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Research in Fort Collins

Science Explorer records 30 research institutions in Fort Collins, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Colorado State University and Woodward (United States).

Research institutions
30
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
69k
▼ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.3M
33.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
19.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Fort Collins

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 Fort Collins?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Colorado State UniversityUniversity 62,802 #233
2Woodward (United States)Company 1,763 #8,696
3Center for Epidemiology and Animal HealthGovernment institution 176 #26,069 all time
4Numerica Corporation (United States)Company 171 #24,803 all time
5Colorado Power Electronics (United States)Company 169 #30,644 all time
6Engineering Data ManagementCompany 162 #31,261 all time
7Riverside Technology (United States)Company 131 #26,932 all time
8Center for Neurorehabilitation ServicesHospital / health system 68 not ranked
9Water & Earth Technologie (United States)Company 64 not ranked
10Plasma Controls (United States)Company 39 not ranked
11Visual Health Solutions (United States)Company 34 not ranked
12Information System Technologies (United States)Company 29 not ranked
13In-Situ (United States)Company 28 not ranked
14Membrane Protective Technologies (United States)Company 23 not ranked
15Tolmar (United States)Company 21 not ranked
16InSitesNonprofit 17 not ranked
17XUV Lasers (United States)Company 14 not ranked
18Metstat (United States)Company 13 not ranked
19Access Sensor Technologies (United States)Company 10 not ranked
20Advanced MicroLabs (United States)Company 7 not ranked
21KromaTiD (United States)Company 6 not ranked
22Fort Collins Rowing AssociationNonprofit 6 not ranked
23IonEdge Corporation (United States)Company 3 not ranked
24Rocky Mountain Virology ClubInstitution 3 not ranked
25Mountain Data Group (United States)Company 2 not ranked
26WestMountain Asset Management (United States)Company 2 not ranked
27Idea WildNonprofit 1 not ranked
28OptiEnz Sensors (United States)Company 1 not ranked
29No Barriers YouthNonprofit 1 not ranked
30Fort Collins Museum of DiscoveryArchive 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.

Colorado State University: 95.5%Woodward (United States): 2.7%Center for Epidemiology and Animal Health: 0.3%Numerica Corporation (United States): 0.3%25 others listed: 1.3%95%largest
Colorado State University63k · 95.5%Woodward (United States)1,763 · 2.7%Center for Epidemiology and Animal Health176 · 0.3%Numerica Corporation (United States)171 · 0.3%25 others listed854 · 1.3%

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

Which fields of science does Fort Collins work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research in Fort Collins is in Physical Sciences, 19% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (16%), Medicine (12%), Engineering (11%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 4,144 fractional works · 45.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1,430 fractional works · 15.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 445 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEcology: 328 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 131 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 112 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 97 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 92 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 78 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPollution: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 985 fractional works · 10.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 243 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 124 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 101 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 72 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 64 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 56 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 53 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 51 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 503 fractional works · 5.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 315 fractional works · 3.5% of its workOceanography: 89 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeophysics: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 487 fractional works · 5.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 170 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 60 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 58 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 228 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 89 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 58 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 186 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 102 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomaterials: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 150 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 83 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 81 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 59 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 52 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 1,745 fractional works · 19.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 821 fractional works · 9.0% of its workPlant Science: 286 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 110 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 104 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSoil Science: 82 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 67 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 65 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 50 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 665 fractional works · 7.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 351 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGenetics: 174 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCell Biology: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 60 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 142 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 57 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 98 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,650 fractional works · 18.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 764 fractional works · 8.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 292 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEducation: 119 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 74 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 76 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 348 fractional works · 3.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 135 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 100 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 48 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 163 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 148 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 105 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 124 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 100 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 102 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,535 fractional works · 16.9% of its workMedicine: 1,096 fractional works · 12.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 120 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 108 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 105 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 94 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 81 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 67 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 56 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 167 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 201 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 94 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 73 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVeterinary: 193 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmall Animals: 146 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEquine: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFort Collins9,074fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences19%Physical Sciences46%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences18%

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. Environmental Science1,43015.8%
    2. Engineering98510.9%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences5035.5%
    4. Computer Science4875.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy2282.5%
    6. Materials Science1862.1%
    7. Chemistry1501.7%
    8. Mathematics810.9%
    9. Energy520.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering420.5%
  2. Life Sciences1,74519.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences8219.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6657.3%
    3. Neuroscience1421.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology981.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics190.2%
  3. Social Sciences1,65018.2%
    1. Social Sciences7648.4%
    2. Psychology3483.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting1631.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1481.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities1241.4%
    6. Decision Sciences1021.1%
  4. Health Sciences1,53516.9%
    1. Medicine1,09612.1%
    2. Health Professions2012.2%
    3. Veterinary1932.1%
    4. Nursing340.4%
    5. Dentistry110.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Fort Collins strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Fort Collins is most concentrated in Equine, Veterinary and Small Animals (38.4× the world share in Equine).

