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Research in Fargo

Science Explorer records 14 research institutions in Fargo, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are North Dakota State University and Family Healthcare.

Research institutions
14
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
22k
▼ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
571k
26.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
20.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Fargo

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 Fargo?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1North Dakota State UniversityUniversity 18,154 #1,948
2Neuropsychiatric Research InstituteResearch facility 1,434 #3,522 all time
3Family HealthcareHospital / health system 300 #21,207
4Upper Great Plains Transportation InstituteInstitution 121 #26,606 all time
5Tri College UniversityUniversity 93 not ranked
6Dakota Technologies (United States)Company 20 not ranked
7Child Psychopharmacology InstituteInstitution 14 not ranked
8Packet Digital (United States)Company 2 not ranked
9Plains Art MuseumArchive 2 not ranked
10NDSU Research FoundationNonprofit 2 not ranked
11Renuvix (United States)Company 1 not ranked
12International Water InstituteNonprofit 1 not ranked
13Wowiwe Instruction (United States)Company 0 not ranked
14National Agricultural Genotyping CenterNonprofit 0 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.

North Dakota State University: 90.1%Neuropsychiatric Research Institute: 7.1%Family Healthcare: 1.5%Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute: 0.6%8 others listed: 0.7%90%largest
North Dakota State University18k · 90.1%Neuropsychiatric Research Institute1,434 · 7.1%Family Healthcare300 · 1.5%Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute121 · 0.6%8 others listed135 · 0.7%

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

Which fields of science does Fargo work in?

In 2022-now, 37% of research in Fargo is in Physical Sciences, 28% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (17%), Engineering (15%), Medicine (13%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,176 fractional works · 37.3% of its workEngineering: 479 fractional works · 15.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 96 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 66 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 62 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 53 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 32 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 216 fractional works · 6.8% of its workEcology: 62 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 165 fractional works · 5.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 56 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 31 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 151 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 63 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomaterials: 33 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 33 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 56 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 33 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 31 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 885 fractional works · 28.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 547 fractional works · 17.4% of its workPlant Science: 288 fractional works · 9.2% of its workFood Science: 77 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 50 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 40 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 27 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInsect Science: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 245 fractional works · 7.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 121 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGenetics: 50 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCell Biology: 28 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 61 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 28 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 546 fractional works · 17.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 220 fractional works · 7.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 73 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEducation: 41 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 138 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 43 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 42 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 60 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 45 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 56 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 44 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 27 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 544 fractional works · 17.3% of its workMedicine: 419 fractional works · 13.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 49 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 40 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 32 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 30 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 66 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 75 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 36 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 33 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 32 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFargo3,151fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences28%Physical Sciences37%Health Sciences17%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. Engineering47915.2%
    2. Environmental Science2166.8%
    3. Computer Science1655.2%
    4. Materials Science1514.8%
    5. Chemistry561.8%
    6. Mathematics331.0%
    7. Physics and Astronomy311.0%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences220.7%
    9. Energy170.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering80.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences54717.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2457.8%
    3. Neuroscience611.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology220.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics110.3%
    1. Social Sciences2207.0%
    2. Psychology1384.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance601.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting561.8%
    5. Arts and Humanities441.4%
    6. Decision Sciences270.9%
    1. Medicine41913.3%
    2. Health Professions752.4%
    3. Nursing331.1%
    4. Veterinary130.4%
    5. Dentistry30.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Fargo strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Fargo is most concentrated in Agronomy and Crop Science, Plant Science and Animal Science and Zoology (6.9× the world share in Agronomy and Crop Science).

