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Alamo Colleges

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Research works
84
▲ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
645
7.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

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.

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: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 3.40× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 2.39× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 8.40× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.55× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.03× 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, 8.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Alamo Colleges?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: CMOS Technology, Detection, Image Processing, Inorganic Scintillators, Scintillation Detectors, Data Analysis, Israel and Measurement.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 17 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 17 words, with their numbers
  1. CMOS Technology1▲ 67×2 topics
  2. Detection1▲ 18×2 topics
  3. Image Processing1▲ 12×2 topics
  4. Inorganic Scintillators1▲ 165×1 topic
  5. Renewable Energy1▲ 3.5×5 topics
  6. Scintillation Detectors1▲ 165×1 topic
  7. Data Analysis1▲ 16×2 topics
  8. Catalysis1▲ 6.0×1 topic
  9. Israel1▲ 113×1 topic
  10. Measurement1▲ 47×1 topic
  11. Neutron Imaging1▲ 112×1 topic
  12. Optoelectronic1▲ 67×1 topic
  13. Palestine1▲ 68×1 topic
  14. Particle Detectors1▲ 204×1 topic
  15. Silicon Detectors1▲ 204×1 topic
  16. Small-Angle Scattering1▲ 74×1 topic
  17. Zeolites1▲ 110×1 topic

Which research topics does Alamo Colleges publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies, Nuclear Physics and Applications, Particle Detector Development and Performance and Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies.

Radiation Detection and …1Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies: 1 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Appl…1Nuclear Physics and Applications: 1 fractional worksParticle Detector Develo…1Particle Detector Development and Performance: 1 fractional worksJewish and Middle Easter…1Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 1 fractional worksZeolite Catalysis and Sy…1Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Measurement and…1Advanced Measurement and Detection Methods: 1 fractional worksAtomic and Subatomic Physics Research: 1 fractional worksLaser Design and Applications: 1 fractional worksEducational Methods and Outcomes: 0 fractional worksUltrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation: 0 fractional works
RadiationNuclear and High Energy PhysicsSociology and Political ScienceInorganic Chemistry4 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 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 1 works
  3. 3 Particle Detector Development and Performance Nuclear and High Energy Physics 1 works
  4. 4 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  5. 5 Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis Inorganic Chemistry 1 works
  6. 6 Advanced Measurement and Detection Methods Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  8. 8 Laser Design and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Educational Methods and Outcomes Education 0 works
  10. 10 Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation Mechanics of Materials 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Alamo Colleges's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% 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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