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Elgin Community College

In research, Elgin Community College stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,874 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#19,367
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#4,194
of 8,685
Research works
423
▲ 74% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.9k
9.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is Elgin 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
Social SciencesDomain #9,874 of 16,945 11.0%174

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Elgin 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: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.18× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 1.88× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.39× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.14× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.52× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 2.03× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 8.46× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.29× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.15× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.63× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 8.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Elgin Community College?

Ranked on the composite score, M. K. Horwitt, William A. Pelz and J. M. C. lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Elgin Community College.

  1. 1 M. K. Horwitt United States · #217,253 worldwide 144 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 William A. Pelz United States · #504,159 worldwide 11 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 J. M. C. United States · #1,245,634 worldwide 18 citations · 168 works
All ranked researchers at Elgin Community College

Which keywords describe research at Elgin Community College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Support, Innovation, Educational Technology, Architectural Competitions, Cybersecurity, Power Electronics, Public Health and Cultural Studies.

▲ 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. Innovation3▲ 4.3×6 topics
  2. Climate Change2▲ 1.55×3 topics
  3. Social Support2▲ 7.3×6 topics
  4. Educational Technology2▲ 3.4×7 topics
  5. Education2▲ 2.2×8 topics
  6. Public Health2▲ 2.5×8 topics
  7. Healthcare2▲ 2.8×4 topics
  8. Identity1▲ 3.4×2 topics
  9. Teacher Training1▲ 4.0×4 topics
  10. Architectural Competitions1▲ 219×1 topic
  11. Cultural Studies1▲ 6.1×1 topic
  12. Cybersecurity1▲ 9.4×4 topics
  13. Power Electronics1▲ 6.9×2 topics
  14. Gender Differences1▲ 5.4×4 topics
  15. Information Retrieval1▲ 9.2×2 topics
  16. Text Classification1▲ 13×2 topics
  17. Health Care Utilization1▲ 16×3 topics
  18. Health Equity1▲ 6.7×4 topics
  19. Agenda Setting1▲ 51×1 topic
  20. Autoantibodies1▲ 7.4×1 topic
  21. British Politics1▲ 120×1 topic
  22. Complex Adaptive Systems1▲ 60×1 topic
  23. Depoliticisation1▲ 120×1 topic
  24. Ecosystem Management1▲ 29×1 topic
  25. Feature Selection1▲ 7.8×1 topic
  26. Fibrosis1▲ 9.5×2 topics
  27. Game Theory1▲ 10×2 topics
  28. Income Inequality1▲ 12×2 topics
  29. Maintenance Optimization1▲ 84×1 topic
  30. Marine Fisheries1▲ 42×1 topic
  31. Media Framing1▲ 51×1 topic
  32. Model-Based Systems Engineering1▲ 241×1 topic
  33. Multi-label Learning1▲ 58×1 topic
  34. Neighborhood Effects1▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Optical Interconnects1▲ 46×1 topic
  36. Reliability Engineering1▲ 84×1 topic
  37. Semiconductor Lasers1▲ 25×1 topic
  38. Social Network Analysis1▲ 14×1 topic
  39. Systemic Sclerosis1▲ 48×1 topic
  40. WebQuests1▲ 31×1 topic

Which research topics does Elgin Community College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Italian Literature and Culture, Political and Economic history of UK and US, Media Studies and Communication and Systems Engineering Methodologies and Applications.

Italian Literature and C…1Italian Literature and Culture: 1 fractional worksPolitical and Economic h…1Political and Economic history of UK and US: 1 fractional worksMedia Studies and Communication: 1 fractional worksSystems Engineering Methodologies and Applications: 1 fractional worksReliability and Maintenance Optimization: 1 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 1 fractional worksSystemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases: 1 fractional worksEducation and Digital Te…1Education and Digital Technologies: 1 fractional worksSemiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices: 1 fractional worksText and Document Classification Technologies: 1 fractional works
General Arts and HumanitiesPolitical Science and International RelationsCommunicationControl and Systems Engineering6 others

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

  1. 1 Italian Literature and Culture General Arts and Humanities 1 works
  2. 2 Political and Economic history of UK and US Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  3. 3 Media Studies and Communication Communication 1 works
  4. 4 Systems Engineering Methodologies and Applications Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Reliability and Maintenance Optimization Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 1 works
  6. 6 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  7. 7 Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  9. 9 Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Text and Document Classification Technologies Artificial Intelligence 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 available24.8%not open75.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.6%domestic only84.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Elgin Community College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 74% 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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