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Research in Fort Collins

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Fort Collins. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Fort Collins Science Center.

Research institutions
3
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
780
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
23.0%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Fort Collins?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1National Wildlife Research CenterResearch facility 483 #19,790 all time
2Fort Collins Science CenterResearch facility 297 #18,507
3Colorado Agricultural Experiment StationResearch facility 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.

What is Fort Collins strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Fort Collins is most concentrated in Ecology and Environmental Science (39.5× the world share in Ecology).

  1. EcologySubfield · 33.7 works39×
  2. Environmental ScienceField · 62.2 works12×
← 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 Fort Collins?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Population Dynamics, Habitat Selection, Conservation, Ecosystem and Trophic Cascades.

▲ 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 Change34▲ 12×43 topics
  2. Invasive Species21▲ 45×15 topics
  3. Biodiversity21▲ 26×12 topics
  4. Population Dynamics20▲ 72×8 topics
  5. Habitat Selection15▲ 187×2 topics
  6. Conservation15▲ 32×10 topics
  7. Ecosystem12▲ 99×3 topics
  8. Conservation Biology11▲ 98×3 topics
  9. Trophic Cascades11▲ 108×2 topics
  10. Animal Movement11▲ 187×1 topic
  11. Occupancy Rates11▲ 187×1 topic
  12. Habitat Fragmentation10▲ 42×4 topics
  13. Global Change7▲ 26×5 topics
  14. Resilience7▲ 13×3 topics
  15. Sagebrush6▲ 395×1 topic
  16. Wildlife Habitat6▲ 395×1 topic
  17. Remote Sensing6▲ 4.6×12 topics
  18. Species Richness6▲ 81×2 topics
  19. Biological Invasions6▲ 57×3 topics
  20. Model Evaluation5▲ 39×2 topics
  21. Community Ecology5▲ 56×2 topics
  22. Ecosystem Resilience5▲ 32×4 topics
  23. Functional Diversity5▲ 84×1 topic
  24. Citizen Science5▲ 45×2 topics
  25. Predator-Prey Interactions5▲ 55×2 topics
  26. Ecological Niche5▲ 75×1 topic
  27. Species Distribution Modeling5▲ 75×1 topic
  28. Soil Properties5▲ 24×2 topics
  29. Forest Fires4▲ 94×1 topic
  30. Wildfire Activity4▲ 94×1 topic
  31. Avian Ecology4▲ 185×1 topic
  32. Migration Patterns4▲ 154×1 topic
  33. Pathogenesis4▲ 7.2×9 topics
  34. Evolution4▲ 15×5 topics
  35. Island Ecosystems4▲ 114×1 topic
  36. Rodent Eradication4▲ 183×1 topic
  37. Genomics4▲ 12×4 topics
  38. Ecosystem Services4▲ 8.5×6 topics
  39. Biodiversity Conservation3▲ 8.5×6 topics
  40. Genetic Diversity3▲ 7.1×4 topics

What research is done in Fort Collins?

Wildlife Ecology and Con…11Wildlife Ecology and Conservation: 11 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife Management: 6 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation D…5Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 5 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…5Species Distribution and Climate Change: 5 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 4 fractional worksAvian ecology and behavior: 4 fractional worksAnimal Ecology and Behav…4Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies: 4 fractional worksYersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research: 3 fractional worksAmphibian and Reptile Biology: 2 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 2 fractional works
EcologyNature and Landscape ConservationEcological ModelingGlobal and Planetary Change2 others

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

  1. 1 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 11 works
  2. 2 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 6 works
  3. 3 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 5 works
  4. 4 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 5 works
  5. 5 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 4 works
  6. 6 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 4 works
  7. 7 Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies Ecology 4 works
  8. 8 Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research Genetics 3 works
  9. 9 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  10. 10 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 2 works

Research output over time

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