North Dakota State University
In research, North Dakota State University stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,602 of 10,670 worldwide), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#520 of 3,157 worldwide) and Engineering (#1,207 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Agronomy and Crop Science, Plant Science and Animal Science and Zoology (Agronomy and Crop Science is 7.1× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #1,948 of 22,385 · #1,909 all time
- Rank in United States
- #377 of 3,332
- Research works
- 18k ▼ 9% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 446k 24.6 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 11.9% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.88× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 28% world 40%
- International
- 12% world 18%
What is North Dakota State University known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical SciencesDomain | #1,602 of 10,670 | 11.2% | 982 | #1521 | |
| Agricultural and Biological SciencesField | #520 of 3,157 | 14.6% | 407 | #743 | |
| EngineeringField | #1,207 of 5,901 | 11.1% | 412 | #1522 | |
| Life SciencesDomain | #1,820 of 6,403 | 12.9% | 642 | #2125 | |
| Plant ScienceSubfield | #376 of 1,317 | 14.2% | 200 | #629 | |
| Health SciencesDomain | #3,084 of 9,902 | 12.3% | 360 | #6385 | |
| Food ScienceSubfield | #187 of 517 | 23.8% | 66 | #608 | |
| MedicineField | #3,228 of 8,541 | 11.3% | 264 | #6270 | |
| Materials ScienceField | #869 of 2,276 | 12.8% | 131 | #1115 | |
| Environmental ScienceField | #1,488 of 3,334 | 12.3% | 166 | #1457 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where North Dakota 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.
- Physical Sciences#1,521 #1,602
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences#743 #520
- Engineering#1,522 #1,207
- Life Sciences#2,125 #1,820
- Plant Science#629 #376
- Health Sciences#6,385 #3,084
- Food Science#608 #187
- Medicine#6,270 #3,228
- Materials Science#1,115 #869
- Environmental Science#1,457 #1,488
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 North Dakota State University work in?
In 2022-now, 41% of research at North Dakota State University is in Physical Sciences, 27% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (17%), Engineering (17%), Medicine (11%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Life Sciences.
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
- Physical Sciences1,09940.6%
- Engineering45216.7%
- Environmental Science1856.8%
- Computer Science1565.8%
- Materials Science1495.5%
- Chemistry531.9%
- Mathematics321.2%
- Physics and Astronomy281.1%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences190.7%
- Energy170.6%
- Chemical Engineering80.3%
- Life Sciences73127.0%
- Social Sciences47417.5%
- Social Sciences1887.0%
- Psychology1174.3%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance562.1%
- Business, Management and Accounting511.9%
- Arts and Humanities371.4%
- Decision Sciences250.9%
- Health Sciences40414.9%
- Medicine30011.1%
- Health Professions612.2%
- Nursing301.1%
- Veterinary130.5%
- Dentistry10.0%
What does North Dakota State University specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Agronomy and Crop Science takes 7.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 45.5 works7.1×
- Plant ScienceSubfield · 227.3 works4.8×
- Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 25.4 works4.3×
- Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 460.3 works3.6×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.58×460 works
- Veterinary3.46×13 works
- Nursing2.23×30 works
- Materials Science1.57×149 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.41×204 works
- Psychology1.41×117 works
- Environmental Science1.37×185 works
- Chemistry1.24×53 works
- Engineering1.11×452 works
- Mathematics0.99×32 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.97×56 works
- Decision Sciences0.96×25 works
- Neuroscience0.92×40 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.90×9 works
- Health Professions0.85×60 works
- Chemical Engineering0.79×8 works
- Computer Science0.74×156 works
- Energy0.68×17 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.65×18 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.59×51 works
- Medicine0.58×300 works
- Social Sciences0.55×188 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.47×28 works
- Arts and Humanities0.47×37 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.46×19 works
- Dentistry0.09×1 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3.6×
- Veterinary 3.5×
- Nursing 2.2×
- Materials Science 1.6×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 1.4×
- Psychology 1.4×
- Environmental Science 1.4×
- Chemistry 1.2×
- Engineering 1.1×
- Mathematics 1.0×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1.0×
- Decision Sciences 1.0×
- Neuroscience 0.9×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.9×
- Health Professions 0.8×
- Chemical Engineering 0.8×
- Computer Science 0.7×
- Energy 0.7×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.7×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.6×
- Medicine 0.6×
- Social Sciences 0.6×
- Physics and Astronomy 0.5×
- Arts and Humanities 0.5×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.5×
- Dentistry 0.1×
Who are the top researchers at North Dakota State University?
Ranked on the quality score, Samiran Banerjee, Kristine J. Steffen and Ned A. Dochtermann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is North Dakota State University.