  1. EquineSubfield · 40.1 works38×
  2. VeterinaryField · 164.5 works15×
  3. Small AnimalsSubfield · 124.3 works13×
  4. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 272.0 works7.7×
  5. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 392.0 works6.4×
  6. Ecological ModelingSubfield · 38.3 works6.2×
  7. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 100.8 works5.3×
  8. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 91.7 works4.8×
← 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: 1.90× its world share, 728 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.37× its world share, 588 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.05× its world share, 85 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.93× its world share, 121 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.56× its world share, 16 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.26× its world share, 36 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.99× its world share, 125 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.67× its world share, 420 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.53× its world share, 446 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.63× its world share, 47 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.74× its world share, 894 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.17× its world share, 1,266 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.60× its world share, 168 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.72× its world share, 68 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.16× its world share, 208 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 10 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.85× its world share, 179 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.63× its world share, 975 worksMedicineNursing: 0.77× its world share, 30 worksNursingVeterinary: 15.04× its world share, 164 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.48× its world share, 111 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.56× its world share, 145 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 92 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.80× its world share, 137 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.29× its world share, 317 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 672 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 15.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary15.04×164 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.53×446 works
  3. Environmental Science3.17×1,266 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.90×728 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.37×588 works
  6. Psychology1.29×317 works
  7. Chemical Engineering1.26×36 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.18×92 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy1.16×208 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology1.05×85 works
  11. Chemistry0.99×125 works
  12. Neuroscience0.93×121 works
  13. Health Professions0.85×179 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.80×137 works
  15. Nursing0.77×30 works
  16. Engineering0.74×894 works
  17. Mathematics0.72×68 works
  18. Computer Science0.67×420 works
  19. Social Sciences0.66×672 works
  20. Energy0.63×47 works
  21. Medicine0.63×975 works
  22. Materials Science0.60×168 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.56×16 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.56×145 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.48×111 works
  26. Dentistry0.25×10 works

Which keywords describe research in Fort Collins?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Global Warming, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Hydrological Modeling, Ecosystem Resilience and Data Assimilation.

▲ 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 Change1,078▲ 4.4×104 topics
  2. Remote Sensing341▲ 3.1×38 topics
  3. Epidemiology329◆ 0.91×128 topics
  4. Sustainability272▲ 1.23×90 topics
  5. Biodiversity266▲ 3.9×34 topics
  6. Global Warming221▲ 5.7×14 topics
  7. Invasive Species212▲ 5.5×21 topics
  8. Hydrological Modeling178▲ 8.2×5 topics
  9. Conservation168▲ 4.3×22 topics
  10. Ecosystem Resilience166▲ 12×5 topics
  11. Resilience153▲ 3.4×14 topics
  12. Data Assimilation142▲ 9.6×4 topics
  13. Greenhouse Gas Emissions132▲ 5.3×8 topics
  14. Soil Properties127▲ 8.1×7 topics
  15. Genetic Diversity112▲ 2.9×18 topics
  16. Boundary Layer111▲ 9.7×4 topics
  17. Sea Level Rise110▲ 9.7×3 topics
  18. Forest Fires107▲ 27×1 topic
  19. Wildfire Activity107▲ 27×1 topic
  20. Habitat Fragmentation104▲ 5.3×5 topics
  21. Land Use Change103▲ 3.8×8 topics
  22. Global Change103▲ 4.3×7 topics
  23. Probabilistic Forecasting103▲ 5.9×3 topics
  24. Ecosystem103▲ 11×4 topics
  25. Ensemble Kalman Filter102▲ 11×2 topics
  26. Satellite Observations99▲ 11×3 topics
  27. Genomic Analysis98▲ 4.2×15 topics
  28. Ocean Circulation97▲ 7.8×3 topics
  29. Population Dynamics96▲ 4.1×13 topics
  30. Convective Parameterization95▲ 18×1 topic
  31. Mesoscale Modeling95▲ 18×1 topic
  32. Hydrological Cycle94▲ 10×2 topics
  33. Sediment Transport90▲ 6.2×6 topics
  34. Animal Welfare86▲ 11×5 topics
  35. Model Evaluation85▲ 7.3×2 topics
  36. Air Quality84▲ 4.9×6 topics
  37. Extreme Events82▲ 9.8×2 topics
  38. Solar Wind74▲ 8.9×2 topics
  39. Climate Modeling70▲ 10×1 topic
  40. Precipitation Extremes70▲ 10×1 topic

What research is done in Fort Collins?

Fire effects on ecosystems: 96 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 84 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 59 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 49 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 47 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife Management: 44 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity M…44Geophysics and Gravity Measurements: 44 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 44 fractional worksVeterinary Oncology Research: 41 fractional worksVeterinary Equine Medica…40Veterinary Equine Medical Research: 40 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeAtmospheric ScienceNature and Landscape ConservationEcology3 others

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

  1. 1 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 96 works
  2. 2 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 84 works
  3. 3 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 59 works
  4. 4 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 49 works
  5. 5 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 47 works
  6. 6 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 44 works
  7. 7 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 44 works
  8. 8 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 44 works
  9. 9 Veterinary Oncology Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 41 works
  10. 10 Veterinary Equine Medical Research Equine 40 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%Fort Collins17.9% 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 34.9% in 2016.

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