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Colorado State University

In research, Colorado State University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#155 of 10,670 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#49 of 3,157 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#82 of 3,334 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Equine, Veterinary and Small Animals (Equine is 43.0× its share of world research).

colostate.eduROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#233
of 22,385 · #221 all time
Rank in United States
#66
of 3,332
Research works
63k
▼ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.1M
33.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Colorado State University

What is Colorado State University 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
Physical SciencesDomain #155 of 10,670 9.7%3,285 #192
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #49 of 3,157 12.7%632 #86
Environmental ScienceField #82 of 3,334 11.1%1,017 #70
Social SciencesDomain #262 of 9,585 12.4%1,397 #307
Social SciencesField #201 of 5,988 13.8%638 #277
Plant ScienceSubfield #56 of 1,317 11.9%219 #101
Health SciencesDomain #469 of 9,902 9.3%1,267 #390
Life SciencesDomain #306 of 6,403 10.1%1,389 #287
EcologySubfield #32 of 600 13.2%223 #61
Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield #31 of 544 9.7%308 #39

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Colorado State University 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. Physical Sciences#192 #155
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#86 #49
  3. Environmental Science#70 #82
  4. Social Sciences#307 #262
  5. Social Sciences#277 #201
  6. Plant Science#101 #56
  7. Health Sciences#390 #469
  8. Life Sciences#287 #306
  9. Ecology#61 #32
  10. Global and Planetary Change#39 #31
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 State University work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research at Colorado State University is in Physical Sciences, 19% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (14%), Medicine (12%), Engineering (11%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 3,708 fractional works · 44.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1,154 fractional works · 13.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 354 fractional works · 4.3% of its workEcology: 253 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 114 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 91 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 82 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 70 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 68 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 887 fractional works · 10.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 213 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 119 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 96 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 64 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 58 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 50 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 480 fractional works · 5.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 299 fractional works · 3.6% of its workOceanography: 88 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeophysics: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 467 fractional works · 5.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 162 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 59 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 53 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 53 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHardware and Architecture: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 224 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 88 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 57 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 181 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 100 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomaterials: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 148 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 83 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 76 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 51 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 1,574 fractional works · 19.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 714 fractional works · 8.6% of its workPlant Science: 247 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 94 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 89 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSoil Science: 67 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 63 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 53 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 48 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 618 fractional works · 7.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 331 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGenetics: 161 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCell Biology: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 54 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 133 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 53 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 91 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 47 fractional works · 0.6% of its workParasitology: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,566 fractional works · 18.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 729 fractional works · 8.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 278 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEducation: 114 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 72 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 70 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 328 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 128 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 92 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 156 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 141 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 99 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 116 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 77 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDecision Sciences: 96 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,432 fractional works · 17.3% of its workMedicine: 1,015 fractional works · 12.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 112 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 100 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 100 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 88 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 77 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 63 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 55 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 147 fractional works · 1.8% of its workVeterinary: 188 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmall Animals: 141 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEquine: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 186 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 87 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 65 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKColorado StateUniversity8,280fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences19%Physical Sciences45%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences19%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science1,15413.9%
    2. Engineering88710.7%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences4805.8%
    4. Computer Science4675.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy2242.7%
    6. Materials Science1812.2%
    7. Chemistry1481.8%
    8. Mathematics760.9%
    9. Energy510.6%
    10. Chemical Engineering400.5%
  2. Life Sciences1,57419.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences7148.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6187.5%
    3. Neuroscience1331.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology911.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics180.2%
  3. Social Sciences1,56618.9%
    1. Social Sciences7298.8%
    2. Psychology3284.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting1561.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1411.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities1161.4%
    6. Decision Sciences961.2%
  4. Health Sciences1,43217.3%
    1. Medicine1,01512.3%
    2. Veterinary1882.3%
    3. Health Professions1862.2%
    4. Nursing330.4%
    5. Dentistry110.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Colorado State University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Equine takes 43.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EquineSubfield · 46.3 works43×
  2. VeterinaryField · 187.8 works17×
  3. Small AnimalsSubfield · 141.5 works14×
  4. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 298.5 works8.2×
  5. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 354.0 works5.6×
  6. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 88.6 works4.5×
  7. Ecological ModelingSubfield · 27.7 works4.4×
← 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: 1.81× its world share, 714 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.40× its world share, 618 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.10× its world share, 91 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.99× its world share, 133 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.61× its world share, 18 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.37× its world share, 40 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.14× its world share, 148 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.72× its world share, 467 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.70× its world share, 480 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.67× its world share, 51 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.71× its world share, 887 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.81× its world share, 1,154 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.63× its world share, 181 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.78× its world share, 76 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.21× its world share, 224 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.26× its world share, 11 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.85× its world share, 186 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.64× its world share, 1,015 worksMedicineNursing: 0.81× its world share, 33 worksNursingVeterinary: 16.69× its world share, 188 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.48× its world share, 116 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.59× its world share, 156 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 96 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.80× its world share, 141 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.30× its world share, 328 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 729 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 16.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary16.69×188 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.70×480 works
  3. Environmental Science2.81×1,154 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.81×714 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.40×618 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.37×40 works
  7. Psychology1.30×328 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy1.21×224 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.19×96 works
  10. Chemistry1.14×148 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology1.10×91 works
  12. Neuroscience0.99×133 works
  13. Health Professions0.85×186 works
  14. Nursing0.81×33 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.80×141 works
  16. Mathematics0.78×76 works
  17. Computer Science0.72×467 works
  18. Engineering0.71×887 works
  19. Social Sciences0.70×729 works
  20. Energy0.67×51 works
  21. Medicine0.64×1,015 works
  22. Materials Science0.63×181 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.61×18 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.59×156 works
  25. Arts and Humanities0.48×116 works
  26. Dentistry0.26×11 works

