Research in Denver
Science Explorer records 160 research institutions in Denver, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Colorado Denver, University of Denver and National Jewish Health.
- Research institutions
- 160 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 100k ▼ 10% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 3.1M 31.0 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 17.7% all institutions 10.0%
- Active span
- 1950-2026 77 years on the record
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 Denver?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Colorado DenverUniversity | 51,521 | #350 | |
| 2 | University of DenverUniversity | 15,907 | #874 | |
| 3 | National Jewish HealthHospital / health system | 4,302 | #2,959 | |
| 4 | Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical CenterHospital / health system | 2,760 | #12,592 all time | |
| 5 | Denver Federal CenterGovernment institution | 2,619 | #19,833 | |
| 6 | Metropolitan State University of DenverUniversity | 2,237 | #6,100 | |
| 7 | Denver School of NursingUniversity | 2,215 | #11,104 | |
| 8 | Regis UniversityUniversity | 1,751 | #7,191 | |
| 9 | Center For Policy ResearchNonprofit | 1,401 | #7,322 | |
| 10 | Colorado Permanente Medical GroupHospital / health system | 1,147 | #6,662 | |
| 11 | Advanced Energy (United States)Company | 1,051 | #9,277 | |
| 12 | Empowerment ProgramNonprofit | 799 | #6,810 | |
| 13 | Colorado Parks and WildlifeInstitution | 743 | #21,990 | |
| 14 | Association of Perioperative Registered NursesNonprofit | 607 | #20,251 | |
| 15 | Colorado Center for Reproductive MedicineHospital / health system | 598 | #21,400 | |
| 16 | Gates (United States)Company | 480 | #17,279 | |
| 17 | Infectious Disease ConsultantsHospital / health system | 467 | #20,998 | |
| 18 | Colorado Department of Public Health and EnvironmentGovernment institution | 408 | #14,893 | |
| 19 | Denver Museum of Nature and ScienceArchive | 399 | #21,701 | |
| 20 | Westwood CollegeUniversity | 363 | #16,161 all time | |
| 21 | National Conference of State LegislaturesGovernment institution | 352 | #28,387 all time | |
| 22 | Iliff School of TheologyUniversity | 352 | #19,917 all time | |
| 23 | Colorado Department of EducationGovernment institution | 319 | #15,385 all time | |
| 24 | Newmont Mining (United States)Company | 308 | #22,912 all time | |
| 25 | American Water Works AssociationNonprofit | 301 | #20,042 all time | |
| 26 | Colorado Kidney CareHospital / health system | 262 | #21,914 | |
| 27 | Denver Public HealthGovernment institution | 258 | #18,265 all time | |
| 28 | Rocky Mountain Cancer CentersHospital / health system | 208 | #31,009 all time | |
| 29 | VitalantNonprofit | 206 | #16,211 | |
| 30 | Downtown Women's Health CareHospital / health system | 195 | #25,088 all time | |
| 31 | Exempla Saint Joseph HospitalHospital / health system | 172 | #32,986 all time | |
| 32 | Rocky Mountain Hospital for ChildrenHospital / health system | 166 | #31,802 all time | |
| 33 | Porter Adventist HospitalHospital / health system | 165 | #32,056 all time | |
| 34 | Cytoskeleton (United States)Company | 156 | #25,416 all time | |
| 35 | Mental Health Center of DenverHospital / health system | 154 | #28,027 all time | |
| 36 | Denver Public SchoolsUniversity | 152 | #28,783 all time | |
| 37 | Colorado Joint ReplacementHospital / health system | 147 | #34,309 all time | |
| 38 | Denver Center for the Performing ArtsNonprofit | 146 | #30,679 all time | |
| 39 | Electro Magnetic Applications (United States)Company | 144 | #34,251 all time | |
| 40 | HealthONEHospital / health system | 140 | #32,014 all time | |
| 41 | Denver ZooArchive | 126 | #32,791 all time | |
| 42 | Water Research FoundationNonprofit | 126 | #33,763 all time | |
| 43 | The Urology Center of ColoradoHospital / health system | 103 | not ranked | |
| 44 | 9to5Nonprofit | 98 | not ranked | |
| 45 | Obesity Medicine AssociationInstitution | 97 | not ranked | |
| 46 | American Orthopsychiatric AssociationInstitution | 87 | not ranked | |
| 47 | International Development EnterprisesInstitution | 85 | not ranked | |
| 48 | OMNI InstituteNonprofit | 85 | not ranked | |
| 49 | Colorado Education InitiativeNonprofit | 84 | not ranked | |
| 50 | Denver Botanic GardensArchive | 81 | not ranked | |
| 51 | Colorado Department of Human ServicesGovernment institution | 77 | not ranked | |
| 52 | Denver Art MuseumArchive | 75 | not ranked | |
| 53 | Colorado Blood Cancer InstituteHospital / health system | 74 | not ranked | |
| 54 | Nurse-Family PartnershipNonprofit | 73 | not ranked | |
| 55 | Community College of DenverUniversity | 67 | not ranked | |
| 56 | Colorado Health FoundationNonprofit | 64 | not ranked | |
| 57 | Rio Tinto (United States)Company | 64 | not ranked | |
| 58 | Aspen UniversityUniversity | 63 | not ranked | |
| 59 | Morgan Adams FoundationNonprofit | 57 | not ranked | |
| 60 | Denver Arthritis ClinicHospital / health system | 55 | 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Denver work in?
