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Research in Grand Forks

Science Explorer records 9 research institutions in Grand Forks, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of North Dakota.

Research institutions
9
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
15k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
16.9%
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 Grand Forks?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of North DakotaUniversity 13,778 #1,534
2Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research CenterResearch facility 849 #15,212 all time
3Grand Forks Air Force BaseGovernment institution 227 #34,016 all time
4Altru Health SystemHospital / health system 78 not ranked
5Technology Applications Group (United States)Company 53 not ranked
6NovaDigm Therapeutics (United States)Company 5 not ranked
7North Dakota Space Grant ConsortiumInstitution 1 not ranked
8Community Foundation Grand Forks East Grand Forks and RegionNonprofit 1 not ranked
9Laserlith (United States)Company 1 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.

University of North Dakota: 91.9%Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center: 5.7%Grand Forks Air Force Base: 1.5%Altru Health System: 0.5%5 others listed: 0.4%92%largest
University of North Dakota14k · 91.9%Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center849 · 5.7%Grand Forks Air Force Base227 · 1.5%Altru Health System78 · 0.5%5 others listed61 · 0.4%

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

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 predictsmore →

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 Grand Forks?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Hydraulic Fracturing, CO2 Sequestration, Fracture Propagation, Shale Gas Reservoirs, Deep Learning, Shale Gas and Epidemiology.

▲ 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. Machine Learning131▲ 1.79×68 topics
  2. Deep Learning100▲ 1.31×60 topics
  3. Epidemiology98◆ 1.10×110 topics
  4. Climate Change70◆ 1.15×69 topics
  5. Mental Health60▲ 1.83×31 topics
  6. Inflammation56▲ 1.19×65 topics
  7. Hydraulic Fracturing52▲ 21×2 topics
  8. Nanoparticles52▲ 1.82×31 topics
  9. CO2 Sequestration50▲ 12×4 topics
  10. Fracture Propagation46▲ 33×1 topic
  11. Shale Gas Reservoirs46▲ 33×1 topic
  12. Environmental Impact44▲ 1.16×42 topics
  13. Renewable Energy44▲ 1.36×35 topics
  14. Public Health42▲ 1.29×39 topics
  15. Optimization35▲ 3.4×14 topics
  16. Shale Gas34▲ 12×2 topics
  17. Obesity32▲ 1.88×23 topics
  18. Vibration Analysis32▲ 5.2×7 topics
  19. Data Assimilation31▲ 8.9×4 topics
  20. Security31▲ 2.1×19 topics
  21. Ensemble Kalman Filter30▲ 13×2 topics
  22. Rheological Properties30▲ 7.4×4 topics
  23. Anomaly Detection30▲ 4.5×5 topics
  24. Gas Permeability29▲ 13×2 topics
  25. Pore Structure28▲ 10×3 topics
  26. Drilling Fluids28▲ 23×1 topic
  27. IoT Security28▲ 3.9×3 topics
  28. Well Integrity28▲ 23×1 topic
  29. Nanopores28▲ 13×2 topics
  30. Mudstones27▲ 16×1 topic
  31. Thermal Maturity27▲ 16×1 topic
  32. Prevalence27▲ 2.9×12 topics
  33. Uncertainty Quantification25▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Closed-Loop Control25▲ 24×1 topic
  35. Well Placement25▲ 24×1 topic
  36. Reactive Transport22▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Cybersecurity22▲ 4.0×4 topics
  38. Intrusion Detection20▲ 5.9×3 topics
  39. Carbon Capture18▲ 20×1 topic
  40. Geological Storage18▲ 30×1 topic

What research is done in Grand Forks?

  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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