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Durham Technical Community College

In research, Durham Technical Community College stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,083 of 16,688 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#1,186 of 17,446 worldwide) and Medicine (#997 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,814
of 22,385 · #1,058 all time
Rank in United States
#1,938
of 3,332
Research works
2.3k
▼ 34% vs 2018-21
Citations
41k
17.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
16%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Durham Technical Community College

What is Durham Technical Community 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
Health SciencesDomain #1,083 of 16,688 14.8%696
Physical SciencesDomain #1,186 of 17,446 12.3%312
MedicineField #997 of 14,558 15.1%640
Life SciencesDomain #1,290 of 11,023 12.7%182
Social SciencesDomain #1,972 of 14,833 6.2%1,144
Social SciencesField #1,896 of 9,330 5.9%343
Arts and HumanitiesField #741 of 3,511 5.7%679
HistorySubfield #357 of 697 6.7%137
Literature and Literary TheorySubfield #649 of 956 3.3%175

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Durham Technical 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Durham Technical Community College work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research at Durham Technical Community College is in Social Sciences, 31% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (17%), Computer Science (16%), Arts and Humanities (15%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 46 fractional works · 45.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 16.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 6.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 15 fractional works · 15.2% of its workHistory: 6 fractional works · 6.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workClassics: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 10.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 31 fractional works · 31.0% of its workComputer Science: 16 fractional works · 15.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 11 fractional works · 10.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 6.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 13 fractional works · 13.2% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 11.2% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 10.3% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 4.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKDurham TechnicalCommunity College100fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences31%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences46%

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. Social Sciences1716.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities1515.2%
    3. Psychology1110.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.1%
    6. Decision Sciences10.5%
    1. Computer Science1615.7%
    2. Engineering76.6%
    3. Mathematics32.5%
    4. Environmental Science22.5%
    5. Chemistry21.7%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.9%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.8%
    8. Materials Science00.3%
    1. Medicine1111.2%
    2. Health Professions21.7%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Neuroscience44.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology43.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.2%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.70× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.17× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.63× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.09× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.02× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.44× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.15× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.58× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 5.27× its world share, 15 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.56× its world share, 11 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.31× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities5.27×15 works
  2. Psychology3.56×11 works
  3. Neuroscience2.63×4 works
  4. Mathematics2.15×2 works
  5. Computer Science2.02×16 works
  6. Social Sciences1.31×17 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.17×1 works
  8. Chemistry1.09×2 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.70×4 works
  10. Health Professions0.63×2 works
  11. Medicine0.58×11 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.56×0 works
  13. Nursing0.54×0 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.51×1 works
  15. Environmental Science0.50×2 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.49×1 works
  17. Engineering0.44×7 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.40×1 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.36×1 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.31×0 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.21×1 works
  22. Materials Science0.10×0 works
  23. Dentistry0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Durham Technical Community College?

Ranked on the quality score, John V. Verner, Yannis Stouraitis and Ann Moss lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Durham Technical Community College.

  1. 1 John V. Verner United States · #794,092 worldwide 1.5k citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Yannis Stouraitis United States · #1,129,207 worldwide 152 citations · 45 works
  3. 3 Ann Moss United States · #1,752,874 worldwide 1.4k citations · 93 works
  4. 4 Megan Scudellari United States · #1,817,000 worldwide 1.4k citations · 67 works
  5. 5 Steven L. Mahorney United States · #1,845,181 worldwide 621 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Steven Lipper United States · #1,937,489 worldwide 1.9k citations · 46 works
  7. 7 J. T. F. United States · #2,031,232 worldwide 4 citations · 97 works
  8. 8 J. L. Burchnall United States · #2,120,433 worldwide 1.2k citations · 27 works
  9. 9 R. C. Carrington United States · #2,135,309 worldwide 1.3k citations · 76 works
  10. 10 Kevin Feasel United States · #2,158,462 worldwide 8 citations · 72 works
All ranked researchers at Durham Technical Community College

What are the most cited papers from Durham Technical Community College?

