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Research in Golden

Science Explorer records 19 research institutions in Golden, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Colorado School of Mines, National Laboratory of the Rockies and Klein Buendel (United States).

Research institutions
19
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
32k
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.1M
35.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
17.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Golden

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 Golden?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Colorado School of MinesUniversity 16,660 #784
2National Laboratory of the RockiesResearch facility 13,589 #982
3Klein Buendel (United States)Company 662 #18,487
4CoorsTek (United States)Company 173 #26,259 all time
5Cambridge Collaborative (United States)Company 150 #25,743 all time
6Native American Technologies (United States)Company 131 #21,898 all time
7Hazen Research (United States)Company 53 not ranked
8MVSystems (United States)Company 48 not ranked
9Vescent Photonics (United States)Company 34 not ranked
10Mountain Blue Cancer Care CenterHospital / health system 28 not ranked
11Global Seismological Services (United States)Company 23 not ranked
12Swift Solar (United States)Company 21 not ranked
13Design Net Engineering (United States)Company 19 not ranked
14Outward BoundInstitution 15 not ranked
15Reaction Systems (United States)Company 13 not ranked
16AeroStream Communications (United States)Company 10 not ranked
17Star Spine & SportHospital / health system 9 not ranked
18Tribologix (United States)Company 8 not ranked
19PharmaJet (United States)Company 6 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 School of Mines: 52.6%National Laboratory of the Rockies: 42.9%Klein Buendel (United States): 2.1%CoorsTek (United States): 0.5%15 others listed: 1.8%53%largest
Colorado School of Mines17k · 52.6%National Laboratory of the Rockies14k · 42.9%Klein Buendel (United States)662 · 2.1%CoorsTek (United States)173 · 0.5%15 others listed568 · 1.8%

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

Which fields of science does Golden work in?

In 2022-now, 89% of research in Golden is in Physical Sciences, 6% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (46%), Environmental Science (10%), Materials Science (8%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 5,260 fractional works · 89.1% of its workEngineering: 2,701 fractional works · 45.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 937 fractional works · 15.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 354 fractional works · 6.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 202 fractional works · 3.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 184 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 180 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 165 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 138 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 125 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 121 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 97 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 97 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 45 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 564 fractional works · 9.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 164 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 83 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 78 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPollution: 53 fractional works · 0.9% of its workWater Science and Technology: 51 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 41 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 38 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 484 fractional works · 8.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 337 fractional works · 5.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 50 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 41 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 364 fractional works · 6.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 168 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 52 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 48 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 332 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGeophysics: 140 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 81 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOceanography: 44 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 319 fractional works · 5.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 247 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 67 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 258 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 109 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 61 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 116 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 44 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 29 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 74 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCatalysis: 39 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 48 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 327 fractional works · 5.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 144 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 47 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 49 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 44 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 43 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 184 fractional works · 3.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 107 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 72 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 45 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 134 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMedicine: 103 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 77 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKGolden5,904fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences89%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences6%

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. Engineering2,70145.8%
    2. Environmental Science5649.5%
    3. Materials Science4848.2%
    4. Computer Science3646.2%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences3325.6%
    6. Energy3195.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy2584.4%
    8. Chemistry1162.0%
    9. Chemical Engineering741.3%
    10. Mathematics480.8%
    1. Social Sciences1442.4%
    2. Decision Sciences490.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance440.7%
    4. Psychology430.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting260.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities210.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1071.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences450.8%
    3. Neuroscience220.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics60.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology40.1%
    1. Medicine1031.7%
    2. Health Professions250.4%
    3. Nursing30.1%
    4. Veterinary20.0%
    5. Dentistry10.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Golden strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Golden is most concentrated in Energy Engineering and Power Technology, Geophysics and Environmental Chemistry (10.9× the world share in Energy Engineering and Power Technology).

