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Denver Federal Center

In research, Denver Federal Center stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,894 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Earth and Planetary Sciences — Earth and Planetary Sciences is 24.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,607
of 28,054 · #2,518 all time
Rank in United States
#1,726
of 4,192
Research works
2.6k
▼ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
130k
49.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
21%
world 28%

What is Denver Federal Center 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 #6,894 of 12,888 20.7%79 #1695

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Denver Federal Center 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).

What does Denver Federal Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Earth and Planetary Sciences takes 24.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 34.2 works25×
← 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: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.41× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.08× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 24.69× its world share, 34 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.71× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.52× its world share, 24 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 24.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Denver Federal Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Martin B. Goldhaber, Daniel R. Shawe and Peter J. Modreski lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Denver Federal Center.

  1. 1 Martin B. Goldhaber United States · #244,569 worldwide 236 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Daniel R. Shawe United States · #1,066,523 worldwide 48 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Peter J. Modreski United States · #1,190,772 worldwide 40 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Roy C. Bartholomay United States · #1,398,101 worldwide 28 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 Cliff D. Taylor United States · #1,399,350 worldwide 32 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 M.D. Kleinkopf United States · #1,498,353 worldwide 7 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Denver Federal Center

Which keywords describe research at Denver Federal Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Tectonics, Holocene, Sea Level, Plate Tectonics, Geological Mapping and Water Quality.

▲ 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. Climate Change17▲ 7.1×37 topics
  2. Remote Sensing12▲ 11×16 topics
  3. Machine Learning9▲ 3.2×11 topics
  4. Tectonics8▲ 80×3 topics
  5. Holocene7▲ 72×3 topics
  6. Sea Level7▲ 80×2 topics
  7. Plate Tectonics7▲ 49×3 topics
  8. Geological Mapping6▲ 84×2 topics
  9. Paleoclimatology6▲ 84×2 topics
  10. Water Quality6▲ 17×9 topics
  11. Geochronology6▲ 95×1 topic
  12. Zircon6▲ 95×1 topic
  13. Glacial Cycles6▲ 95×1 topic
  14. Monsoon Dynamics6▲ 95×1 topic
  15. Compositional Data Analysis6▲ 93×1 topic
  16. Mineral Prospectivity6▲ 93×1 topic
  17. Subduction4▲ 69×2 topics
  18. Earthquakes4▲ 84×1 topic
  19. Plate Boundaries4▲ 84×1 topic
  20. Shale Gas4▲ 35×2 topics
  21. Sedimentation3▲ 63×2 topics
  22. Geochemistry3▲ 54×3 topics
  23. Eutrophication3▲ 29×3 topics
  24. Soil Properties2▲ 16×3 topics
  25. Ecosystem Resilience2▲ 19×4 topics
  26. Tomography2▲ 15×3 topics
  27. Hyporheic Zone2▲ 121×1 topic
  28. Mudstones2▲ 33×1 topic
  29. Nutrient Cycling2▲ 35×1 topic
  30. Pore Structure2▲ 20×1 topic
  31. Sediment Transport2▲ 15×4 topics
  32. Citizen Science2▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Environmental Impacts2▲ 8.9×4 topics
  34. Mediterranean2▲ 25×3 topics
  35. Hydraulic Fracturing2▲ 20×2 topics
  36. Land Use Change2▲ 7.0×4 topics
  37. Emissions2▲ 10×2 topics
  38. Fluvial Systems2▲ 81×1 topic
  39. Satellite Observations2▲ 21×3 topics
  40. Sequence Stratigraphy2▲ 81×1 topic

Which research topics does Denver Federal Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping and earthquake and tectonic studies.

Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 6 fractional worksGeology and Paleoclimatology Research: 6 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 6 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic studies: 4 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 2 fractional worksSoil and Water Nutrient …2Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics: 2 fractional worksGeological formations and processes: 2 fractional worksFire effects on ecosystems: 2 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 2 fractional worksSeismology and Earthquake Studies: 2 fractional works
GeophysicsAtmospheric ScienceArtificial IntelligenceMechanics of Materials3 others

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

  1. 1 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 6 works
  2. 2 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 6 works
  3. 3 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 6 works
  4. 4 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 4 works
  5. 5 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 2 works
  6. 6 Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics Environmental Chemistry 2 works
  7. 7 Geological formations and processes Earth-Surface Processes 2 works
  8. 8 Fire effects on ecosystems Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  9. 9 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  10. 10 Seismology and Earthquake Studies Artificial Intelligence 2 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 available20.6%not open79.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.5%domestic only88.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Denver Federal Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% lower 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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