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Achva Academic College

In research, Achva Academic College stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,342 of 9,585 worldwide), Psychology (#922 of 2,121 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,210 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Developmental and Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychology (Developmental and Educational Psychology is 15.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,862
of 22,385 · #8,452 all time
Rank in Israel
#27
of 87
Research works
666
▲ 69% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.5k
11.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Achva Academic College

What is Achva Academic College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #3,342 of 9,585 16.8%184 #4315
PsychologyField #922 of 2,121 16.2%69 #1538
Social SciencesField #3,210 of 5,988 18.9%100 #3775

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Achva Academic College 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.

  1. Social Sciences#4,315 #3,342
  2. Psychology#1,538 #922
  3. Social Sciences#3,775 #3,210
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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 Achva Academic College work in?

In 2022-now, 71% of research at Achva Academic College is in Social Sciences, 12% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (39%), Psychology (26%), Medicine (7%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 206 fractional works · 71.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 113 fractional works · 39.0% of its workEducation: 59 fractional works · 20.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 25 fractional works · 8.6% of its workSafety Research: 6 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 74 fractional works · 25.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 35 fractional works · 12.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 20 fractional works · 7.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 11 fractional works · 3.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 11 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPhilosophy: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 36 fractional works · 12.5% of its workMedicine: 20 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 16 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 12 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 24 fractional works · 8.2% of its workNeuroscience: 10 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 9 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 24 fractional works · 8.1% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 4.1% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAchva AcademicCollege289fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences71%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences11339.0%
    2. Psychology7425.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities114.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting31.0%
    5. Decision Sciences20.8%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.7%
    1. Medicine206.8%
    2. Health Professions165.5%
    3. Nursing10.2%
    1. Neuroscience103.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences72.6%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology51.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Computer Science124.1%
    2. Environmental Science41.4%
    3. Engineering31.2%
    4. Mathematics20.6%
    5. Materials Science20.5%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Achva Academic College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Developmental and Educational Psychology takes 15.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Developmental and Educational PsychologySubfield · 20.2 works15×
  2. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 34.5 works11×
  3. PsychologyField · 74.4 works8.5×
  4. EducationSubfield · 58.7 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: 0.55× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.16× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.53× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.08× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.37× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 8.46× its world share, 74 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.08× its world share, 113 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 8.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology8.46×74 works
  2. Social Sciences3.08×113 works
  3. Neuroscience2.16×10 works
  4. Health Professions2.08×16 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.37×12 works
  6. Decision Sciences0.82×2 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.55×8 works
  8. Computer Science0.53×12 works
  9. Mathematics0.50×2 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.44×0 works
  11. Nursing0.39×1 works
  12. Medicine0.35×20 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.32×5 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.32×2 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.31×3 works
  16. Environmental Science0.29×4 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.21×1 works
  18. Materials Science0.15×2 works
  19. Engineering0.08×3 works
  20. Chemistry0.07×0 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.07×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Achva Academic College?

Ranked on the quality score, Orit Avidov‐Ungar, Orna Levin and Rivi Frei-Landau lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Achva Academic College.

  1. 1 Orit Avidov‐Ungar Israel · #195,763 worldwide 1.2k citations · 91 works
  2. 2 Orna Levin Israel · #276,095 worldwide 398 citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Rivi Frei-Landau Israel · #321,557 worldwide 491 citations · 32 works
  4. 4 Aref Abu‐Gweder Israel · #399,648 worldwide 91 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Yulia Muchnik-Rozanov Israel · #441,061 worldwide 459 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Pninit Russo‐Netzer Israel · #860,907 worldwide 1.1k citations · 76 works
  7. 7 Orit Avidov Ungar Israel · #1,576,217 worldwide 162 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Heidi Flavian Israel · #1,610,279 worldwide 248 citations · 58 works
  9. 9 Jonathan Guez Israel · #2,201,831 worldwide 2.3k citations · 66 works
  10. 10 Erez C. Miller Israel · #2,221,987 worldwide 142 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Achva Academic College

What are the most cited papers from Achva Academic College?

