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Research in Laramie

Science Explorer records 11 research institutions in Laramie, United States. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Wyoming and Detection Limit (United States).

Research institutions
11
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
22k
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
592k
27.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
18.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Laramie

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 Laramie?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of WyomingUniversity 20,655 #805
2Detection Limit (United States)Company 555 #10,902
3Western Research InstituteNonprofit 394 #17,243 all time
4Scientific Simulations (United States)Company 43 not ranked
5Z4 Energy Systems (United States)Company 12 not ranked
6Pollution Control Technologies (United States)Company 4 not ranked
7Alpenglow Instruments (United States)Company 2 not ranked
8Laramie Plains MuseumArchive 2 not ranked
9American Society of Plant TaxonomistsNonprofit 2 not ranked
10Wyoming Humanities CouncilFunder 2 not ranked
11Pronghorn Technologies (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 Wyoming: 95.3%Detection Limit (United States): 2.6%Western Research Institute: 1.8%Scientific Simulations (United States): 0.2%7 others listed: 0.1%95%largest
University of Wyoming21k · 95.3%Detection Limit (United States)555 · 2.6%Western Research Institute394 · 1.8%Scientific Simulations (United States)43 · 0.2%7 others listed25 · 0.1%

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

Which fields of science does Laramie work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research in Laramie is in Physical Sciences, 20% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (24%), Environmental Science (14%), Social Sciences (10%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 1,791 fractional works · 57.4% of its workEngineering: 740 fractional works · 23.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 142 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 85 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 83 fractional works · 2.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 65 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 62 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 61 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 44 fractional works · 1.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 40 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 37 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 33 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 33 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedia Technology: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 433 fractional works · 13.9% of its workEcology: 113 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 84 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 55 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 41 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 37 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 32 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcological Modeling: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 196 fractional works · 6.3% of its workGeophysics: 85 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 55 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPaleontology: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 131 fractional works · 4.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 41 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 92 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 57 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 72 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 33 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 47 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 35 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 29 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 24 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCatalysis: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 636 fractional works · 20.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 300 fractional works · 9.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 85 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEducation: 72 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCultural Studies: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 162 fractional works · 5.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 59 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 48 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 56 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHistory: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 53 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 42 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 34 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 23 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 423 fractional works · 13.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 209 fractional works · 6.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 61 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPlant Science: 56 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 25 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoil Science: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 14 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 142 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 57 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 47 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCell Biology: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeuroscience: 54 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 30 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 269 fractional works · 8.6% of its workMedicine: 188 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 15 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 11 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 55 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 59 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 35 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLaramie3,118fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences57%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences20%

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. Engineering74023.7%
    2. Environmental Science43313.9%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences1966.3%
    4. Computer Science1314.2%
    5. Materials Science922.9%
    6. Physics and Astronomy722.3%
    7. Chemistry471.5%
    8. Energy351.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering240.8%
    10. Mathematics200.6%
    1. Social Sciences3009.6%
    2. Psychology1625.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities561.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting531.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance421.3%
    6. Decision Sciences230.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2096.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1424.5%
    3. Neuroscience541.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology130.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.2%
    1. Medicine1886.0%
    2. Health Professions591.9%
    3. Nursing100.3%
    4. Veterinary90.3%
    5. Dentistry30.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Laramie strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Laramie is most concentrated in Geophysics, Environmental Chemistry and Ocean Engineering (8.4× the world share in Geophysics).

