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Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

In research, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment stands highest in Medicine (#8,858 of 17,978 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#10,234 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,837
of 28,054 · #15,700 all time
Rank in United States
#2,561
of 4,192
Research works
408
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
38.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #8,858 of 17,978 25.4%169
Health SciencesDomain #10,234 of 20,462 25.9%219

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.87× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.37× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.77× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.38× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.78× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 2.05× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 4.61× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.84× its world share, 25 worksMedicineNursing: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.91× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment?

Ranked on the composite score, Nisha B. Alden lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

  1. 1 Nisha B. Alden United States · #512,633 worldwide 114 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Which keywords describe research at Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Infectious Diseases, Health Effects, Pathogenesis and Pandemic.

▲ 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 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. Epidemiology16▲ 5.8×47 topics
  2. Public Health9▲ 9.0×24 topics
  3. COVID-197▲ 7.2×10 topics
  4. SARS-CoV-25▲ 20×6 topics
  5. Infectious Diseases4▲ 20×6 topics
  6. Health Effects4▲ 10×9 topics
  7. Pandemic4▲ 5.7×7 topics
  8. Pathogenesis4▲ 11×11 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress4▲ 3.1×5 topics
  10. Vaccine4▲ 13×10 topics
  11. Antibiotic Resistance3▲ 12×8 topics
  12. Mortality3▲ 8.1×5 topics
  13. Mental Health3▲ 3.1×10 topics
  14. Antimicrobial Resistance3▲ 19×6 topics
  15. Drug Resistance2▲ 12×2 topics
  16. Global Burden of Disease2▲ 13×3 topics
  17. Risk Factors2▲ 3.0×7 topics
  18. Depression2▲ 3.6×10 topics
  19. Particulate Matter2▲ 20×2 topics
  20. Antimicrobial Stewardship2▲ 68×1 topic
  21. Global Health2▲ 19×1 topic
  22. Air Quality2▲ 15×4 topics
  23. Immune Response2▲ 4.9×9 topics
  24. Risk Perception2▲ 9.8×5 topics
  25. Vaccine Development2▲ 11×4 topics
  26. Lead Exposure2▲ 78×1 topic
  27. Metal Toxicity2▲ 42×1 topic
  28. Viral Load2▲ 31×2 topics
  29. Air Pollution2▲ 18×1 topic
  30. Disease Burden2▲ 31×2 topics
  31. Fine Particulate Air Pollution2▲ 24×1 topic
  32. Infection2▲ 9.4×3 topics
  33. Modeling2▲ 9.0×1 topic
  34. Social Determinants of Health2▲ 10×2 topics
  35. Viral Infections2▲ 40×2 topics
  36. transmission dynamics2▲ 32×1 topic
  37. ACE2 Receptor2▲ 8.8×2 topics
  38. Human Metapneumovirus2▲ 47×1 topic
  39. Quality Improvement2▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Respiratory Syncytial Virus2▲ 47×1 topic

Which research topics does Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Antibiotic Use and Resistance, Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity, COVID-19 epidemiological studies and Air Quality and Health Impacts.

Antibiotic Use and Resis…2Antibiotic Use and Resistance: 2 fractional worksHeavy Metal Exposure and…2Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 2 fractional worksAir Quality and Health I…2Air Quality and Health Impacts: 2 fractional worksRespiratory viral infect…2Respiratory viral infections research: 2 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 1 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 detection and testing: 1 fractional worksInfection Control and Ve…1Infection Control and Ventilation: 1 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 1 fractional worksData-Driven Disease Surveillance: 1 fractional works
Applied Microbiology and BiotechnologyHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisModeling and SimulationEpidemiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 2 works
  2. 2 Heavy Metal Exposure and Toxicity Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 2 works
  4. 4 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  5. 5 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 2 works
  6. 6 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 1 works
  7. 7 SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing Infectious Diseases 1 works
  8. 8 Infection Control and Ventilation Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  9. 9 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 1 works
  10. 10 Data-Driven Disease Surveillance Epidemiology 1 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 available45.0%not open55.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.5%domestic only89.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% higher than in 2013–2017.

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

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