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Ashkelon Academic College

In research, Ashkelon Academic College stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,964 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,306 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Clinical Psychology and Psychology — Clinical Psychology is 14.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,818
of 28,054 · #16,149 all time
Rank in Israel
#29
of 106
Research works
721
▲ 53% vs 2013–17
Citations
8.8k
12.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Ashkelon Academic College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #1,964 of 10,521 26.9%154 #3094
Social SciencesField #3,306 of 6,365 27.1%79 #4702

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ashkelon Academic College 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).

What does Ashkelon Academic College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Clinical Psychology takes 14.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 35.0 works15×
  2. PsychologyField · 58.1 works8.4×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.35× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.57× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.62× its world share, 22 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.51× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 2.87× its world share, 3 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.93× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.72× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.98× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 8.42× its world share, 58 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.74× its world share, 78 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 8.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ashkelon Academic College?

Ranked on the composite score, Yael Ram, Yitzhak Reiter and Mordechai Chaziza lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ashkelon Academic College.

  1. 1 Yael Ram Israel · #250,942 worldwide 167 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Yitzhak Reiter Israel · #733,620 worldwide 5 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Mordechai Chaziza Israel · #1,012,929 worldwide 6 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Ashkelon Academic College

Which keywords describe research at Ashkelon Academic College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Resilience, Trauma, Social Support, Psychological Impact, Prevalence, Psychological Adjustment and Public Health.

▲ 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 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. Mental Health35▲ 10×26 topics
  2. Resilience13▲ 12×8 topics
  3. Trauma12▲ 27×4 topics
  4. Epidemiology12▲ 1.34×34 topics
  5. Social Support12▲ 9.4×12 topics
  6. Public Health11▲ 3.4×18 topics
  7. Globalization11▲ 2.5×22 topics
  8. Psychological Impact10▲ 13×7 topics
  9. Depression9▲ 4.7×11 topics
  10. Education9▲ 2.3×16 topics
  11. Prevalence8▲ 9.2×9 topics
  12. Human Rights8▲ 3.5×8 topics
  13. Psychological Adjustment8▲ 25×5 topics
  14. Risk Factors8▲ 3.3×12 topics
  15. Health Disparities8▲ 13×4 topics
  16. Anxiety7▲ 6.9×8 topics
  17. Job Satisfaction7▲ 7.4×6 topics
  18. Stress7▲ 8.1×7 topics
  19. Health7▲ 7.3×7 topics
  20. Well-being7▲ 7.8×8 topics
  21. Nationalism6▲ 6.2×7 topics
  22. Coping Strategies6▲ 11×5 topics
  23. Intervention6▲ 67×3 topics
  24. Acculturation6▲ 35×2 topics
  25. Immigrant6▲ 36×2 topics
  26. Adolescents6▲ 6.6×6 topics
  27. Discrimination5▲ 12×4 topics
  28. Israel5▲ 67×2 topics
  29. Integration5▲ 16×1 topic
  30. Refugee5▲ 42×1 topic
  31. Mortality Risk5▲ 9.6×4 topics
  32. Neighborhood Effects5▲ 21×3 topics
  33. Psychological Distress5▲ 9.1×4 topics
  34. Palestine5▲ 39×2 topics
  35. Cognitive Therapy5▲ 20×3 topics
  36. Positive Emotions5▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Ethnic Identity4▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Social Relationships4▲ 22×2 topics
  39. Developmental Trajectories4▲ 16×3 topics
  40. Memory4▲ 7.9×4 topics

Which research topics does Ashkelon Academic College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Migration, Health and Trauma, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research, Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies and Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis.

Migration, Health and Tr…5Migration, Health and Trauma: 5 fractional worksPosttraumatic Stress Dis…4Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research: 4 fractional worksJewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 4 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 4 fractional worksResilience and Mental Health: 3 fractional worksElder Abuse and Neglect: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 3 fractional worksGrief, Bereavement, and …3Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health: 3 fractional worksIntergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving: 3 fractional worksAging and Gerontology Research: 3 fractional works
Clinical PsychologySociology and Political ScienceDemographyNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology

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

  1. 1 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 5 works
  2. 2 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research Clinical Psychology 4 works
  3. 3 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  4. 4 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  5. 5 Resilience and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 3 works
  6. 6 Elder Abuse and Neglect Demography 3 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 3 works
  8. 8 Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 3 works
  9. 9 Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  10. 10 Aging and Gerontology Research Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 3 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 available37.7%not open62.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.5%domestic only87.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ashkelon Academic College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 53% 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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