The most cited paper from Achva Academic College is "Solubilities of -glutamic acid, 3-nitrobenzoic acid, -toluic acid, calcium- -lactate, calcium gluconate, magnesium- -aspartate, and magnesium- -lactate in water" (Emanuel Manzurola, Alexander Apelblat, 2002), with 547 citations. Next come "Culture-Level Dimensions of Social Axioms and Their Correlates across 41 Cultures" (496) and "Going Global: Developing Management Students' Cultural Intelligence and Global Identity in Culturally Diverse Virtual Teams" (300).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Solubilities of -glutamic acid, 3-nitrobenzoic acid, -toluic acid, calcium- -lactate, calcium gluconate, magnesium- -aspartate, and magnesium- -lactate in water Emanuel Manzurola, Alexander Apelblat · The Journal of Chemical Thermodynamics Jul 2002 547
2 Culture-Level Dimensions of Social Axioms and Their Correlates across 41 Cultures Michael Harris Bond et al. · Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology Open access Sep 2004 496
3 Going Global: Developing Management Students' Cultural Intelligence and Global Identity in Culturally Diverse Virtual Teams Miriam Erez, Alon Lisak, Raveh Harush et al. · Academy of Management Learning and Education Jun 2013 300
4 Attachment-Based Family Therapy for Adolescents with Suicidal Ideation: A Randomized Controlled Trial Guy S. Diamond, Matthew B. Wintersteen, Gregory K. Brown et al. · Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Feb 2010 292
5 Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israelensis and Its Dipteran-Specific Toxins Yair Ben‐Dov · Toxins Open access 28 Mar 2014 268
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Achva Academic College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Education, Resilience, Technology Integration, Educational Technology, Well-being, Reflective Practice and Student Engagement.

▲ 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-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
  1. Mental Health30▲ 7.2×22 topics
  2. Education25▲ 5.1×24 topics
  3. Educational Technology18▲ 5.2×13 topics
  4. Resilience17▲ 12×8 topics
  5. Technology Integration15▲ 16×8 topics
  6. Well-being14▲ 12×10 topics
  7. Reflective Practice12▲ 23×7 topics
  8. Meta-Analysis12▲ 6.8×8 topics
  9. Student Engagement11▲ 9.7×11 topics
  10. Coping Strategies10▲ 14×4 topics
  11. Professional Development10▲ 17×9 topics
  12. 21st Century Skills10▲ 12×4 topics
  13. E-Learning10▲ 3.5×8 topics
  14. Online Learning10▲ 4.1×8 topics
  15. Self-Regulation10▲ 18×4 topics
  16. Teacher Professional Development9▲ 20×3 topics
  17. Child Development9▲ 7.8×6 topics
  18. Depression9▲ 3.5×9 topics
  19. Neuroscience9▲ 9.8×11 topics
  20. Psychological Impact9▲ 9.5×5 topics
  21. Motivation9▲ 7.2×7 topics
  22. Teacher Training8▲ 4.6×9 topics
  23. Professional Learning Communities8▲ 53×2 topics
  24. Anxiety8▲ 5.5×8 topics
  25. Educational Leadership8▲ 20×2 topics
  26. Language Development7▲ 20×5 topics
  27. Psychological Resilience7▲ 28×2 topics
  28. Psychological Adjustment7▲ 17×5 topics
  29. Student Satisfaction7▲ 13×2 topics
  30. Qualitative Research Methods7▲ 58×1 topic
  31. Teacher Identity7▲ 60×1 topic
  32. Teaching Strategies7▲ 8.4×2 topics
  33. Critical Thinking Skills7▲ 13×1 topic
  34. Instructional Interventions7▲ 30×1 topic
  35. Trauma6▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Academic Achievement6▲ 13×6 topics
  37. Positive Emotions6▲ 19×2 topics
  38. Israel6▲ 63×2 topics
  39. Caregiver Well-Being6▲ 39×1 topic
  40. Parenting Stress6▲ 30×1 topic

Which research topics does Achva Academic College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Teacher Education and Leadership Studies, Education and Critical Thinking Development, Family and Disability Support Research and Early Childhood Education and Development.

Teacher Education and Le…7Teacher Education and Leadership Studies: 7 fractional worksEducation and Critical T…7Education and Critical Thinking Development: 7 fractional worksFamily and Disability Support Research: 6 fractional worksEarly Childhood Education and Development: 5 fractional worksGrief, Bereavement, and Mental Health: 4 fractional worksResilience and Mental Health: 4 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 4 fractional worksInnovative Teaching and …4Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods: 4 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learning: 4 fractional worksJewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 4 fractional works
EducationClinical PsychologyDevelopmental and Educational PsychologySociology and Political Science

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

  1. 1 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 7 works
  2. 2 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 7 works
  3. 3 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 6 works
  4. 4 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 5 works
  5. 5 Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 4 works
  6. 6 Resilience and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 4 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 4 works
  8. 8 Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods Developmental and Educational Psychology 4 works
  9. 9 Online and Blended Learning Education 4 works
  10. 10 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 4 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 available39.6%not open60.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.7%domestic only89.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Achva Academic College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 69% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020052010201520202025
grewheldshrank

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 Achva Academic College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0014% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Achva Academic College0.0011% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Achva Academic College 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.

still counting10%20%30%Achva Academic College21.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.8% in 2025.

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