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Fairfax County Public Schools

In research, Fairfax County Public Schools stands highest in Social Sciences (#13,019 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#34,877
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#7,411
of 8,685
Research works
358
▲ 92% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.2k
11.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
19%
world 28%

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 #13,019 of 16,945 17.9%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 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: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.86× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.54× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.51× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.41× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.61× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 4.79× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.35× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.04× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.73× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Fairfax County Public Schools?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Hydrological Modeling, Epidemiology, Educational Technology, Quality of Life, Teacher Professional Development, Technology Integration and Sediment Transport.

▲ 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. Climate Change5▲ 3.3×16 topics
  2. Epidemiology4▲ 1.82×16 topics
  3. Quality of Life2▲ 3.3×8 topics
  4. Educational Technology2▲ 3.8×8 topics
  5. Public Health2▲ 3.0×7 topics
  6. Hydrological Modeling2▲ 16×2 topics
  7. Sediment Transport2▲ 18×3 topics
  8. Teacher Professional Development2▲ 18×4 topics
  9. Technology Integration2▲ 9.4×4 topics
  10. Nursing Education1▲ 20×2 topics
  11. Police Legitimacy1▲ 251×1 topic
  12. Procedural Justice1▲ 251×1 topic
  13. Student Retention1▲ 67×2 topics
  14. Inclusive Education1▲ 7.0×5 topics
  15. Professional Development1▲ 13×4 topics
  16. Training Pathways1▲ 91×1 topic
  17. Vocational Education1▲ 28×1 topic
  18. Digital Divide1▲ 9.1×2 topics
  19. ICT1▲ 18×2 topics
  20. Motivation1▲ 5.6×4 topics
  21. Risk Perception1▲ 8.2×2 topics
  22. Rural Development1▲ 6.9×2 topics
  23. Flood Inundation Modeling1▲ 28×1 topic
  24. Flood Risk1▲ 28×2 topics
  25. Health Policy1▲ 14×1 topic
  26. Intersectionality1▲ 12×2 topics
  27. Nursing Advocacy1▲ 240×1 topic
  28. Surface Water Mapping1▲ 28×1 topic
  29. Water Resources1▲ 8.6×3 topics
  30. Antarctic1▲ 213×1 topic
  31. Broadband1▲ 49×1 topic
  32. Cost-effectiveness Analysis1▲ 23×1 topic
  33. Health Utility Measures1▲ 23×1 topic
  34. LGBTQ+1▲ 47×1 topic
  35. Lifelong Learning1▲ 9.4×4 topics
  36. Maternal Mortality1▲ 8.7×4 topics
  37. Microorganisms1▲ 158×1 topic
  38. Model Evaluation1▲ 16×2 topics
  39. Sickle-cell Disease1▲ 45×1 topic
  40. Stigma1▲ 14×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Policing Practices and Perceptions, Education Systems and Policy, Flood Risk Assessment and Management and Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership.

Policing Practices and P…1Policing Practices and Perceptions: 1 fractional worksEducation Systems and Po…1Education Systems and Policy: 1 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 1 fractional worksNursing Education, Practice, and Leadership: 1 fractional worksHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders: 1 fractional worksICT Impact and Policies: 1 fractional worksPolar Research and Ecology: 1 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…1Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 1 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 1 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 1 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsEducationGlobal and Planetary ChangeIssues, ethics and legal aspects6 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 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  4. 4 Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership Issues, ethics and legal aspects 1 works
  5. 5 Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders Genetics 1 works
  6. 6 ICT Impact and Policies Media Technology 1 works
  7. 7 Polar Research and Ecology Ecology 1 works
  8. 8 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  9. 9 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 92% 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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