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Research in Corvallis

Science Explorer records 19 research institutions in Corvallis, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Oregon State University, Corvallis Environmental Center and Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory.

Research institutions
19
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
59k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
17.5%
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 Corvallis?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Oregon State UniversityUniversity 55,130 #716
2Corvallis Environmental CenterNonprofit 1,150 #16,401
3Horticultural Crops Research LaboratoryResearch facility 892 #23,363
4Good Samaritan Regional Medical CenterHospital / health system 501 #14,430 all time
5National Clonal Germplasm RepositoryArchive 232 #23,666 all time
6National Forage Seed Production Research CenterResearch facility 222 #32,153 all time
7Samaritan Health ServicesHospital / health system 176 #32,764 all time
8Oregon University SystemUniversity 155 #23,316 all time
9Covalent Associates (United States)Company 90 not ranked
10Oregon Sea GrantInstitution 82 not ranked
11Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies InstituteNonprofit 42 not ranked
12Inpria (United States)Company 26 not ranked
13Eduworks (United States)Company 13 not ranked
14ECD for the Masses (United States)Company 13 not ranked
15ViewPlus (United States)Company 10 not ranked
16Oregon TilthNonprofit 2 not ranked
17Community Health Centers of Benton and Linn CountiesHospital / health system 2 not ranked
18CSD Nano (United States)Company 1 not ranked
19Oregon Space Grant ConsortiumInstitution 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.

Oregon State University: 93.9%Corvallis Environmental Center: 2.0%Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory: 1.5%Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center: 0.9%15 others listed: 1.8%94%largest
Oregon State University55k · 93.9%Corvallis Environmental Center1,150 · 2.0%Horticultural Crops Research Laboratory892 · 1.5%Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center501 · 0.9%15 others listed1,067 · 1.8%

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

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.

Which keywords describe research in Corvallis?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Microbial Communities, Methane Oxidation, Anaerobic, Gas Hydrates, Invasive Species, Hydrological Modeling and Sea Level Rise.

▲ 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 Change676▲ 3.9×101 topics
  2. Microbial Communities187▲ 6.8×10 topics
  3. Remote Sensing182▲ 2.3×31 topics
  4. Sustainability161◆ 1.02×85 topics
  5. Invasive Species154▲ 5.6×21 topics
  6. Biodiversity145▲ 3.0×33 topics
  7. Methane Oxidation138▲ 26×2 topics
  8. Anaerobic138▲ 31×1 topic
  9. Gas Hydrates138▲ 31×1 topic
  10. Environmental Impact130▲ 1.19×56 topics
  11. Hydrological Modeling116▲ 7.7×5 topics
  12. Conservation110▲ 3.9×23 topics
  13. Sea Level Rise106▲ 13×3 topics
  14. Geodetic Measurements93▲ 13×2 topics
  15. Solar Wind93▲ 16×2 topics
  16. Tomography90▲ 7.7×5 topics
  17. Ecosystem Services86▲ 3.5×13 topics
  18. Ecosystem Resilience84▲ 8.9×5 topics
  19. Global Warming81▲ 3.1×14 topics
  20. Habitat Fragmentation81▲ 5.7×5 topics
  21. Ionosphere81▲ 22×1 topic
  22. Magnetosphere81▲ 22×1 topic
  23. Phylogenetic Analysis81▲ 4.1×14 topics
  24. GRACE81▲ 24×1 topic
  25. groundwater depletion81▲ 24×1 topic
  26. Biodiversity Conservation78▲ 3.3×17 topics
  27. Global Change74▲ 4.4×6 topics
  28. Seismic Noise74▲ 24×1 topic
  29. Surface Wave74▲ 24×1 topic
  30. Population Dynamics73▲ 4.5×13 topics
  31. Climate Change Impacts63▲ 8.3×7 topics
  32. Sediment Transport61▲ 5.9×6 topics
  33. Soil Properties60▲ 5.3×7 topics
  34. Biological Control58▲ 6.1×10 topics
  35. Ecosystem Functioning57▲ 4.7×7 topics
  36. Ecosystem54▲ 7.7×4 topics
  37. Ocean Circulation53▲ 6.3×3 topics
  38. Fisheries Sustainability51▲ 8.8×2 topics
  39. Forest Fires44▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Wildfire Activity44▲ 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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