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Miami Dade College

In research, Miami Dade College stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,768 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Economics, Econometrics and Finance (Economics, Econometrics and Finance is 9.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,339
of 22,385 · #10,150 all time
Rank in United States
#1,576
of 3,332
Research works
753
▲ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
7k
9.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Miami Dade College

What is Miami Dade College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #7,768 of 9,585 3.7%108 #8036

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Miami Dade 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 Miami Dade College work in?

In 2022-now, 62% of research at Miami Dade College is in Social Sciences, 18% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (32%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (21%), Computer Science (8%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 110 fractional works · 62.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 56 fractional works · 31.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 20 fractional works · 11.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 16 fractional works · 8.8% of its workEducation: 9 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 37 fractional works · 20.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 17 fractional works · 9.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 8.2% of its workFinance: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 32 fractional works · 17.9% of its workComputer Science: 14 fractional works · 7.8% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 19 fractional works · 10.8% of its workMedicine: 13 fractional works · 7.5% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 9.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKMiami DadeCollege177fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences62%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5631.6%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3720.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities63.6%
    4. Psychology52.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting42.2%
    6. Decision Sciences21.4%
    1. Computer Science147.8%
    2. Engineering63.4%
    3. Environmental Science42.2%
    4. Mathematics31.7%
    5. Physics and Astronomy20.9%
    6. Chemistry20.9%
    7. Materials Science10.5%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine137.5%
    2. Health Professions53.0%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology84.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences53.0%
    3. Neuroscience10.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.7%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Miami Dade College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Economics, Econometrics and Finance takes 9.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 37.0 works9.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.63× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.87× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.56× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.00× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.45× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.45× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.14× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 13 worksMedicineNursing: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.24× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.67× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.40× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 9.75× its world share, 37 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.88× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.49× its world share, 56 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 9.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance9.75×37 works
  2. Social Sciences2.49×56 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.87×1 works
  4. Mathematics1.45×3 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.40×2 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.24×6 works
  7. Health Professions1.14×5 works
  8. Computer Science1.00×14 works
  9. Psychology0.88×5 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.84×8 works
  11. Veterinary0.69×0 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.67×4 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.63×5 works
  14. Chemistry0.56×2 works
  15. Neuroscience0.49×1 works
  16. Environmental Science0.45×4 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.41×2 works
  18. Medicine0.39×13 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.36×0 works
  20. Nursing0.29×0 works
  21. Engineering0.23×6 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.18×0 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.16×0 works
  24. Dentistry0.16×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.15×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Miami Dade College?

Ranked on the quality score, Steven Kotler, Mercedes Cros Sandoval and Sourav K. Kundu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Miami Dade College.

  1. 1 Steven Kotler United States · #1,593,426 worldwide 247 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Mercedes Cros Sandoval United States · #1,813,125 worldwide 91 citations · 32 works
  3. 3 Sourav K. Kundu United States · #2,261,267 worldwide 1.2k citations · 17 works
  4. 4 John G. Wensveen United States · #2,370,052 worldwide 301 citations · 50 works
  5. 5 Kenneth D. Hutchins United States · #2,593,391 worldwide 992 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Rosa Maria Mayorga United States · #2,834,186 worldwide 214 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Guillermo R. Valdes United States · #2,895,276 worldwide 409 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Nader Elhefnawy United States · #3,017,626 worldwide 245 citations · 225 works
  9. 9 Jyrko Correa-Morris United States · #3,051,530 worldwide 195 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Sarrah Vesselov United States · #3,080,206 worldwide 23 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Miami Dade College

What are the most cited papers from Miami Dade College?

The most cited paper from Miami Dade College is "Pathology of Drug-Eluting Stents in Humans" (Michael Joner, Aloke Virmani Finn, Andrew A. Farb et al., 2006), with 2,756 citations. Next come "Delayed Arterial Healing and Increased Late Stent Thrombosis at Culprit Sites After Drug-Eluting Stent Placement for Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients" (615) and "Multistate Outbreak of Fusarium Keratitis Associated With Use of a Contact Lens Solution" (604).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Pathology of Drug-Eluting Stents in Humans Michael Joner, Aloke Virmani Finn, Andrew A. Farb et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access 9 May 2006 2,756
2 Delayed Arterial Healing and Increased Late Stent Thrombosis at Culprit Sites After Drug-Eluting Stent Placement for Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients Gaku Nakazawa, Aloke Virmani Finn, Michael Joner et al. · Circulation Open access 25 Aug 2008 615
3 Multistate Outbreak of Fusarium Keratitis Associated With Use of a Contact Lens Solution Douglas C. Chang, Gavin B. Grant, Kerry L. O'Donnell et al. · JAMA 22 Aug 2006 604
4 Description of an In Vitro Platelet Function Analyzer-PFA-100™ Sourav K. Kundu, Eric J. Heilmann, Reynaldo Sio et al. · Seminars in Thrombosis and Hemostasis Mar 1995 466
5 Genomic epidemiology reveals multiple introductions of Zika virus into the United States Nathan D. Grubaugh et al. · Nature Open access 23 May 2017 400
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Miami Dade College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Monetary Policy, Economic Growth, Inequality, Globalization, Financial Crisis, Neoliberalism, Economic Development and Industrialization.

