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El Camino College

In research, El Camino College stands highest in Social Sciences (#11,506 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#19,712
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#4,090
of 7,310
Research works
282
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.6k
16.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
19%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
El Camino College

What is El Camino 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
Social SciencesDomain #11,506 of 14,833 4.5%139

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where El Camino 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 El Camino College work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research at El Camino College is in Social Sciences, 32% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (18%), Psychology (16%), Arts and Humanities (13%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 17 fractional works · 53.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 17.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 16.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 7.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 4.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 13.2% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 31.7% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 12.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 10.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 8.8% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 6.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStructural Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKEl Camino College33fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences32%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences53%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences617.8%
    2. Psychology516.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities413.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance24.6%
    5. Decision Sciences01.0%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.5%
    1. Computer Science412.2%
    2. Engineering310.7%
    3. Mathematics13.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy13.4%
    5. Materials Science01.4%
    6. Chemistry00.2%
    7. Environmental Science00.2%
    1. Medicine26.6%
    2. Health Professions12.2%
    1. Neuroscience13.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.7%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology01.4%
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: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.89× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.57× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.71× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.05× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.52× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 4.56× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.16× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 5.36× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.41× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology5.36×5 works
  2. Arts and Humanities4.56×4 works
  3. Mathematics3.05×1 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.16×2 works
  5. Neuroscience1.89×1 works
  6. Computer Science1.57×4 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.52×1 works
  8. Social Sciences1.41×6 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.06×0 works
  10. Health Professions0.83×1 works
  11. Engineering0.71×4 works
  12. Materials Science0.39×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.35×0 works
  14. Medicine0.34×2 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.25×0 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.16×0 works
  17. Chemistry0.13×0 works
  18. Environmental Science0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at El Camino College?

Ranked on the quality score, Yamonte Cooper, Felipe Leon and D. Blair Gibson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is El Camino College.

  1. 1 Yamonte Cooper United States · #2,827,948 worldwide 5 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Felipe Leon United States · #3,006,829 worldwide 117 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 D. Blair Gibson United States · #3,886,461 worldwide 338 citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Leonard M. Wapner United States · #4,422,513 worldwide 32 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Jerry C. Garlock United States · #4,706,658 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Nadine Ishitani Hata United States · #4,733,488 worldwide 39 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 博之 大西 United States · #4,986,642 worldwide 0 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Gene Kerstiens United States · #5,054,123 worldwide 35 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Rossella Pescatori United States · #5,062,008 worldwide 11 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 晴義 高津 United States · #6,544,764 worldwide 0 citations · 63 works
All ranked researchers at El Camino College

What are the most cited papers from El Camino College?

The most cited paper from El Camino College is "The Effects of Supraphysiologic Doses of Testosterone on Muscle Size and Strength in Normal Men" (Shalender Bhasin, Thomas W. Storer, Nancy Berman et al., 1996), with 1,684 citations. Next come "Testosterone dose-response relationships in healthy young men" (974) and "SWIRE: TheSIRTFWide‐Area Infrared Extragalactic Survey" (726).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Effects of Supraphysiologic Doses of Testosterone on Muscle Size and Strength in Normal Men Shalender Bhasin, Thomas W. Storer, Nancy Berman et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 4 Jul 1996 1,684
2 Testosterone dose-response relationships in healthy young men Shalender Bhasin, Linda June Woodhouse, Richard H. Casaburi et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism Dec 2001 974
3 SWIRE: TheSIRTFWide‐Area Infrared Extragalactic Survey Carol J. Lonsdale et al. · Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific Open access Aug 2003 726
4 Older Men Are as Responsive as Young Men to the Anabolic Effects of Graded Doses of Testosterone on the Skeletal Muscle Shalender Bhasin, Linda June Woodhouse, Richard H. Casaburi et al. · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism Feb 2005 547
5 Testosterone Replacement Increases Fat-Free Mass and Muscle Size in Hypogonadal Men 1 Shalender Bhasin, Thomas W. Storer, Nancy Berman et al. · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism Feb 1997 522
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Which keywords describe research at El Camino College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Social Constructionism, Trauma, Social Support, Ethics, Gender Differences, Gender and Intersectionality.

▲ 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 25 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 25 words, with their numbers
  1. Mental Health3▲ 6.1×6 topics
  2. Social Constructionism2▲ 147×2 topics
  3. Epidemiology2▲ 1.16×5 topics
  4. Ethics1▲ 8.6×4 topics
  5. Gender1▲ 7.7×6 topics
  6. Gender Differences1▲ 11×4 topics
  7. Social Support1▲ 8.1×2 topics
  8. Trauma1▲ 21×4 topics
  9. Intersectionality1▲ 20×2 topics
  10. Perception1▲ 52×2 topics
  11. Quality of Life1▲ 2.6×5 topics
  12. Truth1▲ 109×2 topics
  13. Gender Identity1▲ 31×1 topic
  14. Masculinity1▲ 40×1 topic
  15. Social Movements1▲ 12×3 topics
  16. Algorithmic Information Theory1▲ 183×1 topic
  17. Child-Centered1▲ 217×1 topic
  18. Computability1▲ 183×1 topic
  19. Consciousness1▲ 42×1 topic
  20. Literature1▲ 5.8×4 topics
  21. Phenomenal Experience1▲ 214×1 topic
  22. Play Therapy1▲ 217×1 topic
  23. Responsibility1▲ 72×2 topics
  24. Seventies1▲ 1611×1 topic
  25. Sixties1▲ 1611×1 topic

Which research topics does El Camino College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Gender Roles and Identity Studies, Child Therapy and Development, American Political and Social Dynamics and Philosophy and Theoretical Science.

Gender Roles and Identit…1Gender Roles and Identity Studies: 1 fractional worksChild Therapy and Develo…1Child Therapy and Development: 1 fractional worksAmerican Political and Social Dynamics: 1 fractional worksPhilosophy and Theoretic…1Philosophy and Theoretical Science: 1 fractional worksComputability, Logic, AI…1Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms: 1 fractional worksAttachment and Relationship Dynamics: 1 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 1 fractional worksPhilosophical Ethics and…1Philosophical Ethics and Theory: 1 fractional worksElectromagnetic Compatibility and Measurements: 1 fractional worksFree Will and Agency: 1 fractional works
Gender StudiesClinical PsychologyHistoryExperimental and Cognitive Psychology6 others

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

  1. 1 Gender Roles and Identity Studies Gender Studies 1 works
  2. 2 Child Therapy and Development Clinical Psychology 1 works
  3. 3 American Political and Social Dynamics History 1 works
  4. 4 Philosophy and Theoretical Science Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1 works
  5. 5 Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms Computational Theory and Mathematics 1 works
  6. 6 Attachment and Relationship Dynamics Social Psychology 1 works
  7. 7 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Philosophical Ethics and Theory Philosophy 1 works
  9. 9 Electromagnetic Compatibility and Measurements Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Free Will and Agency Cognitive Neuroscience 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 available19.2%not open80.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.6%domestic only93.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has El Camino College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is El Camino College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000063% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%El Camino College0.00017% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of El Camino College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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