Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Discussion
University · Austin · United States

Austin Community College

In research, Austin Community College stands highest in Social Sciences (#11,207 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

austincc.eduROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#22,283
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#4,641
of 7,310
Research works
323
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.3k
7.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.82×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Austin Community College

What is Austin Community 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
Social SciencesDomain #11,207 of 14,833 5.3%192

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Austin Community 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 Austin Community College work in?

In 2022-now, 59% of research at Austin Community College is in Social Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (28%), Arts and Humanities (18%), Computer Science (12%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 35 fractional works · 59.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 28.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 7.7% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 7.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 10 fractional works · 17.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 7.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 23.1% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 12.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 12.8% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 8.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAustin CommunityCollege59fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences59%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1728.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities1017.7%
    3. Psychology47.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.1%
    5. Decision Sciences12.0%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting11.8%
    1. Computer Science712.3%
    2. Environmental Science24.1%
    3. Engineering23.7%
    4. Mathematics11.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.8%
    6. Chemistry00.3%
    7. Materials Science00.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    1. Medicine58.7%
    2. Health Professions12.5%
    3. Dentistry00.8%
    4. Nursing00.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.9%
    4. Neuroscience00.4%
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: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.58× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.75× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.45× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 1.54× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 6.14× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.05× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.97× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.46× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.22× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities6.14×10 works
  2. Psychology2.46×4 works
  3. Social Sciences2.22×16 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.05×1 works
  5. Dentistry1.75×0 works
  6. Computer Science1.58×7 works
  7. Nursing1.54×0 works
  8. Mathematics1.04×1 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.97×1 works
  10. Health Professions0.95×2 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.89×0 works
  12. Environmental Science0.83×2 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.57×1 works
  14. Medicine0.45×5 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.38×0 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.36×1 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.35×1 works
  18. Neuroscience0.27×0 works
  19. Engineering0.25×2 works
  20. Chemistry0.19×0 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.16×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Austin Community College?

Ranked on the quality score, Adam Belsky, Robert M. Brown and R.M. Slade lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Austin Community College.

  1. 1 Adam Belsky United States · #1,915,861 worldwide 0 citations · 161 works
  2. 2 Robert M. Brown United States · #2,106,709 worldwide 236 citations · 77 works
  3. 3 R.M. Slade United States · #2,113,899 worldwide 1k citations · 53 works
  4. 4 Charles A. Hobbs United States · #2,391,678 worldwide 125 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Kay M. McClenney United States · #2,747,497 worldwide 848 citations · 34 works
  6. 6 Linnea Fletcher United States · #3,156,651 worldwide 415 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Daniel Kassahun Waktola United States · #3,279,810 worldwide 180 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Elizabeth L. Pintar United States · #3,419,641 worldwide 209 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 John Barlow United States · #3,429,477 worldwide 128 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Jason Briggeman United States · #3,684,413 worldwide 33 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Austin Community College

What are the most cited papers from Austin Community College?

The most cited paper from Austin Community College is "Cloud computing research: A review of research themes, frameworks, methods and future research directions" (PK Senyo, Erasmus Addae, Richard Boateng, 2017), with 257 citations. Next come "College Student Responses to Web and Paper Surveys: Does Mode Matter?" (251) and "Entry regulation and business start-ups: Evidence from Mexico" (195).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cloud computing research: A review of research themes, frameworks, methods and future research directions PK Senyo, Erasmus Addae, Richard Boateng · International Journal of Information Management 12 Oct 2017 257
2 College Student Responses to Web and Paper Surveys: Does Mode Matter? Robert M. Carini, John C. Hayek, George D. Kuh et al. · Research in Higher Education Feb 2003 251
3 Entry regulation and business start-ups: Evidence from Mexico David S. Kaplan, Eduardo Piedra, Enrique Seira · Journal of Public Economics 25 Apr 2011 195
4 Measuring Cultural Awareness in Nursing Students Lynn Rew, Heather Becker, Jeffrey T. Cookston et al. · Journal of Nursing Education Jun 2003 171
5 Infant categorization of faces: Ladies first Jennifer L. Ramsey, Judith H. Langlois, Nathan C. Marti · Developmental Review 2 Apr 2005 157
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Austin Community College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Higher Education, Security Analysis, Cryptanalysis, Language Policy, Multilingualism, Student Perceptions and Diversity.