- 1
Samiran Banerjee
United States · #11,282 worldwide 17k citations · 139 works
- 2
Kristine J. Steffen
United States · #146,908 worldwide 6.1k citations · 145 works
- 3
Ned A. Dochtermann
United States · #147,143 worldwide 5.8k citations · 102 works
- 4
David Westerman
United States · #165,580 worldwide 4.3k citations · 75 works
- 5
Daniel Pemstein
United States · #169,478 worldwide 3.7k citations · 234 works
- 6
Wenjie Xia
United States · #261,201 worldwide 7.6k citations · 242 works
- 7
Bingcan Chen
United States · #271,066 worldwide 11k citations · 206 works
- 8
Wendy Troop‐Gordon
United States · #332,893 worldwide 4.4k citations · 105 works
- 9
Xingyu Wang
United States · #365,338 worldwide 4.5k citations · 243 works
- 10
Zhengping Zhou
United States · #366,187 worldwide 5.5k citations · 74 works
Which keywords describe research at North Dakota State University?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Genome Sequencing, Biomedical Applications, QTL Mapping, Quantitative Trait Loci and Genetic Mapping.
- Breeding
- Transcriptome Analysis
- Drought Resistance
- Plant Breeding
- Disease Resistance
- Fermentation
- Biodegradable Polymers
- Biological Control
- Polyphenols
- Drought Tolerance
- Genetic Mapping
- Phylogenetic Analysis
- QTL Mapping
- Invasive Species
- Genetic Diversity
- Mechanical Properties
- Nanoparticles
- Environmental Impact
- Sustainability
- Machine Learning
- Climate Change
- Deep Learning
- Biomedical Applications
- Oxidative Stress
- Nanocomposites
- Genetics
- Image Processing
- Genome Sequencing
- Health Benefits
- Quantitative Trait Loci
- Fungal Pathogens
- Global Change
- Dairy Cattle
- Lipid Oxidation
- Rheological Properties
- Hydrocolloids
- Host Specificity
- Emulsions
- Genome Analysis
- Energy Balance
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
- Climate Change133▲ 1.81×80 topics
- Machine Learning114▲ 1.26×65 topics
- Deep Learning101◆ 1.08×64 topics
- Sustainability66◆ 0.99×60 topics
- Biomedical Applications64▲ 1.98×28 topics
- Environmental Impact58▲ 1.27×48 topics
- Oxidative Stress53▲ 1.19×51 topics
- Nanoparticles52▲ 1.51×32 topics
- Nanocomposites49▲ 2.3×21 topics
- Mechanical Properties44▲ 1.64×27 topics
- Genetics43▲ 2.2×22 topics
- Genetic Diversity40▲ 3.4×18 topics
- Image Processing36▲ 3.1×10 topics
- Invasive Species36▲ 3.1×21 topics
- Genome Sequencing33▲ 7.7×8 topics
- QTL Mapping30▲ 9.5×6 topics
- Health Benefits30▲ 3.3×14 topics
- Phylogenetic Analysis29▲ 3.5×15 topics
- Quantitative Trait Loci29▲ 19×3 topics
- Genetic Mapping28▲ 13×6 topics
- Fungal Pathogens26▲ 7.4×5 topics
- Drought Tolerance26▲ 6.9×9 topics
- Global Change26▲ 3.6×6 topics
- Polyphenols26▲ 5.4×6 topics
- Dairy Cattle25▲ 18×2 topics
- Biological Control24▲ 5.8×9 topics
- Lipid Oxidation24▲ 8.7×2 topics
- Biodegradable Polymers23▲ 5.0×4 topics
- Rheological Properties23▲ 4.8×5 topics
- Fermentation22▲ 5.9×6 topics
- Hydrocolloids22▲ 10×2 topics
- Disease Resistance21▲ 15×3 topics
- Host Specificity20▲ 6.7×5 topics
- Plant Breeding20▲ 8.1×4 topics
- Emulsions20▲ 10×2 topics
- Drought Resistance20▲ 7.4×4 topics
- Genome Analysis19▲ 7.2×3 topics
- Transcriptome Analysis19▲ 11×3 topics
- Energy Balance18▲ 12×3 topics
- Breeding18▲ 9.0×5 topics
Which research topics does North Dakota State University publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Smart Agriculture and AI, Reproductive Physiology in Livestock, Proteins in Food Systems and Food composition and properties.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 19 works
- 2 Reproductive Physiology in Livestock Agronomy and Crop Science 16 works
- 3 Proteins in Food Systems Food Science 16 works
- 4 Food composition and properties Nutrition and Dietetics 15 works
- 5 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 14 works
- 6 Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics Plant Science 13 works
- 7 Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology Plant Science 12 works
- 8 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 12 works
- 9 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 12 works
- 10 Birth, Development, and Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 12 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has North Dakota State University's research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 9% lower than in 2018-2021.
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 North Dakota State University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.011% in 2024.
Fractional works of North Dakota 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.8% in 2024.
Other research institutions in Fargo
- Neuropsychiatric Research Institute
- Family Healthcare
- Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
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- Dakota Technologies (United States)
- Child Psychopharmacology Institute
- Packet Digital (United States)
- Plains Art Museum
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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