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Highland Community College - Illinois

In research, Highland Community College - Illinois stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,205 of 20,462 worldwide), Medicine (#4,997 of 17,978 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#8,533 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,249
of 28,054 · #11,460 all time
Rank in United States
#2,798
of 4,192
Research works
1.4k
▼ 19% vs 2013–17
Citations
37k
25.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
21%
world 28%

What is Highland Community College - Illinois 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
Health SciencesDomain #5,205 of 20,462 21.4%648
MedicineField #4,997 of 17,978 21.7%578
Social SciencesDomain #8,533 of 16,945 16.6%288
Physical SciencesDomain #11,787 of 21,541 14.8%317
Life SciencesDomain #8,117 of 14,347 15.9%188
EngineeringField #9,687 of 11,412 15.1%125

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Highland Community College - Illinois 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: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.11× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.94× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.54× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.88× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.79× its world share, 42 worksMedicineNursing: 1.54× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.40× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.73× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.08× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.91× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.21× its world share, 19 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 1.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Highland Community College - Illinois?

Ranked on the composite score, Shai Har-El, Joseph Palombo and Mark L. Goldstein lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Highland Community College - Illinois.

  1. 1 Shai Har-El United States · #273,493 worldwide 53 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Joseph Palombo United States · #373,877 worldwide 51 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Mark L. Goldstein United States · #1,201,760 worldwide 7 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Highland Community College - Illinois

Which keywords describe research at Highland Community College - Illinois?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, International Law, Social Justice, Quality of Life, Machine Learning, Risk Factors, Cultural Competence and Refugees.

▲ 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. Epidemiology8▲ 1.74×52 topics
  2. Machine Learning5▲ 1.36×19 topics
  3. Quality of Life4▲ 2.3×19 topics
  4. Globalization4▲ 1.51×7 topics
  5. Risk Factors4▲ 2.6×12 topics
  6. International Law3▲ 8.5×3 topics
  7. Social Justice3▲ 4.6×8 topics
  8. Diagnosis3▲ 2.6×16 topics
  9. Human Rights3▲ 2.4×6 topics
  10. Treatment3▲ 1.90×16 topics
  11. Qualitative Research3▲ 2.5×4 topics
  12. Healthcare2▲ 1.79×9 topics
  13. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 3.2×11 topics
  14. Guidelines2▲ 3.5×6 topics
  15. Neurological Disorders2▲ 3.0×11 topics
  16. Cultural Competence2▲ 12×2 topics
  17. Ethical Principles2▲ 49×1 topic
  18. Global Governance2▲ 6.3×2 topics
  19. Multicultural Counseling2▲ 119×1 topic
  20. Philosophy2▲ 3.4×4 topics
  21. Refugees2▲ 12×2 topics
  22. Soft Power2▲ 36×2 topics
  23. Surveillance2▲ 5.5×2 topics
  24. Imaging2▲ 5.7×5 topics
  25. International Institutions2▲ 65×1 topic
  26. Political Economy2▲ 5.3×2 topics
  27. Power2▲ 19×1 topic
  28. Cancer Treatment2▲ 5.5×5 topics
  29. State Sovereignty2▲ 25×2 topics
  30. Circular Economy1▲ 4.4×2 topics
  31. Economic Evaluation1▲ 9.2×2 topics
  32. Cost-effectiveness Analysis1▲ 13×1 topic
  33. Discrimination1▲ 5.7×2 topics
  34. Health Utility Measures1▲ 13×1 topic
  35. PET Imaging1▲ 6.3×3 topics
  36. Academic Medicine1▲ 13×3 topics
  37. Dosimetry1▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Global Economy1▲ 7.0×2 topics
  39. Myanmar1▲ 65×1 topic
  40. Radiopharmaceuticals1▲ 33×1 topic

Which research topics does Highland Community College - Illinois publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: International Relations and Foreign Policy, Counseling Practices and Supervision, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life and Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography.

International Relations …2International Relations and Foreign Policy: 2 fractional worksCounseling Practices and…2Counseling Practices and Supervision: 2 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 1 fractional worksAsian Geopolitics and Ethnography: 1 fractional worksRadiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications: 1 fractional worksMetallurgy and Cultural Artifacts: 1 fractional worksExtraction and Separation Processes: 1 fractional worksEurasian Exchange Networks1Eurasian Exchange Networks: 1 fractional worksRussia and Soviet political economy: 1 fractional worksDefense, Military, and Policy Studies: 1 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsSocial PsychologyEconomics and EconometricsRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging3 others

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

  1. 1 International Relations and Foreign Policy Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  2. 2 Counseling Practices and Supervision Social Psychology 2 works
  3. 3 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  4. 4 Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  5. 5 Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  6. 6 Metallurgy and Cultural Artifacts Archeology 1 works
  7. 7 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Eurasian Exchange Networks Anthropology 1 works
  9. 9 Russia and Soviet political economy Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  10. 10 Defense, Military, and Policy Studies Economics and Econometrics 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 available21.2%not open78.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.7%domestic only90.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Highland Community College - Illinois's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% lower 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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