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Las Positas College

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Research works
81
▼ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.1k
26.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
40.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Las Positas 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: 1.50× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 3.34× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 2.54× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.89× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.17× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.21× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 1.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.21× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Las Positas College?

Ranked on the composite score, Mariano Baena del Alcázar and C.T. Wu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Las Positas College.

  1. 1 Mariano Baena del Alcázar United States · #300,270 worldwide 4 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 C.T. Wu United States · #1,111,694 worldwide 49 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Las Positas College

Which keywords describe research at Las Positas College?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Radial Basis Functions, Fracture, Extended Finite Element Method, Meshless Methods, Fluid-Structure Interaction, Identity, Transition and Nationalism.

▲ 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. Radial Basis Functions8▲ 96×2 topics
  2. Fracture7▲ 86×3 topics
  3. Extended Finite Element Method6▲ 166×1 topic
  4. Meshless Methods6▲ 166×1 topic
  5. Fluid-Structure Interaction4▲ 31×3 topics
  6. Identity4▲ 7.0×8 topics
  7. Transition4▲ 52×2 topics
  8. Nationalism4▲ 8.2×3 topics
  9. Adaptive Mesh Refinement4▲ 50×2 topics
  10. Deep Learning4▲ 2.1×9 topics
  11. High-Order Schemes4▲ 50×2 topics
  12. Ethnicity3▲ 13×2 topics
  13. Conflict3▲ 24×1 topic
  14. Northern Ireland3▲ 175×1 topic
  15. Constitutive Modeling3▲ 38×2 topics
  16. Microstructural Evolution3▲ 20×2 topics
  17. SPH Method3▲ 115×1 topic
  18. Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics3▲ 115×1 topic
  19. Communication2▲ 10×6 topics
  20. Boltzmann Equation2▲ 73×1 topic
  21. Kinetic Theory2▲ 42×1 topic
  22. Pipeline2▲ 28×2 topics
  23. Ballistic Impact2▲ 32×2 topics
  24. Seismic2▲ 44×1 topic
  25. Shock-Wave Interactions2▲ 42×1 topic
  26. Tunnel2▲ 30×1 topic
  27. Turbulence Modeling2▲ 42×1 topic
  28. Electromagnetics2▲ 78×1 topic
  29. Finite-Difference Time-Domain2▲ 78×1 topic
  30. Higher Education2▲ 5.6×5 topics
  31. Artificial Neural Networks2▲ 5.0×2 topics
  32. Discontinuous Galerkin Methods2▲ 62×1 topic
  33. Finite Element Analysis2▲ 8.9×6 topics
  34. Finite Element Methods2▲ 62×1 topic
  35. Dynamic Deformation2▲ 63×1 topic
  36. High Strain Rate2▲ 63×1 topic
  37. Airborne Wind Energy2▲ 176×1 topic
  38. High Altitude Wind Power2▲ 176×1 topic
  39. Ductile Fracture1▲ 44×1 topic
  40. Information Quality1▲ 35×2 topics

Which research topics does Las Positas College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Irish and British Studies, Organizational Management and Innovation, 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis and Machine Learning in Materials Science.

Irish and British Studies1Irish and British Studies: 1 fractional worksOrganizational Management and Innovation: 0 fractional works3D Shape Modeling and Analysis: 0 fractional worksMachine Learning in Materials Science: 0 fractional worksSustainable Building Design and Assessment: 0 fractional worksInfrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring: 0 fractional worksComposite Material Mechanics: 0 fractional worksEnergy Efficiency and Management: 0 fractional worksComparative International Legal Studies: 0 fractional worksCardiac Health and Mental Health: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementComputational MechanicsMaterials Chemistry6 others

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

  1. 1 Irish and British Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  2. 2 Organizational Management and Innovation Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 0 works
  3. 3 3D Shape Modeling and Analysis Computational Mechanics 0 works
  4. 4 Machine Learning in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 0 works
  5. 5 Sustainable Building Design and Assessment Building and Construction 0 works
  6. 6 Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Composite Material Mechanics Mechanics of Materials 0 works
  8. 8 Energy Efficiency and Management Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 0 works
  9. 9 Comparative International Legal Studies Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  10. 10 Cardiac Health and Mental Health Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 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 available36.0%not open64.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.3%domestic only68.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Las Positas College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% 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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