▲ 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. Globalization5▲ 4.5×13 topics
  2. Higher Education3▲ 8.4×6 topics
  3. Security Analysis2▲ 25×3 topics
  4. Cryptanalysis2▲ 48×3 topics
  5. Language Policy2▲ 24×2 topics
  6. Multilingualism2▲ 21×2 topics
  7. Social Support2▲ 6.2×4 topics
  8. Diversity2▲ 19×3 topics
  9. Public Health2▲ 2.1×10 topics
  10. Student Perceptions2▲ 18×2 topics
  11. Teacher Training2▲ 5.3×2 topics
  12. Quality of Life2▲ 2.1×4 topics
  13. CLIL2▲ 45×1 topic
  14. Citizen Science2▲ 28×2 topics
  15. Content and Language Integrated Learning2▲ 45×1 topic
  16. Student Engagement2▲ 7.4×3 topics
  17. Academic Performance2▲ 32×2 topics
  18. Educational Inequality2▲ 45×2 topics
  19. College Retention2▲ 130×1 topic
  20. First-Generation Students2▲ 130×1 topic
  21. Agency1▲ 50×2 topics
  22. Geospatial Crowdsourcing1▲ 116×1 topic
  23. Volunteered Geographic Information1▲ 116×1 topic
  24. Chaos1▲ 28×1 topic
  25. Hardware Implementations1▲ 66×2 topics
  26. Image Encryption1▲ 54×1 topic
  27. Instructional Design1▲ 27×3 topics
  28. Side-Channel Attacks1▲ 39×2 topics
  29. Block Ciphers1▲ 81×1 topic
  30. Hash Functions1▲ 81×1 topic
  31. Neoliberalism1▲ 5.2×6 topics
  32. Self-Determination1▲ 108×1 topic
  33. Universal Design for Learning1▲ 108×1 topic
  34. Concept Mapping1▲ 47×1 topic
  35. Financial Crisis1▲ 15×1 topic
  36. Global World1▲ 292×1 topic
  37. Social Exclusion1▲ 22×1 topic
  38. Theology1▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Theory-Based Evaluation1▲ 101×1 topic
  40. Youth Transitions1▲ 85×1 topic

Which research topics does Austin Community College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Second Language Learning and Teaching, Higher Education Research Studies, Geographic Information Systems Studies and Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption.

Second Language Learning…2Second Language Learning and Teaching: 2 fractional worksHigher Education Researc…2Higher Education Research Studies: 2 fractional worksGeographic Information Systems Studies: 1 fractional worksChaos-based Image/Signal Encryption: 1 fractional worksDisability Education and Employment: 1 fractional worksCryptographic Implementations and Security: 1 fractional worksEvaluation and Performance Assessment: 1 fractional worksFinancial Crisis of the …1Financial Crisis of the 21st Century: 1 fractional worksYouth Education and Societal Dynamics: 1 fractional worksLiteracy, Media, and Education: 1 fractional works
Literature and Literary TheoryEducationGeography, Planning and DevelopmentComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition5 others

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

  1. 1 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  2. 2 Higher Education Research Studies Education 2 works
  3. 3 Geographic Information Systems Studies Geography, Planning and Development 1 works
  4. 4 Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 1 works
  5. 5 Disability Education and Employment Safety Research 1 works
  6. 6 Cryptographic Implementations and Security Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  7. 7 Evaluation and Performance Assessment Management Science and Operations Research 1 works
  8. 8 Financial Crisis of the 21st Century Finance 1 works
  9. 9 Youth Education and Societal Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Literacy, Media, and Education Literature and Literary Theory 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 available23.9%not open76.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.2%domestic only92.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Austin Community College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% 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 Austin Community College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00019% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Austin Community College0.00023% in 202519801990200020102020

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

Other research institutions in Austin

All research institutions in Austin

Share Austin Community College's ranking

Austin Community College on Science Explorer

A card with Austin Community College's standing and the fields it leads in, for a post or a slide. A link to this page previews as the same card.

Download the card

1200 × 630 PNG, sized for social posts, drawn from the latest snapshot.

Badges for a website1Each links back here and updates with every snapshot

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.

Discussion

Ask a question or share a note about Austin Community College. Posts are plain text and can be reported.