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University of North Dakota

In research, University of North Dakota stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,294 of 12,888 worldwide), Psychology (#221 of 2,181 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,071 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering — Ocean Engineering is 7.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,534
of 28,054 · #1,338 all time
Rank in United States
#242
of 4,192
Research works
14k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
299k
21.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is University of North Dakota 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 #1,294 of 12,888 16.8%1,028 #1227
PsychologyField #221 of 2,181 21.2%117 #351
Social SciencesDomain #1,071 of 10,521 21.4%493 #833
EngineeringField #1,012 of 6,636 15.0%486 #949
Health SciencesDomain #2,658 of 11,982 13.8%423 #2056
MedicineField #2,925 of 10,443 13.2%346 #2460
Computer ScienceField #1,381 of 4,667 25.7%185 #1387
Life SciencesDomain #2,467 of 7,800 16.4%199 #1559
Social SciencesField #2,036 of 6,365 22.8%243 #907
Environmental ScienceField #1,708 of 3,551 14.4%137 #1221

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of North Dakota 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#1,227 #1,294
  2. Psychology#351 #221
  3. Social Sciences#833 #1,071
  4. Engineering#949 #1,012
  5. Health Sciences#2,056 #2,658
  6. Medicine#2,460 #2,925
  7. Computer Science#1,387 #1,381
  8. Life Sciences#1,559 #2,467
  9. Social Sciences#907 #2,036
  10. Environmental Science#1,221 #1,708
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 North Dakota specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ocean Engineering takes 7.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 85.9 works7.7×
← 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: 0.34× its world share, 35 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 96 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.18× its world share, 25 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.17× its world share, 41 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.96× its world share, 7 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.53× its world share, 18 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.11× its world share, 185 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.01× its world share, 68 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.47× its world share, 29 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.51× its world share, 486 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.28× its world share, 137 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.74× its world share, 55 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.59× its world share, 15 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.61× its world share, 29 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.09× its world share, 61 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.84× its world share, 346 worksMedicineNursing: 0.88× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.67× its world share, 42 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.54× its world share, 37 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 23 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.68× its world share, 31 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.79× its world share, 117 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 243 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of North Dakota?

Ranked on the composite score, James E. Mitchell, Steven B. Hawthorne and Lewis W. Oring lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of North Dakota.

  1. 1 James E. Mitchell United States · #24,702 worldwide 720 citations · 110 works
  2. 2 Steven B. Hawthorne United States · #26,885 worldwide 588 citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Lewis W. Oring United States · #28,256 worldwide 1.3k citations · 35 works
  4. 4 Michael J. Hill United States · #61,460 worldwide 577 citations · 104 works
  5. 5 David J. Miller United States · #66,244 worldwide 394 citations · 48 works
  6. 6 Min Wu United States · #69,567 worldwide 477 citations · 70 works
  7. 7 Lu Jin United States · #143,358 worldwide 167 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Sharon C. Wilsnack United States · #149,441 worldwide 187 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Michael Parsons United States · #178,436 worldwide 61 citations · 34 works
  10. 10 Mehdi Ostadhassan United States · #185,372 worldwide 270 citations · 58 works
All ranked researchers at University of North Dakota

Which keywords describe research at University of North Dakota?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Hydraulic Fracturing, CO2 Sequestration, Fracture Propagation, Shale Gas Reservoirs, Deep Learning, Shale Gas and Data Assimilation.

▲ 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 Learning128▲ 1.83×66 topics
  2. Deep Learning98▲ 1.33×59 topics
  3. Epidemiology92◆ 1.09×109 topics
  4. Climate Change66◆ 1.13×69 topics
  5. Mental Health59▲ 1.86×31 topics
  6. Hydraulic Fracturing52▲ 22×2 topics
  7. Nanoparticles51▲ 1.88×31 topics
  8. CO2 Sequestration50▲ 12×4 topics
  9. Inflammation46◆ 1.03×65 topics
  10. Fracture Propagation45▲ 35×1 topic
  11. Shale Gas Reservoirs45▲ 35×1 topic
  12. Renewable Energy43▲ 1.38×34 topics
  13. Optimization34▲ 3.4×14 topics
  14. Shale Gas33▲ 12×2 topics
  15. Vibration Analysis32▲ 5.5×7 topics
  16. Data Assimilation31▲ 9.3×4 topics
  17. Ensemble Kalman Filter30▲ 14×2 topics
  18. Security30▲ 2.1×19 topics
  19. Anomaly Detection29▲ 4.6×5 topics
  20. Rheological Properties29▲ 7.5×4 topics
  21. Drilling Fluids28▲ 24×1 topic
  22. Well Integrity28▲ 24×1 topic
  23. Gas Permeability28▲ 13×2 topics
  24. IoT Security27▲ 4.0×3 topics
  25. Pore Structure27▲ 10×3 topics
  26. Nanopores27▲ 13×2 topics
  27. Mudstones26▲ 16×1 topic
  28. Thermal Maturity26▲ 16×1 topic
  29. Uncertainty Quantification25▲ 14×2 topics
  30. Closed-Loop Control25▲ 25×1 topic
  31. Well Placement25▲ 25×1 topic
  32. Reactive Transport22▲ 19×2 topics
  33. Cybersecurity21▲ 4.1×4 topics
  34. Intrusion Detection19▲ 6.1×3 topics
  35. Carbon Capture18▲ 21×1 topic
  36. Geological Storage18▲ 30×1 topic
  37. Network Security17▲ 6.0×2 topics
  38. Botnet Detection17▲ 6.3×1 topic
  39. DDoS Attacks17▲ 6.3×1 topic
  40. Surfactants15▲ 7.3×5 topics

Which research topics does University of North Dakota publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis, Drilling and Well Engineering, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis and Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods.

Hydraulic Fracturing and…45Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis: 45 fractional worksDrilling and Well Engineering: 28 fractional worksHydrocarbon exploration …26Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis: 26 fractional worksReservoir Engineering an…25Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods: 25 fractional worksCO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions: 18 fractional worksNetwork Security and Intrusion Detection: 17 fractional worksEnhanced Oil Recovery Te…14Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques: 14 fractional worksOil and Gas Production Techniques: 10 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 9 fractional worksInfrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 8 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringOcean EngineeringMechanics of MaterialsEnvironmental Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 45 works
  2. 2 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 28 works
  3. 3 Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis Mechanics of Materials 26 works
  4. 4 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 25 works
  5. 5 CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions Environmental Engineering 18 works
  6. 6 Network Security and Intrusion Detection Computer Networks and Communications 17 works
  7. 7 Enhanced Oil Recovery Techniques Ocean Engineering 14 works
  8. 8 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 10 works
  9. 9 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 9 works
  10. 10 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 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 available28.5%not open71.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.9%domestic only90.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of North Dakota's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% 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.

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