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Action for Boston Community Development

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Research works
42
▼ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
453
10.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Action for Boston Community Development is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.32× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 4.70× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.50× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.45× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.98× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.44× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Action for Boston Community Development?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Social Justice, Data Mining, Health Promotion, Community Engagement, Mental Health, Environmental Management and Water Framework Directive.

▲ 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 38 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 38 words, with their numbers
  1. Public Health3▲ 6.0×10 topics
  2. Epidemiology3▲ 1.63×18 topics
  3. Mental Health3▲ 5.5×13 topics
  4. Social Justice2▲ 12×3 topics
  5. Data Mining2▲ 12×2 topics
  6. Health Promotion2▲ 19×4 topics
  7. Community Engagement2▲ 17×4 topics
  8. Environmental Management2▲ 19×1 topic
  9. Identity2▲ 6.2×2 topics
  10. Water Framework Directive2▲ 1595×1 topic
  11. Globalization2▲ 2.0×7 topics
  12. Health Outcomes2▲ 17×4 topics
  13. Civic Education2▲ 154×1 topic
  14. Health Equity2▲ 20×3 topics
  15. Physical Activity2▲ 9.7×4 topics
  16. Service-Learning2▲ 260×1 topic
  17. Social Determinants of Health2▲ 16×3 topics
  18. Quality of Life1▲ 2.5×8 topics
  19. Social Support1▲ 7.0×5 topics
  20. Community Health1▲ 20×2 topics
  21. Education1▲ 2.1×4 topics
  22. Ethics1▲ 6.1×3 topics
  23. Global Burden1▲ 5.2×5 topics
  24. Obesity1▲ 3.6×3 topics
  25. Sustainability1▲ 1.59×3 topics
  26. Colonialism1▲ 5.3×2 topics
  27. Gender1▲ 4.6×2 topics
  28. Health Promoting Schools1▲ 126×1 topic
  29. Policy1▲ 15×1 topic
  30. Population Health1▲ 82×1 topic
  31. School Health Promotion1▲ 126×1 topic
  32. Chicano1▲ 160×1 topic
  33. Food Tourism1▲ 89×1 topic
  34. Gastronomy1▲ 89×1 topic
  35. Latino1▲ 160×1 topic
  36. Muscle Regeneration1▲ 68×1 topic
  37. Risk Perception1▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Skeletal Muscle Atrophy1▲ 68×1 topic

Which research topics does Action for Boston Community Development publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Muscle Physiology and Disorders, Legal case studies and regulations, Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies and Community Health and Development.

Muscle Physiology and Di…1Muscle Physiology and Disorders: 1 fractional worksLegal case studies and regulations: 0 fractional worksDiverse Scientific and E…0Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies: 0 fractional worksCommunity Health and Dev…0Community Health and Development: 0 fractional worksUrban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies: 0 fractional worksHomelessness and Social Issues: 0 fractional worksDiabetes Management and …0Diabetes Management and Research: 0 fractional worksHyperglycemia and glycemic control in critically ill and hospitalized patients: 0 fractional worksMedication Adherence and Compliance: 0 fractional worksMigration, Health and Trauma: 0 fractional works
Molecular BiologyPolitical Science and International RelationsEconomics and EconometricsGeneral Health Professions4 others

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

  1. 1 Muscle Physiology and Disorders Molecular Biology 1 works
  2. 2 Legal case studies and regulations Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  3. 3 Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  4. 4 Community Health and Development General Health Professions 0 works
  5. 5 Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  6. 6 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 0 works
  7. 7 Diabetes Management and Research Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 0 works
  8. 8 Hyperglycemia and glycemic control in critically ill and hospitalized patients Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 0 works
  9. 9 Medication Adherence and Compliance Family Practice 0 works
  10. 10 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 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 available44.8%not open55.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.8%domestic only81.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Action for Boston Community Development's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% lower than in 2013–2017.

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