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Research in Fort Collins

Science Explorer records 35 research institutions in Fort Collins, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Colorado State University, Rocky Mountain Research Station and Woodward (United States).

Research institutions
35
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
69k
▲ 14% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
19.7%
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 Fort Collins?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Colorado State UniversityUniversity 62,764 #394
2Rocky Mountain Research StationGovernment institution 2,172 #8,147
3Woodward (United States)Company 1,763 #16,549
4Agricultural Research Service - Plains AreaGovernment institution 499 #12,586 all time
5Center for Agricultural Resources ResearchResearch facility 263 #25,830 all time
6Center for Epidemiology and Animal HealthGovernment institution 176 #27,932 all time
7Numerica Corporation (United States)Company 171 #31,784 all time
8Colorado Power Electronics (United States)Company 169 #24,721 all time
9Poudre Valley HospitalHospital / health system 165 #34,728 all time
10Engineering Data ManagementCompany 162 #31,167 all time
11Riverside Technology (United States)Company 131 #24,413 all time
12Center for Neurorehabilitation ServicesHospital / health system 68 not ranked
13Water & Earth Technologie (United States)Company 64 not ranked
14Plasma Controls (United States)Company 39 not ranked
15CSU VenturesUniversity 37 not ranked
16Visual Health Solutions (United States)Company 34 not ranked
17Information System Technologies (United States)Company 29 not ranked
18In-Situ (United States)Company 28 not ranked
19Membrane Protective Technologies (United States)Company 23 not ranked
20Tolmar (United States)Company 21 not ranked
21InSitesNonprofit 17 not ranked
22XUV Lasers (United States)Company 14 not ranked
23Metstat (United States)Company 13 not ranked
24Access Sensor Technologies (United States)Company 10 not ranked
25Advanced MicroLabs (United States)Company 7 not ranked
26KromaTiD (United States)Company 6 not ranked
27Fort Collins Rowing AssociationNonprofit 6 not ranked
28IonEdge Corporation (United States)Company 3 not ranked
29Rocky Mountain Virology ClubInstitution 3 not ranked
30Mountain Data Group (United States)Company 2 not ranked
31WestMountain Asset Management (United States)Company 2 not ranked
32Idea WildNonprofit 1 not ranked
33OptiEnz Sensors (United States)Company 1 not ranked
34No Barriers YouthNonprofit 1 not ranked
35Fort Collins Museum of DiscoveryArchive 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.

Colorado State University: 91.1%Rocky Mountain Research Station: 3.2%Woodward (United States): 2.6%Agricultural Research Service - Plains Area: 0.7%30 others listed: 2.4%91%largest
Colorado State University63k · 91.1%Rocky Mountain Research Station2,172 · 3.2%Woodward (United States)1,763 · 2.6%Agricultural Research Service - Plains Area499 · 0.7%30 others listed1,666 · 2.4%

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

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×
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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 Fort Collins?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Global Warming, 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 2022–2025 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 Change962▲ 4.4×104 topics
  2. Remote Sensing301▲ 3.0×38 topics
  3. Epidemiology292◆ 0.92×124 topics
  4. Sustainability242▲ 1.24×86 topics
  5. Biodiversity238▲ 4.0×33 topics
  6. Invasive Species190▲ 5.5×21 topics
  7. Global Warming186▲ 5.7×14 topics
  8. Hydrological Modeling161▲ 8.5×5 topics
  9. Conservation153▲ 4.4×22 topics
  10. Ecosystem Resilience147▲ 12×5 topics
  11. Resilience131▲ 3.4×14 topics
  12. Data Assimilation123▲ 9.8×4 topics
  13. Greenhouse Gas Emissions116▲ 5.3×8 topics
  14. Soil Properties112▲ 8.0×7 topics
  15. Genetic Diversity101▲ 2.8×17 topics
  16. Sea Level Rise99▲ 9.7×3 topics
  17. Boundary Layer97▲ 9.8×4 topics
  18. Forest Fires96▲ 27×1 topic
  19. Wildfire Activity96▲ 27×1 topic
  20. Habitat Fragmentation95▲ 5.4×5 topics
  21. Biodiversity Conservation95▲ 3.2×16 topics
  22. Land Use Change95▲ 3.9×8 topics
  23. Global Change95▲ 4.5×7 topics
  24. Ecosystem94▲ 11×4 topics
  25. Ensemble Kalman Filter90▲ 11×2 topics
  26. Probabilistic Forecasting90▲ 5.7×3 topics
  27. Satellite Observations88▲ 11×3 topics
  28. Population Dynamics84▲ 4.2×13 topics
  29. Convective Parameterization84▲ 19×1 topic
  30. Mesoscale Modeling84▲ 19×1 topic
  31. Ocean Circulation82▲ 7.8×3 topics
  32. Sediment Transport81▲ 6.3×6 topics
  33. Genomic Analysis81▲ 4.0×14 topics
  34. Hydrological Cycle79▲ 10×2 topics
  35. Animal Welfare77▲ 11×5 topics
  36. Model Evaluation76▲ 7.6×2 topics
  37. Solar Wind72▲ 9.7×2 topics
  38. Extreme Events69▲ 9.8×2 topics
  39. Biological Invasions60▲ 8.4×3 topics
  40. Climate Modeling59▲ 10×1 topic

What research is done in Fort Collins?

  1. 1 Fire effects on ecosystemsGlobal and Planetary Change 96 works
  2. 2 Meteorological Phenomena and SimulationsAtmospheric Science 84 works
  3. 3 Climate variability and modelsGlobal and Planetary Change 59 works
  4. 4 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas DynamicsGlobal and Planetary Change 49 works
  5. 5 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesNature and Landscape Conservation 47 works
  6. 6 Rangeland and Wildlife ManagementEcology 44 works
  7. 7 Geophysics and Gravity MeasurementsOceanography 44 works
  8. 8 Wildlife Ecology and ConservationEcology 44 works
  9. 9 Veterinary Oncology ResearchPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 41 works
  10. 10 Veterinary Equine Medical ResearchEquine 40 works

Research output over time

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