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Research in Corvallis

Science Explorer records 14 research institutions in Corvallis, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Oregon State University and Corvallis Environmental Center.

Research institutions
14
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
59k
▼ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
2M
34.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
17.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Corvallis

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 Corvallis?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Oregon State UniversityUniversity 55,212 #475
2Corvallis Environmental CenterNonprofit 1,150 #14,057
3Good Samaritan Regional Medical CenterHospital / health system 501 #16,691 all time
4Samaritan Health ServicesHospital / health system 176 #30,394 all time
5Oregon University SystemUniversity 155 #21,731 all time
6Covalent Associates (United States)Company 90 not ranked
7Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies InstituteNonprofit 42 not ranked
8Inpria (United States)Company 26 not ranked
9Eduworks (United States)Company 13 not ranked
10ECD for the Masses (United States)Company 13 not ranked
11ViewPlus (United States)Company 10 not ranked
12Oregon TilthNonprofit 2 not ranked
13Community Health Centers of Benton and Linn CountiesHospital / health system 2 not ranked
14CSD Nano (United States)Company 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.

Oregon State University: 96.2%Corvallis Environmental Center: 2.0%Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center: 0.9%Samaritan Health Services: 0.3%10 others listed: 0.6%96%largest
Oregon State University55k · 96.2%Corvallis Environmental Center1,150 · 2.0%Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center501 · 0.9%Samaritan Health Services176 · 0.3%10 others listed354 · 0.6%

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

Which fields of science does Corvallis work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research in Corvallis is in Physical Sciences, 19% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (16%), Environmental Science (15%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (11%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 3,861 fractional works · 53.8% of its workEngineering: 1,122 fractional works · 15.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 212 fractional works · 3.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 148 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 146 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 128 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 66 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 65 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 64 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 57 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 54 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1,101 fractional works · 15.3% of its workEcology: 256 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 225 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 190 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 98 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 80 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 62 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 56 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 54 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcological Modeling: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 538 fractional works · 7.5% of its workOceanography: 200 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeophysics: 130 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 112 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPaleontology: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 438 fractional works · 6.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 169 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 68 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 218 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 114 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 54 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 190 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 109 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomaterials: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 111 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 77 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnergy: 41 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 1,386 fractional works · 19.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 762 fractional works · 10.6% of its workPlant Science: 354 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 101 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFood Science: 79 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInsect Science: 79 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoil Science: 40 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 465 fractional works · 6.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 240 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGenetics: 69 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 58 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiotechnology: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 84 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 42 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 47 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,175 fractional works · 16.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 532 fractional works · 7.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 182 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEducation: 115 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSafety Research: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 35 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnthropology: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 96 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychology: 264 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 111 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 59 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 41 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 115 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 28 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 65 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 103 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 57 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 93 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 71 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 68 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 757 fractional works · 10.5% of its workMedicine: 557 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 60 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 58 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 53 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 45 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 33 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 126 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 109 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 62 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 47 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 51 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 50 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVeterinary: 34 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCorvallis7,179fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences19%Physical Sciences54%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences16%

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. Engineering1,12215.6%
    2. Environmental Science1,10115.3%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences5387.5%
    4. Computer Science4386.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy2183.0%
    6. Materials Science1902.6%
    7. Chemistry1111.5%
    8. Mathematics771.1%
    9. Energy410.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering250.4%
  2. Life Sciences1,38619.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences76210.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4656.5%
    3. Neuroscience841.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology470.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics280.4%
  3. Social Sciences1,17516.4%
    1. Social Sciences5327.4%
    2. Psychology2643.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities1151.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1031.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance931.3%
    6. Decision Sciences680.9%
    1. Medicine5577.8%
    2. Health Professions1091.5%
    3. Nursing510.7%
    4. Veterinary340.5%
    5. Dentistry50.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Corvallis strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Corvallis is most concentrated in Environmental Chemistry, Oceanography and Nature and Landscape Conservation (13.0× the world share in Environmental Chemistry).

