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Achieving the Dream

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Research works
6
▲ 20% vs 2018-21
Citations
26
4.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
47%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Achieving the Dream

Not ranked overall: Achieving the Dream is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Achieving the Dream work in?

In all years, 100% of research at Achieving the Dream is in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (81%), Decision Sciences (17%), Psychology (2%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 6 fractional works · 100.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 81.5% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 73.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 16.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 8.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workALL ITS WORKAchieving theDream6fractional works, all years
Social Sciences100%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 1 domains and 3 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences581.5%
    2. Decision Sciences116.7%
    3. Psychology01.8%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What are the most cited papers from Achieving the Dream?

The most cited paper from Achieving the Dream is "Academic Advising as a Catalyst for Equity" (Julia Lawton, 2018), with 14 citations. Next come "Leadership Matters: Addressing the Student Success and Completion Agenda" (11) and "Closing the Academic and Equity Gaps: How Achieving the Dream Redefined Assessment" (7).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Academic Advising as a Catalyst for Equity Julia Lawton · New Directions for Higher Education 23 Oct 2018 14
2 Leadership Matters: Addressing the Student Success and Completion Agenda Byron N. McClenney · New Directions for Community Colleges Dec 2013 11
3 Closing the Academic and Equity Gaps: How Achieving the Dream Redefined Assessment Vasti Torres, Linda Serra Hagedorn, Laurie T. Heacock · New Directions for Institutional Research Open access Mar 2018 7
4 Strengthening Program Pathways Through Transformative Change Lenore P. Rodicio, Susan M. Mayer, Davis Jenkins · New Directions for Community Colleges Sep 2014 4
5 Emphasizing equity amid transformational change at community colleges C. Ryan Knight · New Directions for Community Colleges Jun 2023 2
All 11 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Achieving the Dream publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Higher Education Research Studies, Higher Education Practises and Engagement and Evaluation of Teaching Practices.

Higher Education Researc…1Higher Education Research Studies: 1 fractional worksHigher Education Practises and Engagement: 0 fractional worksEvaluation of Teaching Practices: 0 fractional works
Education

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

  1. 1 Higher Education Research Studies Education 1 works
  2. 2 Higher Education Practises and Engagement Education 0 works
  3. 3 Evaluation of Teaching Practices Education 0 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 available47.2%not open52.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.3%domestic only91.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Achieving the Dream's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 20% higher than in 2018-2021.

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