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College of the Desert

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Research works
95
▲ 94% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.2k
13.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: College of the Desert is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 2.86× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.88× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 2.58× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.43× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.04× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 7.76× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.12× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.24× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.38× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 7.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at College of the Desert?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Support, Student Engagement, Academic Performance, Educational Inequality, Diversity, College Retention, First-Generation Students and Climate Change.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology6▲ 1.43×24 topics
  2. Climate Change5▲ 2.1×21 topics
  3. Social Support5▲ 12×5 topics
  4. Student Engagement4▲ 18×4 topics
  5. Academic Performance3▲ 47×2 topics
  6. Educational Inequality3▲ 54×2 topics
  7. Quality of Life3▲ 2.5×9 topics
  8. Diversity3▲ 18×3 topics
  9. College Retention3▲ 145×1 topic
  10. First-Generation Students3▲ 145×1 topic
  11. Invasive Species3▲ 4.7×5 topics
  12. Economic Development2▲ 3.9×3 topics
  13. Population Dynamics2▲ 8.5×7 topics
  14. Biodiversity2▲ 3.1×7 topics
  15. Higher Education2▲ 5.9×6 topics
  16. Conservation2▲ 4.5×6 topics
  17. Demographic Transition2▲ 34×2 topics
  18. Online Learning2▲ 4.5×3 topics
  19. Revision Surgery2▲ 16×2 topics
  20. Total Hip Replacement2▲ 16×2 topics
  21. Elderly Care2▲ 13×2 topics
  22. Exoplanets2▲ 24×1 topic
  23. Experiential Learning2▲ 29×3 topics
  24. Stellar Astrophysics2▲ 24×1 topic
  25. Language Development2▲ 11×4 topics
  26. Animal Movement2▲ 27×1 topic
  27. Occupancy Rates2▲ 27×1 topic
  28. Student Motivation2▲ 15×2 topics
  29. Accretion Disks1▲ 18×2 topics
  30. Ecosystem1▲ 10×2 topics
  31. Magnetic Fields1▲ 14×2 topics
  32. Retirement1▲ 20×2 topics
  33. Dental Implants1▲ 29×1 topic
  34. Hip Arthroplasty1▲ 23×1 topic
  35. Innovation Management1▲ 9.9×1 topic
  36. Peri-implant Diseases1▲ 29×1 topic
  37. Refugees1▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Science Policy1▲ 168×1 topic
  39. Sovereignty1▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Wear Particles1▲ 23×1 topic

Which research topics does College of the Desert publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research.

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 1 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 1 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 1 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysical Research: 1 fractional worksFault Detection and Control Systems: 0 fractional worksHybrid Renewable Energy …0Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems: 0 fractional worksBotanical Research and Chemistry: 0 fractional worksGenetic and Environmental Crop Studies: 0 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 0 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsManagement of Technology and InnovationInstrumentationControl and Systems Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  2. 2 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 1 works
  3. 3 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  4. 4 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 1 works
  5. 5 Fault Detection and Control Systems Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems Energy Engineering and Power Technology 0 works
  7. 7 Botanical Research and Chemistry Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  8. 8 Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies Plant Science 0 works
  9. 9 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  10. 10 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 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 available39.2%not open60.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.4%domestic only77.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has College of the Desert's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 94% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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