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Research in Grand Forks

Science Explorer records 6 research institutions in Grand Forks, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of North Dakota.

Research institutions
6
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
15k
▲ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
339k
22.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
16.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Grand Forks

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 Grand Forks?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of North DakotaUniversity 13,780 #1,873
2Altru Health SystemHospital / health system 78 not ranked
3Technology Applications Group (United States)Company 53 not ranked
4NovaDigm Therapeutics (United States)Company 5 not ranked
5Community Foundation Grand Forks East Grand Forks and RegionNonprofit 1 not ranked
6Laserlith (United States)Company 1 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.

University of North Dakota: 99.0%Altru Health System: 0.6%Technology Applications Group (United States): 0.4%NovaDigm Therapeutics (United States): 0.0%2 others listed: 0.0%99%largest
University of North Dakota14k · 99.0%Altru Health System78 · 0.6%Technology Applications Group (United States)53 · 0.4%NovaDigm Therapeutics (United States)5 · 0.0%2 others listed2 · 0.0%

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

Which fields of science does Grand Forks work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research in Grand Forks is in Physical Sciences, 23% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (22%), Medicine (17%), Social Sciences (11%).

Physical Sciences: 1,201 fractional works · 47.0% of its workEngineering: 554 fractional works · 21.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 98 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 92 fractional works · 3.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 68 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 65 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 50 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 43 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 41 fractional works · 1.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 29 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 217 fractional works · 8.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 75 fractional works · 2.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 47 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 41 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 164 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 36 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 27 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 17 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 78 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 30 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeophysics: 19 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 69 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 42 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomaterials: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 37 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 16 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 33 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 23 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 582 fractional works · 22.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 284 fractional works · 11.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 95 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEducation: 64 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCultural Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 139 fractional works · 5.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 56 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 39 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 13 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 57 fractional works · 2.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 43 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAccounting: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 34 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 25 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 25 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 539 fractional works · 21.1% of its workMedicine: 441 fractional works · 17.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 50 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSurgery: 48 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 45 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEpidemiology: 35 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 28 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 21 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 18 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 9 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Professions: 75 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 43 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 14 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 12 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 235 fractional works · 9.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 112 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 63 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGenetics: 17 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 10 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeuroscience: 47 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 20 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 44 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 29 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 15 fractional works · 0.6% of its workParasitology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKGrand Forks2,557fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences47%Health Sciences21%Social Sciences23%

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. Engineering55421.7%
    2. Computer Science2178.5%
    3. Environmental Science1646.4%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences783.1%
    5. Materials Science692.7%
    6. Physics and Astronomy371.4%
    7. Energy331.3%
    8. Chemistry230.9%
    9. Mathematics180.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering80.3%
    1. Social Sciences28411.1%
    2. Psychology1395.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities572.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting431.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance341.3%
    6. Decision Sciences251.0%
    1. Medicine44117.2%
    2. Health Professions752.9%
    3. Nursing140.6%
    4. Dentistry50.2%
    5. Veterinary40.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1124.4%
    2. Neuroscience471.8%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences441.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology291.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Grand Forks strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Grand Forks is most concentrated in Ocean Engineering (7.4× the world share in Ocean Engineering).

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 86.4 works7.4×
← 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.

