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El Centro College

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Research works
75
▼ 54% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.3k
16.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
26%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
El Centro College

Not ranked overall: El Centro College is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does El Centro College work in?

In all years, 41% of research at El Centro College is in Health Sciences, 25% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (34%), Social Sciences (18%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (15%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 30 fractional works · 40.7% of its workMedicine: 26 fractional works · 34.4% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 9.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 5.4% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnatomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 5.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 25.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 18.4% of its workEducation: 11 fractional works · 14.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 15 fractional works · 20.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 15.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 6 fractional works · 8.0% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 13.3% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 8.7% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArchitecture: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKEl Centro College75fractional works, all years
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences41%Social Sciences25%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2634.4%
    2. Health Professions45.7%
    3. Veterinary00.4%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences1418.4%
    2. Psychology34.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting22.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1115.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology34.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.1%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Engineering68.7%
    2. Computer Science22.4%
    3. Environmental Science11.6%
    4. Materials Science00.5%
    5. Chemistry00.1%
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: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.87× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Environmental Science: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 3.07× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.04× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 2.43× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions3.07×0 works
  2. Medicine3.04×3 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.87×0 works
  4. Psychology2.43×0 works
  5. Social Sciences1.07×1 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.00×0 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.73×0 works
  8. Environmental Science0.29×0 works
  9. Materials Science0.28×0 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.18×0 works

Who are the top researchers at El Centro College?

Ranked on the quality score, JoAnn Graham Zerwekh and David T. Goomas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is El Centro College.

  1. 1 JoAnn Graham Zerwekh United States · #3,037,264 worldwide 82 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 David T. Goomas United States · #6,055,713 worldwide 426 citations · 49 works
All ranked researchers at El Centro College

What are the most cited papers from El Centro College?

The most cited paper from El Centro College is "Influence of flake density on the feeding value of steam-processed corn in diets for lactating cows." (Alejandro Plascencia, Richard Avery Zinn, 1996), with 105 citations. Next come "Stimulated recall and mental models: Tools for teaching and learning computer information literacy" (37) and "Outcome-and-behavior-based safety incentive program to reduce accidents: A case study of a fluid manufacturing plant" (36).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Influence of flake density on the feeding value of steam-processed corn in diets for lactating cows. Alejandro Plascencia, Richard Avery Zinn · Journal of Animal Science 1996 105
2 Stimulated recall and mental models: Tools for teaching and learning computer information literacy Darrell Cook · Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology Dec 2006 37
3 Outcome-and-behavior-based safety incentive program to reduce accidents: A case study of a fluid manufacturing plant Paul H.P. Yeow, David T. Goomas · Safety Science 8 Aug 2014 36
4 Feasibility of an Alzheimer's disease knowledge intervention in the Latino community Jaime Perales‐Puchalt, W. Todd Moore, Cielo Fernández et al. · Ethnicity and Health Open access 18 Feb 2018 32
5 Curriculum recommendations and guidelines for the community and junior college career program in computer programming Joyce Currie Little, Richard H. Austing, Harice Seeds et al. · ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Open access Jun 1977 31
All 91 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at El Centro College?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Methane Production, Ruminant Nutrition, Epidemiology, Higher Education, Student Engagement, Diversity, Prenatal Diagnosis and Academic Performance.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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▲ 2.5×28 topics
  2. Methane Production5▲ 165×1 topic
  3. Ruminant Nutrition5▲ 165×1 topic
  4. Higher Education4▲ 14×6 topics
  5. Student Engagement4▲ 21×2 topics
  6. Diversity4▲ 26×2 topics
  7. Prenatal Diagnosis4▲ 26×5 topics
  8. Academic Performance3▲ 62×1 topic
  9. College Retention3▲ 211×1 topic
  10. Online Learning3▲ 9.5×2 topics
  11. Engineering Education3▲ 38×3 topics
  12. Virtual Learning Environments3▲ 45×2 topics
  13. Diagnosis3▲ 3.4×8 topics
  14. Instructional Design3▲ 38×2 topics
  15. Blended Learning2▲ 36×1 topic
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 6.0×7 topics
  17. Distance Education2▲ 24×1 topic
  18. Educational Technology2▲ 4.3×6 topics
  19. Treatment2▲ 2.2×8 topics
  20. Evidence-Based Practice2▲ 17×3 topics
  21. Curriculum Development2▲ 7.5×2 topics
  22. Diabetes2▲ 5.2×3 topics
  23. Management2▲ 3.2×6 topics
  24. Risk Factors2▲ 2.4×6 topics
  25. Chemotherapy2▲ 3.4×5 topics
  26. Congenital Anomalies2▲ 28×3 topics
  27. Prognostic Factors2▲ 4.9×4 topics
  28. Surgical Management2▲ 4.9×3 topics
  29. Behavioral Interventions2▲ 21×1 topic
  30. Special Education2▲ 25×1 topic
  31. Probiotics1▲ 6.8×3 topics
  32. Risk Perception1▲ 8.9×3 topics
  33. Student Performance1▲ 23×2 topics
  34. Sustainable Agriculture1▲ 6.5×4 topics
  35. Assessment Methods1▲ 15×2 topics
  36. Co-Creation of Curriculum1▲ 156×1 topic
  37. Heat Stress1▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Maternal Mortality1▲ 8.5×2 topics
  39. STEM Education1▲ 6.0×3 topics
  40. Student-Staff Partnerships1▲ 156×1 topic

Which research topics does El Centro College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Regional Development and Innovation, Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases, Urticaria and Related Conditions and Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research.

Regional Development and…0Regional Development and Innovation: 0 fractional worksAutoimmune Bullous Skin …0Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases: 0 fractional worksUrticaria and Related Co…0Urticaria and Related Conditions: 0 fractional worksFood Allergy and Anaphyl…0Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research: 0 fractional worksMedical and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional worksFranz Kafka Literary Studies: 0 fractional worksOropharyngeal Anatomy an…0Oropharyngeal Anatomy and Pathologies: 0 fractional worksTemporomandibular Joint Disorders: 0 fractional worksAntimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus: 0 fractional worksSound Studies and Aurality0Sound Studies and Aurality: 0 fractional works
DevelopmentPathology and Forensic MedicineRheumatologyImmunology and Allergy5 others

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

  1. 1 Regional Development and Innovation Development 0 works
  2. 2 Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 0 works
  3. 3 Urticaria and Related Conditions Rheumatology 0 works
  4. 4 Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research Immunology and Allergy 0 works
  5. 5 Medical and Biological Sciences Anatomy 0 works
  6. 6 Franz Kafka Literary Studies Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  7. 7 Oropharyngeal Anatomy and Pathologies Rheumatology 0 works
  8. 8 Temporomandibular Joint Disorders Complementary and Manual Therapy 0 works
  9. 9 Antimicrobial Resistance in Staphylococcus Infectious Diseases 0 works
  10. 10 Sound Studies and Aurality Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 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 available26.0%not open74.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.3%domestic only91.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has El Centro College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 54% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Centro College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000022% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%El Centro College0.000027% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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