The most cited paper from Durham Technical Community College is "The standardization of terminology of female pelvic organ prolapse and pelvic floor dysfunction" (Richard C. Bump, Anders Mattiasson, Kari Bø et al., 1996), with 4,305 citations. Next come "The Impact of Surgical-Site Infections in the 1990s: Attributable Mortality, Excess Length of Hospitalization, And Extra Costs" (1,732) and "Microfluidic cell sorting: a review of the advances in the separation of cells from debulking to rare cell isolation" (1,052).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The standardization of terminology of female pelvic organ prolapse and pelvic floor dysfunction Richard C. Bump, Anders Mattiasson, Kari Bø et al. · American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Jul 1996 4,305
2 The Impact of Surgical-Site Infections in the 1990s: Attributable Mortality, Excess Length of Hospitalization, And Extra Costs Kathryn B Kirkland, Jane Briggs, Sharon L. Trivette et al. · Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology Nov 1999 1,732
3 Microfluidic cell sorting: a review of the advances in the separation of cells from debulking to rare cell isolation Charles Wyatt Shields, Catherine D. Reyes, Gabriel P. López · Lab on a Chip Open access 2015 1,052
4 QSAR without borders Eugene N. Muratov, Jürgen Bajorath, Robert P. Sheridan et al. · Chemical Society Reviews ReviewOpen access 2020 902
5 Searching for promising new perovskite-based photovoltaic absorbers: the importance of electronic dimensionality Zewen Xiao, Weiwei Meng, Jianbo Wang et al. · Materials Horizons 14 Dec 2016 750
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Durham Technical Community College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Outlier Detection, Anomaly Detection, Neural Networks, Time Series, Surveillance, High-Dimensional Data, Unsupervised and History.

▲ 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. Neural Networks10▲ 6.5×6 topics
  2. Outlier Detection10▲ 77×2 topics
  3. Deep Learning10▲ 2.9×6 topics
  4. Anomaly Detection9▲ 32×2 topics
  5. Time Series9▲ 52×2 topics
  6. High-Dimensional Data8▲ 53×1 topic
  7. Surveillance8▲ 29×2 topics
  8. Unsupervised8▲ 73×1 topic
  9. History7▲ 11×10 topics
  10. Ethics6▲ 11×10 topics
  11. Cultural Identity5▲ 9.5×5 topics
  12. Psychology5▲ 36×5 topics
  13. Church History4▲ 105×2 topics
  14. Globalization4▲ 2.2×12 topics
  15. Social History4▲ 51×2 topics
  16. Theology4▲ 43×2 topics
  17. Philosophy4▲ 8.5×9 topics
  18. Science4▲ 15×4 topics
  19. Neoliberalism4▲ 10×5 topics
  20. Calvinism4▲ 159×1 topic
  21. Reformation4▲ 128×1 topic
  22. Religion4▲ 7.5×7 topics
  23. Literature3▲ 5.6×5 topics
  24. Epistemology2▲ 85×1 topic
  25. Social Sciences2▲ 17×1 topic
  26. Consciousness2▲ 30×4 topics
  27. Neuroscience2▲ 7.0×4 topics
  28. Multicollinearity2▲ 99×1 topic
  29. Regression Analysis2▲ 51×1 topic
  30. Society2▲ 10×4 topics
  31. Cognition2▲ 12×2 topics
  32. Distributed Systems2▲ 9.7×2 topics
  33. Empathy2▲ 14×3 topics
  34. Late Antiquity2▲ 31×2 topics
  35. Aesthetic Emotions2▲ 69×2 topics
  36. Breath Analysis2▲ 15×1 topic
  37. Electronic Nose2▲ 19×1 topic
  38. Fault Detection2▲ 11×1 topic
  39. Manuscripts2▲ 70×1 topic
  40. Medieval2▲ 42×1 topic

Which research topics does Durham Technical Community College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications, Reformation and Early Modern Christianity, Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology and Advanced Statistical Methods and Models.

Anomaly Detection Techni…8Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications: 8 fractional worksReformation and Early Mo…4Reformation and Early Modern Christianity: 4 fractional worksAcademic and Historical …2Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Statistical Met…2Advanced Statistical Methods and Models: 2 fractional worksMedieval Literature and …2Medieval Literature and History: 2 fractional worksFault Detection and Cont…2Fault Detection and Control Systems: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Chemical Sensor Technologies: 2 fractional worksSoftware System Performance and Reliability: 1 fractional worksCognitive Science and Education Research: 1 fractional worksDiverse Historical and Scientific Studies: 1 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceHistoryGeneral PsychologyStatistics and Probability6 others

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

  1. 1 Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications Artificial Intelligence 8 works
  2. 2 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 4 works
  3. 3 Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology General Psychology 2 works
  4. 4 Advanced Statistical Methods and Models Statistics and Probability 2 works
  5. 5 Medieval Literature and History Classics 2 works
  6. 6 Fault Detection and Control Systems Control and Systems Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Software System Performance and Reliability Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  9. 9 Cognitive Science and Education Research Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  10. 10 Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies History and Philosophy of Science 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 available15.7%not open84.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.8%domestic only92.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Durham Technical Community College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 34% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Durham Technical Community College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00052% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Durham Technical Community College0.00025% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2024Durham Technical Community College2.2% in 2024200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 21.4% in 2019.

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