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California Postsecondary Education Commission

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Research works
14
▲ 154% vs 2018-21
Citations
55
3.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
67%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
California Postsecondary Education Commission

Not ranked overall: California Postsecondary Education Commission is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does California Postsecondary Education Commission work in?

In all years, 36% of research at California Postsecondary Education Commission is in Physical Sciences, 33% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (26%), Social Sciences (21%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (14%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 36.0% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 26.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 8.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 3.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 33.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 20.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 8.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 6.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 7.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 7.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 15.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 14.2% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 7.1% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 7.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 15.0% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 10.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 7.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 3.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKCaliforniaPostsecondary…14fractional works, all years
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences36%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences33%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering426.0%
    2. Materials Science15.6%
    3. Mathematics02.3%
    4. Chemical Engineering01.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.8%
    1. Social Sciences320.7%
    2. Psychology17.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance02.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities01.2%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting01.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences214.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology01.2%
    3. Neuroscience00.5%
    1. Health Professions110.1%
    2. Medicine15.0%
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: 2.84× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 6.43× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringEngineering: 2.10× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.82× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 4.79× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.86× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 11 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering6.43×0 works
  2. Psychology4.79×1 works
  3. Mathematics3.82×0 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.84×1 works
  5. Engineering2.10×2 works
  6. Social Sciences1.86×2 works
  7. Arts and Humanities0.78×0 works
  8. Neuroscience0.55×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.43×0 works
  10. Materials Science0.26×0 works
  11. Medicine0.20×0 works

What are the most cited papers from California Postsecondary Education Commission?

The most cited paper from California Postsecondary Education Commission is "What Long-Term Care Interventions and Policy Measures Have Been Studied During the Covid-19 Pandemic? Findings from a Rapid Mapping Review of the Scientific Evidence Published During 2020" (William Byrd, Maximilian Salcher‐Konrad, Sian K. Smith et al., 2021), with 19 citations. Next come "CPEC, governance, and China's Belt and Road in South Asia" (1) and "A INCONSTITUCIONALIDADE DA LEI N. 13.491/2017 QUE ALTEROU O DIREITO PENAL MILITAR E PROCESSUAL PENAL MILITAR" (0).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 What Long-Term Care Interventions and Policy Measures Have Been Studied During the Covid-19 Pandemic? Findings from a Rapid Mapping Review of the Scientific Evidence Published During 2020 William Byrd, Maximilian Salcher‐Konrad, Sian K. Smith et al. · Journal of Long-Term Care Open access 9 Dec 2021 19
2 CPEC, governance, and China's Belt and Road in South Asia Marc Lanteigne Book chapterOpen access 13 Dec 2021 1
3 A INCONSTITUCIONALIDADE DA LEI N. 13.491/2017 QUE ALTEROU O DIREITO PENAL MILITAR E PROCESSUAL PENAL MILITAR Jose Arcanjo dos Prazeres Junior · RECIMA21 - Revista Científica Multidisciplinar - ISSN 2675-6218 Open access 27 Jul 2026 0
4 Explorando la no vacunación en niños de 0 a 5 años en Ipiales, Colombia, 2023 Sandra Castaño, Diana Rivera Vargas, Jenny Tiga et al. · Reporte Epidemiológico Nacional Open access 30 Jun 2026 0
5 Quantitative correlation between MRS and fluorescence from NADH phantoms to cellular systems Giorgi Asatiani, Arthur Gautheron, Antoine Uzel et al. Conference paperOpen access 29 May 2026 0
All 12 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does California Postsecondary Education Commission publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Psychology and Mental Health, Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques, Gender, Sexuality, and Education and Combustion and Detonation Processes.

Psychology and Mental Health: 1 fractional worksComposting and Vermicomposting Techniques: 1 fractional worksGender, Sexuality, and E…1Gender, Sexuality, and Education: 1 fractional worksCombustion and Detonatio…1Combustion and Detonation Processes: 1 fractional worksPsychodrama and Leishman…1Psychodrama and Leishmaniasis Studies: 1 fractional worksCombustion and flame dyn…0Combustion and flame dynamics: 0 fractional worksFire dynamics and safety research: 0 fractional worksPlasma and Flow Control in Aerodynamics: 0 fractional worksVibration and Dynamic Analysis: 0 fractional worksGas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory: 0 fractional works
Clinical PsychologySoil ScienceGender StudiesAerospace Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Psychology and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 1 works
  2. 2 Composting and Vermicomposting Techniques Soil Science 1 works
  3. 3 Gender, Sexuality, and Education Gender Studies 1 works
  4. 4 Combustion and Detonation Processes Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Psychodrama and Leishmaniasis Studies Education 1 works
  6. 6 Combustion and flame dynamics Computational Mechanics 0 works
  7. 7 Fire dynamics and safety research Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 0 works
  8. 8 Plasma and Flow Control in Aerodynamics Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Vibration and Dynamic Analysis Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory Applied Mathematics 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 available66.8%not open33.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.4%domestic only74.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has California Postsecondary Education Commission's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 154% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is California Postsecondary Education Commission as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000090% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%California Postsecondary Education Commission0.000072% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of California Postsecondary Education Commission over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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