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Northwest Vista College

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Research works
59
▲ 53% vs 2013–17
Citations
411
6.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Northwest Vista College is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

Immunology and Microbiology: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceHealth Professions: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.21× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.32× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 3.49× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.84× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Which keywords describe research at Northwest Vista College?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Identity, Education, Reflective Practice, Technology Integration, Experiential Learning, Academic Libraries, Higher Education and Professional Development.

▲ 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. Identity4▲ 9.5×8 topics
  2. Education4▲ 5.1×10 topics
  3. Globalization3▲ 3.1×10 topics
  4. Reflective Practice3▲ 29×4 topics
  5. Technology Integration3▲ 23×4 topics
  6. Experiential Learning2▲ 70×4 topics
  7. Academic Libraries2▲ 84×2 topics
  8. Higher Education2▲ 10.0×6 topics
  9. 21st Century Skills2▲ 25×2 topics
  10. Professional Development2▲ 23×3 topics
  11. Gender2▲ 6.0×5 topics
  12. Teaching Strategies2▲ 21×2 topics
  13. Active Learning2▲ 27×3 topics
  14. Literature2▲ 6.6×4 topics
  15. Social Media2▲ 3.9×2 topics
  16. Colonialism2▲ 5.8×5 topics
  17. Culture2▲ 5.9×5 topics
  18. Social Justice2▲ 5.6×4 topics
  19. Student Engagement2▲ 11×4 topics
  20. Religion2▲ 4.7×6 topics
  21. Adult Education2▲ 84×2 topics
  22. Critical Thinking2▲ 35×2 topics
  23. Neoliberalism2▲ 7.0×4 topics
  24. Student Perceptions2▲ 18×3 topics
  25. Surfactants2▲ 21×2 topics
  26. Cultural Studies1▲ 6.4×3 topics
  27. Ethical Climate1▲ 57×1 topic
  28. Instructional Design1▲ 27×3 topics
  29. Moral Distress1▲ 57×1 topic
  30. Online Learning1▲ 5.3×3 topics
  31. Breast Cancer1▲ 8.0×2 topics
  32. Critical Theory1▲ 126×1 topic
  33. Politics1▲ 8.0×5 topics
  34. Transformative Learning1▲ 159×1 topic
  35. Critical Thinking Skills1▲ 20×1 topic
  36. Distance Education1▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Information Literacy1▲ 16×1 topic
  38. Instructional Interventions1▲ 34×1 topic
  39. Investment Under Uncertainty1▲ 122×1 topic
  40. Library 2.01▲ 105×1 topic

Which research topics does Northwest Vista College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Service-Learning and Community Engagement, Sport and Mega-Event Impacts, Innovative Teaching Methods and American Sports and Literature.

Service-Learning and Com…1Service-Learning and Community Engagement: 1 fractional worksSport and Mega-Event Imp…0Sport and Mega-Event Impacts: 0 fractional worksInnovative Teaching Meth…0Innovative Teaching Methods: 0 fractional worksAmerican Sports and Lite…0American Sports and Literature: 0 fractional worksSports, Gender, and Society: 0 fractional worksAdult and Continuing Education Topics: 0 fractional worksHigher Education Governa…0Higher Education Governance and Development: 0 fractional worksProblem and Project Based Learning: 0 fractional worksManagement and Marketing Education: 0 fractional worksTeacher Education and Le…0Teacher Education and Leadership Studies: 0 fractional works
EducationSociology and Political ScienceHistoryGender Studies2 others

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

  1. 1 Service-Learning and Community Engagement Education 1 works
  2. 2 Sport and Mega-Event Impacts Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  3. 3 Innovative Teaching Methods Education 0 works
  4. 4 American Sports and Literature History 0 works
  5. 5 Sports, Gender, and Society Gender Studies 0 works
  6. 6 Adult and Continuing Education Topics Education 0 works
  7. 7 Higher Education Governance and Development Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  8. 8 Problem and Project Based Learning Education 0 works
  9. 9 Management and Marketing Education Management of Technology and Innovation 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 available29.7%not open70.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.8%domestic only83.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Northwest Vista College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 53% 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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