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Lawson State Community College

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Research works
18
▲ 1247% vs 2018-21
Citations
161
8.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
52%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Lawson State Community College

Not ranked overall: Lawson State 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 Lawson State Community College work in?

In all years, 40% of research at Lawson State Community College is in Social Sciences, 35% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (17%), Social Sciences (16%), Medicine (9%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 7 fractional works · 40.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 16.3% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 7.6% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 5.4% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 9.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 5.4% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 8.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 34.7% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 17.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 7.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 5.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 8.7% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 5.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 19.4% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 9.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 8.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 6.0% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKLawson StateCommunity College18fractional works, all years
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences35%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences40%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences316.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting29.1%
    3. Psychology18.0%
    4. Decision Sciences15.1%
    5. Arts and Humanities01.8%
    1. Engineering317.4%
    2. Computer Science28.7%
    3. Physics and Astronomy15.4%
    4. Environmental Science01.8%
    5. Materials Science00.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    7. Mathematics00.4%
    1. Medicine29.3%
    2. Health Professions28.9%
    3. Dentistry01.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences13.6%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics01.8%
    3. Neuroscience00.2%
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.

Neuroscience: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 2.03× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 4.49× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.77× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.14× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.61× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.71× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 4.61× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 12 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting4.61×2 works
  2. Psychology4.61×1 works
  3. Health Professions4.49×1 works
  4. Computer Science2.03×2 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.71×0 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.14×0 works
  7. Engineering1.05×2 works
  8. Medicine0.77×2 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.53×0 works
  10. Social Sciences0.44×1 works
  11. Materials Science0.32×0 works
  12. Neuroscience0.20×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Lawson State Community College?

The most cited paper from Lawson State Community College is "Hispanic and Asian performance on selection procedures: A narrative and meta-analytic review of 12 common predictors." (Philip L. Roth, Chad H. Van Iddekinge, Philip S. DeOrtentiis et al., 2017), with 37 citations. Next come "The Policy of STEM Diversity: Diversifying STEM Programs in Higher Education" (26) and "Comparative study on the mechanical behaviors of compression molded, additively manufactured, and injection molded recycled carbon fiber reinforced rHDPE composites" (25).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Hispanic and Asian performance on selection procedures: A narrative and meta-analytic review of 12 common predictors. Philip L. Roth, Chad H. Van Iddekinge, Philip S. DeOrtentiis et al. · Journal of Applied Psychology 30 Mar 2017 37
2 The Policy of STEM Diversity: Diversifying STEM Programs in Higher Education Calvin Briggs · Journal of STEM education Open access 17 Jan 2017 26
3 Comparative study on the mechanical behaviors of compression molded, additively manufactured, and injection molded recycled carbon fiber reinforced rHDPE composites Carlos Angulo, LaRon Shackleford, Haibin Ning et al. · Composites Part B Engineering Open access 19 Feb 2024 25
4 Biological Perspectives Hannah K. Visser, Jennifer L. Wigington, Norman L. Keltner et al. · Perspectives In Psychiatric Care 7 Mar 2014 14
5 Community College Retention and Access Issues: A View from the Field Kristie R. Rankin, Stephen G. Katsinas, David E. Hardy · Journal of College Student Retention Research Theory & Practice Aug 2010 7
All 32 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Lawson State Community College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior, Information and Cyber Security, Mental Health Treatment and Access and Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes.

Job Satisfaction and Org…1Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 1 fractional worksInformation and Cyber Security: 1 fractional worksMental Health Treatment and Access: 0 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 0 fractional worksSmoking Behavior and Cessation: 0 fractional worksPsychiatric care and mental health services: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 0 fractional worksHigher Education Research Studies: 0 fractional worksArt Therapy and Mental Health: 0 fractional worksHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnout: 0 fractional works
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementInformation SystemsSocial PsychologyEpidemiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1 works
  2. 2 Information and Cyber Security Information Systems 1 works
  3. 3 Mental Health Treatment and Access Social Psychology 0 works
  4. 4 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 0 works
  5. 5 Smoking Behavior and Cessation Physiology 0 works
  6. 6 Psychiatric care and mental health services Clinical Psychology 0 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 0 works
  8. 8 Higher Education Research Studies Education 0 works
  9. 9 Art Therapy and Mental Health Conservation 0 works
  10. 10 Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout General Health Professions 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 available51.8%not open48.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.0%domestic only88.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Lawson State Community College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1247% 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 Lawson State Community College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000057% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Lawson State Community College0.000050% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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