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Forsyth Technical Community College

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World rank, all time
#29,100
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#6,126
of 7,310
Research works
135
▼ 38% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.7k
56.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Forsyth Technical Community College

Which fields of science does Forsyth Technical Community College work in?

In all years, 56% of research at Forsyth Technical Community College is in Health Sciences, 20% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (29%), Dentistry (19%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (12%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 76 fractional works · 55.9% of its workMedicine: 39 fractional works · 29.0% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDentistry: 26 fractional works · 19.2% of its workPeriodontics: 18 fractional works · 13.6% of its workOral Surgery: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workOrthodontics: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 6.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPharmacy: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 27 fractional works · 19.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 17 fractional works · 12.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 9.8% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 15.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 8.6% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 4.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 12 fractional works · 8.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKForsyth TechnicalCommunity College135fractional works, all years
Life Sciences20%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences56%Social Sciences15%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine3929.0%
    2. Dentistry2619.2%
    3. Health Professions96.5%
    4. Nursing21.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1712.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology43.1%
    3. Neuroscience32.3%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Social Sciences128.6%
    2. Psychology53.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting21.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.5%
    1. Environmental Science53.5%
    2. Engineering32.0%
    3. Computer Science21.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.5%
    5. Mathematics10.4%
    6. Energy00.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    8. Chemistry00.2%
    9. Materials Science00.2%
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: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.41× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.13× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.80× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.37× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 23.97× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.35× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.33× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 5.16× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 2.53× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.82× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 24.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry23.97×2 works
  2. Nursing5.16×0 works
  3. Neuroscience3.80×1 works
  4. Psychology2.53×1 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.41×2 works
  6. Health Professions2.35×1 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology2.13×0 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.37×0 works
  9. Medicine1.33×4 works
  10. Environmental Science0.91×1 works
  11. Social Sciences0.82×2 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.67×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.54×0 works
  14. Mathematics0.41×0 works
  15. Engineering0.20×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.19×0 works
  17. Materials Science0.11×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Forsyth Technical Community College?

The most cited paper from Forsyth Technical Community College is "The Human Oral Microbiome Database: a web accessible resource for investigating oral microbe taxonomic and genomic information" (T. Chen, Wen‐Han Yu, Jacques Izard et al., 2010), with 1,209 citations. Next come "The oral microbiome: diversity, biogeography and human health" (650) and "Comparisons of Subgingival Microbial Profiles of Refractory Periodontitis, Severe Periodontitis, and Periodontal Health Using the Human Oral Microbe Identification Microarray" (571).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Human Oral Microbiome Database: a web accessible resource for investigating oral microbe taxonomic and genomic information T. Chen, Wen‐Han Yu, Jacques Izard et al. · Database Open access 6 Jul 2010 1,209
2 The oral microbiome: diversity, biogeography and human health Jonathon L. Baker, Jessica L. Mark Welch, Kathryn M. Kauffman et al. · Nature Reviews Microbiology ReviewOpen access 12 Sep 2023 650
3 Comparisons of Subgingival Microbial Profiles of Refractory Periodontitis, Severe Periodontitis, and Periodontal Health Using the Human Oral Microbe Identification Microarray Ana Paula Vieira Colombo, Susan K. Boches, Sean L. Cotton et al. · Journal of Periodontology Open access Sep 2009 571
4 Left–right asymmetry in embryonic development: a comprehensive review Michael Levin · Mechanisms of Development Open access 14 Sep 2004 471
5 Atp6i-deficient mice exhibit severe osteopetrosis due to loss of osteoclast-mediated extracellular acidification Yiping Li, Wei Chen, Yuqiong Liang et al. · Nature Genetics Dec 1999 467
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Which keywords describe research at Forsyth Technical Community College?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Dental Caries, Bacterial Diversity, Microbial Ecology, Oral Microbiome, Periodontal Diseases, Inflammation, Epidemiology and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Inflammation16▲ 5.0×33 topics
  2. Dental Caries16▲ 142×2 topics
  3. Epidemiology14▲ 2.5×42 topics
  4. Bacterial Diversity14▲ 98×2 topics
  5. Microbial Ecology14▲ 63×2 topics
  6. Oral Microbiome13▲ 202×1 topic
  7. Periodontal Diseases13▲ 202×1 topic
  8. Risk Factors7▲ 4.7×9 topics
  9. Quality of Life6▲ 3.6×13 topics
  10. Treatment6▲ 3.5×12 topics
  11. Cancer6▲ 3.0×19 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress5▲ 1.94×17 topics
  13. Diagnostic Criteria4▲ 15×4 topics
  14. Lymphoma4▲ 21×2 topics
  15. Biomarkers4▲ 5.0×4 topics
  16. Pathogenesis4▲ 5.5×7 topics
  17. Autoimmune Disease4▲ 40×1 topic
  18. Saliva4▲ 119×1 topic
  19. Cell Signaling4▲ 7.8×5 topics
  20. Prevention3▲ 6.1×6 topics
  21. Cancer Progression3▲ 10×3 topics
  22. Fluoride3▲ 48×2 topics
  23. Immune Regulation3▲ 17×3 topics
  24. Biomineralization3▲ 24×2 topics
  25. Osteopontin3▲ 92×2 topics
  26. Clinical Management3▲ 10×2 topics
  27. Periodontal Disease3▲ 42×2 topics
  28. Student Engagement3▲ 8.2×5 topics
  29. Matricellular Proteins3▲ 80×1 topic
  30. Oral Mucosal Disorders3▲ 79×1 topic
  31. Osteoblast Differentiation3▲ 44×2 topics
  32. Potentially Malignant Disorders3▲ 79×1 topic
  33. Social Determinants3▲ 10×2 topics
  34. Tumor Metastasis3▲ 33×1 topic
  35. Matrix Metalloproteinases3▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Bone Resorption2▲ 73×1 topic
  37. Oral Health2▲ 42×1 topic
  38. Orthopedic Surgery2▲ 36×2 topics
  39. Osteoclast Differentiation2▲ 73×1 topic
  40. Remineralization2▲ 54×1 topic

Which research topics does Forsyth Technical Community College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Oral microbiology and periodontitis research, Educational Games and Gamification, Oral and gingival health research and Reproductive Health and Technologies.

Oral microbiology and pe…1Oral microbiology and periodontitis research: 1 fractional worksEducational Games and Gamification: 1 fractional worksOral and gingival health research: 1 fractional worksReproductive Health and Technologies: 0 fractional worksWork-Family Balance Challenges: 0 fractional worksPeroxisome Proliferator-…0Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors: 0 fractional worksFatty Acid Research and Health: 0 fractional worksDental Implant Techniques and Outcomes: 0 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer: 0 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics: 0 fractional works
PeriodonticsDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyPharmacyReproductive Medicine6 others

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

  1. 1 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 1 works
  2. 2 Educational Games and Gamification Developmental and Educational Psychology 1 works
  3. 3 Oral and gingival health research Pharmacy 1 works
  4. 4 Reproductive Health and Technologies Reproductive Medicine 0 works
  5. 5 Work-Family Balance Challenges Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  6. 6 Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors Molecular Biology 0 works
  7. 7 Fatty Acid Research and Health Nutrition and Dietetics 0 works
  8. 8 Dental Implant Techniques and Outcomes Oral Surgery 0 works
  9. 9 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 0 works
  10. 10 Social Media and Politics Communication 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 available34.5%not open65.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.3%domestic only77.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Forsyth Technical Community College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 38% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Forsyth Technical Community College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000045% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Forsyth Technical Community College0.000091% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Forsyth Technical Community College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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