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El Camino College

In research, El Camino College stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,159 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#17,532
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#3,803
of 8,685
Research works
282
▲ 58% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.6k
16.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
19%
world 28%

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 #6,159 of 16,945 10.0%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 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: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 2.09× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.74× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.37× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.17× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 5.04× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.38× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 5.47× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at El Camino College?

Ranked on the composite score, Julius Sumner Miller lead among researchers whose main affiliation is El Camino College.

  1. 1 Julius Sumner Miller United States · #927,234 worldwide 21 citations · 59 works
All ranked researchers at El Camino College

Which keywords describe research at El Camino College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Trauma, Social Support, Ethics, Gender, Gender Differences, Social Constructionism and Perception.

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

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Mental Health2▲ 4.8×5 topics
  2. Ethics1▲ 10.0×4 topics
  3. Gender1▲ 8.5×6 topics
  4. Gender Differences1▲ 12×4 topics
  5. Social Support1▲ 8.7×2 topics
  6. Trauma1▲ 24×4 topics
  7. Epidemiology1◆ 1.00×5 topics
  8. Perception1▲ 59×2 topics
  9. Quality of Life1▲ 2.9×4 topics
  10. Social Constructionism1▲ 127×2 topics
  11. Truth1▲ 122×2 topics
  12. Social Movements1▲ 13×3 topics
  13. Algorithmic Information Theory1▲ 198×1 topic
  14. Child-Centered1▲ 246×1 topic
  15. Computability1▲ 198×1 topic
  16. Consciousness1▲ 49×1 topic
  17. Literature1▲ 6.5×4 topics
  18. Phenomenal Experience1▲ 249×1 topic
  19. Play Therapy1▲ 246×1 topic
  20. Responsibility1▲ 78×2 topics
  21. Seventies1▲ 1778×1 topic
  22. Sixties1▲ 1778×1 topic

Which research topics does El Camino College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Philosophy and Theoretical Science, Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms, Child Therapy and Development and American Political and Social Dynamics.

Philosophy and Theoretic…1Philosophy and Theoretical Science: 1 fractional worksComputability, Logic, AI…1Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms: 1 fractional worksChild Therapy and Development: 1 fractional worksAmerican Political and S…1American Political and Social Dynamics: 1 fractional worksAttachment and Relations…1Attachment and Relationship Dynamics: 1 fractional worksGender Roles and Identity Studies: 1 fractional worksFree Will and Agency: 1 fractional worksPhilosophical Ethics and…1Philosophical Ethics and Theory: 1 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 1 fractional worksAging, Health, and Disability: 0 fractional works
Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyComputational Theory and MathematicsClinical PsychologyHistory6 others

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

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

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has El Camino College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 58% 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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