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Metropolitan Community College

World rank, all time
#30,629
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#6,463
of 7,310
Research works
146
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.1k
14.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.89×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
26%
world 40%
International
18%
world 18%

Which fields of science does Metropolitan Community College work in?

In all years, 58% of research at Metropolitan Community College is in Physical Sciences, 32% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (19%), Social Sciences (17%), Physics and Astronomy (12%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 84 fractional works · 57.6% of its workEngineering: 28 fractional works · 19.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 17 fractional works · 11.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 9 fractional works · 5.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 12 fractional works · 7.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 7.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 46 fractional works · 31.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 25 fractional works · 17.4% of its workEducation: 9 fractional works · 6.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 5.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 5.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKMetropolitanCommunity College146fractional works, all years
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences58%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences32%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2819.3%
    2. Physics and Astronomy1711.8%
    3. Materials Science127.9%
    4. Computer Science117.5%
    5. Chemistry53.5%
    6. Environmental Science53.4%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.4%
    8. Mathematics21.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering21.1%
    10. Energy10.4%
    1. Social Sciences2517.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities85.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance53.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting42.4%
    5. Psychology32.0%
    6. Decision Sciences10.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology42.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences32.1%
    3. Neuroscience00.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    1. Medicine74.6%
    2. Health Professions10.5%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    4. Nursing00.0%
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: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.44× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.05× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.15× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 5.62× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.67× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.46× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy5.62×2 works
  2. Psychology2.46×1 works
  3. Materials Science2.15×1 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.67×1 works
  5. Computer Science1.44×2 works
  6. Social Sciences1.30×3 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.09×1 works
  8. Engineering1.05×3 works
  9. Environmental Science0.91×1 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.83×0 works
  11. Health Professions0.81×0 works
  12. Mathematics0.76×0 works
  13. Nursing0.73×0 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.59×0 works
  15. Neuroscience0.55×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.48×0 works
  17. Medicine0.33×1 works
  18. Energy0.28×0 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.27×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.01×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Metropolitan Community College?

The most cited paper from Metropolitan Community College is "Peak-To-Average Power Ratio of Single Carrier FDMA Signals with Pulse Shaping" (Hyung G. Myung, Junsung Lim, D.J. Goodman, 2006), with 315 citations. Next come "Orlicz centroid bodies" (263) and "Enzyme-catalysis breathes new life into polyester condensation polymerizations" (232).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Peak-To-Average Power Ratio of Single Carrier FDMA Signals with Pulse Shaping Hyung G. Myung, Junsung Lim, D.J. Goodman Conference paper Sep 2006 315
2 Orlicz centroid bodies Erwin Lutwak, Deane Yang, Gaoyong Zhang · Journal of Differential Geometry Open access Feb 2010 263
3 Enzyme-catalysis breathes new life into polyester condensation polymerizations Richard A. Gross, Manoj Ganesh, Wenhua Lu · Trends in biotechnology Review 2 Jul 2010 232
4 Users' personality and perceived ease of use of digital libraries: The case for resistance to change Oded Nov, Chen Ye · Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 31 Jan 2008 166
5 Minkowski Areas and Valuations Monika Ludwig · Journal of Differential Geometry Sep 2010 128
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Which keywords describe research at Metropolitan Community College?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Student Engagement, Superconductivity, Social Support, Diversity, Identity, Nanocomposites, Academic Performance and College Retention.

▲ 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. Student Engagement6▲ 14×9 topics
  2. Globalization5▲ 1.93×11 topics
  3. Sustainability5▲ 1.78×15 topics
  4. Identity4▲ 3.9×8 topics
  5. Nanocomposites4▲ 3.8×11 topics
  6. Social Support4▲ 5.7×7 topics
  7. Biomedical Applications4▲ 2.4×11 topics
  8. Superconductivity4▲ 7.9×4 topics
  9. Diversity3▲ 12×3 topics
  10. History3▲ 2.9×5 topics
  11. Literature3▲ 4.4×6 topics
  12. Higher Education3▲ 5.5×7 topics
  13. Academic Performance3▲ 28×1 topic
  14. College Retention3▲ 96×1 topic
  15. Race3▲ 14×4 topics
  16. Colonialism2▲ 3.4×3 topics
  17. Nationalism2▲ 3.0×4 topics
  18. Online Learning2▲ 3.8×4 topics
  19. Cuprate Superconductors2▲ 16×1 topic
  20. High-Temperature Superconductivity2▲ 16×1 topic
  21. Superfluidity2▲ 15×2 topics
  22. Heavy Fermion2▲ 37×1 topic
  23. Monte Carlo Simulation2▲ 4.4×3 topics
  24. Pacific2▲ 60×2 topics
  25. Quantum Criticality2▲ 37×1 topic
  26. Bose-Einstein Condensation2▲ 21×2 topics
  27. Cultural History2▲ 8.8×3 topics
  28. Failure Analysis2▲ 8.9×4 topics
  29. Transnational2▲ 40×2 topics
  30. Engineering Education2▲ 11×2 topics
  31. Option Pricing2▲ 34×1 topic
  32. Political Philosophy2▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Public Sphere2▲ 18×3 topics
  34. Quantum Simulation2▲ 14×1 topic
  35. Stochastic Calculus2▲ 34×1 topic
  36. Ultracold Gases2▲ 22×1 topic
  37. Student Perceptions2▲ 8.0×4 topics
  38. Asian American2▲ 116×1 topic
  39. Empire2▲ 12×1 topic
  40. Experiential Learning2▲ 17×5 topics

Which research topics does Metropolitan Community College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems, Jungian Analytical Psychology, Flannery O'Connor and Thomas Merton and Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites.

  1. 1 Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  2. 2 Jungian Analytical Psychology Social Psychology 0 works
  3. 3 Flannery O'Connor and Thomas Merton Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 0 works
  4. 4 Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites Polymers and Plastics 0 works
  5. 5 Integrated Circuits and Semiconductor Failure Analysis Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Higher Education Research Studies Education 0 works
  7. 7 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  8. 8 Industrial Vision Systems and Defect Detection Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 0 works
  10. 10 Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 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 available25.7%not open74.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.6%domestic only82.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Metropolitan Community College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% lower 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 Metropolitan Community College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000084% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Metropolitan Community College0.000097% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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