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Johnson County Community College

In research, Johnson County Community College stands highest in Life Sciences (#4,435 of 11,023 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#10,307 of 17,446 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#9,430 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Pollution and Pharmacology (Pollution is 23.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#10,259
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#2,125
of 7,310
Research works
640
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.3k
3.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.82×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
20%
world 40%
International
2%
world 18%
Johnson County Community College

What is Johnson County Community 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
Life SciencesDomain #4,435 of 11,023 1.5%120
Physical SciencesDomain #10,307 of 17,446 2.0%208
Social SciencesDomain #9,430 of 14,833 5.0%210

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Johnson County Community 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 Johnson County Community College work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research at Johnson County Community College is in Physical Sciences, 29% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (26%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (13%), Medicine (12%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 162 fractional works · 45.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 94 fractional works · 26.4% of its workPollution: 33 fractional works · 9.2% of its workEcology: 22 fractional works · 6.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 21 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 24 fractional works · 6.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 21 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 14 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomaterials: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 13 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArchitecture: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 102 fractional works · 28.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 46 fractional works · 12.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 21 fractional works · 5.9% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiotechnology: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEndocrinology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 31 fractional works · 8.8% of its workFood Science: 10 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInsect Science: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 18 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMicrobiology: 14 fractional works · 3.9% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 51 fractional works · 14.3% of its workMedicine: 42 fractional works · 11.9% of its workPharmacology: 23 fractional works · 6.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 40 fractional works · 11.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 15 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMusic: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKJohnson CountyCommunity College356fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences29%Physical Sciences46%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences11%

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. Environmental Science9426.4%
    2. Chemistry246.7%
    3. Materials Science143.9%
    4. Engineering133.6%
    5. Computer Science71.9%
    6. Physics and Astronomy41.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences41.1%
    8. Energy30.8%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    10. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4612.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences318.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology185.1%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics41.0%
    5. Neuroscience30.9%
    1. Medicine4211.9%
    2. Health Professions61.7%
    3. Nursing20.7%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences164.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities154.3%
    3. Psychology61.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting20.6%
    5. Decision Sciences10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Johnson County Community College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Pollution takes 23.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PollutionSubfield · 32.7 works23×
  2. PharmacologySubfield · 23.0 works16×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 1.85× its world share, 31 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.43× its world share, 46 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.07× its world share, 18 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.58× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.92× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 4.30× its world share, 24 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.82× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.31× its world share, 94 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.11× its world share, 14 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.51× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.63× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.62× its world share, 42 worksMedicineNursing: 1.34× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.50× its world share, 15 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.54× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science5.31×94 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology5.07×18 works
  3. Chemistry4.30×24 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.92×4 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.43×46 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.85×31 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.50×15 works
  8. Nursing1.34×2 works
  9. Materials Science1.11×14 works
  10. Energy0.82×3 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.70×4 works
  12. Health Professions0.63×6 works
  13. Medicine0.62×42 works
  14. Neuroscience0.58×3 works
  15. Psychology0.54×6 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.51×4 works
  17. Social Sciences0.36×16 works
  18. Chemical Engineering0.27×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.24×7 works
  20. Engineering0.24×13 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.20×1 works
  22. Dentistry0.19×0 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.19×2 works
  24. Mathematics0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Johnson County Community College?

Ranked on the quality score, Carl David Frailey, Robert G. Hunt and Barry Bailey lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Johnson County Community College.

  1. 1 Carl David Frailey United States · #1,629,885 worldwide 802 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Robert G. Hunt United States · #1,998,346 worldwide 1.4k citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Barry Bailey United States · #2,232,607 worldwide 99 citations · 145 works
  4. 4 Marziah Karch United States · #2,471,666 worldwide 38 citations · 86 works
  5. 5 Andrea Kempf United States · #3,170,757 worldwide 0 citations · 104 works
  6. 6 David VanderHamm United States · #3,390,417 worldwide 21 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Kami Day United States · #3,507,165 worldwide 28 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Ian Reynolds United States · #3,531,462 worldwide 8 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Heather Seitz United States · #3,663,353 worldwide 621 citations · 17 works
  10. 10 James N. Leiker United States · #3,695,844 worldwide 48 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Johnson County Community College

What are the most cited papers from Johnson County Community College?

