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Colorado College

In research, Colorado College stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,049 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#4,056 of 5,988 worldwide) and Earth and Planetary Sciences (#895 of 1,088 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geophysics, Environmental Chemistry and Earth and Planetary Sciences (Geophysics is 29.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,578
of 22,385 · #4,307 all time
Rank in United States
#1,304
of 3,332
Research works
2.6k
▲ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
36k
14.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.75×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
27%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Colorado College

What is Colorado College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #5,049 of 9,585 7.6%157 #2291
Social SciencesField #4,056 of 5,988 6.2%83 #2421
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #895 of 1,088 6.5%67 #765
Physical SciencesDomain #9,620 of 10,670 7.9%147 #3416

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Colorado College sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#2,291 #5,049
  2. Social Sciences#2,421 #4,056
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences#765 #895
  4. Physical Sciences#3,416 #9,620
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Colorado College work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research at Colorado College is in Social Sciences, 38% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (23%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (17%), Environmental Science (11%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 176 fractional works · 43.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 94 fractional works · 23.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 31 fractional works · 7.7% of its workEducation: 14 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAnthropology: 12 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 10 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCultural Studies: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 41 fractional works · 10.2% of its workPhilosophy: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHistory: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArcheology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReligious studies: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 22 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 10 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 156 fractional works · 38.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 69 fractional works · 17.0% of its workGeophysics: 42 fractional works · 10.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOceanography: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPaleontology: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 46 fractional works · 11.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 24 fractional works · 5.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 14 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 11 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 13 fractional works · 3.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 49 fractional works · 12.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 24 fractional works · 5.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 19 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 9 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInsect Science: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 24 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMedicine: 17 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKColorado College406fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences38%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences43%

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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences9423.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities4110.2%
    3. Psychology225.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting92.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance81.9%
    6. Decision Sciences20.6%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences6917.0%
    2. Environmental Science4611.3%
    3. Physics and Astronomy143.3%
    4. Computer Science133.1%
    5. Engineering61.5%
    6. Mathematics51.1%
    7. Chemistry20.6%
    8. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    9. Energy10.2%
    10. Materials Science00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology245.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences194.6%
    3. Neuroscience51.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
    1. Medicine174.1%
    2. Health Professions71.7%
    3. Nursing10.1%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Colorado College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geophysics takes 29.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeophysicsSubfield · 42.1 works30×
  2. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 23.8 works27×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 69.1 works11×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 19 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.10× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.83× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.40× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10.86× its world share, 69 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.27× its world share, 46 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.97× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.50× its world share, 14 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.64× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 17 worksMedicineNursing: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.52× its world share, 41 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.71× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.87× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.78× its world share, 22 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.83× its world share, 94 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 10.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.86×69 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.52×41 works
  3. Environmental Science2.27×46 works
  4. Social Sciences1.83×94 works
  5. Psychology1.78×22 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.50×14 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.10×24 works
  8. Mathematics0.97×5 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.96×19 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.87×8 works
  11. Neuroscience0.83×6 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.71×9 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.70×1 works
  14. Health Professions0.64×7 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.61×2 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.43×1 works
  17. Computer Science0.40×12 works
  18. Chemistry0.37×2 works
  19. Nursing0.28×1 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.22×1 works
  21. Medicine0.21×17 works
  22. Energy0.19×1 works
  23. Veterinary0.19×0 works
  24. Engineering0.10×6 works
  25. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Colorado College?

Ranked on the quality score, Steven J. Fleck, David C. Hendrickson and Rebecca T. Barnes lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Colorado College.

  1. 1 Steven J. Fleck United States · #122,409 worldwide 19k citations · 275 works
  2. 2 David C. Hendrickson United States · #139,052 worldwide 7.2k citations · 220 works
  3. 3 Rebecca T. Barnes United States · #181,301 worldwide 5.1k citations · 127 works
  4. 4 Paul M. Myrow United States · #286,477 worldwide 7.6k citations · 187 works
  5. 5 G. Edward Langer United States · #330,491 worldwide 2.7k citations · 53 works
  6. 6 Tomi‐Ann Roberts United States · #374,186 worldwide 9.9k citations · 106 works
  7. 7 Henry Fricke United States · #695,556 worldwide 3.9k citations · 100 works
  8. 8 J. L. “Larry” Stimpert United States · #793,977 worldwide 2.9k citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Jonathan L. Bredin United States · #798,213 worldwide 805 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Bob Jacobs United States · #859,725 worldwide 3.6k citations · 84 works
All ranked researchers at Colorado College

What are the most cited papers from Colorado College?