  1. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 45.4 works6.9×
  2. Plant ScienceSubfield · 254.1 works5.2×
  3. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 25.1 works4.1×
  4. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 483.5 works3.7×
  5. Food ScienceSubfield · 70.4 works3.4×
← 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: 3.67× its world share, 484 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.46× its world share, 215 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.66× its world share, 18 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.06× its world share, 48 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.93× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.71× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.04× its world share, 45 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.66× its world share, 142 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 19 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.62× its world share, 16 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.04× its world share, 432 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.39× its world share, 192 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.37× its world share, 133 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.90× its world share, 29 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.43× its world share, 27 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.96× its world share, 70 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.68× its world share, 363 worksMedicineNursing: 2.17× its world share, 29 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.14× its world share, 12 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.44× its world share, 35 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.55× its world share, 49 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 24 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.92× its world share, 55 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.42× its world share, 120 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 196 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.67×484 works
  2. Veterinary3.14×12 works
  3. Nursing2.17×29 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.46×215 works
  5. Psychology1.42×120 works
  6. Environmental Science1.39×192 works
  7. Materials Science1.37×133 works
  8. Neuroscience1.06×48 works
  9. Chemistry1.04×45 works
  10. Engineering1.04×432 works
  11. Health Professions0.96×70 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.93×9 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.92×55 works
  14. Mathematics0.90×29 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.90×24 works
  16. Chemical Engineering0.71×7 works
  17. Medicine0.68×363 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.66×18 works
  19. Computer Science0.66×142 works
  20. Energy0.62×16 works
  21. Social Sciences0.56×196 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.55×49 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.45×19 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.44×35 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.43×27 works
  26. Dentistry0.19×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Fargo?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Genome Sequencing, QTL Mapping, Genetic Mapping, Machine Learning, Quantitative Trait Loci, Genetics and Drought Tolerance.

▲ 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 Change144▲ 1.68×83 topics
  2. Machine Learning123▲ 1.17×68 topics
  3. Deep Learning107◆ 0.99×66 topics
  4. Epidemiology90▼ 0.72×114 topics
  5. Sustainability71◆ 0.92×66 topics
  6. Inflammation68◆ 1.01×74 topics
  7. Environmental Impact66▲ 1.22×49 topics
  8. Biomedical Applications65▲ 1.75×29 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress62▲ 1.20×56 topics
  10. Genetics59▲ 2.7×24 topics
  11. Nanoparticles56▲ 1.41×33 topics
  12. Nanocomposites50▲ 2.0×21 topics
  13. Genetic Diversity47▲ 3.4×20 topics
  14. Genome Sequencing45▲ 9.1×8 topics
  15. QTL Mapping45▲ 12×6 topics
  16. Genetic Mapping44▲ 18×6 topics
  17. Invasive Species42▲ 3.1×21 topics
  18. Quantitative Trait Loci40▲ 23×3 topics
  19. Image Processing39▲ 2.8×10 topics
  20. Phylogenetic Analysis37▲ 3.8×15 topics
  21. Drought Tolerance35▲ 7.9×9 topics
  22. Fungal Pathogens34▲ 8.2×5 topics
  23. Health Benefits33▲ 3.1×14 topics
  24. Genomics31▲ 3.4×12 topics
  25. Global Change30▲ 3.6×6 topics
  26. Crop Improvement30▲ 20×2 topics
  27. Disease Resistance30▲ 18×3 topics
  28. Breeding28▲ 12×5 topics
  29. Polyphenols28▲ 4.9×6 topics
  30. Biological Control27▲ 5.5×9 topics
  31. Plant Breeding26▲ 8.9×4 topics
  32. Host Specificity26▲ 7.3×5 topics
  33. Dairy Cattle25▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Lipid Oxidation25▲ 7.9×2 topics
  35. Transcriptome Analysis24▲ 13×3 topics
  36. Drought Resistance23▲ 7.6×4 topics
  37. Hydrocolloids23▲ 9.3×2 topics
  38. Yield Potential23▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Genome Analysis22▲ 7.3×3 topics
  40. Marker-Assisted Selection22▲ 8.9×3 topics

What research is done in Fargo?

Wheat and Barley Genetic…18Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology: 18 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fung…18Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 18 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI: 17 fractional worksPlant Disease Resistance…17Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics: 17 fractional worksProteins in Food Systems16Proteins in Food Systems: 16 fractional worksFood composition and properties: 15 fractional worksReproductive Physiology in Livestock: 15 fractional worksNematode management and …12Nematode management and characterization studies: 12 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 12 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 11 fractional works
Plant ScienceCell BiologyFood ScienceNutrition and Dietetics3 others

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

  1. 1 Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology Plant Science 18 works
  2. 2 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 18 works
  3. 3 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 17 works
  4. 4 Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics Plant Science 17 works
  5. 5 Proteins in Food Systems Food Science 16 works
  6. 6 Food composition and properties Nutrition and Dietetics 15 works
  7. 7 Reproductive Physiology in Livestock Agronomy and Crop Science 15 works
  8. 8 Nematode management and characterization studies Plant Science 12 works
  9. 9 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 12 works
  10. 10 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock Genetics 11 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%Fargo17.3% 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 34.1% in 2016.

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