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Colorado School of Mines

In research, Colorado School of Mines stands highest in Physical Sciences (#857 of 12,888 worldwide), Engineering (#939 of 6,636 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#675 of 3,551 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Geophysics, Environmental Chemistry and Ocean Engineering — Geophysics is 12.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,491
of 28,054 · #864 all time
Rank in United States
#237
of 4,192
Research works
17k
▲ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
454k
27.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is Colorado School of Mines known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #857 of 12,888 15.1%2,267 #602
EngineeringField #939 of 6,636 13.6%1,034 #425
Environmental ScienceField #675 of 3,551 23.4%288 #407
Materials ScienceField #788 of 2,468 11.0%229 #432
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #396 of 1,209 16.7%229 #456
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #498 of 1,351 11.4%212 #236
GeophysicsSubfield #88 of 237 16.5%116 #71
Physics and AstronomyField #647 of 1,646 14.5%141 #842
Computer ScienceField #1,933 of 4,667 17.9%177 #1192
Social SciencesDomain #4,367 of 10,521 20.6%179 #2339

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Colorado School of Mines 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#602 #857
  2. Engineering#425 #939
  3. Environmental Science#407 #675
  4. Materials Science#432 #788
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences#456 #396
  6. Mechanical Engineering#236 #498
  7. Geophysics#71 #88
  8. Physics and Astronomy#842 #647
  9. Computer Science#1,192 #1,933
  10. Social Sciences#2,339 #4,367
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Colorado School of Mines specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Geophysics takes 12.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. GeophysicsSubfield · 116.4 works13×
  2. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 53.7 works9.5×
  3. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 114.6 works8.5×
  4. Mechanics of MaterialsSubfield · 106.1 works5.8×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 14 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.27× its world share, 37 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.42× its world share, 18 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.10× its world share, 28 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.54× its world share, 62 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.88× its world share, 177 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.65× its world share, 229 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.64× its world share, 63 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.67× its world share, 1,034 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.25× its world share, 288 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.54× its world share, 229 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.51× its world share, 15 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.46× its world share, 141 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 47 worksMedicineNursing: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 23 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.41× its world share, 23 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.35× its world share, 27 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 83 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Colorado School of Mines?

Ranked on the composite score, Morgan Bazilian, Eric S. Toberer and Lawrence Wiencke lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Colorado School of Mines.

  1. 1 Morgan Bazilian United States · #5,646 worldwide 1.8k citations · 77 works
  2. 2 Eric S. Toberer United States · #6,497 worldwide 1.5k citations · 61 works
  3. 3 Lawrence Wiencke United States · #7,325 worldwide 1.5k citations · 59 works
  4. 4 Marcelo Godoy Simões United States · #9,028 worldwide 970 citations · 79 works
  5. 5 D. V. Griffiths United States · #9,791 worldwide 771 citations · 83 works
  6. 6 Randy L. Haupt United States · #12,611 worldwide 844 citations · 100 works
  7. 7 Christopher P. Higgins United States · #18,354 worldwide 745 citations · 46 works
  8. 8 Michael B. Wakin United States · #19,688 worldwide 756 citations · 69 works
  9. 9 David A. Benson United States · #20,476 worldwide 574 citations · 53 works
  10. 10 E. Dendy Sloan United States · #20,759 worldwide 811 citations · 66 works
All ranked researchers at Colorado School of Mines

Which keywords describe research at Colorado School of Mines?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Microstructure, CO2 Sequestration, Machine Learning, Mechanical Properties, Hydraulic Fracturing, Nanoparticles and Inverse Problems.

▲ 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. Machine Learning139▲ 1.65×58 topics
  2. Climate Change108▲ 1.55×70 topics
  3. Remote Sensing104▲ 3.3×32 topics
  4. Mechanical Properties89▲ 3.5×34 topics
  5. Environmental Impact88▲ 2.0×43 topics
  6. Nanoparticles82▲ 2.5×31 topics
  7. Microstructure77▲ 5.7×17 topics
  8. Renewable Energy76▲ 2.0×38 topics
  9. CO2 Sequestration62▲ 13×4 topics
  10. Risk Assessment60▲ 3.4×14 topics
  11. Hydraulic Fracturing54▲ 19×2 topics
  12. Lithium-ion Batteries50▲ 4.6×4 topics
  13. Inverse Problems46▲ 17×4 topics
  14. Elastic Properties45▲ 23×3 topics
  15. Shale Gas45▲ 14×2 topics
  16. Rheological Properties45▲ 9.7×5 topics
  17. Geophysical Imaging44▲ 32×2 topics
  18. Materials43▲ 7.1×6 topics
  19. Full-Waveform Tomography43▲ 39×1 topic
  20. Seismic Waveform Inversion43▲ 39×1 topic
  21. Numerical Simulation41▲ 5.4×12 topics
  22. Fracture Propagation40▲ 25×1 topic
  23. Shale Gas Reservoirs40▲ 25×1 topic
  24. Vibration Analysis40▲ 5.7×5 topics
  25. Metal Recovery39▲ 7.6×3 topics
  26. Tomography39▲ 8.3×5 topics
  27. Drilling Fluids38▲ 27×1 topic
  28. Well Integrity38▲ 27×1 topic
  29. Rock Mechanics38▲ 15×4 topics
  30. GIS-based Modeling35▲ 16×2 topics
  31. Pore Structure35▲ 11×3 topics
  32. Gas Permeability33▲ 13×2 topics
  33. Nanopores31▲ 13×2 topics
  34. Reactive Transport31▲ 23×2 topics
  35. Mudstones31▲ 15×1 topic
  36. Thermal Maturity31▲ 15×1 topic
  37. Rare Earth Elements30▲ 8.1×4 topics
  38. Geological Mapping30▲ 14×2 topics
  39. Grain Refinement30▲ 10×4 topics
  40. Tectonics29▲ 9.5×3 topics

Which research topics does Colorado School of Mines publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques, Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Drilling and Well Engineering and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis.

Seismic Imaging and Inve…43Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 43 fractional worksHydraulic Fracturing and…40Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 40 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engine…38Drilling and Well Engineering: 38 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration …31Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 31 fractional worksLandslides and related hazards: 27 fractional worksRock Mechanics and Modeling: 26 fractional worksMethane Hydrates and Rel…25Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 25 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis: 25 fractional worksExtraction and Separation Processes: 23 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologi…22Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 22 fractional works
GeophysicsMechanical EngineeringOcean EngineeringMechanics of Materials3 others

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

  1. 1 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 43 works
  2. 2 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 40 works
  3. 3 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 38 works
  4. 4 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 31 works
  5. 5 Landslides and related hazards Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 27 works
  6. 6 Rock Mechanics and Modeling Mechanics of Materials 26 works
  7. 7 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 25 works
  8. 8 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 25 works
  9. 9 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 23 works
  10. 10 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 22 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 available24.6%not open75.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.2%domestic only81.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Colorado School of Mines's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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