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Los Angeles Pierce College

In research, Los Angeles Pierce College stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,504 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#9,984
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#2,064
of 7,310
Research works
356
▲ 50% vs 2018-21
Citations
23k
63.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.31×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
27%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Los Angeles Pierce College

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 #5,504 of 17,446 25.7%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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Los Angeles Pierce College work in?

In 2022-now, 41% of research at Los Angeles Pierce College is in Physical Sciences, 31% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (17%), Environmental Science (15%), Medicine (9%).

Physical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 41.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 15.1% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 7.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 8.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 6.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 7.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 31.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 16.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 7.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 7.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 13.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 7.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 13.3% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 9.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKLos AngelesPierce College25fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences41%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences31%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science415.1%
    2. Physics and Astronomy28.4%
    3. Engineering27.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences14.0%
    5. Computer Science13.2%
    6. Materials Science01.2%
    7. Energy00.9%
    8. Mathematics00.9%
    1. Social Sciences416.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities27.2%
    3. Psychology15.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology27.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences14.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology01.8%
    4. Neuroscience00.2%
    1. Medicine29.2%
    2. Health Professions13.7%
    3. Dentistry00.4%
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: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.31× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.79× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.53× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.04× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.76× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.41× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.48× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.78× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.33× 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.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy3.76×2 works
  2. Environmental Science3.04×4 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.53×1 works
  4. Arts and Humanities2.48×2 works
  5. Immunology and Microbiology1.79×0 works
  6. Psychology1.78×1 works
  7. Health Professions1.41×1 works
  8. Social Sciences1.33×4 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.31×2 works
  10. Energy1.03×0 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.02×1 works
  12. Dentistry0.93×0 works
  13. Mathematics0.77×0 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.67×0 works
  15. Engineering0.52×2 works
  16. Medicine0.48×2 works
  17. Computer Science0.41×1 works
  18. Materials Science0.33×0 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.16×0 works
  20. Neuroscience0.14×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Los Angeles Pierce College?

Ranked on the quality score, Mary Ellen Guffey, Ronald Faulseit and Carol A. Kozeracki lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Los Angeles Pierce College.

  1. 1 Mary Ellen Guffey United States · #2,467,128 worldwide 348 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Ronald Faulseit United States · #2,742,772 worldwide 526 citations · 46 works
  3. 3 Carol A. Kozeracki United States · #3,149,855 worldwide 357 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Peter R. Greene United States · #3,188,095 worldwide 631 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Philip L. Stein United States · #3,755,588 worldwide 97 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Gerald L. Delker United States · #3,837,163 worldwide 158 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Bob O’Connor United States · #4,326,103 worldwide 27 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 William D. Covey United States · #4,832,113 worldwide 329 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Elizabeth Rinnander United States · #4,898,902 worldwide 6 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Lee C. Loveridge United States · #4,943,600 worldwide 160 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Los Angeles Pierce College

What are the most cited papers from Los Angeles Pierce College?

The most cited paper from Los Angeles Pierce College is "Spontaneous formation of ordered structures in thin films of metals supported on an elastomeric polymer" (Ned B. Bowden, Scott T. Brittain, Anthony Glyn Evans et al., 1998), with 2,304 citations. Next come "Embedded 3D Printing of Strain Sensors within Highly Stretchable Elastomers" (1,626) and "Heterogeneous chemistry and tropospheric ozone" (1,431).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Spontaneous formation of ordered structures in thin films of metals supported on an elastomeric polymer Ned B. Bowden, Scott T. Brittain, Anthony Glyn Evans et al. · Nature May 1998 2,304
2 Embedded 3D Printing of Strain Sensors within Highly Stretchable Elastomers Joseph T. Muth, Daniel M. Vogt, Ryan L. Truby et al. · Advanced Materials Open access 16 Jun 2014 1,626
3 Heterogeneous chemistry and tropospheric ozone Dorrit E. Jacob · Atmospheric Environment 2000 1,431
4 Thermohaline Convection with Two Stable Regimes of Flow Henry Stommel · Tellus A Dynamic Meteorology and Oceanography Open access 1961 1,333
5 How the Venus flytrap snaps Yoël Forterre, Jan Marcel Skotheim, Jacques Dumais et al. · Nature Open access 2005 1,094
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Los Angeles Pierce College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, 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-now 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▲ 7.7×5 topics
  2. Epidemiology2▲ 1.87×9 topics
  3. Climate Change1▲ 2.1×11 topics
  4. Armed Conflict1▲ 199×1 topic
  5. Colombia1▲ 261×1 topic
  6. Latin America1▲ 23×3 topics
  7. Lattice QCD1▲ 73×2 topics
  8. Community Participation1▲ 12×2 topics
  9. Education1▲ 2.5×5 topics
  10. Environmental Impact1▲ 2.4×4 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia, Water Resource Management and Quality, Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions and Traffic and Road Safety.

Conflict, Peace, and Violence in Colombia: 1 fractional worksWater Resource Management and Quality: 1 fractional worksQuantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions: 1 fractional worksTraffic and Road Safety0Traffic and Road Safety: 0 fractional worksInjury Epidemiology and Prevention: 0 fractional worksOccupational Health and Safety in Workplaces: 0 fractional worksEnvironmental Impact and…0Environmental Impact and Sustainability: 0 fractional worksHigh-Energy Particle Collisions Research: 0 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 0 fractional worksMicrobial Community Ecol…0Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceWater Science and TechnologyNuclear and High Energy PhysicsSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality5 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 Traffic and Road Safety Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 0 works
  5. 5 Injury Epidemiology and Prevention Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  6. 6 Occupational Health and Safety in Workplaces Occupational Therapy 0 works
  7. 7 Environmental Impact and Sustainability Environmental Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 High-Energy Particle Collisions Research Nuclear and High Energy Physics 0 works
  9. 9 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 0 works
  10. 10 Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology Ecology 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 50% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Los Angeles Pierce College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000060% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Los Angeles Pierce College0.00013% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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