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Fairfax County Public Schools

In research, Fairfax County Public Schools stands highest in Social Sciences (#9,297 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#19,565
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#4,058
of 7,310
Research works
358
▲ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.2k
11.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.83×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
19%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Fairfax County Public Schools

What is Fairfax County Public Schools 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 #9,297 of 14,833 7.3%195

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fairfax County Public Schools 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 Fairfax County Public Schools work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research at Fairfax County Public Schools is in Health Sciences, 35% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (31%), Social Sciences (23%), Environmental Science (13%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 22 fractional works · 39.0% of its workMedicine: 17 fractional works · 31.0% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 34.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 22.8% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 12.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 8.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 19.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 12.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 6.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKFairfax CountyPublic Schools56fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences39%Social Sciences35%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1731.0%
    2. Health Professions23.8%
    3. Nursing12.2%
    4. Dentistry12.0%
    1. Social Sciences1322.8%
    2. Psychology58.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance22.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    1. Environmental Science712.9%
    2. Engineering22.8%
    3. Computer Science12.2%
    4. Mathematics11.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    7. Chemistry00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.8%
    3. Neuroscience11.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.6%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
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: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.73× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.59× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.20× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.43× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.61× its world share, 17 worksMedicineNursing: 4.46× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.25× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.88× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.80× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing4.46×1 works
  2. Dentistry4.20×1 works
  3. Psychology2.88×5 works
  4. Environmental Science2.59×7 works
  5. Social Sciences1.80×13 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.73×0 works
  7. Medicine1.61×17 works
  8. Health Professions1.43×2 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.25×2 works
  10. Mathematics1.03×1 works
  11. Neuroscience0.59×0 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.51×2 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.38×1 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.35×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.29×1 works
  16. Engineering0.18×2 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.16×0 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.15×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.13×0 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.11×0 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Fairfax County Public Schools?

Ranked on the quality score, Jon L. Almquist, Carol V. Horn and Ariel Baska lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fairfax County Public Schools.

  1. 1 Jon L. Almquist United States · #805,177 worldwide 1.9k citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Carol V. Horn United States · #2,508,613 worldwide 116 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Ariel Baska United States · #2,807,677 worldwide 26 citations · 39 works
  4. 4 Anna M. Swenson United States · #3,628,112 worldwide 122 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Yosif A. Ibrahim United States · #4,384,159 worldwide 84 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Fairfax County Public Schools

What are the most cited papers from Fairfax County Public Schools?

The most cited paper from Fairfax County Public Schools is "Trends in Concussion Incidence in High School Sports" (Andrew E. Lincoln, Shane V. Caswell, Jon L. Almquist et al., 2011), with 630 citations. Next come "Classroom Assessment Practices and Teachers' Self-Perceived Assessment Skills" (242) and "Third Graders Learn about Fractions Using Virtual Manipulatives: A Classroom study" (233).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Trends in Concussion Incidence in High School Sports Andrew E. Lincoln, Shane V. Caswell, Jon L. Almquist et al. · The American Journal of Sports Medicine 29 Jan 2011 630
2 Classroom Assessment Practices and Teachers' Self-Perceived Assessment Skills Zhicheng Zhang, Judith A. Burry-Stock · Applied Measurement in Education Oct 2003 242
3 Third Graders Learn about Fractions Using Virtual Manipulatives: A Classroom study Kelly Reimer, Patricia S. Moyer · Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University) Open access 2005 233
4 Health-related physical fitness and physical activity in elementary school students Weiyun Chen, Austin Hammond-Bennett, Andrew J. Hypnar et al. · BMC Public Health Open access 30 Jan 2018 220
5 Underachievement Among College Students Megan Balduf · Journal of Advanced Academics Feb 2009 213
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Fairfax County Public Schools?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Hydrological Modeling, Teacher Professional Development, Technology Integration, Epidemiology, Educational Technology, Public Health and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Climate Change5▲ 3.0×16 topics
  2. Epidemiology4▲ 1.75×18 topics
  3. Public Health2▲ 3.0×8 topics
  4. Quality of Life2▲ 3.0×8 topics
  5. Educational Technology2▲ 3.5×8 topics
  6. Hydrological Modeling2▲ 15×2 topics
  7. Teacher Professional Development2▲ 22×4 topics
  8. Technology Integration2▲ 11×4 topics
  9. Intersectionality2▲ 14×3 topics
  10. Sediment Transport2▲ 16×3 topics
  11. Nursing Education1▲ 20×2 topics
  12. Police Legitimacy1▲ 223×1 topic
  13. Procedural Justice1▲ 223×1 topic
  14. Reflective Practice1▲ 13×3 topics
  15. Student Retention1▲ 64×2 topics
  16. Inclusive Education1▲ 6.3×5 topics
  17. Professional Development1▲ 12×4 topics
  18. Training Pathways1▲ 94×1 topic
  19. Vocational Education1▲ 26×1 topic
  20. Digital Divide1▲ 8.5×2 topics
  21. ICT1▲ 16×2 topics
  22. Motivation1▲ 5.3×4 topics
  23. Risk Perception1▲ 7.8×2 topics
  24. Rural Development1▲ 6.5×2 topics
  25. Special Education1▲ 37×3 topics
  26. Teacher Education1▲ 17×4 topics
  27. Water Quality1▲ 5.4×4 topics
  28. Flood Inundation Modeling1▲ 25×1 topic
  29. Flood Risk1▲ 25×2 topics
  30. Health Policy1▲ 13×2 topics
  31. Lifelong Learning1▲ 9.3×5 topics
  32. Nursing Advocacy1▲ 211×1 topic
  33. Political Participation1▲ 23×1 topic
  34. Qualitative Research Methods1▲ 47×1 topic
  35. Stigma1▲ 14×2 topics
  36. Surface Water Mapping1▲ 25×1 topic
  37. Teacher Identity1▲ 48×1 topic
  38. Water Resources1▲ 7.9×3 topics
  39. Maternal Mortality1▲ 8.0×4 topics
  40. Model Evaluation1▲ 14×2 topics

Which research topics does Fairfax County Public Schools publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Policing Practices and Perceptions, Education Systems and Policy, Teacher Education and Leadership Studies and Flood Risk Assessment and Management.

Policing Practices and P…1Policing Practices and Perceptions: 1 fractional worksEducation Systems and Po…1Education Systems and Policy: 1 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 1 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 1 fractional worksNursing Education, Practice, and Leadership: 1 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 1 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 1 fractional worksPolar Research and Ecology1Polar Research and Ecology: 1 fractional worksICT Impact and Policies: 1 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 1 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsEducationGlobal and Planetary ChangeIssues, ethics and legal aspects5 others

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

  1. 1 Policing Practices and Perceptions Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  2. 2 Education Systems and Policy Education 1 works
  3. 3 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 1 works
  4. 4 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  5. 5 Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership Issues, ethics and legal aspects 1 works
  6. 6 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  7. 7 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 1 works
  8. 8 Polar Research and Ecology Ecology 1 works
  9. 9 ICT Impact and Policies Media Technology 1 works
  10. 10 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 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 available19.4%not open80.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.1%domestic only88.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Fairfax County Public Schools's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% higher 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 Fairfax County Public Schools as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00019% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Fairfax County Public Schools0.00023% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Fairfax County Public Schools over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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