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ACT

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World rank, all time
#36,673
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#7,745
of 8,685
Research works
178
▲ 121% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.9k
33.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
26%
world 28%

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.

Immunology and Microbiology: 1.24× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.53× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 2.34× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 5.57× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 10.50× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.91× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 9.36× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.26× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 10.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at ACT?

Ranked on the composite score, Alex Casillas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is ACT.

  1. 1 Alex Casillas · #420,607 worldwide 125 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at ACT

Which keywords describe research at ACT?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Structural Equation Modeling, Student Engagement, Factor Analysis, Measurement Invariance, Educational Inequality, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance and Motivation.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Structural Equation Modeling17▲ 69×4 topics
  2. Student Engagement17▲ 36×8 topics
  3. Factor Analysis12▲ 593×1 topic
  4. Measurement Invariance12▲ 593×1 topic
  5. Educational Inequality10▲ 90×2 topics
  6. Academic Achievement9▲ 36×6 topics
  7. Machine Learning9▲ 2.3×18 topics
  8. Academic Performance8▲ 66×3 topics
  9. Intelligent Tutoring Systems8▲ 85×2 topics
  10. Motivation8▲ 15×4 topics
  11. Self-Regulation7▲ 25×4 topics
  12. Bayesian Methods7▲ 66×2 topics
  13. Diversity7▲ 21×2 topics
  14. Educational Technology7▲ 5.7×8 topics
  15. Bayesian Networks7▲ 43×3 topics
  16. Affective States6▲ 186×1 topic
  17. Cognitive-Affective Interaction6▲ 186×1 topic
  18. Social Support6▲ 7.7×4 topics
  19. Collaborative Learning6▲ 51×2 topics
  20. Socioeconomic Status6▲ 47×2 topics
  21. Meta-Analysis6▲ 6.2×6 topics
  22. College Retention6▲ 156×1 topic
  23. First-Generation Students6▲ 156×1 topic
  24. Online Learning6▲ 7.0×6 topics
  25. Statistical Methods6▲ 72×3 topics
  26. Gender Differences6▲ 9.8×3 topics
  27. STEM Education5▲ 11×5 topics
  28. Student Achievement5▲ 34×3 topics
  29. Model Selection5▲ 24×3 topics
  30. Personality Traits5▲ 23×5 topics
  31. Regression Analysis5▲ 49×3 topics
  32. Learning Outcomes5▲ 12×6 topics
  33. Sensitivity Analysis5▲ 22×3 topics
  34. Learning Analytics5▲ 39×2 topics
  35. Metacognition5▲ 22×3 topics
  36. Principal Component Analysis5▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Survival Analysis5▲ 9.7×2 topics
  38. Variable Selection5▲ 28×2 topics
  39. Career Development5▲ 29×4 topics
  40. Lasso5▲ 74×1 topic

Which research topics does ACT publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Emotional Intelligence and Performance, Psychometric Methodologies and Testing, Education, Achievement, and Giftedness and Personality Traits and Psychology.

Emotional Intelligence and Performance: 1 fractional worksPsychometric Methodologies and Testing: 1 fractional worksEducation, Achievement, …1Education, Achievement, and Giftedness: 1 fractional worksPersonality Traits and P…1Personality Traits and Psychology: 1 fractional worksMedical Education and Admissions: 0 fractional worksTopic Modeling: 0 fractional worksNatural Language Process…0Natural Language Processing Techniques: 0 fractional worksEarly Childhood Education and Development: 0 fractional worksSocial and Intergroup Psychology: 0 fractional worksDisability Education and Employment: 0 fractional works
Social PsychologyManagement Science and Operations ResearchExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyClinical Psychology5 others

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

  1. 1 Emotional Intelligence and PerformanceSocial Psychology 1 works
  2. 2 Psychometric Methodologies and TestingManagement Science and Operations Research 1 works
  3. 3 Education, Achievement, and GiftednessExperimental and Cognitive Psychology 1 works
  4. 4 Personality Traits and PsychologyClinical Psychology 1 works
  5. 5 Medical Education and AdmissionsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  6. 6 Topic ModelingArtificial Intelligence 0 works
  7. 7 Natural Language Processing TechniquesArtificial Intelligence 0 works
  8. 8 Early Childhood Education and DevelopmentEducation 0 works
  9. 9 Social and Intergroup PsychologySociology and Political Science 0 works
  10. 10 Disability Education and EmploymentSafety Research 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 available25.8%not open74.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.1%domestic only81.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has ACT's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 121% 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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