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Pearl River Community College

In research, Pearl River Community College stands highest in Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (#5,223 of 5,801 worldwide), Molecular Biology (#3,401 of 3,729 worldwide) and Organic Chemistry (#1,673 of 1,832 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#34,349
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#7,213
of 7,310
Research works
977
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
47k
47.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Pearl River Community College

What is Pearl River 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
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #5,223 of 5,801 10.7%274
Molecular BiologySubfield #3,401 of 3,729 9.5%179
Organic ChemistrySubfield #1,673 of 1,832 8.2%181
ChemistryField #2,740 of 2,902 8.9%211
Life SciencesDomain #10,517 of 11,023 10.6%379
Health SciencesDomain #16,173 of 16,688 12.9%285
MedicineField #14,151 of 14,558 13.2%277
Physical SciencesDomain #17,411 of 17,446 8.8%280

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Pearl River 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Pearl River Community College work in?

In all years, 39% of research at Pearl River Community College is in Life Sciences, 29% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (28%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (28%), Chemistry (22%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 379 fractional works · 38.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 274 fractional works · 28.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 179 fractional works · 18.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 27 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCancer Research: 18 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGenetics: 15 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiotechnology: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCell Biology: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEndocrinology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 45 fractional works · 4.6% of its workImmunology: 20 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMicrobiology: 15 fractional works · 1.5% of its workVirology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workParasitology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 27 fractional works · 2.8% of its workToxicology: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 23 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 285 fractional works · 29.2% of its workMedicine: 277 fractional works · 28.3% of its workEpidemiology: 63 fractional works · 6.5% of its workPharmacology: 58 fractional works · 6.0% of its workOncology: 36 fractional works · 3.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 29 fractional works · 3.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 280 fractional works · 28.7% of its workChemistry: 211 fractional works · 21.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 181 fractional works · 18.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 20 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 19 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPollution: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 14 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 34 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKPearl RiverCommunity College977fractional works, all years
Life Sciences39%Physical Sciences29%Health Sciences29%Social Sciences3%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology27428.1%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology454.6%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics272.8%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences232.3%
    5. Neuroscience101.0%
    1. Medicine27728.3%
    2. Nursing40.4%
    3. Health Professions30.3%
    4. Veterinary10.2%
    1. Chemistry21121.5%
    2. Environmental Science192.0%
    3. Engineering141.5%
    4. Computer Science141.4%
    5. Materials Science101.0%
    6. Mathematics50.5%
    7. Chemical Engineering30.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.2%
    9. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    10. Energy10.1%
    1. Social Sciences131.3%
    2. Psychology91.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities40.4%
    4. Decision Sciences30.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting20.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.2%
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: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.33× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.69× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.38× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 11.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.76× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 2.37× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.05× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.34× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 1.63× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.72× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 11.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering11.07×0 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences5.76×1 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.69×0 works
  4. Neuroscience2.38×0 works
  5. Health Professions2.37×0 works
  6. Social Sciences1.72×2 works
  7. Psychology1.63×0 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.34×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.33×1 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.11×0 works
  11. Materials Science1.11×0 works
  12. Medicine1.05×2 works
  13. Chemistry0.62×0 works
  14. Environmental Science0.47×0 works
  15. Engineering0.26×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Pearl River Community College?

Ranked on the quality score, Natasja Brooijmans, Ellen Murphy and Sridhar K. Rabindran lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Pearl River Community College.

  1. 1 Natasja Brooijmans United States · #304,335 worldwide 3.9k citations · 84 works
  2. 2 Ellen Murphy United States · #760,848 worldwide 7.9k citations · 63 works
  3. 3 Sridhar K. Rabindran United States · #766,566 worldwide 11k citations · 84 works
  4. 4 Steven J. Projan United States · #872,071 worldwide 14k citations · 135 works
  5. 5 Frank E. Koehn United States · #1,046,740 worldwide 6.6k citations · 82 works
  6. 6 Arie Zask United States · #1,090,920 worldwide 4.5k citations · 131 works
  7. 7 Lourdes Toral‐Barza United States · #1,206,046 worldwide 3.1k citations · 59 works
  8. 8 Sherryl A. Baker United States · #1,383,205 worldwide 3.2k citations · 40 works
  9. 9 Weidong Ding United States · #1,738,587 worldwide 1.9k citations · 50 works
  10. 10 William K. Hu United States · #1,885,996 worldwide 1.3k citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Pearl River Community College

What are the most cited papers from Pearl River Community College?

