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Los Angeles City College

In research, Los Angeles City College stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,886 of 21,541 worldwide), Social Sciences (#9,006 of 16,945 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#13,511 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#22,527
of 28,054 · #11,364 all time
Rank in United States
#3,341
of 4,192
Research works
1.1k
▲ 30% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
15.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
20%
world 28%

What is Los Angeles City College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #7,886 of 21,541 19.2%298
Social SciencesDomain #9,006 of 16,945 10.0%473
Health SciencesDomain #13,511 of 20,462 13.4%233
MedicineField #12,480 of 17,978 12.3%183
Social SciencesField #7,807 of 10,206 11.7%184
Arts and HumanitiesField #3,511 of 3,836 9.5%123

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Los Angeles City College sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.30× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.16× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.06× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.56× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.41× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 2.94× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 4.57× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.99× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.41× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.10× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.39× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.82× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Los Angeles City College?

Ranked on the composite score, Otto Fenichel, Isaac H. Jones and Arthur Lerner lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Los Angeles City College.

  1. 1 Otto Fenichel United States · #280,707 worldwide 45 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Isaac H. Jones United States · #340,036 worldwide 21 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Arthur Lerner United States · #389,687 worldwide 74 citations · 52 works
  4. 4 Charles W. Trigg United States · #607,818 worldwide 32 citations · 50 works
  5. 5 Lan Barnes United States · #664,525 worldwide 4 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Mary Johnson United States · #686,185 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Luisa Del Giudice United States · #838,806 worldwide 2 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Valerie DeBenedette United States · #879,946 worldwide 2 citations · 48 works
  9. 9 M.F. Weymann United States · #892,151 worldwide 1 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Albert Soiland United States · #954,082 worldwide 6 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Los Angeles City College

Which keywords describe research at Los Angeles City College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Psychological Outcomes, Emotional Responses, Physical Fitness, Dance Movement Therapy, Injury Patterns, Student Engagement, Nationalism and Mega Events.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Psychological Outcomes5▲ 176×2 topics
  2. Emotional Responses4▲ 56×2 topics
  3. Dance Movement Therapy4▲ 422×1 topic
  4. Injury Patterns4▲ 422×1 topic
  5. Physical Fitness4▲ 43×2 topics
  6. Machine Learning4▲ 1.71×14 topics
  7. Public Health3▲ 2.8×7 topics
  8. Online Learning3▲ 4.9×3 topics
  9. Globalization2▲ 1.83×8 topics
  10. History2▲ 5.1×6 topics
  11. Nationalism2▲ 7.8×4 topics
  12. Student Engagement2▲ 9.0×3 topics
  13. Sustainable Development2▲ 2.2×2 topics
  14. Mega Events2▲ 94×1 topic
  15. Sport Tourism2▲ 94×1 topic
  16. Informal Learning2▲ 24×3 topics
  17. Self-Efficacy2▲ 12×3 topics
  18. Educational Data Mining2▲ 33×1 topic
  19. Identity2▲ 4.0×6 topics
  20. Israel2▲ 82×2 topics
  21. Learning Analytics2▲ 23×1 topic
  22. Educational Technology2▲ 2.4×8 topics
  23. Music Education2▲ 84×1 topic
  24. Performance Anxiety2▲ 123×1 topic
  25. Culture2▲ 4.5×4 topics
  26. Pedagogy2▲ 4.9×4 topics
  27. Science2▲ 9.7×3 topics
  28. Technology Integration2▲ 7.8×4 topics
  29. Colonialism2▲ 4.5×4 topics
  30. Ethnic Identity2▲ 19×1 topic
  31. Feminism2▲ 7.6×4 topics
  32. Healthcare Workers2▲ 8.8×2 topics
  33. Palestine2▲ 37×1 topic
  34. Neoliberalism1▲ 5.7×4 topics
  35. Cultural Studies1▲ 5.1×2 topics
  36. Organizational Performance1▲ 7.4×3 topics
  37. Coping Strategies1▲ 6.7×3 topics
  38. Demography1▲ 36×2 topics
  39. Employee Engagement1▲ 9.6×2 topics
  40. Psychology1▲ 13×3 topics

Which research topics does Los Angeles City College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Diversity and Impact of Dance, Sport and Mega-Event Impacts, Online Learning and Analytics and Diverse Music Education Insights.

Diversity and Impact of …4Diversity and Impact of Dance: 4 fractional worksSport and Mega-Event Impacts: 2 fractional worksOnline Learning and Analytics: 2 fractional worksDiverse Music Education Insights: 2 fractional worksJewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 2 fractional worksNursing Education, Pract…1Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership: 1 fractional worksDisaster Response and Management: 1 fractional worksArtistic and Creative Research: 1 fractional worksHuman Resource and Talent Management: 1 fractional worksVLSI and Analog Circuit Testing: 1 fractional works
Experimental and Cognitive PsychologySociology and Political ScienceComputer Science ApplicationsMusic5 others

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

  1. 1 Diversity and Impact of Dance Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 4 works
  2. 2 Sport and Mega-Event Impacts Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  3. 3 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 2 works
  4. 4 Diverse Music Education Insights Music 2 works
  5. 5 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  6. 6 Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership Issues, ethics and legal aspects 1 works
  7. 7 Disaster Response and Management Emergency Medical Services 1 works
  8. 8 Artistic and Creative Research Visual Arts and Performing Arts 1 works
  9. 9 Human Resource and Talent Management Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1 works
  10. 10 VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing Hardware and Architecture 1 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 available19.7%not open80.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.7%domestic only90.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Los Angeles City College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% higher 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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