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Foothill College

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World rank, all time
#25,596
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#5,478
of 8,685
Research works
221
▲ 33% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.5k
11.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

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: 1.21× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.45× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.50× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.34× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.65× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.64× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.78× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.46× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.30× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.11× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.01× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.19× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 2.32× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.77× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Foothill College?

Ranked on the composite score, Paul Rossi and K Masek lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Foothill College.

  1. 1 Paul Rossi United States · #1,111,399 worldwide 2 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 K Masek United States · #1,281,539 worldwide 4 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Foothill College

Which keywords describe research at Foothill College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Religion, Culture, Philosophy, Student Engagement, History, Human Rights, Buddhism and South Asia.

▲ 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. Religion3▲ 15×4 topics
  2. Culture3▲ 11×3 topics
  3. Human Rights3▲ 5.5×4 topics
  4. Philosophy3▲ 13×2 topics
  5. Machine Learning3▲ 1.69×9 topics
  6. Student Engagement3▲ 14×4 topics
  7. History2▲ 7.5×2 topics
  8. Buddhism2▲ 312×1 topic
  9. South Asia2▲ 312×1 topic
  10. Conflict2▲ 26×2 topics
  11. Ethnicity2▲ 11×2 topics
  12. Federalism2▲ 65×2 topics
  13. Higher Education2▲ 7.6×4 topics
  14. Colonialism2▲ 8.2×4 topics
  15. Sustainability2▲ 1.52×4 topics
  16. Climate Change2▲ 1.34×4 topics
  17. Educational Technology2▲ 2.8×2 topics
  18. Energy Efficiency2▲ 3.4×2 topics
  19. Active Learning1▲ 17×1 topic
  20. Flipped Classroom1▲ 91×1 topic
  21. Consumer Behavior1▲ 4.1×4 topics
  22. Diversity1▲ 15×2 topics
  23. Emotion Regulation1▲ 7.9×3 topics
  24. STEM Education1▲ 5.8×5 topics
  25. Adaptation1▲ 7.4×1 topic
  26. American founding1▲ 69×1 topic
  27. Constitutional government1▲ 69×1 topic
  28. Environmental Ethics1▲ 35×2 topics
  29. Food Supply Chain1▲ 18×1 topic
  30. Fuzzy Controller1▲ 78×1 topic
  31. Insurgency1▲ 96×1 topic
  32. Kashmir1▲ 96×1 topic
  33. Livestock Farming1▲ 34×1 topic
  34. Motor Imagery1▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Myanmar1▲ 143×1 topic
  36. Phishing1▲ 58×1 topic
  37. Redundant Transmission1▲ 78×1 topic
  38. Spam Detection1▲ 58×1 topic
  39. Traceability1▲ 33×1 topic
  40. state building1▲ 143×1 topic

Which research topics does Foothill College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Indian and Buddhist Studies, Innovative Teaching Methods, Agriculture and Rural Development Research and Food Supply Chain Traceability.

Indian and Buddhist Studies: 2 fractional worksInnovative Teaching Methods: 1 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural Development Research: 1 fractional worksFood Supply Chain Traceability: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Data Processing…1Advanced Data Processing Techniques: 1 fractional worksSouth Asian Studies and Conflicts: 1 fractional worksAsian Geopolitics and Ethnography: 1 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional …1American Constitutional Law and Politics: 1 fractional worksSpam and Phishing Detection: 1 fractional worksEurasian Exchange Networks: 1 fractional works
Religious studiesEducationEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsFood Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Indian and Buddhist Studies Religious studies 2 works
  2. 2 Innovative Teaching Methods Education 1 works
  3. 3 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1 works
  4. 4 Food Supply Chain Traceability Food Science 1 works
  5. 5 Advanced Data Processing Techniques Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 South Asian Studies and Conflicts Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  7. 7 Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  8. 8 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  9. 9 Spam and Phishing Detection Information Systems 1 works
  10. 10 Eurasian Exchange Networks Anthropology 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 available36.2%not open63.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.5%domestic only91.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Foothill College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 33% 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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