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Association of American Colleges and Universities

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World rank, all time
#17,734
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#3,854
of 8,685
Research works
159
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.8k
17.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
23%
world 28%

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: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 1.32× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 1.70× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 8.82× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.49× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.76× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 8.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Association of American Colleges and Universities?

Ranked on the composite score, Carol Geary Schneider lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Association of American Colleges and Universities.

  1. 1 Carol Geary Schneider United States · #260,301 worldwide 62 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Association of American Colleges and Universities

Which keywords describe research at Association of American Colleges and Universities?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Higher Education, Student Perceptions, Education, Diversity, Globalization, Quality Assurance, Neoliberalism and Academic Identity.

▲ 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 Education18▲ 29×11 topics
  2. Globalization10▲ 3.2×13 topics
  3. Education9▲ 4.5×17 topics
  4. Epidemiology9▲ 1.34×21 topics
  5. Student Perceptions8▲ 34×5 topics
  6. Diversity6▲ 22×4 topics
  7. Neoliberalism6▲ 10×2 topics
  8. Quality Assurance6▲ 20×2 topics
  9. Academic Identity6▲ 108×1 topic
  10. Internationalization6▲ 56×1 topic
  11. Student Engagement6▲ 14×6 topics
  12. Social Justice5▲ 6.3×9 topics
  13. Faculty Development5▲ 40×2 topics
  14. History5▲ 3.8×10 topics
  15. Culture4▲ 5.8×8 topics
  16. Approaches to Learning4▲ 172×1 topic
  17. Student Evaluations4▲ 172×1 topic
  18. Literature4▲ 5.3×9 topics
  19. Social Support4▲ 5.7×2 topics
  20. Academic Performance4▲ 36×2 topics
  21. Management4▲ 3.3×8 topics
  22. Teacher Education4▲ 26×3 topics
  23. Educational Inequality4▲ 41×2 topics
  24. College Retention4▲ 114×1 topic
  25. First-Generation Students4▲ 114×1 topic
  26. Professional Development4▲ 15×4 topics
  27. Reflective Practice4▲ 14×4 topics
  28. Gender4▲ 4.0×8 topics
  29. Philosophy4▲ 4.8×8 topics
  30. Community Engagement3▲ 7.0×5 topics
  31. Society3▲ 9.2×5 topics
  32. Colonialism3▲ 4.0×6 topics
  33. Pedagogy3▲ 5.4×6 topics
  34. Career Development3▲ 21×4 topics
  35. STEM Education3▲ 6.4×4 topics
  36. Cardiac Imaging3▲ 11×2 topics
  37. Electronic Portfolios3▲ 74×1 topic
  38. Journal Writing3▲ 74×1 topic
  39. Teaching Strategies3▲ 9.8×3 topics
  40. Student Perception2▲ 30×2 topics

Which research topics does Association of American Colleges and Universities publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Career Development and Diversity, French Urban and Social Studies, Japanese History and Culture and African history and culture analysis.

Career Development and D…1Career Development and Diversity: 1 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social …1French Urban and Social Studies: 1 fractional worksJapanese History and Cul…1Japanese History and Culture: 1 fractional worksAfrican history and cult…1African history and culture analysis: 1 fractional worksLinguistics and Discourse Analysis: 1 fractional worksFrench Literature and Criticism: 0 fractional worksCultural Insights and Di…0Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts: 0 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 0 fractional worksHistorical Linguistics and Language Studies: 0 fractional worksscientometrics and bibli…0scientometrics and bibliometrics research: 0 fractional works
Safety ResearchSociology and Political ScienceCultural StudiesPolitical Science and International Relations6 others

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

  1. 1 Career Development and Diversity Safety Research 1 works
  2. 2 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  3. 3 Japanese History and Culture Cultural Studies 1 works
  4. 4 African history and culture analysis Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  5. 5 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 1 works
  6. 6 French Literature and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  7. 7 Cultural Insights and Digital Impacts Computer Networks and Communications 0 works
  8. 8 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 0 works
  9. 9 Historical Linguistics and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 0 works
  10. 10 scientometrics and bibliometrics research Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 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 available22.8%not open77.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.7%domestic only91.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Association of American Colleges and Universities's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% 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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