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Middlesex Community College

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Research works
73
▼ 41% vs 2018-21
Citations
578
7.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
18%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Middlesex Community College

Not ranked overall: Middlesex Community College is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Middlesex Community College work in?

In all years, 60% of research at Middlesex Community College is in Social Sciences, 17% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (37%), Arts and Humanities (11%), Psychology (9%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 44 fractional works · 60.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 27 fractional works · 36.8% of its workEducation: 10 fractional works · 13.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 11.1% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 11.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 5.1% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 4.9% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 9.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 17.2% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 6.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 5.9% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 9 fractional works · 11.8% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 8.0% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 11.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKMiddlesexCommunity College73fractional works, all years
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences60%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2736.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities811.4%
    3. Psychology79.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.8%
    6. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Engineering56.5%
    2. Computer Science45.9%
    3. Environmental Science22.6%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.9%
    5. Chemistry00.5%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.5%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    1. Medicine68.0%
    2. Health Professions22.2%
    3. Nursing11.4%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology45.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics11.1%
    5. Neuroscience10.8%
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: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.61× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.80× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.88× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Environmental Science: 2.08× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 6.65× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 1.20× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.79× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 11 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities6.65×2 works
  2. Social Sciences3.79×5 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.80×0 works
  4. Environmental Science2.08×1 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.88×0 works
  6. Psychology1.20×0 works
  7. Computer Science0.99×1 works
  8. Neuroscience0.61×0 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.31×0 works
  10. Medicine0.19×0 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.18×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Middlesex Community College?

Ranked on the quality score, Jeffrey D. Lavoie and Donna Killian Duffy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Middlesex Community College.

  1. 1 Jeffrey D. Lavoie United States · #2,817,575 worldwide 7 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Donna Killian Duffy United States · #3,388,937 worldwide 154 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Middlesex Community College

What are the most cited papers from Middlesex Community College?

The most cited paper from Middlesex Community College is "Prevalence of and Factors Associated With Patient Nondisclosure of Medically Relevant Information to Clinicians" (Andrea Gurmankin Levy, Aaron M. Scherer, Brian J. Zikmund‐Fisher et al., 2018), with 171 citations. Next come "Corporal punishment: Normative data and sociological and psychological correlates in a community college population" (77) and "Can general practitioners use training in relaxation and management of stress to reduce mild hypertension?" (62).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Prevalence of and Factors Associated With Patient Nondisclosure of Medically Relevant Information to Clinicians Andrea Gurmankin Levy, Aaron M. Scherer, Brian J. Zikmund‐Fisher et al. · JAMA Network Open Open access 30 Nov 2018 171
2 Corporal punishment: Normative data and sociological and psychological correlates in a community college population Janice Westlund Bryan, Florence Wallach Freed · Journal of Youth and Adolescence Apr 1982 77
3 Can general practitioners use training in relaxation and management of stress to reduce mild hypertension? Chandra Patel, Michael Gideon Marmot · BMJ Open access 2 Jan 1988 62
4 The Indirect Effect of Positive Parenting on the Relationship Between Parent and Sibling Bereavement Outcomes After the Death of a Child Adam T. Morris, Crystal A. Gabert‐Quillen, Sarah E. Friebert et al. · Journal of Pain and Symptom Management Open access 18 Sep 2015 57
5 Addressing Self-Injury in the School Setting Sandra Shapiro · The Journal of School Nursing Jun 2008 50
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Middlesex Community College?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Gender, Identity, Literature, Culture, Postcolonialism, Feminism and Migration.

▲ 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. History8▲ 14×9 topics
  2. Gender8▲ 18×12 topics
  3. Identity7▲ 13×9 topics
  4. Literature5▲ 13×6 topics
  5. Culture4▲ 9.8×5 topics
  6. Mental Health3▲ 4.0×7 topics
  7. Postcolonialism3▲ 37×3 topics
  8. Feminism3▲ 15×5 topics
  9. Higher Education3▲ 10×4 topics
  10. Migration3▲ 13×4 topics
  11. Society3▲ 17×4 topics
  12. Colonialism3▲ 7.5×7 topics
  13. Health3▲ 9.3×4 topics
  14. Psychological Impact3▲ 16×3 topics
  15. Student Perceptions3▲ 26×3 topics
  16. Resilience2▲ 8.3×2 topics
  17. Diversity2▲ 17×5 topics
  18. Ethnography2▲ 23×2 topics
  19. Religion2▲ 5.1×6 topics
  20. Social Justice2▲ 5.6×5 topics
  21. Student Engagement2▲ 11×4 topics
  22. Bereavement2▲ 87×1 topic
  23. Borders2▲ 425×1 topic
  24. Complicated Grief2▲ 87×1 topic
  25. Exploration2▲ 219×1 topic
  26. Nationalism2▲ 4.7×4 topics
  27. Territoriality2▲ 56×1 topic
  28. Travel Writing2▲ 350×1 topic
  29. Online Learning2▲ 5.8×2 topics
  30. Reflective Practice2▲ 15×4 topics
  31. Cold War2▲ 30×3 topics
  32. Professional Development2▲ 14×4 topics
  33. Race2▲ 19×4 topics
  34. Religious Identity2▲ 33×2 topics
  35. Teacher Education2▲ 23×3 topics
  36. Academic Performance2▲ 30×2 topics
  37. Blended Learning2▲ 23×1 topic
  38. Distance Education2▲ 15×1 topic
  39. Evolution2▲ 7.5×3 topics
  40. Gender Differences2▲ 6.9×4 topics

Which research topics does Middlesex Community College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Travel Writing and Literature, Migration, Health, Geopolitics, Historical Geography, Library Science and Administration and Gender and Technology in Education.

Travel Writing and Liter…2Travel Writing and Literature: 2 fractional worksMigration, Health, Geopo…2Migration, Health, Geopolitics, Historical Geography: 2 fractional worksLibrary Science and Administration: 0 fractional worksGender and Technology in Education: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Malware Detection Techniques: 0 fractional worksTeaching and Learning Programming: 0 fractional worksAnthropology: Ethics, History, Culture: 0 fractional worksAnthropological Studies and Insights: 0 fractional worksSoutheast Asian Sociopolitical Studies: 0 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 0 fractional works
HistoryDemographyLibrary and Information SciencesGender Studies5 others

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

  1. 1 Travel Writing and Literature History 2 works
  2. 2 Migration, Health, Geopolitics, Historical Geography Demography 2 works
  3. 3 Library Science and Administration Library and Information Sciences 0 works
  4. 4 Gender and Technology in Education Gender Studies 0 works
  5. 5 Advanced Malware Detection Techniques Signal Processing 0 works
  6. 6 Teaching and Learning Programming Computer Science Applications 0 works
  7. 7 Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture Anthropology 0 works
  8. 8 Anthropological Studies and Insights Anthropology 0 works
  9. 9 Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  10. 10 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 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 available17.8%not open82.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.2%domestic only91.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Middlesex Community College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 41% 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 Middlesex Community College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000090% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Middlesex Community College0.000057% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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