  1. GeophysicsSubfield · 80.2 works8.4×
  2. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 38.9 works6.5×
  3. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 76.3 works5.4×
  4. Nature and Landscape ConservationSubfield · 34.3 works5.3×
← 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: 1.42× its world share, 183 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.82× its world share, 119 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.41× its world share, 11 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.10× its world share, 49 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.46× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.15× its world share, 20 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.94× its world share, 40 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.51× its world share, 107 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.05× its world share, 173 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.28× its world share, 32 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.58× its world share, 645 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.82× its world share, 381 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.80× its world share, 76 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.51× its world share, 16 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.81× its world share, 49 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.75× its world share, 54 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 161 worksMedicineNursing: 0.66× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.17× its world share, 8 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.66× its world share, 52 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.53× its world share, 47 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 19 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.68× its world share, 40 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.80× its world share, 150 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 274 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.05×173 works
  2. Environmental Science2.82×381 works
  3. Veterinary2.17×8 works
  4. Chemical Engineering2.15×20 works
  5. Psychology1.80×150 works
  6. Engineering1.58×645 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.42×183 works
  8. Energy1.28×32 works
  9. Neuroscience1.10×49 works
  10. Chemistry0.94×40 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.82×119 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.81×49 works
  13. Materials Science0.80×76 works
  14. Social Sciences0.80×274 works
  15. Health Professions0.75×54 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.74×19 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.68×40 works
  18. Nursing0.66×9 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.66×52 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.53×47 works
  21. Computer Science0.51×107 works
  22. Mathematics0.51×16 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.46×4 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.41×11 works
  25. Medicine0.31×161 works
  26. Dentistry0.19×2 works

Which keywords describe research in Laramie?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Invasive Species, Biodiversity, Conservation, Habitat Fragmentation, CO2 Sequestration, Hydraulic Fracturing and Porous Media.

▲ 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. Climate Change250▲ 3.0×84 topics
  2. Biodiversity103▲ 4.3×31 topics
  3. Invasive Species99▲ 7.5×21 topics
  4. Sustainability85◆ 1.12×66 topics
  5. Remote Sensing85▲ 2.2×31 topics
  6. Environmental Impact77▲ 1.45×49 topics
  7. Conservation66▲ 5.0×21 topics
  8. Habitat Fragmentation54▲ 8.0×5 topics
  9. CO2 Sequestration52▲ 8.6×4 topics
  10. Global Change50▲ 6.1×6 topics
  11. Population Dynamics50▲ 6.2×13 topics
  12. Microbial Communities49▲ 3.6×9 topics
  13. Hydraulic Fracturing47▲ 14×2 topics
  14. Porous Media46▲ 11×5 topics
  15. Resilience45▲ 2.9×14 topics
  16. Ecosystem43▲ 13×4 topics
  17. Shale Gas43▲ 12×2 topics
  18. Pore Structure40▲ 10×3 topics
  19. Surfactants38▲ 12×5 topics
  20. Fracture Propagation38▲ 20×1 topic
  21. Shale Gas Reservoirs38▲ 20×1 topic
  22. Gas Permeability36▲ 12×2 topics
  23. Nanopores36▲ 12×2 topics
  24. Nanofluids34▲ 13×2 topics
  25. Mudstones34▲ 15×1 topic
  26. Thermal Maturity34▲ 15×1 topic
  27. Pore-scale Modeling33▲ 28×1 topic
  28. X-ray Computed Tomography33▲ 28×1 topic
  29. Tomography33▲ 5.9×5 topics
  30. Methane Oxidation32▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Habitat Selection32▲ 14×2 topics
  32. Anaerobic31▲ 16×1 topic
  33. Gas Hydrates31▲ 16×1 topic
  34. Recycled Materials30▲ 8.6×2 topics
  35. Trophic Cascades29▲ 10×2 topics
  36. Seismic Noise28▲ 19×1 topic
  37. Surface Wave28▲ 19×1 topic
  38. Conservation Biology27▲ 8.0×4 topics
  39. Reactive Transport26▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Animal Movement26▲ 16×1 topic

What research is done in Laramie?

Hydraulic Fracturing and…36Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 36 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration …32Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 32 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 31 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Te…31Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 31 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis27Seismic Waves and Analysis: 27 fractional worksEarthquake Detection and Analysis: 24 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 24 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife M…19Rangeland and Wildlife Management: 19 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 19 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 18 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsEnvironmental ChemistryOcean Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 36 works
  2. 2 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 32 works
  3. 3 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 31 works
  4. 4 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 31 works
  5. 5 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 27 works
  6. 6 Earthquake Detection and Analysis Geophysics 24 works
  7. 7 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 24 works
  8. 8 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 19 works
  9. 9 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 19 works
  10. 10 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 18 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 counting20%40%Laramie16.1% 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 32.9% in 2012.

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