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University of Colorado Colorado Springs

In research, University of Colorado Colorado Springs stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,927 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,566 of 10,521 worldwide) and Computer Science (#1,259 of 4,667 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Chemistry and Geophysics — Environmental Chemistry is 7.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,894
of 28,054 · #2,243 all time
Rank in United States
#548
of 4,192
Research works
8.2k
▲ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
173k
21.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
22%
world 28%

What is University of Colorado Colorado Springs 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 #2,927 of 12,888 9.3%675 #1822
Social SciencesDomain #2,566 of 10,521 16.1%527 #917
Computer ScienceField #1,259 of 4,667 13.2%257 #718
Social SciencesField #2,186 of 6,365 20.2%213 #1011
Health SciencesDomain #4,693 of 11,982 11.9%173 #2867
PsychologyField #1,129 of 2,181 13.6%162 #492
MedicineField #5,633 of 10,443 11.1%125 #5536
Artificial IntelligenceSubfield #1,020 of 1,884 17.6%69 #923
EngineeringField #3,905 of 6,636 8.0%154 #1970
Life SciencesDomain #5,095 of 7,800 14.3%103 #8003

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Colorado Colorado Springs 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#1,822 #2,927
  2. Social Sciences#917 #2,566
  3. Computer Science#718 #1,259
  4. Social Sciences#1,011 #2,186
  5. Health Sciences#2,867 #4,693
  6. Psychology#492 #1,129
  7. Medicine#5,536 #5,633
  8. Artificial Intelligence#923 #1,020
  9. Engineering#1,970 #3,905
  10. Life Sciences#8,003 #5,095
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 University of Colorado Colorado Springs specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Chemistry takes 7.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ChemistrySubfield · 24.2 works7.5×
  2. GeophysicsSubfield · 34.7 works6.7×
← 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: 0.25× its world share, 18 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.63× its world share, 50 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.33× its world share, 32 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.36× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.24× its world share, 257 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.21× its world share, 51 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.70× its world share, 154 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.67× its world share, 49 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.34× its world share, 18 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 4.34× its world share, 76 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.78× its world share, 59 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.98× its world share, 38 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.44× its world share, 125 worksMedicineNursing: 0.61× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.35× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.11× its world share, 47 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.09× its world share, 52 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.06× its world share, 30 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.73× its world share, 23 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.60× its world share, 162 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.14× its world share, 213 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Colorado Colorado Springs?

Ranked on the composite score, Tom Pyszczynski, Jay Coakley and Gregory L. Plett lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Colorado Colorado Springs.

  1. 1 Tom Pyszczynski United States · #7,886 worldwide 1.6k citations · 63 works
  2. 2 Jay Coakley United States · #58,628 worldwide 380 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Gregory L. Plett United States · #86,447 worldwide 567 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Terrance E. Boult United States · #91,787 worldwide 568 citations · 83 works
  5. 5 R. E. Camley United States · #96,434 worldwide 432 citations · 66 works
  6. 6 J. Daniel Couger United States · #108,629 worldwide 265 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Raphael Sassower United States · #135,406 worldwide 92 citations · 50 works
  8. 8 Robert A. Nathan United States · #174,976 worldwide 123 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Edith Greene United States · #176,604 worldwide 189 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Sandy K. Wurtele United States · #189,352 worldwide 155 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at University of Colorado Colorado Springs

Which keywords describe research at University of Colorado Colorado Springs?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Anomaly Detection, IoT Security, Anaerobic, Methane Oxidation and Teaching Methods.

▲ 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 Learning78▲ 1.62×58 topics
  2. Deep Learning76▲ 1.51×58 topics
  3. Mental Health66▲ 3.0×35 topics
  4. Neural Networks32▲ 1.40×28 topics
  5. Security30▲ 3.1×20 topics
  6. Anomaly Detection29▲ 6.6×5 topics
  7. IoT Security27▲ 5.6×3 topics
  8. Resilience26▲ 3.6×13 topics
  9. Microbial Communities25▲ 4.0×5 topics
  10. Big Data25▲ 1.87×18 topics
  11. Depression25▲ 1.91×16 topics
  12. Anaerobic23▲ 22×1 topic
  13. Methane Oxidation23▲ 19×1 topic
  14. Cybersecurity22▲ 6.3×5 topics
  15. Meta-Analysis21▲ 2.4×15 topics
  16. Social Support21▲ 2.5×14 topics
  17. Teaching Methods20▲ 9.7×5 topics
  18. Game Theory20▲ 7.7×4 topics
  19. Psychological Impact18▲ 3.8×6 topics
  20. Tomography18▲ 6.7×2 topics
  21. Mathematics Education18▲ 26×2 topics
  22. Security Analysis18▲ 6.8×4 topics
  23. Ionospheric Anomalies17▲ 30×1 topic
  24. Seismic Electromagnetics17▲ 30×1 topic
  25. Seismic Noise17▲ 24×1 topic
  26. Surface Wave17▲ 24×1 topic
  27. Distributed Systems17▲ 6.8×6 topics
  28. Data Science16▲ 10×2 topics
  29. Firm Performance16▲ 5.9×3 topics
  30. Cultural Transmission16▲ 14×4 topics
  31. Behavioral Analysis15▲ 8.7×2 topics
  32. Historical Sources15▲ 58×1 topic
  33. Mathematical Concepts15▲ 58×1 topic
  34. Emotion15▲ 4.8×9 topics
  35. Psychometric Evaluation14▲ 10×2 topics
  36. Predictive Analytics13▲ 8.0×2 topics
  37. Analytics13▲ 9.1×1 topic
  38. Business Intelligence13▲ 9.1×1 topic
  39. Approximation Algorithms12▲ 12×4 topics
  40. Fault Localization11▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does University of Colorado Colorado Springs publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, Seismic Waves and Analysis, Earthquake Detection and Analysis and History and Theory of Mathematics.

Methane Hydrates and Rel…23Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena: 23 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis17Seismic Waves and Analysis: 17 fractional worksEarthquake Detection and…17Earthquake Detection and Analysis: 17 fractional worksHistory and Theory of Ma…15History and Theory of Mathematics: 15 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 13 fractional worksSoftware System Performance and Reliability: 11 fractional worksNetwork Security and Int…11Network Security and Intrusion Detection: 11 fractional worksAdvanced Malware Detecti…11Advanced Malware Detection Techniques: 11 fractional worksInformation and Cyber Se…10Information and Cyber Security: 10 fractional worksPosttraumatic Stress Dis…8Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: 8 fractional works
Environmental ChemistryGeophysicsTheoretical Computer ScienceManagement Information Systems4 others

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

  1. 1 Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena Environmental Chemistry 23 works
  2. 2 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 17 works
  3. 3 Earthquake Detection and Analysis Geophysics 17 works
  4. 4 History and Theory of Mathematics Theoretical Computer Science 15 works
  5. 5 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 13 works
  6. 6 Software System Performance and Reliability Computer Networks and Communications 11 works
  7. 7 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 11 works
  8. 8 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 11 works
  9. 9 Information and Cyber Security Information Systems 10 works
  10. 10 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 8 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 available22.4%not open77.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.8%domestic only89.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Colorado Colorado Springs's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% 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.

Other research institutions in Colorado Springs

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.