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Los Angeles Pierce College

In research, Los Angeles Pierce College stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,157 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#7,968
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#1,791
of 8,685
Research works
356
▼ 16% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
63.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Los Angeles Pierce 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 #5,157 of 21,541 39.0%210

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Los Angeles Pierce 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: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.24× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.36× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.57× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.08× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.81× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.43× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.52× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.80× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.35× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Los Angeles Pierce College?

Ranked on the composite score, James N. Butler lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Los Angeles Pierce College.

  1. 1 James N. Butler United States · #580,800 worldwide 139 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Los Angeles Pierce College

Which keywords describe research at Los Angeles Pierce College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Armed Conflict, Colombia, Latin America, Lattice QCD, Community Participation, Epidemiology and Climate Change.

▲ 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 10 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 10 words, with their numbers
  1. Human Rights2▲ 7.8×5 topics
  2. Epidemiology2▲ 1.79×8 topics
  3. Climate Change1▲ 2.1×11 topics
  4. Armed Conflict1▲ 207×1 topic
  5. Colombia1▲ 252×1 topic
  6. Latin America1▲ 23×3 topics
  7. Lattice QCD1▲ 73×2 topics
  8. Community Participation1▲ 11×2 topics
  9. Education1▲ 2.5×5 topics
  10. Environmental Impact1▲ 2.5×4 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia, Water Resource Management and Quality, Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions and Injury Epidemiology and Prevention.

Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia: 1 fractional worksWater Resource Management and Quality: 1 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 1 fractional worksInjury Epidemiology and Prevention: 0 fractional worksEnvironmental Impact and Sustainability: 0 fractional worksTraffic and Road Safety: 0 fractional worksOccupational Health and …0Occupational Health and Safety in Workplaces: 0 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 0 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecology and Physiology: 0 fractional worksHigh-Energy Particle Col…0High-Energy Particle Collisions Research: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceWater Science and TechnologyNuclear and High Energy PhysicsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5 others

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

  1. 1 Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  2. 2 Water Resource Management and Quality Water Science and Technology 1 works
  3. 3 Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions Nuclear and High Energy Physics 1 works
  4. 4 Injury Epidemiology and Prevention Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  5. 5 Environmental Impact and Sustainability Environmental Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Traffic and Road Safety Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 0 works
  7. 7 Occupational Health and Safety in Workplaces Occupational Therapy 0 works
  8. 8 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 0 works
  9. 9 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 0 works
  10. 10 High-Energy Particle Collisions Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 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 available26.6%not open73.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.6%domestic only86.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% 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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