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Montgomery College

In research, Montgomery College stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,944 of 16,945 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,456 of 10,206 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#23,172
of 28,054 · #26,894 all time
Rank in United States
#3,465
of 4,192
Research works
538
▲ 30% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.2k
9.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

What is Montgomery 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
Social SciencesDomain #8,944 of 16,945 12.5%306
Social SciencesField #5,456 of 10,206 12.8%145

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Montgomery 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: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.69× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.79× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.45× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.51× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.34× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.77× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.92× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.15× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.54× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Montgomery College?

Ranked on the composite score, Sharon Kettering, Bruce Love and Mark Alves lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Montgomery College.

  1. 1 Sharon Kettering United States · #613,328 worldwide 16 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Bruce Love United States · #846,424 worldwide 5 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Mark Alves United States · #1,088,634 worldwide 9 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Willy Ley United States · #1,182,322 worldwide 10 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Montgomery College

Which keywords describe research at Montgomery College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Philosophy, Religion, Globalization, Culture, Nationalism, Bilingual Education and Language Policy.

▲ 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 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. Globalization5▲ 3.9×11 topics
  2. History5▲ 10×7 topics
  3. Philosophy4▲ 15×6 topics
  4. Religion4▲ 13×6 topics
  5. Culture4▲ 9.7×5 topics
  6. Nationalism4▲ 11×6 topics
  7. Bilingual Education3▲ 39×3 topics
  8. Language Policy3▲ 32×3 topics
  9. Education3▲ 2.4×7 topics
  10. Mental Health3▲ 2.8×9 topics
  11. Multilingualism3▲ 24×2 topics
  12. Public Health3▲ 2.7×8 topics
  13. Gender2▲ 6.6×4 topics
  14. Primary Care2▲ 9.0×3 topics
  15. Digital Health2▲ 29×2 topics
  16. Ethics2▲ 6.8×6 topics
  17. Literature2▲ 6.2×3 topics
  18. Higher Education2▲ 5.6×4 topics
  19. Regulation2▲ 5.6×4 topics
  20. Corruption2▲ 18×2 topics
  21. Healthcare Policy2▲ 30×1 topic
  22. Indonesia2▲ 6.0×2 topics
  23. Inequalities2▲ 82×1 topic
  24. Assessment Methods2▲ 24×2 topics
  25. China2▲ 28×1 topic
  26. Confucianism2▲ 63×1 topic
  27. Engineering Education2▲ 30×3 topics
  28. Colonialism2▲ 5.3×4 topics
  29. Student Perceptions2▲ 13×2 topics
  30. Teacher Education2▲ 19×3 topics
  31. Lifelong Learning2▲ 11×2 topics
  32. CLIL2▲ 32×1 topic
  33. Content and Language Integrated Learning2▲ 32×1 topic
  34. Decentralization2▲ 10×1 topic
  35. Democratization2▲ 33×1 topic
  36. Gender Inequality2▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Society2▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Outcome-Based Education1▲ 77×1 topic
  39. Professional Skills1▲ 61×1 topic
  40. Psychology1▲ 16×3 topics

Which research topics does Montgomery College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Healthcare Systems and Practices, Chinese history and philosophy, Asian Studies and History and Second Language Learning and Teaching.

Healthcare Systems and P…2Healthcare Systems and Practices: 2 fractional worksChinese history and phil…2Chinese history and philosophy: 2 fractional worksAsian Studies and History: 2 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 2 fractional worksEngineering Education and Curriculum Development: 1 fractional worksMultilingual Education and Policy: 1 fractional worksCritical Race Theory in Education: 1 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Lea…1EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 1 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 1 fractional worksWork-Family Balance Challenges: 1 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsSociology and Political ScienceLiterature and Literary TheoryMedia Technology2 others

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

  1. 1 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 2 works
  2. 2 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  3. 3 Asian Studies and History Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  4. 4 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  5. 5 Engineering Education and Curriculum Development Media Technology 1 works
  6. 6 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 1 works
  7. 7 Critical Race Theory in Education Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 1 works
  9. 9 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 1 works
  10. 10 Work-Family Balance Challenges Sociology and Political Science 1 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 available25.1%not open74.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.8%domestic only93.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Montgomery College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% higher 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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