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Barbados Community College

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World rank, all time
#28,582
of 34,923
Rank in Barbados
#5
of 5
Research works
197
▲ 75% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.2k
11.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.84×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
38%
world 18%
Barbados Community College

Which fields of science does Barbados Community College work in?

In 2022-now, 41% of research at Barbados Community College is in Social Sciences, 31% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (25%), Social Sciences (17%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (13%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 15 fractional works · 40.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 17.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 12.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 10.0% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 12 fractional works · 31.2% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 25.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 16.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 8.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 11.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 8.0% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBarbadosCommunity College37fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences31%Social Sciences41%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences617.0%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance512.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities24.8%
    4. Psychology13.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting12.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.9%
    1. Medicine925.2%
    2. Health Professions25.2%
    3. Nursing00.6%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Environmental Science38.5%
    2. Computer Science13.3%
    3. Engineering12.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.8%
    5. Mathematics00.7%
    6. Materials Science00.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences38.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology01.0%
    4. Neuroscience00.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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: 1.68× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.71× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.96× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.31× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 1.30× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.65× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.87× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.95× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.34× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance5.95×5 works
  2. Health Professions1.96×2 works
  3. Environmental Science1.71×3 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.68×3 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.65×2 works
  6. Social Sciences1.34×6 works
  7. Medicine1.31×10 works
  8. Nursing1.30×0 works
  9. Psychology1.08×1 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology1.01×0 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.87×0 works
  12. Veterinary0.73×0 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.71×1 works
  14. Mathematics0.60×0 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.51×0 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.42×1 works
  17. Computer Science0.42×1 works
  18. Neuroscience0.29×0 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.19×0 works
  20. Engineering0.16×1 works
  21. Materials Science0.15×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Barbados Community College?

Ranked on the quality score, Hubert Massey Whittell, Cyralene P. Bryce and Christopher O. R. Everard lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Barbados Community College.

  1. 1 Hubert Massey Whittell Barbados · #1,857,571 worldwide 78 citations · 60 works
  2. 2 Cyralene P. Bryce Barbados · #2,053,825 worldwide 959 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Christopher O. R. Everard Barbados · #2,089,907 worldwide 2.5k citations · 69 works
  4. 4 Alissandra Cummins Barbados · #2,194,285 worldwide 96 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Allan Wright Barbados · #2,613,486 worldwide 273 citations · 53 works
  6. 6 Shane Lowe Barbados · #2,776,503 worldwide 139 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Peggy Antrobus Barbados · #3,188,773 worldwide 548 citations · 48 works
  8. 8 Shawn Eastmond Barbados · #3,307,765 worldwide 3 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Kevin C.D. Greenidge Barbados · #3,356,779 worldwide 409 citations · 34 works
  10. 10 Roland Craigwell Barbados · #3,853,099 worldwide 933 citations · 89 works
All ranked researchers at Barbados Community College

What are the most cited papers from Barbados Community College?

The most cited paper from Barbados Community College is "Detection of seven species of pathogenic leptospires by PCR using two sets of primers" (Claudia Gravekamp, Herman van de Kemp, M. Franzen et al., 1993), with 320 citations. Next come "Genomic analysis of sewage from 101 countries reveals global landscape of antimicrobial resistance" (308) and "EUREC 4 A" (275).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Detection of seven species of pathogenic leptospires by PCR using two sets of primers Claudia Gravekamp, Herman van de Kemp, M. Franzen et al. · Journal of General Microbiology Aug 1993 320
2 Genomic analysis of sewage from 101 countries reveals global landscape of antimicrobial resistance Patrick Munk et al. · Nature Communications Open access264 authors Dec 2022 308
3 EUREC 4 A Björn Stevens et al. · Earth system science data Open access293 authors 25 Aug 2021 275
4 Testing for unit roots Andrew S. Downes, Hyginus Leon · Economics Letters 1987 205
5 Changes in extreme temperature and precipitation in the Caribbean region, 1961–2010 Tannecia S. Stephenson et al. · International Journal of Climatology Open access 13 Jan 2014 197
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Barbados Community College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Consumer Behavior, Diabetes, Stock Market, Digital Transformation, Cultural Sustainability, Urban Development, Wound Healing and Epidemiology.

▲ 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 32 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 32 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology3▲ 1.82×24 topics
  2. Climate Change2▲ 2.3×15 topics
  3. Consumer Behavior2▲ 9.1×3 topics
  4. COVID-192▲ 3.6×5 topics
  5. Diabetes2▲ 9.7×5 topics
  6. Pandemic2▲ 4.4×5 topics
  7. Globalization2▲ 1.99×7 topics
  8. Management2▲ 5.2×7 topics
  9. Public Health2▲ 2.8×15 topics
  10. Digital Transformation1▲ 7.1×2 topics
  11. Stock Market1▲ 17×2 topics
  12. Cultural Sustainability1▲ 64×2 topics
  13. Culture1▲ 6.8×3 topics
  14. Financial Markets1▲ 28×1 topic
  15. Social Capital1▲ 6.9×2 topics
  16. Urban Development1▲ 10×2 topics
  17. Wound Healing1▲ 13×2 topics
  18. business impact1▲ 38×1 topic
  19. Identity1▲ 4.3×3 topics
  20. Prevention1▲ 7.9×4 topics
  21. Sustainability1▲ 1.34×8 topics
  22. Foot Ulcers1▲ 78×1 topic
  23. Gender1▲ 5.5×3 topics
  24. Healthcare1▲ 2.5×4 topics
  25. Infection1▲ 12×2 topics
  26. Neuropathy1▲ 63×1 topic
  27. Sustainable Development1▲ 1.89×3 topics
  28. Economic Development1▲ 3.3×2 topics
  29. Economic Impact1▲ 5.0×2 topics
  30. Politics1▲ 10×2 topics
  31. Poverty Reduction1▲ 21×2 topics
  32. Race1▲ 22×2 topics

Which research topics does Barbados Community College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts, Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management, Microfinance and Financial Inclusion and Cultural Industries and Urban Development.

COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 1 fractional worksDiabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management: 1 fractional worksMicrofinance and Financial Inclusion: 1 fractional worksCultural Industries and Urban Development: 1 fractional worksEconomics of Agriculture and Food Markets: 1 fractional worksCultural Heritage Management and Preservation: 1 fractional worksMuseums and Cultural Her…1Museums and Cultural Heritage: 1 fractional worksInnovative Teaching and Learning Methods: 0 fractional worksAgricultural risk and resilience: 0 fractional worksIntimate Partner and Family Violence: 0 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismUrban StudiesArcheology4 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  2. 2 Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  3. 3 Microfinance and Financial Inclusion Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  4. 4 Cultural Industries and Urban Development Urban Studies 1 works
  5. 5 Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  6. 6 Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation Archeology 1 works
  7. 7 Museums and Cultural Heritage Museology 1 works
  8. 8 Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods Developmental and Educational Psychology 0 works
  9. 9 Agricultural risk and resilience Soil Science 0 works
  10. 10 Intimate Partner and Family Violence Health 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 available41.2%not open58.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.0%domestic only62.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Barbados Community College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 75% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Barbados Community College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00027% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Barbados Community College0.00014% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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