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Georgia Highlands College

In research, Georgia Highlands College stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,348 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,823 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,139
of 22,385 · #11,859 all time
Rank in United States
#1,706
of 3,332
Research works
418
▲ 50% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.2k
12.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
58%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Georgia Highlands College

What is Georgia Highlands College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #4,348 of 9,902 10.7%98 #6235
MedicineField #3,823 of 8,541 10.5%86 #5516

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Georgia Highlands 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 Georgia Highlands College work in?

In 2022-now, 61% of research at Georgia Highlands College is in Health Sciences, 24% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (54%), Social Sciences (12%), Psychology (8%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 106 fractional works · 61.2% of its workMedicine: 93 fractional works · 53.9% of its workSurgery: 16 fractional works · 9.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEpidemiology: 8 fractional works · 4.9% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 12 fractional works · 6.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 42 fractional works · 24.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 12.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 14 fractional works · 7.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 9.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKGeorgia HighlandsCollege173fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences61%Social Sciences24%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine9353.9%
    2. Health Professions126.7%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences2112.0%
    2. Psychology147.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities21.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting21.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology73.8%
    2. Neuroscience53.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology21.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.8%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.4%
    1. Engineering31.8%
    2. Environmental Science31.7%
    3. Computer Science21.2%
    4. Chemistry10.3%
    5. Energy00.2%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    9. Mathematics00.1%
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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.71× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.04× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.94× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.18× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.56× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.80× its world share, 93 worksMedicineNursing: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.56× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine2.80×93 works
  2. Health Professions2.56×12 works
  3. Psychology2.56×14 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.18×1 works
  5. Neuroscience1.94×6 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.04×2 works
  7. Nursing1.00×1 works
  8. Social Sciences0.95×21 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.71×7 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.69×2 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.50×2 works
  12. Environmental Science0.35×3 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.35×2 works
  14. Energy0.21×0 works
  15. Chemistry0.20×0 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.17×0 works
  17. Computer Science0.15×2 works
  18. Engineering0.12×3 works
  19. Dentistry0.12×0 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×1 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×0 works
  22. Mathematics0.05×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Georgia Highlands College?

Ranked on the quality score, Brahm Seymour Coler, William F. Mugleston and Ralph W. Peters lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Georgia Highlands College.

  1. 1 Brahm Seymour Coler United States · #1,062,521 worldwide 748 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 William F. Mugleston United States · #2,997,550 worldwide 878 citations · 48 works
  3. 3 Ralph W. Peters United States · #3,023,261 worldwide 49 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Kevin S. Michels United States · #3,280,922 worldwide 463 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Pierce L. Claassen United States · #3,288,386 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Kyle Geiger United States · #4,272,946 worldwide 86 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 Kyle Schuppe United States · #4,627,831 worldwide 37 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Laura Musselwhite United States · #5,707,155 worldwide 0 citations · 38 works
  9. 9 Laura Musselwhite United States · #6,175,276 worldwide 2 citations · 51 works
All ranked researchers at Georgia Highlands College

What are the most cited papers from Georgia Highlands College?

The most cited paper from Georgia Highlands College is "Shift Work: Disrupted Circadian Rhythms and Sleep—Implications for Health and Well-being" (Stephen James, Kimberly A. Honn, Shobhan Gaddameedhi et al., 2017), with 534 citations. Next come "Effect of Continuous Glucose Monitoring on Hypoglycemia in Older Adults With Type 1 Diabetes" (372) and "Tutorial: best practices and considerations for mass-spectrometry-based protein biomarker discovery and validation" (287).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Shift Work: Disrupted Circadian Rhythms and Sleep—Implications for Health and Well-being Stephen James, Kimberly A. Honn, Shobhan Gaddameedhi et al. · Current Sleep Medicine Reports Open access 26 Apr 2017 534
2 Effect of Continuous Glucose Monitoring on Hypoglycemia in Older Adults With Type 1 Diabetes Richard E. Pratley et al. · JAMA Open access 16 Jun 2020 372
3 Tutorial: best practices and considerations for mass-spectrometry-based protein biomarker discovery and validation Ernesto Satoshi Nakayasu, Marina Gritsenko, Paul Piehowski et al. · Nature Protocols Open access 9 Jul 2021 287
4 Disease severity, pregnancy outcomes, and maternal deaths among pregnant patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection in Washington State Erica M. Lokken et al. · American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Open access 26 Jan 2021 287
5 Neutrophil Membrane-Derived Nanovesicles Alleviate Inflammation To Protect Mouse Brain Injury from Ischemic Stroke Xinyue Dong, Jin Gao, Can Yang Zhang et al. · ACS Nano Open access 24 Jan 2019 277
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Georgia Highlands College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Substance Use Disorders, Mortality Risk, International Relations, Chronic Pain Management, Opioid Prescribing, Diplomacy and Circadian Rhythms.

