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Houston Community College System

In research, Houston Community College System stands highest in Social Sciences (#11,259 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,141
of 28,054 · #33,051 all time
Rank in United States
#3,788
of 4,192
Research works
253
▲ 135% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.7k
6.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
28%
world 28%

What is Houston Community College System 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 #11,259 of 16,945 16.7%123

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Houston Community College System 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: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.04× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.82× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.61× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.16× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.11× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.16× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.17× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.73× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.13× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Houston Community College System?

Ranked on the composite score, Nancy Baker Jones and Barret Havens lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Houston Community College System.

  1. 1 Nancy Baker Jones United States · #605,011 worldwide 0 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Barret Havens United States · #1,036,575 worldwide 12 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Houston Community College System

Which keywords describe research at Houston Community College System?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Race, Colonialism, Gender, Literature, Identity, Ethics, Epidemiology and Diversity.

▲ 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. Epidemiology4▲ 1.80×21 topics
  2. Machine Learning4▲ 1.74×14 topics
  3. Globalization3▲ 2.3×8 topics
  4. Race3▲ 39×6 topics
  5. Colonialism3▲ 8.8×6 topics
  6. Identity3▲ 5.7×6 topics
  7. Public Health3▲ 2.9×9 topics
  8. Gender2▲ 7.5×7 topics
  9. Literature2▲ 7.4×6 topics
  10. Ethics2▲ 7.2×6 topics
  11. History2▲ 5.0×6 topics
  12. Diversity2▲ 19×2 topics
  13. Caribbean2▲ 201×3 topics
  14. Social Support2▲ 5.3×3 topics
  15. Educational Inequality2▲ 48×2 topics
  16. Migration2▲ 8.0×5 topics
  17. Postcolonialism2▲ 22×3 topics
  18. Prognostic Factors2▲ 5.6×6 topics
  19. Student Engagement2▲ 6.1×4 topics
  20. Academic Performance1▲ 23×1 topic
  21. College Retention1▲ 97×1 topic
  22. Cultural Diversity1▲ 8.4×2 topics
  23. Diaspora1▲ 37×2 topics
  24. Immigration1▲ 17×4 topics
  25. Genomic Analysis1▲ 7.2×2 topics
  26. Molecular Pathology1▲ 16×2 topics
  27. Shrinking Cities1▲ 91×1 topic
  28. Urban Decline1▲ 91×1 topic
  29. Animal-Assisted Therapy1▲ 68×1 topic
  30. Astrobiology1▲ 56×2 topics
  31. Biliary Tract Cancer1▲ 44×1 topic
  32. Cholangiocarcinoma1▲ 20×1 topic
  33. Dog Domestication1▲ 68×1 topic
  34. Ethical Climate1▲ 54×1 topic
  35. Ethnography1▲ 9.3×2 topics
  36. Genetic Characterization1▲ 35×2 topics
  37. Geography1▲ 49×2 topics
  38. Haiti1▲ 232×1 topic
  39. Moral Distress1▲ 54×1 topic
  40. One Health1▲ 50×1 topic

Which research topics does Houston Community College System publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Higher Education Research Studies, Urbanization and City Planning, Caribbean and African Literature and Culture and Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies.

Higher Education Researc…1Higher Education Research Studies: 1 fractional worksUrbanization and City Pl…1Urbanization and City Planning: 1 fractional worksCaribbean and African Literature and Culture: 1 fractional worksCholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies: 1 fractional worksEthics in medical practice: 1 fractional worksZoonotic diseases and public health: 1 fractional worksHuman-Animal Interaction Studies: 1 fractional worksMentoring and Academic D…1Mentoring and Academic Development: 1 fractional worksPlant tissue culture and regeneration: 1 fractional worksMigration, Ethnicity, and Economy: 1 fractional works
EducationUrban StudiesReligious studiesSurgery6 others

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

  1. 1 Higher Education Research Studies Education 1 works
  2. 2 Urbanization and City Planning Urban Studies 1 works
  3. 3 Caribbean and African Literature and Culture Religious studies 1 works
  4. 4 Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies Surgery 1 works
  5. 5 Ethics in medical practice General Health Professions 1 works
  6. 6 Zoonotic diseases and public health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  7. 7 Human-Animal Interaction Studies Genetics 1 works
  8. 8 Mentoring and Academic Development Social Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 Plant tissue culture and regeneration Molecular Biology 1 works
  10. 10 Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy Sociology and Political Science 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 available28.3%not open71.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.5%domestic only87.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Houston Community College System's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 135% 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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