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Danville Community College

In research, Danville Community College stands highest in Physical Sciences (#11,692 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,240
of 28,054 · #23,307 all time
Rank in United States
#3,293
of 4,192
Research works
622
▲ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.3k
10.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
31%
world 28%

What is Danville Community College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #11,692 of 12,888 1.1%87 #20237

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Danville Community 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.58× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.77× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.25× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.48× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.91× its world share, 46 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.59× its world share, 14 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.10× its world share, 11 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.11× its world share, 34 worksMedicineNursing: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.77× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.13× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Danville Community College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Metal Nanoparticles, Semiconductor Lasers, Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics, Polymer Composite Materials, Optical Interconnects, Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSELs), Epidemiology and Mass Spectrometry.

▲ 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. Epidemiology8▲ 1.31×27 topics
  2. Metal Nanoparticles4▲ 16×3 topics
  3. Treatment4▲ 2.1×10 topics
  4. Semiconductor Lasers3▲ 32×2 topics
  5. Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics3▲ 60×1 topic
  6. Gender3▲ 3.9×6 topics
  7. Polymer Composite Materials3▲ 60×1 topic
  8. Optical Interconnects3▲ 53×1 topic
  9. Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers (VCSELs)3▲ 53×1 topic
  10. Identity3▲ 2.7×5 topics
  11. Mass Spectrometry3▲ 13×3 topics
  12. Adolescent Development3▲ 16×2 topics
  13. Imaging3▲ 7.0×5 topics
  14. Medical Imaging3▲ 3.3×3 topics
  15. Data Analysis2▲ 5.8×3 topics
  16. Community Engagement2▲ 4.5×3 topics
  17. Chiral Separation2▲ 33×1 topic
  18. Detection2▲ 5.0×3 topics
  19. Liquid Chromatography2▲ 23×1 topic
  20. Plasma Etching2▲ 67×1 topic
  21. Semiconductor Industry2▲ 67×1 topic
  22. Sintering2▲ 11×3 topics
  23. Social Skills2▲ 12×2 topics
  24. Solar Cells2▲ 7.2×3 topics
  25. Diagnostics2▲ 16×2 topics
  26. Extracurricular Activities2▲ 71×1 topic
  27. Spectroscopy2▲ 8.1×4 topics
  28. Youth Development Programs2▲ 71×1 topic
  29. Failure Analysis2▲ 13×3 topics
  30. Spark Plasma Sintering2▲ 12×2 topics
  31. Material Properties2▲ 12×2 topics
  32. Molecular Dynamics Simulations2▲ 27×2 topics
  33. Breast Cancer Detection2▲ 26×2 topics
  34. Economic Evaluation2▲ 8.8×2 topics
  35. Frequency Conversion2▲ 25×3 topics
  36. Injury Prevention2▲ 8.8×3 topics
  37. Machine Tools2▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Oxidation Resistance2▲ 9.8×2 topics
  39. Race2▲ 9.4×3 topics
  40. Tumor Localization2▲ 26×2 topics

Which research topics does Danville Community College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Material Properties and Applications, Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices, Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography and Plasma Diagnostics and Applications.

Material Properties and Applications: 3 fractional worksSemiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices: 3 fractional worksAnalytical Chemistry and…2Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography: 2 fractional worksPlasma Diagnostics and A…2Plasma Diagnostics and Applications: 2 fractional worksYouth Development and Social Support: 2 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksMagnetic confinement fus…2Magnetic confinement fusion research: 2 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Exploration: 1 fractional worksMass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications: 1 fractional worksLipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health: 1 fractional works
General Materials ScienceElectrical and Electronic EngineeringSpectroscopySafety Research4 others

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

  1. 1 Material Properties and Applications General Materials Science 3 works
  2. 2 Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  3. 3 Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography Spectroscopy 2 works
  4. 4 Plasma Diagnostics and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Youth Development and Social Support Safety Research 2 works
  6. 6 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  7. 7 Magnetic confinement fusion research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 2 works
  8. 8 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  9. 9 Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications Spectroscopy 1 works
  10. 10 Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health Surgery 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 available30.6%not open69.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.0%domestic only91.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Danville Community College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% 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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