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Kirkwood Community College

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Research works
87
▼ 43% vs 2013–17
Citations
629
7.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
19%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Kirkwood Community College is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 1.75× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 7.91× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.21× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 4.87× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.61× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 7.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Kirkwood Community College?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Social Justice, Nationalism, History, Student Engagement, Diversity, Gender and Academic Performance.

▲ 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. Globalization8▲ 5.2×12 topics
  2. Social Justice5▲ 12×8 topics
  3. History5▲ 6.9×9 topics
  4. Nationalism5▲ 9.3×7 topics
  5. Student Engagement4▲ 19×6 topics
  6. Diversity4▲ 22×2 topics
  7. Gender3▲ 6.5×10 topics
  8. Academic Performance3▲ 43×2 topics
  9. Postcolonialism3▲ 27×3 topics
  10. Religion3▲ 5.2×5 topics
  11. Educational Inequality3▲ 47×2 topics
  12. College Retention2▲ 127×1 topic
  13. Experiential Learning2▲ 44×4 topics
  14. Social Support2▲ 5.9×1 topic
  15. Student Motivation2▲ 27×2 topics
  16. American founding2▲ 36×1 topic
  17. Career Development2▲ 30×2 topics
  18. Constitutional government2▲ 36×1 topic
  19. Ethnography2▲ 20×2 topics
  20. Identity2▲ 3.4×7 topics
  21. Literature2▲ 5.4×4 topics
  22. Student Perceptions2▲ 18×4 topics
  23. Teacher Preparation2▲ 34×2 topics
  24. Public Sociology2▲ 180×1 topic
  25. Social Theory2▲ 68×1 topic
  26. Reflective Practice2▲ 12×5 topics
  27. Higher Education2▲ 5.5×7 topics
  28. Teacher Education2▲ 20×3 topics
  29. Animal Welfare2▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Cultural Competence2▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Employability2▲ 69×1 topic
  32. Ethnobotany2▲ 33×2 topics
  33. Graduate Attributes2▲ 94×1 topic
  34. Society2▲ 8.7×5 topics
  35. Agricultural Education2▲ 83×1 topic
  36. STEM Education2▲ 6.7×5 topics
  37. School Gardens2▲ 83×1 topic
  38. Burnout2▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Decolonization2▲ 22×2 topics
  40. Pedagogical Content Knowledge2▲ 66×1 topic

Which research topics does Kirkwood Community College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Diverse Educational Innovations Studies, Ethics in medical practice, American Constitutional Law and Politics and Global Education and Multiculturalism.

Diverse Educational Inno…1Diverse Educational Innovations Studies: 1 fractional worksEthics in medical practice1Ethics in medical practice: 1 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional …1American Constitutional Law and Politics: 1 fractional worksGlobal Education and Mul…1Global Education and Multiculturalism: 1 fractional worksIndigenous Health, Education, and Rights: 1 fractional worksInternational Student and Expatriate Challenges: 1 fractional worksHistorical and Literary …0Historical and Literary Studies: 0 fractional worksHistorical and Literary Analyses: 0 fractional worksOutdoor and Experiential Education: 0 fractional worksEnvironmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond: 0 fractional works
General Agricultural and Biological SciencesGeneral Health ProfessionsPolitical Science and International RelationsEducation6 others

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

  1. 1 Diverse Educational Innovations Studies General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 works
  2. 2 Ethics in medical practice General Health Professions 1 works
  3. 3 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  4. 4 Global Education and Multiculturalism Education 1 works
  5. 5 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 1 works
  6. 6 International Student and Expatriate Challenges Communication 1 works
  7. 7 Historical and Literary Studies Anthropology 0 works
  8. 8 Historical and Literary Analyses Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  9. 9 Outdoor and Experiential Education Social Psychology 0 works
  10. 10 Environmental and Cultural Studies in Latin America and Beyond Ecology 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 available18.7%not open81.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.7%domestic only96.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Kirkwood Community College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 43% 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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