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 94 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 74 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 60 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 53 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 623 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 209 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 123 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 112 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 107 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 72 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 424 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 161 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOceanography: 72 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 67 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 45 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPaleontology: 38 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 388 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 174 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 72 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 65 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 45 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 355 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 101 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematical Physics: 68 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 57 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 38 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 90 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 143 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 116 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 96 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 3,297 fractional works · 18.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1,343 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPlant Science: 488 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 177 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 131 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 129 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 127 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 108 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 73 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 69 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1,288 fractional works · 7.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 683 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGenetics: 247 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCell Biology: 109 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiophysics: 62 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 48 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 139 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 373 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 173 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 91 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 110 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 257 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 149 fractional works · 0.8% of its workParasitology: 48 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 36 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 3,087 fractional works · 17.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,403 fractional works · 7.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 440 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEducation: 347 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 110 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 84 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 70 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 69 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 51 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 39 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 194 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychology: 630 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 221 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 142 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 112 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 106 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 42 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 297 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 61 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 49 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 44 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 265 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhilosophy: 44 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 175 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 258 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 189 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 43 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 233 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 104 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 74 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 44 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 2,589 fractional works · 14.3% of its workMedicine: 1,995 fractional works · 11.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 211 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 192 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 170 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 165 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 144 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 140 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 111 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 98 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 90 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 60 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 56 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 46 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 42 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 40 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 40 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 390 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth Professions: 330 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 161 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 43 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 38 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 89 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 131 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmall Animals: 111 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 81 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 77 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKCollege Station18kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences18%Physical Sciences50%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences17%

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 city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering3,76820.8%
    2. Environmental Science1,3727.6%
    3. Computer Science1,2617.0%
    4. Materials Science6993.9%
    5. Physics and Astronomy6233.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences4242.3%
    7. Chemistry3882.1%
    8. Mathematics3552.0%
    9. Energy1430.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering960.5%
  2. Life Sciences3,29718.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1,3437.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1,2887.1%
    3. Neuroscience3732.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology2571.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics360.2%
  3. Social Sciences3,08717.1%
    1. Social Sciences1,4037.8%
    2. Psychology6303.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting2971.6%
    4. Arts and Humanities2651.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2581.4%
    6. Decision Sciences2331.3%
  4. Health Sciences2,58914.3%
    1. Medicine1,99511.0%
    2. Health Professions3301.8%
    3. Veterinary1310.7%
    4. Nursing810.4%
    5. Dentistry520.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.56× its world share, 1,193 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.30× its world share, 1,117 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.45× its world share, 234 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.24× its world share, 324 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.56× its world share, 32 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.48× its world share, 83 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.37× its world share, 347 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.88× its world share, 1,104 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.47× its world share, 369 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.86× its world share, 127 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.41× its world share, 3,409 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.50× its world share, 1,200 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.12× its world share, 627 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.70× its world share, 321 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.52× its world share, 543 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.58× its world share, 46 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.68× its world share, 290 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.57× its world share, 1,771 worksMedicineNursing: 0.90× its world share, 71 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.18× its world share, 113 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.50× its world share, 231 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.53× its world share, 274 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.32× its world share, 205 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.70× its world share, 242 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.14× its world share, 556 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 1,244 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary5.18×113 works
  2. Mathematics1.70×321 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.56×1,193 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.52×543 works
  5. Environmental Science1.50×1,200 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.48×83 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.47×369 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology1.45×234 works
  9. Engineering1.41×3,409 works
  10. Chemistry1.37×347 works
  11. Decision Sciences1.32×205 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.30×1,117 works
  13. Neuroscience1.24×324 works
  14. Psychology1.14×556 works
  15. Materials Science1.12×627 works
  16. Nursing0.90×71 works
  17. Computer Science0.88×1,104 works
  18. Energy0.86×127 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.70×242 works
  20. Health Professions0.68×290 works
  21. Social Sciences0.61×1,244 works
  22. Dentistry0.58×46 works
  23. Medicine0.57×1,771 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.56×32 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.53×274 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.50×231 works

Which keywords describe research in College Station?

By fractional works in 2022-now, 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-now 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 Change833▲ 1.69×106 topics
  2. Machine Learning655◆ 1.09×90 topics
  3. Deep Learning574◆ 0.92×82 topics
  4. Epidemiology572▼ 0.79×132 topics
  5. Sustainability452◆ 1.02×100 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress319◆ 1.07×62 topics
  7. Inflammation314▼ 0.82×82 topics
  8. Remote Sensing314▲ 1.42×37 topics
  9. Environmental Impact294◆ 0.95×64 topics
  10. Public Health290◆ 1.10×57 topics
  11. Nanoparticles270▲ 1.18×42 topics
  12. Biomedical Applications269▲ 1.25×35 topics
  13. Renewable Energy261◆ 1.00×47 topics
  14. Neural Networks251◆ 0.90×38 topics
  15. Mental Health237◆ 0.91×40 topics
  16. Mechanical Properties208▲ 1.17×39 topics
  17. Heat Transfer204▲ 2.3×18 topics
  18. Health Effects192▲ 1.75×24 topics
  19. Optimization182▲ 2.2×25 topics
  20. Global Warming159▲ 2.1×14 topics
  21. Additive Manufacturing150▲ 2.7×8 topics
  22. Resilience148▲ 1.66×17 topics
  23. Genetic Diversity146▲ 1.86×21 topics
  24. Genomics132▲ 2.5×12 topics
  25. Risk Perception129▲ 2.7×7 topics
  26. Gut Microbiota126▲ 2.0×7 topics
  27. Large-Eddy Simulation116▲ 3.4×5 topics
  28. Hydrological Modeling112▲ 2.6×5 topics
  29. CO2 Sequestration110▲ 3.1×4 topics
  30. Data Assimilation98▲ 3.3×4 topics
  31. Hydraulic Fracturing98▲ 5.1×2 topics
  32. Dairy Cattle96▲ 10×2 topics
  33. Animal Welfare90▲ 5.5×4 topics
  34. Engineering Education86▲ 5.5×6 topics
  35. Marker-Assisted Selection78▲ 5.5×3 topics
  36. Energy Balance76▲ 7.1×3 topics
  37. Heat Stress75▲ 5.2×2 topics
  38. Fracture Propagation69▲ 6.5×1 topic
  39. Shale Gas Reservoirs69▲ 6.5×1 topic
  40. Reactive Transport66▲ 6.6×2 topics

What research is done in College Station?

Hydraulic Fracturing and…63Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 63 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing a…55Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 55 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 51 fractional worksReproductive Physiology in Livestock: 50 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 49 fractional worksReservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 48 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 47 fractional worksRuminant Nutrition and D…44Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 44 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 44 fractional worksEffects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock: 38 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringAutomotive EngineeringComputational MechanicsAgronomy and Crop Science4 others

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

  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

still counting1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

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

still counting20%40%College Station19.8% 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 32.3% in 2010.

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