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American Council on Education

In research, American Council on Education stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,861 of 16,945 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,795 of 10,206 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#17,029
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#3,690
of 8,685
Research works
402
▼ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.2k
10.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
10%
world 28%

What is American Council on Education known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #5,861 of 16,945 32.6%306
Social SciencesField #3,795 of 10,206 34.7%219

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where American Council on Education 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 2.71× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.96× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.35× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.21× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.02× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at American Council on Education?

Ranked on the composite score, Alexander W. Astin, Logan Wilson and Peter D. Eckel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is American Council on Education.

  1. 1 Alexander W. Astin United States · #6,861 worldwide 758 citations · 81 works
  2. 2 Logan Wilson United States · #168,043 worldwide 73 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Peter D. Eckel United States · #202,985 worldwide 142 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Judith S. Eaton United States · #248,498 worldwide 68 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 George F. Zook United States · #546,957 worldwide 4 citations · 22 works
  6. 6 Francis J. Brown United States · #1,290,786 worldwide 14 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at American Council on Education

Which keywords describe research at American Council on Education?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Higher Education, Globalization, Neoliberalism, Quality Assurance, Academic Identity, Internationalization, Diversity 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 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. Higher Education66▲ 43×15 topics
  2. Globalization56▲ 7.6×32 topics
  3. Neoliberalism39▲ 27×7 topics
  4. Quality Assurance35▲ 45×2 topics
  5. Academic Identity34▲ 260×1 topic
  6. Internationalization34▲ 135×1 topic
  7. Diversity28▲ 39×6 topics
  8. Student Engagement23▲ 22×9 topics
  9. Educational Inequality20▲ 80×2 topics
  10. Social Justice20▲ 9.7×17 topics
  11. Academic Performance19▲ 67×3 topics
  12. Social Support18▲ 10×4 topics
  13. College Retention17▲ 197×1 topic
  14. First-Generation Students17▲ 197×1 topic
  15. Nationalism16▲ 6.8×7 topics
  16. Public Opinion15▲ 21×4 topics
  17. Education15▲ 2.9×27 topics
  18. Political Philosophy14▲ 32×2 topics
  19. American founding13▲ 45×1 topic
  20. Constitutional government13▲ 45×1 topic
  21. Federalism13▲ 31×2 topics
  22. Lifelong Learning12▲ 20×5 topics
  23. Student Perceptions12▲ 21×6 topics
  24. Employment Patterns11▲ 47×2 topics
  25. Vocational Education11▲ 39×2 topics
  26. Competency-Based Education11▲ 32×2 topics
  27. Student Perception11▲ 54×2 topics
  28. Academic Achievement10▲ 17×8 topics
  29. Career Development10▲ 29×4 topics
  30. Student Retention10▲ 60×1 topic
  31. Training Pathways10▲ 71×1 topic
  32. Reflective Practice9▲ 13×5 topics
  33. Adult Education9▲ 77×2 topics
  34. Informal Learning9▲ 22×2 topics
  35. Prior Learning9▲ 87×1 topic
  36. Recognition9▲ 57×1 topic
  37. Social Science9▲ 41×2 topics
  38. Cultural Competence8▲ 17×5 topics
  39. Academic Freedom8▲ 333×1 topic
  40. Political Bias8▲ 333×1 topic

Which research topics does American Council on Education publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Service-Learning and Community Engagement, Education Systems and Policy, Higher Education Research Studies and Biomedical Ethics and Regulation.

Service-Learning and Community Engagement: 1 fractional worksEducation Systems and Policy: 1 fractional worksHigher Education Research Studies: 1 fractional worksBiomedical Ethics and Regulation: 0 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 0 fractional worksChemotherapy-induced car…0Chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity and mitigation: 0 fractional worksDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies: 0 fractional worksCancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response: 0 fractional worksEducational Robotics and Engineering: 0 fractional worksHuman auditory perception and evaluation: 0 fractional works
EducationPhysiologyMolecular BiologyCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine4 others

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

  1. 1 Service-Learning and Community Engagement Education 1 works
  2. 2 Education Systems and Policy Education 1 works
  3. 3 Higher Education Research Studies Education 1 works
  4. 4 Biomedical Ethics and Regulation Physiology 0 works
  5. 5 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 0 works
  6. 6 Chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity and mitigation Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 0 works
  7. 7 Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  8. 8 Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  9. 9 Educational Robotics and Engineering Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  10. 10 Human auditory perception and evaluation Aerospace Engineering 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 available10.2%not open89.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.8%domestic only96.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has American Council on Education's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% lower 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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