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Research in Colorado Springs

Science Explorer records 56 research institutions in Colorado Springs, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Colorado Colorado Springs, United States Air Force Academy and Colorado College.

Research institutions
56
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
22k
▲ 36% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
11.0%
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 Colorado Springs?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of Colorado Colorado SpringsUniversity 8,180 #3,894
2United States Air Force AcademyGovernment institution 6,017 #7,190
3Colorado CollegeUniversity 2,584 #13,486
4Memorial HospitalHospital / health system 1,668 #18,813
5Family Research InstituteNonprofit 640 #13,582 all time
6Microelectronics Research Development (United States)Company 437 #6,838 all time
7U.S. Air Force Space CommandGovernment institution 390 #16,522 all time
8United States Olympic & Paralympic CommitteeNonprofit 339 #40,307 all time
9BSCS Science LearningNonprofit 312 #24,867 all time
10Colorado Engineering (United States)Company 212 #37,269 all time
11Penrose HospitalHospital / health system 160 #29,380 all time
12Colorado Springs School District 11University 152 #37,023 all time
13El Paso County Public HealthInstitution 123 #25,379 all time
14National Wheelchair Basketball AssociationGovernment institution 121 #36,290 all time
15American Academy of Forensic SciencesInstitution 113 not ranked
16Intelligent Software Solutions (United States)Company 96 not ranked
17Directed Energy Solutions (United States)Company 94 not ranked
18Symetrix (United States)Company 71 not ranked
19Space FoundationNonprofit 61 not ranked
20Penrose-St. Francis Health ServicesHospital / health system 52 not ranked
21Pikes Peak Community CollegeUniversity 49 not ranked
22Meeting the Challenge (United States)Company 36 not ranked
23United States Anti-Doping AgencyNonprofit 31 not ranked
24Black Forest Engineering (United States)Company 26 not ranked
25NAVSYS (United States)Company 23 not ranked
26AbleLink Technologies (United States)Company 22 not ranked
27Braxton (United States)Company 20 not ranked
28Pikes Peak Library DistrictArchive 20 not ranked
29HemoGenix (United States)Company 19 not ranked
30Colorado Springs Neurological AssociatesInstitution 19 not ranked
31ISSAC (United States)Company 14 not ranked
32Multi-Duti Manufacturing (United States)Company 10 not ranked
33SkySentry (United States)Company 10 not ranked
34Optical Engines (United States)Company 9 not ranked
35The Christian and Missionary AllianceInstitution 9 not ranked
36Pericle Communications (United States)Company 8 not ranked
37Nazarene Bible CollegeUniversity 7 not ranked
38Blue Line Engineering (United States)Company 6 not ranked
39Gibson Institute of Cognitive ResearchResearch facility 6 not ranked
40Pikes Peak Area Council of GovernmentsGovernment institution 5 not ranked
41USA Hockey FoundationNonprofit 4 not ranked
42Eminence Clinical Research (United States)Company 4 not ranked
43Society for French Historical StudiesInstitution 3 not ranked
44Welkin Sciences (United States)Company 3 not ranked
45United States Association of Blind AthletesNonprofit 2 not ranked
46Colorado Springs Osteopathic FoundationNonprofit 2 not ranked
47Colorado Consortium for Earth and Space Science EducationNonprofit 1 not ranked
48Colorado Springs Fine Arts CenterArchive 1 not ranked
49Western Museum of Mining & IndustryArchive 1 not ranked
50Colorado Springs Pioneers MuseumArchive 1 not ranked
51Peak Parent CenterNonprofit 1 not ranked
52Chapman FoundationsNonprofit 1 not ranked
53SemQuest (United States)Company 1 not ranked
54Pikes Peak Community FoundationNonprofit 0 not ranked
55Partnership for Clean CompetitionNonprofit 0 not ranked
56Valepro (United States)Company 0 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.

University of Colorado Colorado Springs: 36.9%United States Air Force Academy: 27.1%Colorado College: 11.6%Memorial Hospital: 7.5%49 others listed: 16.9%37%largest
University of Colorado Colorado Springs8,180 · 36.9%United States Air Force Academy6,017 · 27.1%Colorado College2,584 · 11.6%Memorial Hospital1,668 · 7.5%49 others listed3,747 · 16.9%

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

What is Colorado Springs strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Colorado Springs is most concentrated in Environmental Chemistry, Geophysics and History and Philosophy of Science (6.6× the world share in Environmental Chemistry).

  1. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 50.0 works6.6×
  2. GeophysicsSubfield · 78.0 works6.4×
  3. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 20.7 works3.9×
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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 Colorado Springs?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Machine Learning, Methane Oxidation, Anaerobic, Gas Hydrates, Epidemiology, Microbial Communities and Deep Learning.

▲ 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. Machine Learning134▲ 1.18×85 topics
  2. Epidemiology123◆ 0.90×121 topics
  3. Deep Learning114◆ 0.96×72 topics
  4. Mental Health100▲ 1.97×40 topics
  5. Climate Change91◆ 0.97×86 topics
  6. Globalization82▲ 1.20×84 topics
  7. Sustainability79◆ 0.93×68 topics
  8. Education67◆ 1.13×70 topics
  9. Public Health58◆ 1.14×48 topics
  10. Microbial Communities52▲ 3.5×7 topics
  11. Identity50▲ 1.97×44 topics
  12. Innovation48▲ 1.32×40 topics
  13. Security47▲ 2.1×24 topics
  14. Methane Oxidation47▲ 16×2 topics
  15. Anaerobic46▲ 19×1 topic
  16. Gas Hydrates46▲ 19×1 topic
  17. Ethics44▲ 2.6×31 topics
  18. History41▲ 1.68×35 topics
  19. Meta-Analysis40▲ 1.96×17 topics
  20. Higher Education40▲ 2.1×20 topics
  21. Gender39▲ 2.1×31 topics
  22. Student Engagement39▲ 2.8×15 topics
  23. Tomography37▲ 5.9×5 topics
  24. Ionospheric Anomalies35▲ 26×1 topic
  25. Seismic Electromagnetics35▲ 26×1 topic
  26. Seismic Noise35▲ 21×1 topic
  27. Surface Wave35▲ 21×1 topic
  28. Anomaly Detection34▲ 3.3×5 topics
  29. IoT Security30▲ 2.7×3 topics
  30. Emotion Regulation30▲ 2.8×9 topics
  31. Large-Eddy Simulation29▲ 4.4×5 topics
  32. Teaching Methods26▲ 5.4×7 topics
  33. Engineering Education25▲ 8.1×5 topics
  34. Adaptive Mesh Refinement23▲ 11×2 topics
  35. High-Order Schemes23▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Radial Basis Functions22▲ 9.0×2 topics
  37. Athletic Training22▲ 6.8×3 topics
  38. Shock-Wave Interactions22▲ 16×1 topic
  39. Turbulence Modeling22▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Mathematics Education20▲ 13×2 topics

What research is done in Colorado Springs?

  1. 1 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 46 works
  2. 2 Earthquake Detection and Analysis Geophysics 35 works
  3. 3 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 35 works
  4. 4 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics Computational Mechanics 22 works
  5. 5 Space exploration and regulation Astronomy and Astrophysics 18 works
  6. 6 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 16 works
  7. 7 History and Theory of Mathematics Theoretical Computer Science 15 works
  8. 8 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 15 works
  9. 9 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 13 works
  10. 10 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 13 works

Research output over time

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