Who are the top researchers at Colorado State University?

Ranked on the quality score, Pankaj Trivedi, Matthew David Wallenstein and William J. Parton lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Colorado State University.

  1. 1 Pankaj Trivedi United States · #6,980 worldwide 21k citations · 562 works
  2. 2 Matthew David Wallenstein United States · #7,157 worldwide 31k citations · 133 works
  3. 3 William J. Parton United States · #8,373 worldwide 52k citations · 406 works
  4. 4 Alan K. Knapp United States · #8,656 worldwide 44k citations · 449 works
  5. 5 N. LeRoy Poff United States · #9,330 worldwide 56k citations · 247 works
  6. 6 Melinda D. Smith United States · #9,839 worldwide 35k citations · 350 works
  7. 7 David Rojas‐Rueda United States · #9,856 worldwide 64k citations · 237 works
  8. 8 Anping Chen United States · #11,870 worldwide 30k citations · 307 works
  9. 9 L. Yang United States · #12,351 worldwide 38k citations · 114 works
  10. 10 Diana H. Wall United States · #12,469 worldwide 48k citations · 319 works
All ranked researchers at Colorado State University

What are the most cited papers from Colorado State University?

The most cited paper from Colorado State University is "Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2" (Evan K Bolyen et al., 2019), with 25,165 citations. Next come "Development of a DTPA Soil Test for Zinc, Iron, Manganese, and Copper" (10,001) and "GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral" (9,794).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2 Evan K Bolyen et al. · Nature Biotechnology Open access112 authors 24 Jul 2019 25,165
2 Development of a DTPA Soil Test for Zinc, Iron, Manganese, and Copper W. L. Lindsay, Wendell A. Norvell · Soil Science Society of America Journal May 1978 10,001
3 GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access1,124 authors 16 Oct 2017 9,794
4 Global Biodiversity Scenarios for the Year 2100 Osvaldo E. Sala, F. Stuart Chapin, Iii. et al. · Science 10 Mar 2000 9,345
5 Program MARK: survival estimation from populations of marked animals Gary C. White, Kenneth P. Burnham · Bird Study Open access 1999 7,622
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Colorado State University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Global Warming, Hydrological Modeling, Remote Sensing, Data Assimilation, Biodiversity, Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sea Level Rise.

