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Northern Virginia Community College

In research, Northern Virginia Community College stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,895 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#23,900
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#5,137
of 8,685
Research works
297
▼ 39% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.3k
7.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
14%
world 28%

What is Northern Virginia Community 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 #5,895 of 16,945 13.9%190

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Northern Virginia Community 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: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.26× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.68× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 4.75× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 1.74× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.13× its world share, 29 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Northern Virginia Community College?

Ranked on the composite score, Joan G. Creager lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Northern Virginia Community College.

  1. 1 Joan G. Creager United States · #1,044,485 worldwide 2 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Northern Virginia Community College

Which keywords describe research at Northern Virginia Community College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Religion, Gender, Politics, Literature, Human Rights, Secularism, Globalization and Refugees.

▲ 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. Religion5▲ 19×7 topics
  2. Gender5▲ 15×5 topics
  3. Globalization4▲ 4.1×12 topics
  4. Politics4▲ 27×3 topics
  5. Human Rights4▲ 6.5×5 topics
  6. Literature4▲ 12×6 topics
  7. Secularism3▲ 58×4 topics
  8. Refugees3▲ 45×3 topics
  9. Nationalism3▲ 12×4 topics
  10. Democracy3▲ 14×3 topics
  11. Ethnicity3▲ 14×2 topics
  12. Immigration3▲ 43×2 topics
  13. Cosmopolitanism2▲ 41×2 topics
  14. International Law2▲ 14×3 topics
  15. National Identity2▲ 37×1 topic
  16. Social Boundaries2▲ 148×1 topic
  17. Agency2▲ 90×2 topics
  18. Student Engagement2▲ 9.9×4 topics
  19. Social Support2▲ 6.7×2 topics
  20. Narrative2▲ 23×2 topics
  21. Cultural Studies2▲ 9.2×2 topics
  22. Identity2▲ 4.6×3 topics
  23. Colonialism2▲ 6.4×3 topics
  24. Culture2▲ 5.7×4 topics
  25. Postcolonialism2▲ 24×2 topics
  26. Academic Performance2▲ 34×1 topic
  27. College Retention2▲ 143×1 topic
  28. Social History2▲ 35×2 topics
  29. Ancient DNA2▲ 51×2 topics
  30. Evolution2▲ 11×2 topics
  31. Humanitarian Intervention2▲ 73×1 topic
  32. Memory2▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Responsibility to Protect2▲ 91×1 topic
  34. Social Interaction2▲ 6.8×3 topics
  35. Atheism1▲ 94×1 topic
  36. European Court1▲ 920×1 topic
  37. Horror1▲ 235×1 topic
  38. Public Sphere1▲ 42×1 topic
  39. Religious Law1▲ 920×1 topic
  40. Zombies1▲ 235×1 topic

Which research topics does Northern Virginia Community College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Migration, Refugees, and Integration, Higher Education Research Studies, Global Peace and Security Dynamics and Religious Freedom and Discrimination.

Migration, Refugees, and…2Migration, Refugees, and Integration: 2 fractional worksHigher Education Researc…2Higher Education Research Studies: 2 fractional worksGlobal Peace and Security Dynamics: 2 fractional worksReligious Freedom and Discrimination: 1 fractional worksGothic Literature and Media Analysis: 1 fractional worksReligion and Society Interactions: 1 fractional worksYersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research: 1 fractional worksEuropean history and pol…1European history and politics: 1 fractional worksYouth Education and Societal Dynamics: 1 fractional worksFilm in Education and Therapy: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceEducationPolitical Science and International RelationsLaw3 others

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

  1. 1 Migration, Refugees, and Integration Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  2. 2 Higher Education Research Studies Education 2 works
  3. 3 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  4. 4 Religious Freedom and Discrimination Law 1 works
  5. 5 Gothic Literature and Media Analysis Cultural Studies 1 works
  6. 6 Religion and Society Interactions Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  7. 7 Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research Genetics 1 works
  8. 8 European history and politics Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  9. 9 Youth Education and Societal Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Film in Education and Therapy Health Information Management 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 available14.5%not open85.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.9%domestic only92.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Northern Virginia Community College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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