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Atlanta Technical College

In research, Atlanta Technical College stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,058 of 17,446 worldwide) and Computer Science (#1,535 of 6,336 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computer Science (Computer Science is 4.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,885
of 22,385 · #10,820 all time
Rank in United States
#2,447
of 3,332
Research works
475
▲ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
26.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Atlanta Technical College

What is Atlanta Technical College 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
Physical SciencesDomain #4,058 of 17,446 18.2%316
Computer ScienceField #1,535 of 6,336 23.7%169

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Atlanta Technical 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Atlanta Technical College work in?

In 2022-now, 63% of research at Atlanta Technical College is in Physical Sciences, 20% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (34%), Engineering (20%), Social Sciences (10%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 55 fractional works · 63.2% of its workComputer Science: 29 fractional works · 34.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 11 fractional works · 12.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 4.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 3.6% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 18 fractional works · 20.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 8.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNumerical Analysis: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 19.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 10.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 9.0% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 6.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 8.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAtlanta TechnicalCollege86fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences63%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences20%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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. Computer Science2934.1%
    2. Engineering1820.3%
    3. Materials Science22.7%
    4. Mathematics22.1%
    5. Environmental Science11.7%
    6. Physics and Astronomy11.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.6%
    8. Chemistry00.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Social Sciences910.2%
    2. Psychology22.8%
    3. Decision Sciences22.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting22.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.9%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.8%
    1. Medicine66.9%
    2. Health Professions21.9%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology44.6%
    2. Neuroscience22.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.5%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Atlanta Technical College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computer Science takes 4.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computer ScienceField · 29.4 works4.4×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.87× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.68× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 4.38× its world share, 29 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.35× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.81× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.72× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.36× its world share, 6 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.86× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.94× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.81× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science4.38×29 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.86×2 works
  3. Mathematics1.81×2 works
  4. Neuroscience1.68×2 works
  5. Engineering1.35×18 works
  6. Psychology0.94×2 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.87×4 works
  8. Social Sciences0.81×9 works
  9. Materials Science0.78×2 works
  10. Health Professions0.72×2 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.62×2 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.57×1 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.51×0 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.50×0 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.36×0 works
  16. Medicine0.36×6 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.35×1 works
  18. Environmental Science0.34×2 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.33×1 works
  20. Dentistry0.27×0 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.22×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.22×0 works
  23. Veterinary0.22×0 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Atlanta Technical College?

The most cited paper from Atlanta Technical College is "The ns-3 Network Simulator" (George F. Riley, Thomas R. Henderson, 2010), with 1,504 citations. Next come "Comparing Public and Private Organizations: Empirical Research and the Power of the A Priori" (822) and "Dynodroid: an input generation system for Android apps" (710).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The ns-3 Network Simulator George F. Riley, Thomas R. Henderson Book chapter 2010 1,504
2 Comparing Public and Private Organizations: Empirical Research and the Power of the A Priori Hal G. Rainey, Barry L. Bozeman · Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory Apr 2000 822
3 Dynodroid: an input generation system for Android apps Aravind Machiry, Rohan Tahiliani, Mayur Naik Conference paperOpen access 18 Aug 2013 710
4 Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting provides complete revascularization with reduced myocardial injury, transfusion requirements, and length of stay: A prospective randomized comparison of two hundred unselected patients undergoing off-pump versus conventional coronary artery bypass grafting John D. Puskas, Willis H. Williams, Peggy G. Duke et al. · Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Open access Apr 2003 607
5 Design galleries Joe Marks, Wheeler Ruml, Kathy Ryall et al. Conference paper 1997 558
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Atlanta Technical College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Big Data, Neural Networks, Parallel Computing, Machine Learning, Approximation Algorithms, User Experience and Virtualization.

▲ 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-now 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. Deep Learning8▲ 2.8×35 topics
  2. Machine Learning5▲ 1.70×25 topics
  3. Neural Networks4▲ 3.2×16 topics
  4. Big Data4▲ 4.5×12 topics
  5. Artificial Intelligence2▲ 1.82×10 topics
  6. Energy Efficiency2▲ 2.7×7 topics
  7. Parallel Computing2▲ 22×3 topics
  8. Education2▲ 1.35×9 topics
  9. Approximation Algorithms2▲ 29×5 topics
  10. User Experience2▲ 25×3 topics
  11. Biomedical Applications2▲ 1.56×11 topics
  12. Globalization2◆ 0.92×7 topics
  13. Participatory Design2▲ 32×2 topics
  14. Sustainability2▼ 0.71×8 topics
  15. Virtualization2▲ 21×2 topics
  16. Design Research1▲ 57×1 topic
  17. Healthcare1▲ 1.42×6 topics
  18. High-Performance Computing1▲ 19×2 topics
  19. Interaction Design1▲ 57×1 topic
  20. Side-Channel Attacks1▲ 32×2 topics
  21. Convolutional Neural Networks1▲ 2.0×6 topics
  22. Distributed Systems1▲ 8.7×4 topics
  23. Image Classification1▲ 8.1×3 topics
  24. Robotics1▲ 6.0×2 topics
  25. Fault Tolerance1▲ 9.1×5 topics
  26. Social Media1◆ 1.01×8 topics
  27. Topic Modeling1▲ 9.0×2 topics
  28. GPU Computing1▲ 33×1 topic
  29. Multi-Agent Systems1▲ 6.5×3 topics
  30. Natural Language Processing1▲ 5.1×5 topics
  31. Performance Optimization1▲ 21×1 topic
  32. Precision Medicine1▲ 2.5×4 topics
  33. Supply Chain Management1▲ 1.38×5 topics
  34. Surveillance1▲ 4.7×4 topics
  35. Thermal Management1▲ 3.7×4 topics
  36. Convex Optimization1▲ 14×4 topics
  37. Information Retrieval1▲ 5.4×3 topics
  38. Machine Translation1▲ 7.3×2 topics
  39. Medical Imaging1▲ 2.2×5 topics
  40. Security1▲ 1.81×7 topics

Which research topics does Atlanta Technical College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Innovative Human-Technology Interaction, Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques, Security and Verification in Computing and Topic Modeling.

Innovative Human-Technol…1Innovative Human-Technology Interaction: 1 fractional worksParallel Computing and O…1Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques: 1 fractional worksSecurity and Verification in Computing: 1 fractional worksTopic Modeling1Topic Modeling: 1 fractional worksComplexity and Algorithm…1Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Data Storage Technologies: 1 fractional worksMachine Learning in Healthcare: 1 fractional worksCryptography and Data Se…1Cryptography and Data Security: 1 fractional worksCritical Race Theory in Education: 1 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 1 fractional works
Human-Computer InteractionHardware and ArchitectureArtificial IntelligenceComputational Theory and Mathematics3 others

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

  1. 1 Innovative Human-Technology Interaction Human-Computer Interaction 1 works
  2. 2 Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques Hardware and Architecture 1 works
  3. 3 Security and Verification in Computing Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  4. 4 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  5. 5 Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs Computational Theory and Mathematics 1 works
  6. 6 Advanced Data Storage Technologies Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  7. 7 Machine Learning in Healthcare Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  8. 8 Cryptography and Data Security Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  9. 9 Critical Race Theory in Education Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 1 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 available31.8%not open68.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.9%domestic only76.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Atlanta Technical College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Atlanta Technical College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00037% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Atlanta Technical College0.00041% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Atlanta Technical College17.3% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.5% in 2002.

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