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Northwest Vista College

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Research works
59
▼ 48% vs 2018-21
Citations
411
6.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
Northwest Vista College

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.

Which fields of science does Northwest Vista College work in?

In all years, 50% of research at Northwest Vista College is in Social Sciences, 22% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (36%), Medicine (11%), Computer Science (8%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 29 fractional works · 49.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 35.7% of its workEducation: 10 fractional works · 16.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 5.4% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 22.3% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 7.7% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCeramics and Composites: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 18.4% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 11.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 7.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 9.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNorthwest VistaCollege59fractional works, all years
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences50%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2135.7%
    2. Psychology35.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities23.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting12.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.1%
    6. Decision Sciences11.0%
    1. Computer Science57.7%
    2. Chemistry24.1%
    3. Environmental Science23.4%
    4. Engineering22.9%
    5. Materials Science22.7%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.0%
    7. Mathematics00.3%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    1. Medicine711.2%
    2. Health Professions47.2%
    3. Nursing00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology35.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences23.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.7%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
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.

Immunology and Microbiology: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringHealth Professions: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.24× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 3.28× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.55× 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, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences4.55×5 works
  2. Psychology3.28×1 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.08×0 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.24×0 works
  5. Computer Science1.03×1 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology0.79×0 works
  7. Neuroscience0.49×0 works
  8. Medicine0.43×1 works
  9. Engineering0.27×0 works
  10. Health Professions0.20×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Northwest Vista College?

Ranked on the quality score, Julia Corey, Madeleine Zeiler and Chantal Umutoni lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Northwest Vista College.

  1. 1 Julia Corey United States · #1,126,102 worldwide 226 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Madeleine Zeiler United States · #1,660,025 worldwide 172 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Chantal Umutoni United States · #1,841,201 worldwide 378 citations · 33 works
  4. 4 Angel Boulware United States · #1,888,353 worldwide 160 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Lyn Mezier United States · #1,895,369 worldwide 119 citations · 15 works
  6. 5 Uwase Musekura United States · #1,895,369 worldwide 119 citations · 15 works
  7. 5 Ethan Hudler United States · #1,895,369 worldwide 119 citations · 15 works
  8. 5 Biganette-Evidente Shemeza United States · #1,895,369 worldwide 119 citations · 15 works
  9. 5 Innocent Manzi United States · #1,895,369 worldwide 119 citations · 15 works
  10. 5 Dieudonne Musemakweli United States · #1,895,369 worldwide 119 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Northwest Vista College

What are the most cited papers from Northwest Vista College?

The most cited paper from Northwest Vista College is "Magnetic Actuation Methods in Bio/Soft Robotics" (Nafiseh Ebrahimi, Chenghao Bi, David J. Cappelleri et al., 2020), with 356 citations. Next come "The naked truth: a comprehensive clarification and classification of current ‘myths’ in naked mole‐rat biology" (133) and "Victim, perpetrator, family, and incident characteristics of infant and child homicide in the United States Air Force" (101).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Magnetic Actuation Methods in Bio/Soft Robotics Nafiseh Ebrahimi, Chenghao Bi, David J. Cappelleri et al. · Advanced Functional Materials Open access 23 Dec 2020 356
2 The naked truth: a comprehensive clarification and classification of current ‘myths’ in naked mole‐rat biology Rochelle Buffenstein et al. · Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society ReviewOpen access 3 Sep 2021 133
3 Victim, perpetrator, family, and incident characteristics of infant and child homicide in the United States Air Force D R Lucas, Kelley C. Wezner, Joel S. Milner et al. · Child Abuse & Neglect Feb 2002 101
4 miR-214: a potential biomarker and therapeutic for different cancers Tanu Sharma, Ryan A Hamilton, Chandi Charan Mandal · Future Oncology 2015 71
5 Highly efficient upconversion luminescence in hexagonal NaYF4:Yb3+, Er3+ nanocrystals synthesized by a novel reverse microemulsion method M. Gunaseelan, Sima Aminorroaya Yamini, G.A. Kumar et al. · Optical Materials 6 Nov 2017 57
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

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-now: Service-Learning and Community Engagement, Sport and Mega-Event Impacts, Sports, Gender, and Society and Innovative Teaching Methods.

Service-Learning and Com…1Service-Learning and Community Engagement: 1 fractional worksSport and Mega-Event Imp…0Sport and Mega-Event Impacts: 0 fractional worksSports, Gender, and Soci…0Sports, Gender, and Society: 0 fractional worksInnovative Teaching Meth…0Innovative Teaching Methods: 0 fractional worksAmerican Sports and Literature: 0 fractional worksHigher Education Governance and Development: 0 fractional worksTeacher Education and Le…0Teacher Education and Leadership Studies: 0 fractional worksAdult and Continuing Education Topics: 0 fractional worksManagement and Marketing Education: 0 fractional worksSpam and Phishing Detect…0Spam and Phishing Detection: 0 fractional works
EducationSociology and Political ScienceGender StudiesHistory3 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 Sports, Gender, and Society Gender Studies 0 works
  4. 4 Innovative Teaching Methods Education 0 works
  5. 5 American Sports and Literature History 0 works
  6. 6 Higher Education Governance and Development Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  7. 7 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 0 works
  8. 8 Adult and Continuing Education Topics Education 0 works
  9. 9 Management and Marketing Education Management of Technology and Innovation 0 works
  10. 10 Spam and Phishing Detection Information Systems 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Northwest Vista College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 48% 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 Northwest Vista College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000031% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Northwest Vista College0.000020% in 20251990200020102020

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

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