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Research in Fargo

Science Explorer records 20 research institutions in Fargo, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are North Dakota State University, Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center and Family Healthcare.

Research institutions
20
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
22k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
20.7%
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 Fargo?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1North Dakota State UniversityUniversity 18,107 #1,517
2Neuropsychiatric Research InstituteResearch facility 1,434 #6,158 all time
3Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research CenterResearch facility 1,052 #19,061
4Family HealthcareHospital / health system 300 #24,079
5Sanford Broadway Medical CenterHospital / health system 246 #26,535 all time
6Fargo VA Health Care SystemHospital / health system 169 #36,854 all time
7Upper Great Plains Transportation InstituteInstitution 121 #39,383 all time
8Tri College UniversityUniversity 93 not ranked
9Sanford Medical CenterHospital / health system 51 not ranked
10Sanford Heart HospitalHospital / health system 22 not ranked
11Dakota Technologies (United States)Company 20 not ranked
12Aldevron (United States)Company 19 not ranked
13Child Psychopharmacology InstituteInstitution 14 not ranked
14Packet Digital (United States)Company 2 not ranked
15Plains Art MuseumArchive 2 not ranked
16NDSU Research FoundationNonprofit 2 not ranked
17Renuvix (United States)Company 1 not ranked
18International Water InstituteNonprofit 1 not ranked
19Wowiwe Instruction (United States)Company 0 not ranked
20National Agricultural Genotyping CenterNonprofit 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.

North Dakota State University: 83.6%Neuropsychiatric Research Institute: 6.6%Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center: 4.9%Family Healthcare: 1.4%14 others listed: 3.5%84%largest
North Dakota State University18k · 83.6%Neuropsychiatric Research Institute1,434 · 6.6%Edward T. Schafer Agricultural Research Center1,052 · 4.9%Family Healthcare300 · 1.4%14 others listed763 · 3.5%

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

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.

Which keywords describe research in Fargo?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, QTL Mapping, Machine Learning, Genome Sequencing, Genetic Mapping, Quantitative Trait Loci, Fungal Pathogens 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. Climate Change126▲ 1.69×80 topics
  2. Machine Learning108▲ 1.20×67 topics
  3. Deep Learning95◆ 1.01×66 topics
  4. Epidemiology80▼ 0.73×106 topics
  5. Biomedical Applications61▲ 1.85×28 topics
  6. Environmental Impact57▲ 1.22×49 topics
  7. Oxidative Stress56▲ 1.24×53 topics
  8. Nanoparticles50▲ 1.44×32 topics
  9. Genetics50▲ 2.6×21 topics
  10. Nanocomposites45▲ 2.0×21 topics
  11. Genetic Diversity41▲ 3.3×20 topics
  12. Biodiversity39▲ 1.90×23 topics
  13. QTL Mapping39▲ 12×6 topics
  14. Invasive Species39▲ 3.3×20 topics
  15. Genome Sequencing39▲ 9.0×8 topics
  16. Genetic Mapping39▲ 18×6 topics
  17. Quantitative Trait Loci35▲ 23×3 topics
  18. Image Processing34▲ 2.8×10 topics
  19. Phylogenetic Analysis33▲ 3.9×13 topics
  20. Fungal Pathogens32▲ 8.7×5 topics
  21. Drought Tolerance30▲ 7.7×9 topics
  22. Health Benefits30▲ 3.2×14 topics
  23. Global Change28▲ 3.9×6 topics
  24. Genomics28▲ 3.4×12 topics
  25. Disease Resistance26▲ 19×3 topics
  26. Crop Improvement26▲ 20×2 topics
  27. Plant Breeding25▲ 9.3×4 topics
  28. Biological Control25▲ 6.0×9 topics
  29. Polyphenols25▲ 5.0×6 topics
  30. Host Specificity24▲ 7.8×5 topics
  31. Lipid Oxidation24▲ 8.5×2 topics
  32. Dairy Cattle23▲ 16×2 topics
  33. Breeding23▲ 11×5 topics
  34. Transcriptome Analysis22▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Hydrocolloids22▲ 10×2 topics
  36. Drought Resistance20▲ 7.5×4 topics
  37. Genome Analysis20▲ 7.2×3 topics
  38. Marker-Assisted Selection20▲ 9.2×3 topics
  39. Emulsions20▲ 10×2 topics
  40. Yield Potential20▲ 13×2 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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