The most cited paper from Johnson County Community College is "The Tree of Life and a New Classification of Bony Fishes" (Ricardo Betancur‐R et al., 2013), with 860 citations. Next come "The Pan-Amazonian Ucayali Peneplain, late Neogene sedimentation in Amazonia, and the birth of the modern Amazon River system" (240) and "Characterization of enamel exposed to 10% carbamide peroxide bleaching agents." (221).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Tree of Life and a New Classification of Bony Fishes Ricardo Betancur‐R et al. · PLoS Currents Open access 2013 860
2 The Pan-Amazonian Ucayali Peneplain, late Neogene sedimentation in Amazonia, and the birth of the modern Amazon River system Kenneth E. Campbell, Carl David Frailey, Lidia Romero-Pittman · Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 20 Apr 2006 240
3 Characterization of enamel exposed to 10% carbamide peroxide bleaching agents. H Shannon, Paulette Spencer, Kārlis-Agris Gross et al. · PubMed 1993 221
4 Moving Forward: Breaking the Cycle of Mistrust Between American Indians and Researchers Christina M. Pacheco, Sean M. Daley, Travis Brown et al. · American Journal of Public Health Open access 17 Oct 2013 213
5 Effectiveness of a Third Dose of MMR Vaccine for Mumps Outbreak Control Cristina V. Cardemil, Rebecca Moritz Dahl, Lisa M. James et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 6 Sep 2017 184
All 64 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Johnson County Community College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Antibiotics, Environmental Impact, Microbial Communities, Secondary Metabolites, Drug Discovery, Microbial Metabolites, Natural Products and Resistance Genes.

▲ 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. Antibiotics52▲ 172×3 topics
  2. Environmental Impact43▲ 7.1×9 topics
  3. Microbial Communities26▲ 17×4 topics
  4. Secondary Metabolites26▲ 94×2 topics
  5. Drug Discovery25▲ 32×2 topics
  6. Microbial Metabolites23▲ 178×1 topic
  7. Natural Products23▲ 45×1 topic
  8. Resistance Genes22▲ 118×1 topic
  9. Wastewater Contaminants22▲ 118×1 topic
  10. Polymeric Materials21▲ 81×2 topics
  11. Water Quality20▲ 14×7 topics
  12. Surface Modification19▲ 40×2 topics
  13. Antimicrobial Polymers19▲ 270×1 topic
  14. Quaternary Ammonium Compounds19▲ 194×1 topic
  15. Microbial Ecology14▲ 22×2 topics
  16. Marine Microbes13▲ 63×1 topic
  17. Microbial Biogeography13▲ 63×1 topic
  18. Antibiotic Resistance13▲ 9.0×5 topics
  19. Pathogen Transport11▲ 266×1 topic
  20. Waterborne Disease11▲ 266×1 topic
  21. Marine Environment10▲ 19×2 topics
  22. Chemical Analysis9▲ 44×2 topics
  23. Invasive Species9▲ 6.0×7 topics
  24. Pollution9▲ 13×2 topics
  25. Recycling9▲ 6.6×2 topics
  26. Microplastics9▲ 25×1 topic
  27. Terrestrial Ecosystems9▲ 25×1 topic
  28. Microbiology8▲ 42×2 topics
  29. Sustainable Development Goals8▲ 13×2 topics
  30. Wastewater Treatment8▲ 9.5×3 topics
  31. Immune Modulation8▲ 21×2 topics
  32. Microbial Biotechnology8▲ 978×1 topic
  33. Soil Health8▲ 121×1 topic
  34. Pharmacology7▲ 8.4×2 topics
  35. Resistance7▲ 20×3 topics
  36. Immunology7▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Paul Ehrlich7▲ 635×1 topic
  38. Sustainable Drainage Systems7▲ 102×1 topic
  39. Translational Medicine7▲ 635×1 topic
  40. Urban Stormwater Management7▲ 102×1 topic

Which research topics does Johnson County Community College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis, Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts, Antimicrobial agents and applications and Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology.

Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis: 23 fractional worksPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts: 22 fractional worksAntimicrobial agents and applications: 19 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology: 13 fractional worksFecal contamination and water quality: 11 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plasti…9Microplastics and Plastic Pollution: 9 fractional worksAlexander von Humboldt Studies: 8 fractional worksHistorical Medical Research and Treatments: 7 fractional worksUrban Stormwater Management Solutions: 7 fractional worksAntimicrobial Peptides and Activities: 6 fractional works
PharmacologyPollutionOrganic ChemistryEcology4 others

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

  1. 1 Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis Pharmacology 23 works
  2. 2 Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts Pollution 22 works
  3. 3 Antimicrobial agents and applications Organic Chemistry 19 works
  4. 4 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 13 works
  5. 5 Fecal contamination and water quality Water Science and Technology 11 works
  6. 6 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 9 works
  7. 7 Alexander von Humboldt Studies Microbiology 8 works
  8. 8 Historical Medical Research and Treatments Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 7 works
  9. 9 Urban Stormwater Management Solutions Environmental Engineering 7 works
  10. 10 Antimicrobial Peptides and Activities Microbiology 6 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 available20.5%not open79.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors1.9%domestic only98.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Johnson County Community College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Johnson County Community College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00014% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Johnson County Community College0.00013% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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