▲ 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. Epidemiology23▲ 3.4×83 topics
  2. Inflammation8▲ 2.2×41 topics
  3. Substance Use Disorders7▲ 55×2 topics
  4. Quality of Life7▲ 2.8×31 topics
  5. Public Health6▲ 2.4×21 topics
  6. Treatment6▲ 2.7×32 topics
  7. Mortality Risk6▲ 13×5 topics
  8. Metabolic Syndrome5▲ 3.6×14 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress5▲ 1.72×32 topics
  10. Meta-Analysis5▲ 4.7×7 topics
  11. Complications5▲ 5.5×14 topics
  12. Diagnosis5▲ 2.9×24 topics
  13. Risk Factors5▲ 2.5×22 topics
  14. Chronic Pain Management4▲ 75×1 topic
  15. Genetics4▲ 3.6×14 topics
  16. International Relations4▲ 10×3 topics
  17. Opioid Prescribing4▲ 75×1 topic
  18. Circadian Rhythms4▲ 23×2 topics
  19. Diplomacy4▲ 27×2 topics
  20. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 2.1×20 topics
  21. Australia4▲ 145×1 topic
  22. European Union4▲ 10×1 topic
  23. Management4▲ 2.9×16 topics
  24. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy4▲ 16×2 topics
  25. Depression4▲ 2.5×14 topics
  26. Mortality4▲ 3.7×10 topics
  27. Health Consequences4▲ 7.3×2 topics
  28. Insomnia3▲ 26×1 topic
  29. Sleep Duration3▲ 28×1 topic
  30. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 5.8×7 topics
  31. Psychiatric Disorders3▲ 13×2 topics
  32. Global Burden of Disease3▲ 6.8×3 topics
  33. Primary Care3▲ 4.5×11 topics
  34. Pain Management3▲ 7.0×6 topics
  35. Rehabilitation3▲ 4.1×10 topics
  36. Alcohol Dependence3▲ 38×1 topic
  37. Motivational Interviewing3▲ 38×1 topic
  38. Revision Surgery3▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Total Hip Replacement3▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Health-related Quality of Life2▲ 5.9×4 topics

Which research topics does Georgia Highlands College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Opioid Use Disorder Treatment, Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics, Sleep and related disorders and Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes.

Opioid Use Disorder Treatment: 4 fractional worksHistorical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics: 4 fractional worksSleep and related disorders: 3 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 3 fractional worksSleep and Work-Related Fatigue: 2 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …2Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional worksSport and Mega-Event Impacts: 2 fractional worksCircadian rhythm and melatonin: 1 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 1 fractional worksPolitical Systems and Governance: 1 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPolitical Science and International RelationsExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyEpidemiology3 others

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

  1. 1 Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  2. 2 Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  3. 3 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 3 works
  4. 4 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 3 works
  5. 5 Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2 works
  6. 6 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Sport and Mega-Event Impacts Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 Circadian rhythm and melatonin Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 1 works
  9. 9 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  10. 10 Political Systems and Governance Political Science and International Relations 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 available57.6%not open42.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Georgia Highlands College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 50% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Georgia Highlands College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00065% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Georgia Highlands College0.00061% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Georgia Highlands College9.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.4% in 2018.

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