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Antelope Valley College

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Research works
100
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
790
7.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Antelope Valley College

Not ranked overall: Antelope Valley College is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Antelope Valley College work in?

In all years, 45% of research at Antelope Valley College is in Social Sciences, 40% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (28%), Engineering (13%), Arts and Humanities (10%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 45 fractional works · 45.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 29 fractional works · 28.4% of its workEducation: 10 fractional works · 9.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 6.2% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 10 fractional works · 10.1% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 40 fractional works · 40.0% of its workEngineering: 13 fractional works · 13.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArchitecture: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 fractional works · 9.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 4 fractional works · 4.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 9.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 7.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 7.0% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAntelope ValleyCollege100fractional works, all years
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences40%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences45%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2928.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities1010.1%
    3. Psychology43.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting11.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.4%
    1. Engineering1313.4%
    2. Physics and Astronomy109.5%
    3. Computer Science99.4%
    4. Environmental Science54.9%
    5. Materials Science11.1%
    6. Chemical Engineering10.6%
    7. Chemistry00.4%
    8. Energy00.3%
    9. Mathematics00.3%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences44.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.7%
    3. Neuroscience10.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Medicine55.0%
    2. Health Professions21.9%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
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: 1.73× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.73× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.31× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.59× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.66× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 3.24× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.26× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.21× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.24×2 works
  2. Environmental Science2.31×2 works
  3. Psychology2.21×1 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.73×2 works
  5. Engineering1.73×5 works
  6. Dentistry1.66×0 works
  7. Mathematics1.59×0 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.26×0 works
  9. Social Sciences0.93×2 works
  10. Health Professions0.91×0 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.76×1 works
  12. Computer Science0.53×1 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.48×0 works
  14. Medicine0.44×2 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.42×0 works
  16. Neuroscience0.19×0 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.19×0 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.15×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Antelope Valley College?

Ranked on the quality score, Michael W. Pesses, Kathleen M. Neitzert and Zia Nisani lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Antelope Valley College.

  1. 1 Michael W. Pesses United States · #2,477,450 worldwide 72 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Kathleen M. Neitzert United States · #2,722,204 worldwide 53 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Zia Nisani United States · #3,725,576 worldwide 391 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Joseph Towe United States · #4,063,545 worldwide 9 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Claude Gratton United States · #5,099,463 worldwide 181 citations · 56 works
All ranked researchers at Antelope Valley College

What are the most cited papers from Antelope Valley College?

The most cited paper from Antelope Valley College is "DISCOVERIES FROM A NEAR-INFRARED PROPER MOTION SURVEY USING MULTI-EPOCH TWO MICRON ALL-SKY SURVEY DATA" (J. Davy Kirkpatrick, Dagny L. Looper, Adam J. Burgasser et al., 2010), with 319 citations. Next come "Influences of tool pin profile and axial force on the formation of friction stir processing zone in AA6061 aluminium alloy" (291) and "Lifestyle Medicine: A Brief Review of Its Dramatic Impact on Health and Survival" (257).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 DISCOVERIES FROM A NEAR-INFRARED PROPER MOTION SURVEY USING MULTI-EPOCH TWO MICRON ALL-SKY SURVEY DATA J. Davy Kirkpatrick, Dagny L. Looper, Adam J. Burgasser et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series Open access 27 Aug 2010 319
2 Influences of tool pin profile and axial force on the formation of friction stir processing zone in AA6061 aluminium alloy K. Elangovan, Vaidheyar Raman Balasubramanian, M. Valliappan · The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 18 Dec 2007 291
3 Lifestyle Medicine: A Brief Review of Its Dramatic Impact on Health and Survival Balazs Imre Bodai et al. · The Permanente Journal Open access 20 Sep 2017 257
4 Discovery of a Very Young Field L Dwarf, 2MASS J01415823−4633574 J. Davy Kirkpatrick, Travis Barman, Adam J. Burgasser et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access 6 Mar 2006 227
5 Discovery of Two Nearby Peculiar L Dwarfs from the 2MASS Proper‐Motion Survey: Young or Metal‐Rich? Dagny L. Looper, J. Davy Kirkpatrick, Roc M. Cutri et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Open access 7 Oct 2008 168
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Antelope Valley College?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Education, Literature, Ethics, Globalization, Culture, Quantum Gravity and Colonialism.

