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Cerritos College

In research, Cerritos College stands highest in Physical Sciences (#14,868 of 17,446 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#13,633 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,011
of 22,385 · #21,559 all time
Rank in United States
#2,810
of 3,332
Research works
355
▲ 131% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.4k
9.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
27%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Cerritos College

What is Cerritos 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 #14,868 of 17,446 4.4%147
Social SciencesDomain #13,633 of 14,833 4.9%135

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

In 2022-now, 58% of research at Cerritos College is in Physical Sciences, 19% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (31%), Medicine (12%), Social Sciences (12%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 48 fractional works · 58.4% of its workEngineering: 26 fractional works · 31.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 8.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 7.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 7.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 9.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 4.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 4.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 19.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 11.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 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 · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 13.8% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 11.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 8.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKCerritos College83fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences58%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences19%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2631.1%
    2. Computer Science89.5%
    3. Environmental Science44.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy44.3%
    5. Materials Science33.7%
    6. Chemistry22.4%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.1%
    8. Mathematics10.8%
    9. Energy10.7%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.4%
    1. Social Sciences1011.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities22.4%
    3. Psychology22.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.4%
    1. Medicine1011.7%
    2. Health Professions11.5%
    3. Nursing00.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology44.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.3%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.3%
    4. Neuroscience10.8%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
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: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.91× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.72× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.15× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.54× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.22× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.07× its world share, 26 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.88× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.07× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.92× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.61× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 1.10× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.72×1 works
  2. Engineering2.07×26 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy1.92×4 works
  4. Chemistry1.54×2 works
  5. Computer Science1.22×8 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.15×0 works
  7. Nursing1.10×0 works
  8. Materials Science1.07×3 works
  9. Social Sciences0.92×10 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.91×4 works
  11. Environmental Science0.88×4 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.83×2 works
  13. Psychology0.77×2 works
  14. Energy0.73×1 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.71×1 works
  16. Mathematics0.69×1 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.66×1 works
  18. Medicine0.61×10 works
  19. Health Professions0.58×1 works
  20. Neuroscience0.53×1 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.47×1 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.28×1 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.20×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Cerritos College?

Ranked on the quality score, Susan A. Bezman, Bruce F. Maison and Ted Stolze lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cerritos College.

  1. 1 Susan A. Bezman United States · #1,996,656 worldwide 637 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Bruce F. Maison United States · #2,079,461 worldwide 1.2k citations · 70 works
  3. 3 Ted Stolze United States · #2,887,964 worldwide 181 citations · 37 works
  4. 4 Irina Shamaeva United States · #2,936,669 worldwide 6 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Bryan Reece United States · #2,948,173 worldwide 45 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Karen Franklin United States · #3,549,037 worldwide 662 citations · 34 works
  7. 7 Archie Smith United States · #4,383,142 worldwide 90 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 A. R. Jha United States · #4,386,629 worldwide 79 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 L. Eve Armentrout United States · #4,455,454 worldwide 56 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Michael F. Heiman United States · #4,521,825 worldwide 429 citations · 61 works
All ranked researchers at Cerritos College

What are the most cited papers from Cerritos College?

The most cited paper from Cerritos College is "Student–Faculty Interaction in Research Universities: Differences by Student Gender, Race, Social Class, and First-Generation Status" (Young K. Kim, Linda J. Sax, 2009), with 509 citations. Next come "Better Liked than Right" (465) and "Comparisons of the NGA Ground‐Motion Relations" (311).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Student–Faculty Interaction in Research Universities: Differences by Student Gender, Race, Social Class, and First-Generation Status Young K. Kim, Linda J. Sax · Research in Higher Education Open access 24 Feb 2009 509
2 Better Liked than Right Elliott M. McGinnies, Charles D. Ward · Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin Sep 1980 465
3 Comparisons of the NGA Ground‐Motion Relations Norman Abrahamson, Gail Marie Atkinson, David M. Boore et al. · Earthquake Spectra Feb 2008 311
4 The conjugation of proteins with polyethylene glycol and other polymers Nandini V. Katre · Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews Review 1993 262
5 Building pounding damage during the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake Kazuhiko Kasai, Bruce F. Maison · Engineering Structures Mar 1997 251
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Cerritos College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Circular Economy, High Efficiency, Multijunction Solar Cells, Social Media, Groundwater, Arsenic, Water and Thermal Analysis.