▲ 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 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. Monetary Policy18▲ 44×5 topics
  2. Economic Growth18▲ 12×9 topics
  3. Globalization16▲ 4.5×23 topics
  4. Inequality12▲ 31×6 topics
  5. Financial Crisis12▲ 58×5 topics
  6. Neoliberalism12▲ 18×8 topics
  7. Economic Development11▲ 7.7×11 topics
  8. Industrialization11▲ 105×2 topics
  9. Income Distribution10▲ 188×2 topics
  10. Aggregate Demand10▲ 220×1 topic
  11. Debt10▲ 220×1 topic
  12. Education10▲ 3.4×20 topics
  13. Economic Policy6▲ 72×3 topics
  14. British Politics6▲ 251×1 topic
  15. Demographic Transition6▲ 53×2 topics
  16. Depoliticisation6▲ 251×1 topic
  17. Capitalism6▲ 49×3 topics
  18. Income Inequality6▲ 22×6 topics
  19. Security6▲ 4.6×6 topics
  20. Gender5▲ 5.6×9 topics
  21. Corporate Governance5▲ 3.8×4 topics
  22. Institutions5▲ 34×2 topics
  23. Marxism5▲ 60×2 topics
  24. Social Reproduction5▲ 112×2 topics
  25. Public Policy5▲ 5.5×4 topics
  26. Global Economy4▲ 20×2 topics
  27. Imperialism4▲ 32×1 topic
  28. R&D4▲ 32×3 topics
  29. Technology Development4▲ 70×2 topics
  30. Uneven and Combined Development4▲ 118×1 topic
  31. Defense Spending4▲ 280×1 topic
  32. Human Capital4▲ 15×2 topics
  33. Military Expenditure4▲ 280×1 topic
  34. Financialization4▲ 23×1 topic
  35. Shareholder Value4▲ 20×1 topic
  36. Productivity Growth4▲ 53×1 topic
  37. Technology Diffusion4▲ 89×1 topic
  38. Fiscal Policy4▲ 10×4 topics
  39. Political Economy4▲ 8.1×7 topics
  40. Industrial Policy3▲ 18×5 topics

Which research topics does Miami Dade College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Economic Theory and Policy, Political and Economic history of UK and US, Political Economy and Marxism and Defense, Military, and Policy Studies.

Economic Theory and Policy10Economic Theory and Policy: 10 fractional worksPolitical and Economic h…6Political and Economic history of UK and US: 6 fractional worksPolitical Economy and Ma…4Political Economy and Marxism: 4 fractional worksDefense, Military, and Policy Studies: 4 fractional worksHousing, Finance, and Neoliberalism: 4 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Prod…4Economic Growth and Productivity: 4 fractional worksCareer Development and Diversity: 2 fractional worksEconomic Development and Digital Transformation: 2 fractional worksEuropean and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies: 2 fractional worksGender and Technology in Education: 2 fractional works
General Economics, Econometrics and FinancePolitical Science and International RelationsSociology and Political ScienceEconomics and Econometrics3 others

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

  1. 1 Economic Theory and Policy General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 10 works
  2. 2 Political and Economic history of UK and US Political Science and International Relations 6 works
  3. 3 Political Economy and Marxism Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  4. 4 Defense, Military, and Policy Studies Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  5. 5 Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism Finance 4 works
  6. 6 Economic Growth and Productivity Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  7. 7 Career Development and Diversity Safety Research 2 works
  8. 8 Economic Development and Digital Transformation General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2 works
  9. 9 European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  10. 10 Gender and Technology in Education Gender Studies 2 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 available44.4%not open55.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.0%domestic only90.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Miami Dade College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% 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 Miami Dade College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00031% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Miami Dade College0.00043% in 202519801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Miami Dade College5.9% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 9.0% in 2015.

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