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American Productivity and Quality Center

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Research works
108
▼ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
2k
18.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
14%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: American Productivity and Quality Center 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: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 2.04× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.32× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 1.57× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8.12× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.58× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 8.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at American Productivity and Quality Center?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Organizational Learning, Performance Measurement, Supply Chain Management, Economic Development, Leadership, Employee Development, Performance Improvement and Learning Outcomes.

▲ 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. Organizational Learning8▲ 87×4 topics
  2. Performance Measurement8▲ 39×5 topics
  3. Supply Chain Management8▲ 14×7 topics
  4. Economic Development8▲ 10×6 topics
  5. Sustainability8▲ 3.9×8 topics
  6. Leadership7▲ 19×6 topics
  7. Employee Development6▲ 235×2 topics
  8. Performance Improvement6▲ 187×2 topics
  9. Learning Outcomes6▲ 22×2 topics
  10. Organizational Performance5▲ 32×4 topics
  11. Training Motivation5▲ 377×1 topic
  12. Training Transfer5▲ 377×1 topic
  13. Demographic Transition5▲ 73×2 topics
  14. R&D5▲ 50×2 topics
  15. Knowledge Sharing5▲ 27×5 topics
  16. Human Capital4▲ 30×2 topics
  17. Innovation4▲ 4.3×7 topics
  18. Management Control Systems4▲ 167×1 topic
  19. Strategic Management4▲ 37×1 topic
  20. Institutions4▲ 42×1 topic
  21. Social Capital4▲ 8.6×3 topics
  22. Technology Diffusion4▲ 104×1 topic
  23. Firm Performance4▲ 21×2 topics
  24. Big Data3▲ 5.7×3 topics
  25. Competitive Advantage3▲ 74×2 topics
  26. Lean Manufacturing3▲ 31×2 topics
  27. Risk Assessment3▲ 5.0×3 topics
  28. Corporate Governance3▲ 5.1×3 topics
  29. Knowledge Management3▲ 6.2×6 topics
  30. Strategic Alliances3▲ 27×3 topics
  31. Analytics3▲ 49×1 topic
  32. Business Intelligence3▲ 49×1 topic
  33. Human Resource Management3▲ 28×3 topics
  34. Decision Making3▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Employee Engagement3▲ 25×2 topics
  36. Intrinsic Motivation3▲ 26×2 topics
  37. Motivation3▲ 8.2×2 topics
  38. Technology Transfer3▲ 62×2 topics
  39. Global2▲ 71×1 topic
  40. Talent Management2▲ 89×1 topic

Which research topics does American Productivity and Quality Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Gender Diversity and Inequality, Socioeconomic Development in MENA, Big Data and Business Intelligence and Educational Technology and Assessment.

Gender Diversity and Inequality: 1 fractional worksSocioeconomic Development in MENA: 1 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 1 fractional worksEducational Technology a…1Educational Technology and Assessment: 1 fractional worksPublic Procurement and P…0Public Procurement and Policy: 0 fractional worksManagement and Optimization Techniques: 0 fractional worksOrganizational and Employee Performance: 0 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 0 fractional worksAssistive Technology in Communication and Mobility: 0 fractional worksPineapple and bromelain studies: 0 fractional works
Gender StudiesSociology and Political ScienceManagement Information SystemsInformation Systems5 others

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

  1. 1 Gender Diversity and Inequality Gender Studies 1 works
  2. 2 Socioeconomic Development in MENA Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  3. 3 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 1 works
  4. 4 Educational Technology and Assessment Information Systems 1 works
  5. 5 Public Procurement and Policy Strategy and Management 0 works
  6. 6 Management and Optimization Techniques Strategy and Management 0 works
  7. 7 Organizational and Employee Performance Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  8. 8 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 0 works
  9. 9 Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility Occupational Therapy 0 works
  10. 10 Pineapple and bromelain studies Molecular Biology 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 available14.5%not open85.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.9%domestic only89.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has American Productivity and Quality Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% 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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