In 2022-now, 47% of research in Denver is in Health Sciences, 25% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (41%), Social Sciences (12%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Health Sciences.
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
- Health Sciences7,08046.7%
- Medicine6,16940.6%
- Health Professions7695.1%
- Nursing850.6%
- Dentistry340.2%
- Veterinary240.2%
- Social Sciences3,85025.4%
- Social Sciences1,88612.4%
- Psychology7965.2%
- Arts and Humanities3642.4%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance3522.3%
- Business, Management and Accounting3092.0%
- Decision Sciences1440.9%
- Physical Sciences2,42916.0%
- Engineering8505.6%
- Computer Science4793.2%
- Environmental Science4643.1%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1350.9%
- Physics and Astronomy1240.8%
- Materials Science1170.8%
- Mathematics1040.7%
- Chemistry810.5%
- Energy560.4%
- Chemical Engineering190.1%
- Life Sciences1,81612.0%
What is Denver strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Denver is most concentrated in Immunology and Allergy, Family Practice and Emergency Medicine (4.8× the world share in Immunology and Allergy).
- Immunology and AllergySubfield · 49.9 works4.8×
- Family PracticeSubfield · 26.1 works4.1×
- Emergency MedicineSubfield · 130.2 works4.0×
- Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineSubfield · 76.9 works3.9×
- TransplantationSubfield · 20.3 works3.4×
- Public AdministrationSubfield · 24.0 works3.4×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Medicine2.12×5,416 works
- Health Professions1.96×686 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.89×252 works
- Psychology1.72×696 works
- Neuroscience1.29×277 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.17×828 works
- Veterinary1.16×21 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.12×317 works
- Nursing1.11×72 works
- Social Sciences0.99×1,663 works
- Decision Sciences0.98×126 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.92×43 works
- Arts and Humanities0.82×316 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.62×264 works
- Environmental Science0.61×402 works
- Mathematics0.59×93 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.53×111 works
- Dentistry0.45×29 works
- Computer Science0.40×414 works
- Energy0.37×45 works
- Engineering0.37×744 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.36×106 works
- Chemistry0.33×68 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.29×181 works
- Chemical Engineering0.28×13 works
- Materials Science0.21×96 works
Which keywords describe research in Denver?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Inflammation, Mental Health, Public Health, Management and Quality of Life.
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Allergic Diseases
- Immunology
- Treatment Guidelines
- Quality Improvement
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Echocardiography
- Heart Failure
- Rehabilitation
- Social Support
- Primary Care
- Global Burden
- Immunotherapy
- Depression
- Oxidative Stress
- Globalization
- Risk Factors
- Public Health
- Mental Health
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Treatment
- Diagnosis
- Quality of Life
- Management
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Genetics
- Mortality
- Complications
- Clinical Trials
- Guidelines
- Adolescents
- Prevalence
- Patient Satisfaction
- Mortality Risk
- Health Disparities
- Children
- Asthma
- Health Care Utilization
- Eosinophils
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
- Epidemiology1,370▲ 2.3×138 topics
- Inflammation531▲ 1.65×83 topics
- Treatment460▲ 2.5×52 topics
- Mental Health437▲ 2.0×47 topics
- Diagnosis412▲ 2.9×41 topics
- Public Health407▲ 1.84×69 topics
- Quality of Life395▲ 1.80×56 topics
- Risk Factors339▲ 2.0×37 topics
- Management321▲ 2.6×36 topics
- Globalization298◆ 1.00×136 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease281▲ 1.62×39 topics
- Oxidative Stress280◆ 1.12×61 topics
- Genetics260▲ 2.4×27 topics
- Depression256▲ 1.92×26 topics
- Mortality232▲ 2.7×13 topics
- Immunotherapy219▲ 2.0×19 topics
- Complications209▲ 2.8×17 topics
- Global Burden189▲ 2.3×12 topics
- Clinical Trials181▲ 1.79×19 topics
- Primary Care176▲ 3.1×15 topics
- Guidelines174▲ 2.4×13 topics
- Social Support168▲ 2.0×20 topics
- Adolescents163▲ 2.9×10 topics
- Rehabilitation158▲ 2.6×13 topics
- Prevalence155▲ 2.5×15 topics
- Heart Failure155▲ 2.3×14 topics
- Patient Satisfaction139▲ 2.9×10 topics
- Echocardiography137▲ 3.2×8 topics
- Mortality Risk133▲ 3.7×6 topics
- Pulmonary Hypertension129▲ 6.1×3 topics
- Health Disparities126▲ 3.2×9 topics
- Quality Improvement125▲ 4.2×8 topics
- Children124▲ 3.6×7 topics
- Treatment Guidelines121▲ 3.7×7 topics
- Asthma112▲ 7.6×3 topics
- Immunology95▲ 5.8×3 topics
- Health Care Utilization94▲ 5.7×3 topics
- Allergic Diseases89▲ 9.9×1 topic
- Eosinophils89▲ 9.9×1 topic
- Cystic Fibrosis86▲ 8.2×3 topics
What research is done in Denver?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 80 works
- 2 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 64 works
- 3 Interstitial Lung Diseases and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 55 works
- 4 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 52 works
- 5 Neonatal Respiratory Health Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 49 works
- 6 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 39 works
- 7 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 38 works
- 8 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 38 works
- 9 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 37 works
- 10 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 37 works
Research output over time
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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 28.4% in 2016.
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