▲ 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. Education6▲ 5.0×11 topics
  2. Globalization6▲ 3.3×15 topics
  3. Identity6▲ 7.9×12 topics
  4. Literature5▲ 10×9 topics
  5. Ethics4▲ 9.1×5 topics
  6. Culture4▲ 8.2×7 topics
  7. Quantum Gravity4▲ 30×3 topics
  8. Colonialism4▲ 7.0×6 topics
  9. Gender3▲ 5.9×8 topics
  10. Neoliberalism3▲ 8.8×6 topics
  11. Perception3▲ 40×2 topics
  12. Truth3▲ 67×2 topics
  13. History3▲ 3.8×5 topics
  14. Nationalism3▲ 4.9×5 topics
  15. STEM Education3▲ 10×4 topics
  16. Student Engagement3▲ 11×4 topics
  17. Ethnicity3▲ 9.0×5 topics
  18. Dark Energy2▲ 31×2 topics
  19. Pedagogy2▲ 7.3×4 topics
  20. Black Holes2▲ 16×3 topics
  21. Academic Libraries2▲ 50×3 topics
  22. Postcolonialism2▲ 21×6 topics
  23. Academic Performance2▲ 30×2 topics
  24. Diversity2▲ 12×2 topics
  25. Feminism2▲ 8.4×5 topics
  26. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 7.3×4 topics
  27. Cosmic Microwave Background2▲ 29×1 topic
  28. Cosmological Parameters2▲ 29×1 topic
  29. Dark Matter2▲ 11×3 topics
  30. Discourse Analysis2▲ 8.7×2 topics
  31. Field Theories2▲ 29×1 topic
  32. Holographic2▲ 29×1 topic
  33. Neuroscience2▲ 6.4×3 topics
  34. Supernovae2▲ 20×2 topics
  35. Biopolitics2▲ 34×2 topics
  36. Belief2▲ 105×1 topic
  37. College Retention2▲ 86×1 topic
  38. First-Generation Students2▲ 86×1 topic
  39. Knowledge2▲ 75×1 topic
  40. Teaching Strategies2▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Antelope Valley College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies, Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy, Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures and Comics and Graphic Narratives.

Leadership, Courage, and…1Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies: 1 fractional worksEducator Training and Hi…1Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy: 1 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 1 fractional worksComics and Graphic Narra…1Comics and Graphic Narratives: 1 fractional worksExperimental Learning in…1Experimental Learning in Engineering: 1 fractional worksBryophyte Studies and Records: 0 fractional worksLichen and fungal ecology: 0 fractional worksUrban Planning and Gover…0Urban Planning and Governance: 0 fractional worksAmerican Environmental and Regional History: 0 fractional worksFlexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: 0 fractional works
Social PsychologySociology and Political ScienceCivil and Structural EngineeringVisual Arts and Performing Arts5 others

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

  1. 1 Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies Social Psychology 1 works
  2. 2 Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  3. 3 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Comics and Graphic Narratives Visual Arts and Performing Arts 1 works
  5. 5 Experimental Learning in Engineering Media Technology 1 works
  6. 6 Bryophyte Studies and Records Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  7. 7 Lichen and fungal ecology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  8. 8 Urban Planning and Governance Urban Studies 0 works
  9. 9 American Environmental and Regional History Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  10. 10 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems Industrial and Manufacturing 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 available34.4%not open65.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.0%domestic only89.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Antelope Valley College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% 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 Antelope Valley College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00010% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Antelope Valley College0.00012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Antelope Valley College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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