  1. Energy Engineering and Power TechnologySubfield · 63.9 works11×
  2. GeophysicsSubfield · 124.5 works6.5×
  3. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 76.4 works6.4×
  4. EnergyField · 298.5 works6.0×
  5. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 163.4 works5.8×
  6. Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentSubfield · 230.2 works5.5×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 40 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.33× its world share, 97 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 20 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.25× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.47× its world share, 66 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.24× its world share, 106 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.77× its world share, 327 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.49× its world share, 298 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 5.97× its world share, 298 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.09× its world share, 2,522 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.90× its world share, 513 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.36× its world share, 448 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.69× its world share, 44 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.98× its world share, 240 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.15× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 90 worksMedicineNursing: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 18 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 24 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 45 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 43 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 38 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 131 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy5.97×298 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.49×298 works
  3. Chemical Engineering3.47×66 works
  4. Engineering3.09×2,522 works
  5. Materials Science2.36×448 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.98×240 works
  7. Environmental Science1.90×513 works
  8. Chemistry1.24×106 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.86×45 works
  10. Computer Science0.77×327 works
  11. Mathematics0.69×44 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.37×43 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.33×97 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.25×5 works
  15. Neuroscience0.23×20 works
  16. Psychology0.23×38 works
  17. Social Sciences0.19×131 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.16×40 works
  19. Health Professions0.15×22 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.14×24 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.11×18 works
  22. Nursing0.10×3 works
  23. Medicine0.09×90 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.07×4 works
  25. Veterinary0.06×0 works
  26. Dentistry0.05×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Golden?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Smart Grid, Efficiency, Power Electronics, Lithium-ion Batteries, Energy Storage, Renewable Energy Integration and Photovoltaics.

▲ 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. Renewable Energy608▲ 7.1×50 topics
  2. Machine Learning279▲ 1.42×68 topics
  3. Sustainability248▲ 1.72×70 topics
  4. Environmental Impact229▲ 2.3×53 topics
  5. Climate Change219▲ 1.37×85 topics
  6. Energy Storage185▲ 4.8×13 topics
  7. Smart Grid180▲ 8.5×10 topics
  8. Lithium-ion Batteries164▲ 6.7×4 topics
  9. Efficiency162▲ 9.2×7 topics
  10. Power Electronics155▲ 8.2×8 topics
  11. Energy Efficiency152▲ 2.8×35 topics
  12. Renewable Energy Integration149▲ 7.7×6 topics
  13. Remote Sensing145▲ 2.0×33 topics
  14. Photovoltaics142▲ 16×4 topics
  15. Solar Energy134▲ 7.2×5 topics
  16. Solar Cells124▲ 10×7 topics
  17. Electric Vehicles123▲ 7.2×5 topics
  18. Optimization109▲ 4.1×23 topics
  19. Battery Technology104▲ 6.4×3 topics
  20. Cathode Materials104▲ 4.6×3 topics
  21. Thermal Management102▲ 5.3×8 topics
  22. CFD Simulation102▲ 15×5 topics
  23. Nanocrystals102▲ 6.7×5 topics
  24. Semiconductor99▲ 5.2×7 topics
  25. Smart Grid Applications98▲ 13×2 topics
  26. Life Cycle Assessment97▲ 5.9×8 topics
  27. Energy Storage Systems84▲ 10×2 topics
  28. Offshore Wind Farms83▲ 22×2 topics
  29. Decentralized Control77▲ 11×2 topics
  30. Metal Recovery77▲ 6.7×3 topics
  31. Energy Management77▲ 8.0×3 topics
  32. Distributed Power Generation74▲ 12×1 topic
  33. Microgrid Control74▲ 12×1 topic
  34. Game Theory74▲ 7.3×4 topics
  35. Battery Management Systems73▲ 8.4×1 topic
  36. Thermal Runaway73▲ 8.4×1 topic
  37. Smart Home72▲ 7.6×5 topics
  38. Control Strategies71▲ 8.5×5 topics
  39. Demand Response71▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Electricity Markets71▲ 14×1 topic

What research is done in Golden?

Microgrid Control and Op…71Microgrid Control and Optimization: 71 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technol…70Advanced Battery Technologies Research: 70 fractional worksSmart Grid Energy Management: 68 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and Applications: 57 fractional worksWind Energy Research and Development: 54 fractional worksChalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films: 52 fractional workssolar cell performance optimization: 51 fractional worksFuel Cells and Related M…50Fuel Cells and Related Materials: 50 fractional worksHybrid Renewable Energy Systems: 48 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery Materials: 46 fractional works
Control and Systems EngineeringAutomotive EngineeringElectrical and Electronic EngineeringAerospace Engineering1 others

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

  1. 1 Microgrid Control and Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 71 works
  2. 2 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 70 works
  3. 3 Smart Grid Energy Management Electrical and Electronic Engineering 68 works
  4. 4 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 57 works
  5. 5 Wind Energy Research and Development Aerospace Engineering 54 works
  6. 6 Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films Electrical and Electronic Engineering 52 works
  7. 7 solar cell performance optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 51 works
  8. 8 Fuel Cells and Related Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 50 works
  9. 9 Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems Energy Engineering and Power Technology 48 works
  10. 10 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 46 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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%Golden17.3% 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 33.6% in 2013.

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