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University · San Luis Obispo · United States

Cuesta College

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World rank, all time
#39,237
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#8,217
of 8,685
Research works
231
▲ 139% vs 2013–17
Citations
578
2.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

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: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.70× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.91× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 9.04× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.65× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.64× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 1.49× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.17× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.36× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 1.44× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.24× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 9.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Cuesta College?

Ranked on the composite score, Charles P. McKeague lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cuesta College.

  1. 1 Charles P. McKeague United States · #1,349,257 worldwide 1 citations · 47 works
All ranked researchers at Cuesta College

Which keywords describe research at Cuesta College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Sustainability, Healthcare, Public Health, Health Policy, Environmental Education, Teacher Training and Waste Management.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Sustainability4▲ 3.4×5 topics
  2. Public Health3▲ 4.5×5 topics
  3. Healthcare3▲ 5.5×3 topics
  4. Biodiversity3▲ 7.8×2 topics
  5. Educational Technology3▲ 4.9×4 topics
  6. Epidemiology3▲ 1.45×5 topics
  7. Environmental Education2▲ 34×1 topic
  8. Health Policy2▲ 33×2 topics
  9. Teacher Training2▲ 8.2×3 topics
  10. Waste Management2▲ 12×1 topic
  11. Artificial Intelligence2▲ 3.2×2 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 4.0×2 topics
  13. Oxidative Stress2▲ 2.7×4 topics
  14. Education2▲ 2.3×5 topics
  15. Urban Morphology2▲ 99×2 topics
  16. Caffeine2▲ 225×1 topic
  17. Coffee2▲ 225×1 topic
  18. Digital Fabrication2▲ 48×1 topic
  19. Healthcare Regulation2▲ 37×1 topic
  20. Information Technology2▲ 7.5×1 topic
  21. Parametricism2▲ 164×1 topic
  22. Patient Safety2▲ 25×1 topic
  23. Smart Library2▲ 89×1 topic
  24. Curriculum Development1▲ 4.5×3 topics
  25. Cultural Heritage1▲ 5.3×3 topics
  26. Inclusion1▲ 20×2 topics
  27. Land Reform1▲ 66×2 topics
  28. Legislation1▲ 17×2 topics
  29. Matrix Metalloproteinases1▲ 21×2 topics
  30. Social Movements1▲ 9.8×2 topics
  31. Soil Fertility1▲ 13×2 topics
  32. Social Inequality1▲ 9.6×2 topics
  33. Community Engagement1▲ 7.4×3 topics
  34. Acculturation1▲ 29×2 topics
  35. Distance Education1▲ 11×1 topic
  36. Health Disparities1▲ 8.4×3 topics
  37. Litter Production1▲ 192×1 topic
  38. Nutrient Cycling1▲ 31×1 topic
  39. Oral Microbiome1▲ 38×1 topic
  40. Pedagogy of Alternation1▲ 97×1 topic

Which research topics does Cuesta College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Environmental Sustainability and Education, Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic, Architecture and Computational Design and Coffee research and impacts.

Environmental Sustainabi…2Environmental Sustainability and Education: 2 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-…2Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 2 fractional worksArchitecture and Computa…2Architecture and Computational Design: 2 fractional worksCoffee research and impa…2Coffee research and impacts: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Regulation: 2 fractional worksRural and Ethnic Education: 1 fractional worksAcademic Research in Div…1Academic Research in Diverse Fields: 1 fractional worksEnvironmental and biological studies: 1 fractional worksOral microbiology and periodontitis research: 1 fractional worksScience and Education Re…1Science and Education Research: 1 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawInformation SystemsArchitecturePharmacology4 others

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

  1. 1 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  2. 2 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 2 works
  3. 3 Architecture and Computational Design Architecture 2 works
  4. 4 Coffee research and impacts Pharmacology 2 works
  5. 5 Healthcare Regulation Health Information Management 2 works
  6. 6 Rural and Ethnic Education Education 1 works
  7. 7 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 1 works
  8. 8 Environmental and biological studies Ecology 1 works
  9. 9 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 1 works
  10. 10 Science and Education Research Education 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 available26.8%not open73.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.5%domestic only91.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Cuesta College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 139% 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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