The most cited paper from Pearl River Community College is "Escape from Flatland: Increasing Saturation as an Approach to Improving Clinical Success" (Frank Lovering, Jack Andrew Bikker, Christine C. Humblet, 2009), with 4,568 citations. Next come "Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamases in the 21st Century: Characterization, Epidemiology, and Detection of This Important Resistance Threat" (2,640) and "The evolving role of natural products in drug discovery" (2,586).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Escape from Flatland: Increasing Saturation as an Approach to Improving Clinical Success Frank Lovering, Jack Andrew Bikker, Christine C. Humblet · Journal of Medicinal Chemistry 14 Oct 2009 4,568
2 Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamases in the 21st Century: Characterization, Epidemiology, and Detection of This Important Resistance Threat Patricia A. Bradford · Clinical Microbiology Reviews Open access Oct 2001 2,640
3 The evolving role of natural products in drug discovery Frank E. Koehn, Guy T. Carter · Nature Reviews Drug Discovery Review 24 Feb 2005 2,586
4 The Human Cytomegalovirus US11 Gene Product Dislocates MHC Class I Heavy Chains from the Endoplasmic Reticulum to the Cytosol Emmanuel J. H. J. Wiertz, Thomas R. Jones, Lei Sun et al. · Cell Open access Mar 1996 1,090
5 A Trial of a 9-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Children with and Those without HIV Infection Keith P. Klugman, Shabir Ahmed Madhi, Robin E. Huebner et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access Oct 2003 1,018
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Pearl River Community College?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Synthesis, Drug Discovery, Medicinal Chemistry, Epidemiology, Anticancer Agents, Biological Evaluation, Cancer Therapy and Antibiotic Resistance.

▲ 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. Epidemiology110▲ 2.8×53 topics
  2. Synthesis94▲ 16×19 topics
  3. Drug Discovery90▲ 23×10 topics
  4. Medicinal Chemistry70▲ 19×11 topics
  5. Anticancer Agents59▲ 24×8 topics
  6. Biological Evaluation54▲ 45×6 topics
  7. Cancer Therapy49▲ 8.0×15 topics
  8. Antibiotic Resistance45▲ 11×11 topics
  9. Heterocyclic Compounds45▲ 29×4 topics
  10. Cancer43▲ 3.1×27 topics
  11. Immune Response41▲ 6.8×15 topics
  12. Antibiotics39▲ 51×3 topics
  13. Antimicrobial Resistance38▲ 15×7 topics
  14. Marine Natural Products38▲ 67×2 topics
  15. Antimicrobial Activity36▲ 20×6 topics
  16. Secondary Metabolites36▲ 38×4 topics
  17. Vaccine36▲ 9.1×9 topics
  18. Natural Products36▲ 21×5 topics
  19. Anticancer35▲ 18×6 topics
  20. Pharmacology35▲ 11×11 topics
  21. Endophytic Fungi34▲ 31×2 topics
  22. Cell Signaling32▲ 9.9×10 topics
  23. Genome Sequencing32▲ 18×1 topic
  24. Microbial Metabolites32▲ 77×1 topic
  25. Antimicrobial31▲ 12×5 topics
  26. Pathogenesis30▲ 5.4×17 topics
  27. Protein-Protein Interactions30▲ 28×3 topics
  28. Heterocycles29▲ 17×9 topics
  29. Molecular Docking29▲ 21×4 topics
  30. Macrocycles28▲ 29×2 topics
  31. Foldamers28▲ 35×1 topic
  32. Peptide Synthesis28▲ 35×1 topic
  33. ESKAPE Pathogens27▲ 52×1 topic
  34. Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria27▲ 52×1 topic
  35. Vaccine Development24▲ 8.0×10 topics
  36. Angiogenesis23▲ 5.8×7 topics
  37. Alkaloids22▲ 31×4 topics
  38. Enantioselective Synthesis22▲ 13×6 topics
  39. Tubulin Inhibitors21▲ 42×1 topic
  40. Vascular Targeting Agents21▲ 42×1 topic

Which research topics does Pearl River Community College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Higher Education Research Studies, Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research, Malaria Research and Control and Youth, Drugs, and Violence.

Higher Education Researc…1Higher Education Research Studies: 1 fractional worksYersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research: 1 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 0 fractional worksYouth, Drugs, and Violence: 0 fractional worksLogistics and Infrastructure Analysis: 0 fractional worksArchaeological Research and Protection: 0 fractional worksCatalysis and Hydrodesul…0Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies: 0 fractional worksCatalytic Processes in Materials Science: 0 fractional worksCultural Heritage Management and Preservation: 0 fractional worksCatalysts for Methane Re…0Catalysts for Methane Reforming: 0 fractional works
EducationGeneticsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthDemography6 others

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

  1. 1 Higher Education Research Studies Education 1 works
  2. 2 Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research Genetics 1 works
  3. 3 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  4. 4 Youth, Drugs, and Violence Demography 0 works
  5. 5 Logistics and Infrastructure Analysis Forestry 0 works
  6. 6 Archaeological Research and Protection Space and Planetary Science 0 works
  7. 7 Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 0 works
  9. 9 Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation Archeology 0 works
  10. 10 Catalysts for Methane Reforming Catalysis 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 available29.0%not open71.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.7%domestic only89.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Pearl River Community College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Pearl River Community College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000082% in 2023.

0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Pearl River Community College0.000024% in 202419801990200020102020

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

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

10%20%30%Pearl River Community College11.1% in 2010all institutions10.0% in 201020002010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.5% in 1997.

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