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Lackawanna College

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Research works
16
▲ 540% vs 2018-21
Citations
51
3.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
14%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Lackawanna College

Not ranked overall: Lackawanna 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 Lackawanna College work in?

In all years, 38% of research at Lackawanna College is in Social Sciences, 34% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (19%), Environmental Science (16%), Engineering (15%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 6 fractional works · 37.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 19.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 8.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 6.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 5.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 5.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 5.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 34.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 15.8% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 11.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 14.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 11.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 22.1% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 13.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 6.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 8.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLackawannaCollege16fractional works, all years
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences34%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences38%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences319.2%
    2. Psychology15.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance15.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities14.3%
    5. Decision Sciences01.8%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting01.4%
    1. Environmental Science215.8%
    2. Engineering214.6%
    3. Chemical Engineering02.1%
    4. Physics and Astronomy01.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.5%
    1. Health Professions213.5%
    2. Medicine18.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences13.9%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics01.1%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.6%
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: 2.23× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Environmental Science: 10.65× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 2.51× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.75× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 10.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 8 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science10.65×2 works
  2. Arts and Humanities2.75×0 works
  3. Health Professions2.51×0 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.23×0 works
  5. Social Sciences0.94×0 works
  6. Psychology0.65×0 works
  7. Medicine0.34×0 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.30×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Lackawanna College?

The most cited paper from Lackawanna College is "Sizing and performance estimation of coal mine drainage wetlands" (William J. Tarutis, Lloyd R. Stark, Frederick M. Williams, 1999), with 63 citations. Next come "Osteoporosis Management: Physicians' Recommendations and Womens' Compliance Following Osteoporosis Testing" (34) and "Characteristics of equatorial electrojet over India determined from a thick current shell model" (17).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Sizing and performance estimation of coal mine drainage wetlands William J. Tarutis, Lloyd R. Stark, Frederick M. Williams · Ecological Engineering Feb 1999 63
2 Osteoporosis Management: Physicians' Recommendations and Womens' Compliance Following Osteoporosis Testing Robert P. Cole, Sharon Palushock, Ayad Haboubi · Women & Health 22 Jun 1999 34
3 Characteristics of equatorial electrojet over India determined from a thick current shell model A. B. Rabiu, C. Agodi Onwumechili, Nandini Nagarajan et al. · Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 10 Nov 2012 17
4 Training Social Work Staff to Evaluate Practice: Howard J. Doueck, Ann Bondanza · Administration in Social Work 14 May 1990 13
5 On equatorial geophysics studies: a review on the IGRGEA results during the last decade Christine Amory‐Mazaudier et al. · Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 26 Jan 2005 11
All 26 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Lackawanna College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Avian ecology and behavior, Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies, Botany and Plant Ecology Studies and Philosophy and History of Science.

Avian ecology and behavior1Avian ecology and behavior: 1 fractional worksEarthquake and Disaster Impact Studies: 0 fractional worksBotany and Plant Ecology Studies: 0 fractional worksPhilosophy and History of Science: 0 fractional worksWildlife Ecology and Conservation: 0 fractional worksAmerican Environmental a…0American Environmental and Regional History: 0 fractional worksRangeland and Wildlife Management: 0 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 0 fractional worksGeriatric Care and Nursing Homes: 0 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 0 fractional works
EcologyTransportationPlant ScienceHistory and Philosophy of Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Avian ecology and behavior Ecology 1 works
  2. 2 Earthquake and Disaster Impact Studies Transportation 0 works
  3. 3 Botany and Plant Ecology Studies Plant Science 0 works
  4. 4 Philosophy and History of Science History and Philosophy of Science 0 works
  5. 5 Wildlife Ecology and Conservation Ecology 0 works
  6. 6 American Environmental and Regional History Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 0 works
  7. 7 Rangeland and Wildlife Management Ecology 0 works
  8. 8 Health disparities and outcomes Health 0 works
  9. 9 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes General Health Professions 0 works
  10. 10 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 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 available13.7%not open86.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.1%domestic only93.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Lackawanna College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 540% 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 Lackawanna College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000042% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Lackawanna College0.000015% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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