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Fullerton College

In research, Fullerton College stands highest in Social Sciences (#12,218 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#16,299
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,378
of 7,310
Research works
316
▲ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.8k
12.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Fullerton College

What is Fullerton 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 #12,218 of 14,833 6.8%129

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fullerton 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Fullerton College work in?

In 2022-now, 41% of research at Fullerton College is in Social Sciences, 33% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (20%), Medicine (15%), Engineering (12%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 17 fractional works · 40.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 20.5% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 7.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 6.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 32.6% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 12.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 6.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 18.2% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 14.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnatomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 8.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 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 · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKFullerton College42fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences41%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences920.5%
    2. Psychology36.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities25.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance23.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting12.9%
    6. Decision Sciences11.6%
    1. Engineering512.3%
    2. Computer Science36.8%
    3. Environmental Science24.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences23.6%
    5. Materials Science13.4%
    6. Energy01.0%
    7. Chemistry00.5%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.5%
    1. Medicine614.6%
    2. Health Professions12.8%
    3. Dentistry00.6%
    4. Nursing00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology25.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.9%
    4. Neuroscience00.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
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: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.02× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.87× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.31× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.15× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.82× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.34× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.76× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.83× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.63× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.75× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.26× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.62× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.31×2 works
  2. Psychology2.26×3 works
  3. Arts and Humanities1.83×2 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.75×2 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.63×1 works
  6. Social Sciences1.62×9 works
  7. Dentistry1.34×0 works
  8. Energy1.15×0 works
  9. Health Professions1.04×1 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.02×2 works
  11. Materials Science0.96×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.90×2 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.90×1 works
  14. Computer Science0.87×3 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.84×0 works
  16. Engineering0.82×5 works
  17. Medicine0.76×6 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.56×0 works
  19. Nursing0.55×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.34×0 works
  21. Neuroscience0.31×0 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×1 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.21×0 works
  24. Mathematics0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Fullerton College?

Ranked on the quality score, Carolyn M. Wilson, Donald G. Hays and Allan A. Schoenherr lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fullerton College.

  1. 1 Carolyn M. Wilson United States · #1,430,457 worldwide 988 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Donald G. Hays United States · #2,362,420 worldwide 461 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Allan A. Schoenherr United States · #3,501,350 worldwide 808 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Matthew D. Tribbe United States · #3,786,432 worldwide 27 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Patrick J Dunne United States · #4,108,801 worldwide 362 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 Nancy L Mehaffy United States · #4,786,459 worldwide 78 citations · 36 works
  7. 7 Michael Yessis United States · #5,546,024 worldwide 65 citations · 45 works
All ranked researchers at Fullerton College

What are the most cited papers from Fullerton College?

The most cited paper from Fullerton College is "AGTR2 Mutations in X-Linked Mental Retardation" (Virginie S. Vervoort, Michael A. Beachem, Penny S. Edwards et al., 2002), with 721 citations. Next come "2017 EACTS Guidelines on perioperative medication in adult cardiac surgery" (397) and "Arterial dissection and stroke in children" (283).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 AGTR2 Mutations in X-Linked Mental Retardation Virginie S. Vervoort, Michael A. Beachem, Penny S. Edwards et al. · Science 28 Jun 2002 721
2 2017 EACTS Guidelines on perioperative medication in adult cardiac surgery Miguel Sousa‐Uva, Stuart J. Head, Milan Milojevic et al. · European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Open access 11 Aug 2017 397
3 Arterial dissection and stroke in children Heather J. Fullerton, S. Claiborne Johnston, Wade S. Smith · Neurology 9 Oct 2001 283
4 Toward an Ethnic Studies Pedagogy: Implications for K-12 Schools from the Research Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales, Rita Kohli, Jocyl Sacramento et al. · The Urban Review 11 Mar 2014 200
5 Modified atmosphere packaging of seafood Karen Stammen, D. L. Gerdes, Fred Caporaso et al. · Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition 1990 156
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Fullerton College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Online Learning, Technology Integration, Low Back Pain, Student Engagement, Distance Education, Student Satisfaction, Student Participation and Blended Learning.

▲ 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 22 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change2▲ 1.65×11 topics
  2. Online Learning2▲ 4.8×5 topics
  3. E-Learning1▲ 3.3×4 topics
  4. Epidemiology1▼ 0.78×12 topics
  5. Technology Integration1▲ 9.6×4 topics
  6. Corporate Governance1▲ 3.8×4 topics
  7. Low Back Pain1▲ 17×2 topics
  8. Student Engagement1▲ 7.1×3 topics
  9. Distance Education1▲ 14×2 topics
  10. Nanoparticles1▲ 1.98×4 topics
  11. Student Participation1▲ 81×2 topics
  12. Student Satisfaction1▲ 14×2 topics
  13. Blended Learning1▲ 17×1 topic
  14. Classroom Justice1▲ 154×1 topic
  15. Clinical Trials1▲ 3.7×5 topics
  16. Community of Inquiry1▲ 43×1 topic
  17. Electric Motor Drives1▲ 62×1 topic
  18. Molten Salt1▲ 76×1 topic
  19. Nuclear Reactor1▲ 76×1 topic
  20. Permanent Magnet Machines1▲ 62×1 topic
  21. Social Capital1▲ 4.6×3 topics
  22. Teacher Immediacy1▲ 154×1 topic

Which research topics does Fullerton College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Communication in Education and Healthcare, Electric Motor Design and Analysis, Nuclear reactor physics and engineering and Online and Blended Learning.

Communication in Educati…1Communication in Education and Healthcare: 1 fractional worksElectric Motor Design an…1Electric Motor Design and Analysis: 1 fractional worksNuclear reactor physics …1Nuclear reactor physics and engineering: 1 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learn…1Online and Blended Learning: 1 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksDigital Games and Media: 1 fractional worksPain Management and Trea…0Pain Management and Treatment: 0 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 0 fractional worksNuclear and radioactivity studies: 0 fractional worksEducator Training and Historical Pedagogy: 0 fractional works
Social PsychologyElectrical and Electronic EngineeringAerospace EngineeringEducation5 others

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

  1. 1 Communication in Education and Healthcare Social Psychology 1 works
  2. 2 Electric Motor Design and Analysis Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Online and Blended Learning Education 1 works
  5. 5 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 1 works
  6. 6 Digital Games and Media Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  7. 7 Pain Management and Treatment Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  9. 9 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 0 works
  10. 10 Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy Sociology and Political Science 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 available24.2%not open75.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.3%domestic only93.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Fullerton College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% 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 Fullerton College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000087% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Fullerton College0.00024% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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