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Contra Costa Community College District

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Research works
3
▲ 1427% vs 2018-21
Citations
31
9.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
71%
world 40%
International
71%
world 18%
Contra Costa Community College District

Not ranked overall: Contra Costa Community College District 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 Contra Costa Community College District work in?

In all years, 48% of research at Contra Costa Community College District is in Physical Sciences, 29% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (32%), Medicine (19%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (16%).

Physical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 48.4% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 32.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 9.7% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 29.0% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 19.4% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 9.7% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 19.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 16.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workALL ITS WORKContra CostaCommunity Colleg…3fractional works, all years
Life Sciences19%Physical Sciences48%Health Sciences29%Social Sciences3%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields. 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 9 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering132.3%
    2. Environmental Science09.7%
    3. Chemistry03.2%
    4. Materials Science03.2%
    1. Medicine119.4%
    2. Health Professions09.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences016.1%
    2. Neuroscience03.2%
    1. Decision Sciences03.2%
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: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 2.04× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 3.52× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEnergy: 2.58× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.76× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.58× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMedicine: 1.64× its world share, 1 worksMedicine1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemistry, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 9 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemistry3.52×0 works
  2. Engineering2.76×1 works
  3. Energy2.58×0 works
  4. Neuroscience2.04×0 works
  5. Medicine1.64×1 works
  6. Materials Science1.58×0 works
  7. Environmental Science1.11×0 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.50×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.44×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Contra Costa Community College District?

The most cited paper from Contra Costa Community College District is "“Is always that sense of wanting … never really being satisfied”: Women’s Quotidian Struggles With Food Insecurity in a Hispanic Community in New Mexico" (Janet Page‐Reeves, Amy Anixter Scott, Maurice L. Moffett et al., 2014), with 26 citations. Next come "Azomite, a volcanic ash-based fertilizer modulates gene expression during photomorphogenesis through phyB-dependent and independent pathways" (2) and "To Feel Again: The Strength of a Support Community" (1).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 “Is always that sense of wanting … never really being satisfied”: Women’s Quotidian Struggles With Food Insecurity in a Hispanic Community in New Mexico Janet Page‐Reeves, Amy Anixter Scott, Maurice L. Moffett et al. · Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition Open access 3 Apr 2014 26
2 Azomite, a volcanic ash-based fertilizer modulates gene expression during photomorphogenesis through phyB-dependent and independent pathways Elijah C. Mehlferber, Kent Frank McCue, Yang Bi et al. · Plant Gene Open access 6 Jun 2025 2
3 To Feel Again: The Strength of a Support Community Angela Renee Rodgers · The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Open access 2025 1
4 Yield responses of four potato cultivars to a volcanic ash mineral fertilizer Kent F. McCue, Arthur J. G. Kim, Jon E. Ferrel et al. · Research Square PreprintOpen access 11 Sep 2026 0
5 Photosynthetically active radiation is required for seedling growth promotion by volcanic dacitic tuff breccia (Azomite) Kent Frank McCue, Elijah C. Mehlferber, Robert A. Reed et al. · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) PreprintOpen access 5 Oct 2022 0
All 6 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Contra Costa Community College District publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Empathy and Medical Education, Biomedical Ethics and Regulation, Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring and Structural Health Monitoring Techniques.

Empathy and Medical Education: 0 fractional worksBiomedical Ethics and Regulation: 0 fractional worksInfrastructure Maintenan…0Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 0 fractional worksStructural Health Monito…0Structural Health Monitoring Techniques: 0 fractional worksStructural Engineering a…0Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis: 0 fractional worksEnvironmental remediation with nanomaterials: 0 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal disorders: 0 fractional worksNanomaterials for catalytic reactions: 0 fractional worksMagnesium Oxide Properties and Applications: 0 fractional worksAsphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation: 0 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthPhysiologyCivil and Structural EngineeringBiomedical Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Empathy and Medical Education Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  2. 2 Biomedical Ethics and Regulation Physiology 0 works
  3. 3 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Structural Health Monitoring Techniques Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Environmental remediation with nanomaterials Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 0 works
  8. 8 Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions Organic Chemistry 0 works
  9. 9 Magnesium Oxide Properties and Applications Materials Chemistry 0 works
  10. 10 Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation Civil and Structural Engineering 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 available70.6%not open29.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors70.6%domestic only29.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Contra Costa Community College District's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1427% higher than in 2018-2021.

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