  1. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 183.3 works13×
  2. OceanographySubfield · 186.2 works10×
  3. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 87.7 works5.7×
  4. GeophysicsSubfield · 125.0 works5.5×
  5. Earth-Surface ProcessesSubfield · 38.2 works5.0×
← 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: 2.21× its world share, 677 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.21× its world share, 415 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.65× its world share, 42 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.72× its world share, 75 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.95× its world share, 22 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.02× its world share, 23 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.00× its world share, 101 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.77× its world share, 386 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.87× its world share, 493 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.62× its world share, 36 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.04× its world share, 1,008 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.09× its world share, 989 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.73× its world share, 165 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.91× its world share, 69 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.42× its world share, 204 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.59× its world share, 101 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.40× its world share, 494 worksMedicineNursing: 1.51× its world share, 48 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.25× its world share, 28 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.58× its world share, 107 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.45× its world share, 94 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 58 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.63× its world share, 87 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.18× its world share, 233 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 492 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.87×493 works
  2. Veterinary3.25×28 works
  3. Environmental Science3.09×989 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.21×677 works
  5. Nursing1.51×48 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.42×204 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.21×415 works
  8. Psychology1.18×233 works
  9. Engineering1.04×1,008 works
  10. Chemical Engineering1.02×23 works
  11. Chemistry1.00×101 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.95×22 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.93×58 works
  14. Mathematics0.91×69 works
  15. Computer Science0.77×386 works
  16. Materials Science0.73×165 works
  17. Neuroscience0.72×75 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.65×42 works
  19. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.63×87 works
  20. Energy0.62×36 works
  21. Social Sciences0.60×492 works
  22. Health Professions0.59×101 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.58×107 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.45×94 works
  25. Medicine0.40×494 works
  26. Dentistry0.16×5 works

Which keywords describe research in Corvallis?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Microbial Communities, Invasive Species, Methane Oxidation, Anaerobic, Gas Hydrates, Hydrological Modeling and Remote Sensing.

▲ 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 Change749▲ 3.8×105 topics
  2. Remote Sensing209▲ 2.4×31 topics
  3. Microbial Communities193▲ 6.2×10 topics
  4. Sustainability181◆ 1.03×87 topics
  5. Invasive Species172▲ 5.7×21 topics
  6. Biodiversity162▲ 3.0×34 topics
  7. Environmental Impact149▲ 1.21×58 topics
  8. Methane Oxidation140▲ 25×2 topics
  9. Anaerobic138▲ 30×1 topic
  10. Gas Hydrates138▲ 30×1 topic
  11. Hydrological Modeling125▲ 7.3×5 topics
  12. Conservation122▲ 4.0×23 topics
  13. Sea Level Rise112▲ 12×3 topics
  14. Global Warming95▲ 3.1×14 topics
  15. Ecosystem Resilience95▲ 8.5×5 topics
  16. Geodetic Measurements94▲ 12×2 topics
  17. Ecosystem Services94▲ 3.4×13 topics
  18. Solar Wind93▲ 14×2 topics
  19. Tomography92▲ 7.3×5 topics
  20. Biodiversity Conservation89▲ 3.3×17 topics
  21. Habitat Fragmentation88▲ 5.7×5 topics
  22. Phylogenetic Analysis87▲ 3.9×15 topics
  23. Global Change84▲ 4.4×6 topics
  24. Ionosphere82▲ 21×1 topic
  25. Magnetosphere82▲ 21×1 topic
  26. Population Dynamics81▲ 4.4×13 topics
  27. GRACE81▲ 23×1 topic
  28. groundwater depletion81▲ 23×1 topic
  29. Seismic Noise74▲ 22×1 topic
  30. Surface Wave74▲ 22×1 topic
  31. Climate Change Impacts72▲ 8.2×7 topics
  32. Sediment Transport70▲ 6.0×6 topics
  33. Soil Properties68▲ 5.5×7 topics
  34. Biological Control66▲ 6.0×10 topics
  35. Ecosystem Functioning65▲ 4.4×7 topics
  36. Ecosystem61▲ 8.0×4 topics
  37. Ocean Circulation61▲ 6.2×3 topics
  38. Fisheries Sustainability55▲ 8.9×2 topics
  39. Forest Fires50▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Wildfire Activity50▲ 16×1 topic

What research is done in Corvallis?

Methane Hydrates and Rel…138Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 138 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 81 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity Measurements: 81 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis74Seismic Waves and Analysis: 74 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 44 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 29 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 27 fractional worksFish Ecology and Management Studies: 27 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife Management: 26 fractional worksOceanographic and Atmospheric Processes: 25 fractional works
Environmental ChemistryAstronomy and AstrophysicsOceanographyGeophysics5 others

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

  1. 1 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 138 works
  2. 2 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 81 works
  3. 3 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 81 works
  4. 4 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 74 works
  5. 5 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 44 works
  6. 6 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 29 works
  7. 7 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 27 works
  8. 8 Fish Ecology and Management Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 27 works
  9. 9 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 26 works
  10. 10 Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes Oceanography 25 works

Research output over time

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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%Corvallis16.5% 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 35.4% in 2000.

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