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Alamo Colleges

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Research works
84
▲ 151% vs 2018-21
Citations
645
7.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
48%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%
Alamo Colleges

Not ranked overall: Alamo Colleges 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 Alamo Colleges work in?

In 2022-now, 66% of research at Alamo Colleges is in Physical Sciences, 17% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (34%), Physics and Astronomy (17%), Medicine (13%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 66.2% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 33.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 12.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 6.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 17.5% of its workRadiation: 2 fractional works · 8.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 5.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 16.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 12.5% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 15.8% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 12.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAlamo Colleges27fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences66%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences17%

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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering933.5%
    2. Physics and Astronomy517.5%
    3. Computer Science15.1%
    4. Chemistry15.0%
    5. Environmental Science12.5%
    6. Materials Science12.5%
    1. Social Sciences312.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities12.5%
    3. Psychology01.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.6%
    1. Medicine312.7%
    2. Health Professions13.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
    3. Neuroscience00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 3.18× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 2.24× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 7.87× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.19× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.66× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 7.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy7.87×5 works
  2. Chemistry3.18×1 works
  3. Engineering2.24×9 works
  4. Health Professions1.19×1 works
  5. Social Sciences0.99×3 works
  6. Arts and Humanities0.87×1 works
  7. Materials Science0.72×1 works
  8. Computer Science0.66×1 works
  9. Medicine0.66×3 works
  10. Environmental Science0.50×1 works
  11. Psychology0.41×0 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.29×0 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.12×0 works
  14. Neuroscience0.09×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Alamo Colleges?

Ranked on the quality score, Judy Carmick lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Alamo Colleges.

  1. 1 Judy Carmick United States · #2,866,103 worldwide 426 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Alamo Colleges

What are the most cited papers from Alamo Colleges?

The most cited paper from Alamo Colleges is "A phase 1, randomized, placebo-controlled, 3-day, dose-ranging study of GS-5885, an NS5A inhibitor, in patients with genotype 1 hepatitis C" (Eric Lawitz, Daniel Gruener, John M. Hill et al., 2012), with 158 citations. Next come "The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity" (157) and "CYP2D6 Inhibition by Fluoxetine, Paroxetine, Sertraline, and Venlafaxine in a Crossover Study: Intraindividual Variability and Plasma Concentration Correlations" (134).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A phase 1, randomized, placebo-controlled, 3-day, dose-ranging study of GS-5885, an NS5A inhibitor, in patients with genotype 1 hepatitis C Eric Lawitz, Daniel Gruener, John M. Hill et al. · Journal of Hepatology 5 Feb 2012 158
2 The Deepest Well: Healing the Long-Term Effects of Childhood Adversity Melvin M. Belsky · The Permanente Journal Open access 22 Feb 2019 157
3 CYP2D6 Inhibition by Fluoxetine, Paroxetine, Sertraline, and Venlafaxine in a Crossover Study: Intraindividual Variability and Plasma Concentration Correlations Cam L. Alfaro, Y. W. Francis Lam, Joseph R. Simpson et al. · The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology 2000 134
4 Language minority children's linguistic and cognitive creativity Carolyn Kessler, Mary Ellen Quinn · Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 1987 85
5 CYP2D6 Inhibition by Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors: Analysis of Achievable Steady‐State Plasma Concentrations and the Effect of Ultrarapid Metabolism at CYP2D6 Y. W. Francis Lam, Andrea Gaedigk, Larry Ereshefsky et al. · Pharmacotherapy The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy Aug 2002 79
All 64 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Alamo Colleges?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Detection, CMOS Technology, Discrimination, Image Processing, Inorganic Scintillators, Scintillation Detectors, Health Effects and Data Analysis.

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

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Detection1▲ 19×2 topics
  2. CMOS Technology1▲ 62×2 topics
  3. Discrimination1▲ 24×2 topics
  4. Image Processing1▲ 11×2 topics
  5. Inorganic Scintillators1▲ 157×1 topic
  6. Public Health1▲ 3.3×7 topics
  7. Renewable Energy1▲ 3.3×5 topics
  8. Scintillation Detectors1▲ 157×1 topic
  9. Health Effects1▲ 7.4×4 topics
  10. Data Analysis1▲ 16×2 topics
  11. Catalysis1▲ 5.6×1 topic
  12. Israel1▲ 112×1 topic
  13. Measurement1▲ 46×1 topic
  14. Neutron Imaging1▲ 116×1 topic
  15. Optoelectronic1▲ 66×1 topic
  16. Palestine1▲ 69×1 topic
  17. Particle Detectors1▲ 196×1 topic
  18. Silicon Detectors1▲ 196×1 topic
  19. Small-Angle Scattering1▲ 73×1 topic
  20. Zeolites1▲ 100×1 topic

Which research topics does Alamo Colleges publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies, Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis, Nuclear Physics and Applications and Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies.

Radiation Detection and …1Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies: 1 fractional worksZeolite Catalysis and Sy…1Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis: 1 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Appl…1Nuclear Physics and Applications: 1 fractional worksJewish and Middle Easter…1Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Measurement and…1Advanced Measurement and Detection Methods: 1 fractional worksParticle Detector Develo…1Particle Detector Development and Performance: 1 fractional worksLaser Design and Applications: 1 fractional worksAtomic and Subatomic Physics Research: 1 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Malware Detection Techniques: 0 fractional works
RadiationInorganic ChemistrySociology and Political ScienceElectrical and Electronic Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies Radiation 1 works
  2. 2 Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis Inorganic Chemistry 1 works
  3. 3 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 1 works
  4. 4 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  5. 5 Advanced Measurement and Detection Methods Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Particle Detector Development and Performance Nuclear and High Energy Physics 1 works
  7. 7 Laser Design and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  9. 9 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  10. 10 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 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 available47.8%not open52.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.4%domestic only94.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Alamo Colleges's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 151% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Alamo Colleges as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000044% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Alamo Colleges0.000053% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Alamo Colleges over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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