The most cited paper from Colorado College is "Objectification Theory: Toward Understanding Women's Lived Experiences and Mental Health Risks" (Barbara L. Fredrickson, Tomi‐Ann Roberts, 1997), with 5,495 citations. Next come "Does Competitive Environment Moderate the Market Orientation-Performance Relationship?" (2,280) and "New Constraints on Ω M , Ω Λ , and w from an Independent Set of 11 High‐Redshift Supernovae Observed with the Hubble Space Telescope" (1,449).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Objectification Theory: Toward Understanding Women's Lived Experiences and Mental Health Risks Barbara L. Fredrickson, Tomi‐Ann Roberts · Psychology of Women Quarterly Jun 1997 5,495
2 Does Competitive Environment Moderate the Market Orientation-Performance Relationship? Stanley F. Slater, John C. Narver · Journal of Marketing 1994 2,280
3 New Constraints on Ω M , Ω Λ , and w from an Independent Set of 11 High‐Redshift Supernovae Observed with the Hubble Space Telescope R. A. Knop et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access 20 Nov 2003 1,449
4 SPECTRA AND HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE LIGHT CURVES OF SIX TYPE Ia SUPERNOVAE AT 0.511 < z < 1.12 AND THE UNION2 COMPILATION R. Amanullah et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access 21 May 2010 1,360
5 MyoD and the transcriptional control of myogenesis Charlotte A. Berkes, Stephen J. Tapscott · Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology Aug 2005 881
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Colorado College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Microbial Communities, Anaerobic, Methane Oxidation, Climate Change, Tomography, Seismic Noise, Surface Wave and Identity.

▲ 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 institution'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 Change32▲ 2.9×46 topics
  2. Microbial Communities24▲ 14×2 topics
  3. Anaerobic24▲ 90×1 topic
  4. Methane Oxidation24▲ 74×1 topic
  5. Globalization19▲ 2.4×36 topics
  6. Identity19▲ 6.4×26 topics
  7. Tomography18▲ 25×3 topics
  8. Seismic Noise18▲ 91×1 topic
  9. Surface Wave18▲ 91×1 topic
  10. Ionospheric Anomalies17▲ 111×1 topic
  11. Seismic Electromagnetics17▲ 111×1 topic
  12. History17▲ 6.0×22 topics
  13. Colonialism14▲ 7.2×16 topics
  14. Ethics14▲ 6.6×20 topics
  15. Literature12▲ 5.5×16 topics
  16. Gender11▲ 5.0×23 topics
  17. Religion11▲ 5.7×15 topics
  18. Human Rights10▲ 2.5×21 topics
  19. Culture10▲ 4.9×15 topics
  20. Race9▲ 19×10 topics
  21. Biogeography9▲ 7.6×12 topics
  22. Geodetic Measurements7▲ 17×2 topics
  23. Global Governance7▲ 7.1×8 topics
  24. Feminism7▲ 5.7×9 topics
  25. Sea Level Rise7▲ 13×3 topics
  26. Adaptation7▲ 5.5×9 topics
  27. Tectonics7▲ 14×3 topics
  28. Hydrological Modeling6▲ 6.4×5 topics
  29. Solar Wind6▲ 16×2 topics
  30. Immigration6▲ 13×4 topics
  31. GRACE6▲ 30×1 topic
  32. Ionosphere6▲ 26×1 topic
  33. Magnetosphere6▲ 26×1 topic
  34. groundwater depletion6▲ 30×1 topic
  35. Environmental Ethics6▲ 21×5 topics
  36. Paleoclimatology6▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Holocene6▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Hominin Genetics6▲ 62×1 topic
  39. Paleolithic Archaeology6▲ 62×1 topic
  40. Sea Level6▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does Colorado College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Seismic Waves and Analysis, Earthquake Detection and Analysis and Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics.

Methane Hydrates and Rel…24Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 24 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis: 18 fractional worksEarthquake Detection and Analysis: 17 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 6 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity Measurements: 6 fractional worksPleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 6 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 5 fractional worksAsian American and Pacific Histories: 4 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 3 fractional worksGeological and Geochemical Analysis: 3 fractional works
Environmental ChemistryGeophysicsAstronomy and AstrophysicsOceanography4 others

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

  1. 1 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 24 works
  2. 2 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 18 works
  3. 3 Earthquake Detection and Analysis Geophysics 17 works
  4. 4 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 6 works
  5. 5 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 6 works
  6. 6 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 6 works
  7. 7 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 5 works
  8. 8 Asian American and Pacific Histories Cultural Studies 4 works
  9. 9 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 3 works
  10. 10 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 3 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available27.2%not open72.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.1%domestic only92.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Colorado College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Colorado College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0024% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Colorado College0.0013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Colorado College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Colorado College3.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 23.6% in 2001.

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