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Palo Alto College

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Research works
29
▼ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
498
17.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
25%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Palo Alto College

Not ranked overall: Palo Alto College is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Palo Alto College work in?

In all years, 47% of research at Palo Alto College is in Social Sciences, 30% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (29%), Engineering (17%), Psychology (11%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 14 fractional works · 47.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 29.0% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 7.7% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 10.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 30.2% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 17.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 8.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 8.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 12.7% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 9.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 10.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKPalo Alto College29fractional works, all years
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences30%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences47%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences829.0%
    2. Psychology310.7%
    3. Arts and Humanities14.3%
    4. Decision Sciences01.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting01.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    1. Engineering517.0%
    2. Computer Science28.6%
    3. Chemistry12.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences01.0%
    5. Environmental Science00.6%
    6. Mathematics00.6%
    1. Medicine39.6%
    2. Health Professions11.9%
    3. Veterinary01.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences25.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.7%
    3. Neuroscience12.0%
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: 3.49× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.04× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 1.76× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.78× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.76× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Health Professions: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.55× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.72× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.82× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.94× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 13 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences5.72×0 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.49×1 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.55×0 works
  4. Social Sciences1.94×2 works
  5. Psychology1.82×0 works
  6. Computer Science1.78×1 works
  7. Chemistry1.76×0 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.76×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.04×0 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.86×0 works
  11. Health Professions0.70×0 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.57×0 works
  13. Medicine0.52×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Palo Alto College?

Ranked on the quality score, Robin Shedrick and D. Anthony Miles lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Palo Alto College.

  1. 1 Robin Shedrick United States · #2,605,736 worldwide 0 citations · 39 works
  2. 2 D. Anthony Miles United States · #3,390,518 worldwide 99 citations · 49 works
All ranked researchers at Palo Alto College

What are the most cited papers from Palo Alto College?

The most cited paper from Palo Alto College is "Do People Really Become More Conservative as They Age?" (Johnathan Caleb Peterson, Kevin B. Smith, John R. Hibbing, 2019), with 169 citations. Next come "Priming infants to attend to color and pattern information in an individuation task" (122) and "Antigen Detection in the Diagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis" (97).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Do People Really Become More Conservative as They Age? Johnathan Caleb Peterson, Kevin B. Smith, John R. Hibbing · The Journal of Politics 17 Oct 2019 169
2 Priming infants to attend to color and pattern information in an individuation task Teresa G. Wilcox, Catherine Chapa · Cognition Open access 12 Sep 2003 122
3 Antigen Detection in the Diagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis MARC H. WEINER, GEORGE H. TALBOT, STANTON L. GERSON et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine Dec 1983 97
4 Multisensory exploration and object individuation in infancy. Teresa G. Wilcox, Rebecca J. H. Woods, Catherine Chapa et al. · Developmental Psychology Open access 2007 79
5 Infants' reasoning about opaque and transparent occluders in an individuation task Teresa G. Wilcox, Catherine Chapa · Cognition Open access Aug 2002 51
All 39 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Palo Alto College?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Content Analysis, Social Identity, Reliability Analysis, Advertising, Gender Roles, Cloud Computing, Hydrocephalus and Power.

▲ 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 11 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 11 words, with their numbers
  1. Content Analysis2▲ 63×3 topics
  2. Globalization1▲ 2.5×2 topics
  3. Reliability Analysis1▲ 40×2 topics
  4. Social Identity1▲ 46×2 topics
  5. Advertising1▲ 88×1 topic
  6. Gender Roles1▲ 35×1 topic
  7. Cloud Computing1▲ 13×1 topic
  8. Hydrocephalus1▲ 72×2 topics
  9. Power1▲ 44×2 topics
  10. Smart Grid1▲ 12×1 topic
  11. Social Interaction1▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Palo Alto College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, International Relations and Foreign Policy, Cultural Differences and Values and Digital Communication and Language.

Insect-Plant Interactions and Control: 0 fractional worksInternational Relations and Foreign Policy: 0 fractional worksCultural Differences and…0Cultural Differences and Values: 0 fractional worksDigital Communication an…0Digital Communication and Language: 0 fractional worksLepidoptera: Biology and…0Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy: 0 fractional worksPersonal Information Management and User Behavior: 0 fractional worksBiological Control of Invasive Species: 0 fractional worksDigital Humanities and S…0Digital Humanities and Scholarship: 0 fractional worksInternational Student and Expatriate Challenges: 0 fractional worksService-Learning and Community Engagement: 0 fractional works
Insect SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsSocial PsychologyHuman-Computer Interaction5 others

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

  1. 1 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 0 works
  2. 2 International Relations and Foreign Policy Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  3. 3 Cultural Differences and Values Social Psychology 0 works
  4. 4 Digital Communication and Language Human-Computer Interaction 0 works
  5. 5 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 0 works
  6. 6 Personal Information Management and User Behavior Information Systems and Management 0 works
  7. 7 Biological Control of Invasive Species Insect Science 0 works
  8. 8 Digital Humanities and Scholarship Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  9. 9 International Student and Expatriate Challenges Communication 0 works
  10. 10 Service-Learning and Community Engagement 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 available25.1%not open74.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.1%domestic only86.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Palo Alto College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% 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 Palo Alto College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000031% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Palo Alto College0.000013% in 20251990200020102020

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

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