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: 0.37× its world share, 39 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.87× its world share, 104 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.14× its world share, 26 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.16× its world share, 42 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.29× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.92× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.59× its world share, 21 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.07× its world share, 188 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.93× its world share, 68 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.52× its world share, 31 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.48× its world share, 500 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.27× its world share, 142 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.78× its world share, 61 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.57× its world share, 15 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.59× its world share, 29 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.11× its world share, 66 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.89× its world share, 386 worksMedicineNursing: 1.20× its world share, 13 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.91× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.65× its world share, 42 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.52× its world share, 37 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 24 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.66× its world share, 32 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.76× its world share, 120 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 245 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 1.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.93×68 works
  2. Psychology1.76×120 works
  3. Energy1.52×31 works
  4. Engineering1.48×500 works
  5. Environmental Science1.27×142 works
  6. Nursing1.20×13 works
  7. Neuroscience1.16×42 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology1.14×26 works
  9. Health Professions1.11×66 works
  10. Decision Sciences1.08×24 works
  11. Computer Science1.07×188 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.92×7 works
  13. Veterinary0.91×3 works
  14. Medicine0.89×386 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.87×104 works
  16. Social Sciences0.86×245 works
  17. Materials Science0.78×61 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.66×32 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.65×42 works
  20. Chemistry0.59×21 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.59×29 works
  22. Mathematics0.57×15 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.52×37 works
  24. Dentistry0.38×4 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.37×39 works
  26. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.29×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Grand Forks?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Hydraulic Fracturing, CO2 Sequestration, Fracture Propagation, Shale Gas Reservoirs, Deep Learning, Epidemiology and Shale Gas.

▲ 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. Machine Learning149▲ 1.75×71 topics
  2. Deep Learning114▲ 1.29×61 topics
  3. Epidemiology112◆ 1.10×112 topics
  4. Climate Change86▲ 1.24×74 topics
  5. Mental Health66▲ 1.81×31 topics
  6. Inflammation61◆ 1.12×67 topics
  7. Hydraulic Fracturing55▲ 20×2 topics
  8. Nanoparticles55▲ 1.70×32 topics
  9. CO2 Sequestration54▲ 11×4 topics
  10. Fracture Propagation48▲ 32×1 topic
  11. Shale Gas Reservoirs48▲ 32×1 topic
  12. Optimization37▲ 3.2×14 topics
  13. Anomaly Detection37▲ 5.0×5 topics
  14. Security37▲ 2.1×19 topics
  15. Shale Gas34▲ 11×2 topics
  16. Data Assimilation34▲ 8.1×4 topics
  17. Vibration Analysis33▲ 4.9×7 topics
  18. IoT Security33▲ 4.2×3 topics
  19. Ensemble Kalman Filter32▲ 12×2 topics
  20. Rheological Properties31▲ 6.8×4 topics
  21. Prevalence30▲ 2.9×13 topics
  22. Drilling Fluids30▲ 22×1 topic
  23. Well Integrity30▲ 22×1 topic
  24. Gas Permeability29▲ 12×2 topics
  25. Pore Structure29▲ 9.1×3 topics
  26. Nanopores28▲ 12×2 topics
  27. Mudstones28▲ 15×1 topic
  28. Thermal Maturity28▲ 15×1 topic
  29. Cybersecurity27▲ 4.3×4 topics
  30. Uncertainty Quantification26▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Closed-Loop Control26▲ 23×1 topic
  32. Well Placement26▲ 23×1 topic
  33. Reactive Transport25▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Intrusion Detection24▲ 6.4×4 topics
  35. Network Security21▲ 6.4×2 topics
  36. Botnet Detection21▲ 6.9×1 topic
  37. DDoS Attacks21▲ 6.9×1 topic
  38. Carbon Capture20▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Geological Storage20▲ 25×1 topic
  40. Mineral Carbonation20▲ 25×1 topic

What research is done in Grand Forks?

Hydraulic Fracturing and…46Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 46 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 28 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration …27Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 27 fractional worksReservoir Engineering an…25Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 25 fractional worksCO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions: 18 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 17 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Te…14Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 14 fractional worksOil and Gas Production Techniques: 10 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 10 fractional worksInfrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 8 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringOcean EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsEnvironmental Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 46 works
  2. 2 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 28 works
  3. 3 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 27 works
  4. 4 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 25 works
  5. 5 CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions Environmental Engineering 18 works
  6. 6 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 17 works
  7. 7 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 14 works
  8. 8 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 10 works
  9. 9 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 10 works
  10. 10 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 8 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 counting10%20%30%Grand Forks15.8% 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 27.6% in 2012.

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