▲ 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 Change894▲ 4.0×104 topics
  2. Epidemiology303◆ 0.92×121 topics
  3. Remote Sensing264▲ 2.6×37 topics
  4. Sustainability252▲ 1.25×88 topics
  5. Machine Learning225▼ 0.82×76 topics
  6. Global Warming201▲ 5.7×14 topics
  7. Biodiversity192▲ 3.0×34 topics
  8. Hydrological Modeling167▲ 8.4×5 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress160▲ 1.17×57 topics
  10. Mental Health156▲ 1.31×36 topics
  11. Invasive Species139▲ 4.0×20 topics
  12. Data Assimilation138▲ 10×4 topics
  13. Greenhouse Gas Emissions127▲ 5.6×8 topics
  14. Resilience123▲ 3.0×14 topics
  15. Conservation116▲ 3.3×22 topics
  16. Sea Level Rise109▲ 10×3 topics
  17. Boundary Layer106▲ 10×4 topics
  18. Ecosystem Resilience100▲ 7.9×5 topics
  19. Genetic Diversity100▲ 2.8×17 topics
  20. Probabilistic Forecasting99▲ 6.2×3 topics
  21. Ensemble Kalman Filter99▲ 12×2 topics
  22. Genomic Analysis95▲ 4.5×13 topics
  23. Ocean Circulation94▲ 8.3×3 topics
  24. Satellite Observations94▲ 11×3 topics
  25. Convective Parameterization92▲ 19×1 topic
  26. Mesoscale Modeling92▲ 19×1 topic
  27. Hydrological Cycle90▲ 11×2 topics
  28. Land Use Change86▲ 3.5×8 topics
  29. Animal Welfare82▲ 11×4 topics
  30. Air Quality79▲ 5.1×6 topics
  31. Sediment Transport77▲ 5.8×6 topics
  32. Extreme Events74▲ 9.7×2 topics
  33. Solar Wind74▲ 9.8×2 topics
  34. Soil Properties70▲ 4.9×7 topics
  35. Climate Modeling67▲ 11×1 topic
  36. Precipitation Extremes67▲ 11×1 topic
  37. Validation66▲ 8.8×4 topics
  38. Forest Fires57▲ 16×1 topic
  39. Wildfire Activity57▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Pain Assessment56▲ 32×2 topics

Which research topics does Colorado State University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Climate variability and models, Fire effects on ecosystems and Veterinary Oncology Research.

Meteorological Phenomena…92Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 92 fractional worksClimate variability and …67Climate variability and models: 67 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 57 fractional worksVeterinary Oncology Research: 50 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 49 fractional worksVeterinary Equine Medical Research: 46 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity M…44Geophysics and Gravity Measurements: 44 fractional worksPrecipitation Measurement and Analysis: 41 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 39 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma D…37Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 37 fractional works
Atmospheric ScienceGlobal and Planetary ChangePulmonary and Respiratory MedicineEquine2 others

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

  1. 1 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 92 works
  2. 2 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 67 works
  3. 3 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 57 works
  4. 4 Veterinary Oncology Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 50 works
  5. 5 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 49 works
  6. 6 Veterinary Equine Medical Research Equine 46 works
  7. 7 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 44 works
  8. 8 Precipitation Measurement and Analysis Atmospheric Science 41 works
  9. 9 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research Atmospheric Science 39 works
  10. 10 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 37 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 available30.9%not open69.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.2%domestic only87.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Colorado State University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% lower 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 State University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.032% in 2024.

still counting0.10%0.20%Colorado State University0.031% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Colorado State University 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 counting5%10%15%Colorado State University10.4% 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 14.8% in 2009.

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Which institutions have research most like Colorado State University's?

Among the world's leading institutions, Texas A&M University has the research profile closest to Colorado State University's, with both strong in Veterinary.

  1. 1 Texas A&M UniversityUnited States · Both strong in Veterinary, Environmental Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.83 Compare
  2. 2 Michigan State UniversityUnited States · Both strong in Veterinary, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Environmental Science 0.82 Compare
  3. 3 North Carolina State UniversityUnited States · Both strong in Veterinary, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Environmental Science 0.81 Compare
  4. 4 University of Tennessee at KnoxvilleUnited States · Both strong in Veterinary, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.81 Compare
  5. 5 University of California, DavisUnited States · Both strong in Veterinary, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.79 Compare

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