▲ 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 Learning4▲ 1.38×7 topics
  2. Social Media3▲ 3.0×5 topics
  3. Circular Economy3▲ 12×3 topics
  4. High Efficiency2▲ 77×1 topic
  5. Multijunction Solar Cells2▲ 150×1 topic
  6. Groundwater2▲ 27×3 topics
  7. Arsenic2▲ 117×1 topic
  8. Optimization2▲ 5.4×3 topics
  9. Water2▲ 44×1 topic
  10. Thermal Analysis2▲ 17×3 topics
  11. Catalysis2▲ 3.0×4 topics
  12. Magnetic Resonance Imaging2▲ 8.0×3 topics
  13. Medicinal Chemistry2▲ 7.5×3 topics
  14. Metal Recovery2▲ 10×2 topics
  15. Biosensors2▲ 3.7×2 topics
  16. Control Systems2▲ 10×2 topics
  17. Nanotechnology1▲ 9.7×3 topics
  18. Religion1▲ 3.8×4 topics
  19. Battery Recycling1▲ 21×1 topic
  20. Ceramic Materials1▲ 17×2 topics
  21. Electronics1▲ 21×2 topics
  22. Green Chemistry1▲ 9.1×2 topics
  23. Mathematical Modeling1▲ 19×2 topics
  24. Nb3Sn Conductor1▲ 91×1 topic
  25. Politics1▲ 6.2×2 topics
  26. Recycling1▲ 4.2×2 topics
  27. Superconducting Magnets1▲ 91×1 topic
  28. Solar Cells1▲ 7.3×3 topics
  29. Affective States1▲ 39×1 topic
  30. Bilingualism1▲ 8.8×2 topics
  31. Breath Analysis1▲ 12×1 topic
  32. Calcium Modulated Proteins1▲ 63×1 topic
  33. Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics1▲ 38×1 topic
  34. Chemistry Education1▲ 103×1 topic
  35. Competitive Balance1▲ 48×1 topic
  36. Crisis Communication1▲ 32×1 topic
  37. CubeSat1▲ 66×1 topic
  38. Dimensional Metrology1▲ 60×1 topic
  39. Electric Drives1▲ 31×1 topic
  40. Electronic Nose1▲ 16×1 topic

Which research topics does Cerritos College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: solar cell performance optimization, Arsenic contamination and mitigation, Superconducting Materials and Applications and Extraction and Separation Processes.

solar cell performance optimization: 2 fractional worksArsenic contamination and mitigation: 2 fractional worksSuperconducting Materials and Applications: 1 fractional worksExtraction and Separation Processes: 1 fractional worksReligion and Society Interactions: 1 fractional worksPublic Relations and Crisis Communication: 1 fractional worksMaterial Properties and …1Material Properties and Applications: 1 fractional worksVarious Chemistry Research Topics: 1 fractional worksFluorine in Organic Chemistry: 1 fractional worksAI-based Problem Solving…1AI-based Problem Solving and Planning: 1 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringEnvironmental ChemistryBiomedical EngineeringMechanical Engineering6 others

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

  1. 1 solar cell performance optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Arsenic contamination and mitigation Environmental Chemistry 2 works
  3. 3 Superconducting Materials and Applications Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Religion and Society Interactions Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 Public Relations and Crisis Communication Communication 1 works
  7. 7 Material Properties and Applications General Materials Science 1 works
  8. 8 Various Chemistry Research Topics Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 1 works
  9. 9 Fluorine in Organic Chemistry Pharmaceutical Science 1 works
  10. 10 AI-based Problem Solving and Planning Artificial Intelligence 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 available27.2%not open72.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.1%domestic only93.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Cerritos College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 131% 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 Cerritos College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00034% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Cerritos College0.00015% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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