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Kalamazoo Valley Community College

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Research works
42
▲ 194% vs 2018-21
Citations
457
11.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
16%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Kalamazoo Valley Community College

Not ranked overall: Kalamazoo Valley Community College is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Kalamazoo Valley Community College work in?

In all years, 49% of research at Kalamazoo Valley Community College is in Social Sciences, 21% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Psychology (14%), Medicine (10%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 21 fractional works · 49.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 25.1% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 12.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 13.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 6.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 4.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 21.5% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 7.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 16.8% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 10.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 12.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKKalamazoo ValleyCommunity College42fractional works, all years
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences49%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1025.1%
    2. Psychology613.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting25.1%
    4. Arts and Humanities13.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.3%
    1. Engineering37.4%
    2. Chemistry24.1%
    3. Environmental Science13.4%
    4. Computer Science12.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.9%
    6. Mathematics01.2%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    1. Medicine410.0%
    2. Health Professions24.4%
    3. Dentistry11.6%
    4. Nursing00.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology25.9%
    2. Neuroscience24.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
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: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.10× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 3.31× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3.85× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 2.29× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.75× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.37× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 13 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences3.85×0 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting3.75×0 works
  3. Neuroscience3.31×0 works
  4. Health Professions2.29×0 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.10×0 works
  6. Social Sciences1.37×1 works
  7. Engineering1.12×1 works
  8. Environmental Science0.81×0 works
  9. Medicine0.67×0 works
  10. Computer Science0.60×0 works
  11. Psychology0.53×0 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.31×0 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.28×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Kalamazoo Valley Community College?

The most cited paper from Kalamazoo Valley Community College is "AN ELEMENTARY STUDENT AS A BEHAVIORAL ENGINEER1" (Paul R. Surratt, Roger E. Ulrich, Robert P. Hawkins, 1969), with 121 citations. Next come "Recent archaeological research at Toteng, Botswana: early domesticated livestock in the Kalahari" (99) and "Development of intraverbal behavior in mentally retarded individuals through transfer of stimulus control procedures: Classification of verbal responses" (98).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 AN ELEMENTARY STUDENT AS A BEHAVIORAL ENGINEER1 Paul R. Surratt, Roger E. Ulrich, Robert P. Hawkins · Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis Open access Jun 1969 121
2 Recent archaeological research at Toteng, Botswana: early domesticated livestock in the Kalahari Lawrence H. Robbins, Alec C. Campbell, Michael L. Murphy et al. · Journal of African Archaeology Jun 2008 99
3 Development of intraverbal behavior in mentally retarded individuals through transfer of stimulus control procedures: Classification of verbal responses Steven J. Braam, Alan D. Poling · Applied Research in Mental Retardation 1983 98
4 Sacroiliac Arthrodesis Using a Posterior Midline Fascial Splitting Approach and Pedicle Screw Instrumentation: A New Technique Theodore A. Belanger, Bruce E. Dall · Journal of Spinal Disorders Apr 2001 71
5 The Antiquity of the Bow and Arrow in the Kalahari Desert: Bone Points from White Paintings Rock Shelter, Botswana Lawrence H. Robbins, Alec C. Campbell, George A. Brook et al. · Journal of African Archaeology 31 May 2012 65
All 70 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Kalamazoo Valley Community College?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Genetics, Lifelong Learning, Neuroscience, Professionalism, Meta-Analysis, Behavioral Interventions and Special Education.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Education3▲ 6.0×7 topics
  2. Epidemiology3▲ 1.53×8 topics
  3. Genetics2▲ 7.1×5 topics
  4. Lifelong Learning2▲ 26×3 topics
  5. Meta-Analysis2▲ 7.0×2 topics
  6. Neuroscience2▲ 12×5 topics
  7. Professionalism2▲ 29×2 topics
  8. Behavioral Interventions2▲ 38×1 topic
  9. Educational Technology2▲ 5.4×2 topics
  10. Experiential Learning2▲ 59×2 topics
  11. Special Education2▲ 45×1 topic
  12. Student Engagement2▲ 14×2 topics
  13. Early Intervention1▲ 46×2 topics
  14. Executive Functioning1▲ 31×2 topics
  15. Technology Integration1▲ 16×4 topics
  16. Assessment Methods1▲ 31×2 topics
  17. Cognitive Development1▲ 30×3 topics
  18. Competency-Based Education1▲ 37×2 topics
  19. Pedagogy1▲ 9.2×2 topics
  20. Teacher Training1▲ 7.9×3 topics
  21. 21st Century Skills1▲ 19×2 topics
  22. Chronic Disease Management1▲ 20×3 topics
  23. Health Policy1▲ 18×2 topics
  24. Nursing Education1▲ 24×2 topics
  25. Geographic Information Systems1▲ 38×2 topics
  26. Chemistry Education1▲ 85×1 topic
  27. Classroom Interaction1▲ 103×1 topic
  28. Critical Thinking Skills1▲ 24×1 topic
  29. Emergency Department Crowding1▲ 80×1 topic
  30. Engineering Education1▲ 24×2 topics
  31. Geography Education1▲ 183×1 topic
  32. Informal Learning1▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Institutional Theory1▲ 30×1 topic
  34. Instructional Interventions1▲ 42×1 topic
  35. Interactive Whiteboards1▲ 103×1 topic
  36. Laboratory Techniques1▲ 85×1 topic
  37. Open Innovation1▲ 50×2 topics
  38. Organizational Change1▲ 29×1 topic
  39. Patient Satisfaction1▲ 9.6×1 topic
  40. Spatial Thinking1▲ 280×1 topic

Which research topics does Kalamazoo Valley Community College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development, Biomedical and Engineering Education, Social Media in Health Education and MicroRNA in disease regulation.

Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development: 0 fractional worksBiomedical and Engineering Education: 0 fractional worksSocial Media in Health Education: 0 fractional worksMicroRNA in disease regulation: 0 fractional worksNeuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 0 fractional worksZebrafish Biomedical Research Applications: 0 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologi…0Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 0 fractional worksGeological Modeling and Analysis: 0 fractional worksGeographic Information Systems Studies: 0 fractional worksAssistive Technology in Communication and Mobility: 0 fractional works
Management of Technology and InnovationBiomedical EngineeringHealthCancer Research6 others

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

  1. 1 Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development Management of Technology and Innovation 0 works
  2. 2 Biomedical and Engineering Education Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Social Media in Health Education Health 0 works
  4. 4 MicroRNA in disease regulation Cancer Research 0 works
  5. 5 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 0 works
  6. 6 Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications Cell Biology 0 works
  7. 7 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  8. 8 Geological Modeling and Analysis Geochemistry and Petrology 0 works
  9. 9 Geographic Information Systems Studies Geography, Planning and Development 0 works
  10. 10 Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility Occupational Therapy 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 available16.4%not open83.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.8%domestic only93.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Kalamazoo Valley Community College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 194% 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 Kalamazoo Valley Community College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000017% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Kalamazoo Valley Community College0.000039% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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