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Montgomery College

In research, Montgomery College stands highest in Social Sciences (#10,281 of 14,833 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,434 of 9,330 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,732
of 22,385 · #15,693 all time
Rank in United States
#2,596
of 3,332
Research works
538
▼ 18% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.2k
9.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
25%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Montgomery College

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 #10,281 of 14,833 7.9%306
Social SciencesField #7,434 of 9,330 4.9%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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Montgomery College work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research at Montgomery College is in Social Sciences, 22% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (31%), Medicine (14%), Arts and Humanities (12%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 40 fractional works · 52.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 23 fractional works · 30.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 15.6% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 9 fractional works · 12.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 6.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 17 fractional works · 22.3% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 7.2% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 6.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 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 workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 15 fractional works · 19.7% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 14.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 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 workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 5.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 5.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKMontgomeryCollege76fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences20%Social Sciences52%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2330.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities912.2%
    3. Psychology56.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.5%
    6. Decision Sciences00.3%
    1. Engineering67.2%
    2. Computer Science56.0%
    3. Mathematics22.7%
    4. Environmental Science22.6%
    5. Physics and Astronomy11.8%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.9%
    7. Energy00.6%
    8. Chemistry00.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    10. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Medicine1114.0%
    2. Health Professions45.7%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.6%
    3. Neuroscience10.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.5%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
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: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.55× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.78× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.48× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.31× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.16× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.73× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 4.22× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.02× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.43× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities4.22×9 works
  2. Social Sciences2.43×24 works
  3. Mathematics2.31×2 works
  4. Health Professions2.16×4 works
  5. Psychology2.02×5 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.55×0 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy0.82×1 works
  8. Computer Science0.78×5 works
  9. Medicine0.73×11 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.71×1 works
  11. Energy0.63×0 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.60×1 works
  13. Environmental Science0.53×2 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.50×1 works
  15. Neuroscience0.49×1 works
  16. Engineering0.48×6 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.40×2 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.34×1 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.33×0 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.31×0 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.31×0 works
  22. Nursing0.15×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.12×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Montgomery College?

Ranked on the quality score, Sharon Kettering, Rashi Jain and Mary R. Dearing lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Montgomery College.

  1. 1 Sharon Kettering United States · #549,111 worldwide 992 citations · 106 works
  2. 2 Rashi Jain United States · #1,465,579 worldwide 136 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Mary R. Dearing United States · #1,491,579 worldwide 346 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Sarah Kunkle United States · #2,116,406 worldwide 158 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Nancy M. Nyland United States · #3,298,200 worldwide 55 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Roger T. Simonds United States · #3,664,601 worldwide 23 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Sharon L Bernier United States · #3,680,823 worldwide 191 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Myrna Goldenberg United States · #3,783,181 worldwide 92 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 William Lloyd Fox United States · #3,811,466 worldwide 247 citations · 64 works
  10. 10 Loraine Hutchins United States · #4,083,097 worldwide 72 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Montgomery College

What are the most cited papers from Montgomery College?

The most cited paper from Montgomery College is "Consumption of red meat and processed meat and cancer incidence: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies" (Maryam Sadat Farvid, Elkhansa Sidahmed, Nicholas D. Spence et al., 2021), with 454 citations. Next come "The wildland–urban interface fire problem – current approaches and research needs" (447) and "Weld formation during material extrusion additive manufacturing" (294).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Consumption of red meat and processed meat and cancer incidence: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies Maryam Sadat Farvid, Elkhansa Sidahmed, Nicholas D. Spence et al. · European Journal of Epidemiology Review 29 Aug 2021 454
2 The wildland–urban interface fire problem – current approaches and research needs William Mell, Samuel L. Manzello, Alexander Maranghides et al. · International Journal of Wildland Fire 30 Mar 2010 447
3 Weld formation during material extrusion additive manufacturing Jonathan E. Seppala, Seung Hoon Han, Kaitlyn E. Hillgartner et al. · Soft Matter Open access 2017 294
4 Trends in Incidence and Prevalence of Major Transfusion-Transmissible Viral Infections in US Blood Donors, 1991 to 1996 Simone A. Glynn · JAMA 12 Jul 2000 288
5 The syndrome of delicate self‐cutting* Ping‐Nie Pao · British Journal of Medical Psychology Sep 1969 263
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Montgomery College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Philosophy, Globalization, Religion, Nationalism, Culture, 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-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. Globalization6▲ 3.9×12 topics
  2. History5▲ 9.6×7 topics
  3. Philosophy4▲ 13×6 topics
  4. Religion4▲ 12×6 topics
  5. Nationalism4▲ 11×7 topics
  6. Culture4▲ 9.0×5 topics
  7. Bilingual Education4▲ 40×3 topics
  8. Language Policy4▲ 33×3 topics
  9. Multilingualism3▲ 26×2 topics
  10. Education3▲ 2.2×8 topics
  11. Literature3▲ 7.2×5 topics
  12. Mental Health3▲ 2.6×9 topics
  13. Public Health3▲ 2.5×8 topics
  14. Gender2▲ 6.1×4 topics
  15. Digital Health2▲ 27×2 topics
  16. Higher Education2▲ 6.0×4 topics
  17. Primary Care2▲ 8.3×3 topics
  18. Ethics2▲ 5.9×6 topics
  19. Colonialism2▲ 5.8×5 topics
  20. Regulation2▲ 5.1×4 topics
  21. Corruption2▲ 17×2 topics
  22. Healthcare Policy2▲ 29×1 topic
  23. Indonesia2▲ 6.0×2 topics
  24. Inequalities2▲ 81×1 topic
  25. Student Perceptions2▲ 15×2 topics
  26. Teacher Training2▲ 4.1×2 topics
  27. Assessment Methods2▲ 23×2 topics
  28. CLIL2▲ 38×1 topic
  29. China2▲ 26×1 topic
  30. Confucianism2▲ 61×1 topic
  31. Content and Language Integrated Learning2▲ 38×1 topic
  32. Engineering Education2▲ 28×3 topics
  33. Teacher Education2▲ 17×3 topics
  34. Lifelong Learning2▲ 10.0×2 topics
  35. Decentralization2▲ 9.4×1 topic
  36. Democratization2▲ 30×1 topic
  37. Gender Inequality2▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Society2▲ 10×2 topics
  39. Outcome-Based Education1▲ 74×1 topic
  40. Psychology1▲ 14×3 topics

Which research topics does Montgomery College publish most on?

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

Healthcare Systems and P…2Healthcare Systems and Practices: 2 fractional worksSecond Language Learning…2Second Language Learning and Teaching: 2 fractional worksChinese history and philosophy: 2 fractional worksAsian Studies and History: 2 fractional worksEngineering Education and Curriculum Development: 1 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 1 fractional worksMultilingual Education and Policy: 1 fractional worksCritical Race Theory in …1Critical Race Theory in Education: 1 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 1 fractional worksWork-Family Balance Challenges: 1 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsLiterature and Literary TheorySociology and Political ScienceMedia 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 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  3. 3 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  4. 4 Asian Studies and History Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  5. 5 Engineering Education and Curriculum Development Media Technology 1 works
  6. 6 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 1 works
  7. 7 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 1 works
  8. 8 Critical Race Theory in Education Sociology and Political Science 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Montgomery College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% 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 Montgomery College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00030% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Montgomery College0.00035% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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