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Personal Improvement Computer Systems

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Research works
25
▲ 140% vs 2018-21
Citations
1k
41.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Personal Improvement Computer Systems

Not ranked overall: Personal Improvement Computer Systems 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 Personal Improvement Computer Systems work in?

In all years, 38% of research at Personal Improvement Computer Systems is in Health Sciences, 34% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (28%), Psychology (15%), Social Sciences (10%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 9 fractional works · 37.7% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 28.1% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 13.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 11.1% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 8.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 34.0% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 14.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 5.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 10.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 6.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 23.8% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 10.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 6.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKPersonalImprovement…25fractional works, all years
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences38%Social Sciences34%

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. Medicine728.1%
    2. Health Professions28.7%
    3. Nursing00.7%
    4. Veterinary00.3%
    1. Psychology414.7%
    2. Social Sciences310.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting14.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance14.4%
    1. Engineering210.0%
    2. Computer Science26.2%
    3. Environmental Science12.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy02.0%
    5. Materials Science01.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.7%
    7. Chemistry00.4%
    8. Energy00.4%
    9. Mathematics00.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology01.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.4%
    3. Neuroscience01.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
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: 1.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.64× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.47× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 2.00× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.28× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.53× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.96× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.36× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.81× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksMedicineNursing: 7.31× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 10.54× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryPsychology: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 10.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary10.54×0 works
  2. Nursing7.31×0 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy2.36×0 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.28×0 works
  5. Materials Science2.05×0 works
  6. Mathematics2.03×0 works
  7. Computer Science2.00×1 works
  8. Health Professions1.81×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.64×0 works
  10. Engineering1.53×1 works
  11. Neuroscience1.47×0 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.02×0 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology1.02×0 works
  14. Environmental Science0.96×0 works
  15. Medicine0.43×0 works
  16. Psychology0.34×0 works
  17. Social Sciences0.19×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Personal Improvement Computer Systems?

The most cited paper from Personal Improvement Computer Systems is "IBM experiments in soft fails in computer electronics (1978–1994)" (J. F. Ziegler et al., 1996), with 458 citations. Next come "College Smoking-Cessation Using Cell Phone Text Messaging" (329) and "Internet and Mobile Phone Text Messaging Intervention for College Smokers" (196).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 IBM experiments in soft fails in computer electronics (1978–1994) J. F. Ziegler et al. · IBM Journal of Research and Development 1996 458
2 College Smoking-Cessation Using Cell Phone Text Messaging Jami L. Obermayer, William T. Riley, Ofer Asif et al. · Journal of American College Health Sep 2004 329
3 Internet and Mobile Phone Text Messaging Intervention for College Smokers William T. Riley, Jami L. Obermayer, Jersino Jean-Mary · Journal of American College Health Sep 2008 196
4 The Kaiser Permanente prenatal smoking-cessation trial11The full text of this article is available via AJPM Online at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/ajpmonline. Daniel H. Ershoff, Virginia P. Quinn, Neal Richard Boyd et al. · American Journal of Preventive Medicine Open access Oct 1999 161
5 Accuracy of a PDA-based dietary assessment program Jeannette M. Beasley, William T. Riley, Jersino Jean-Mary · Nutrition Jun 2005 130
All 28 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Personal Improvement Computer Systems?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Health Consequences, Psychiatric Disorders, Smoking Cessation, Tobacco Use, Metabolic Syndrome, Meta-Analysis, Inflammation and Adolescents.

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

All 21 words, with their numbers
  1. Health Consequences2▲ 49×2 topics
  2. Psychiatric Disorders2▲ 60×2 topics
  3. Inflammation2▲ 3.8×3 topics
  4. Smoking Cessation2▲ 260×1 topic
  5. Tobacco Use2▲ 260×1 topic
  6. Metabolic Syndrome2▲ 8.5×2 topics
  7. Meta-Analysis2▲ 13×3 topics
  8. Adolescents2▲ 18×3 topics
  9. Obesity2▲ 8.2×3 topics
  10. Self-Regulation1▲ 34×3 topics
  11. Behavior Change Techniques1▲ 125×1 topic
  12. Children1▲ 18×2 topics
  13. Theory of Planned Behaviour1▲ 125×1 topic
  14. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 3.9×1 topic
  15. Chronic Diseases1▲ 15×2 topics
  16. Mediterranean Diet1▲ 87×1 topic
  17. Neurological Disorders1▲ 6.4×2 topics
  18. Consumer Acceptance1▲ 75×1 topic
  19. Family1▲ 61×1 topic
  20. Parental Illness1▲ 154×1 topic
  21. Ultra-Processed Foods1▲ 226×1 topic

Which research topics does Personal Improvement Computer Systems publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics, Extraction and Separation Processes, Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior and Generative Adversarial Networks and Image Synthesis.

Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics: 0 fractional worksExtraction and Separation Processes: 0 fractional worksNutrition, Health and Fo…0Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior: 0 fractional worksGenerative Adversarial Networks and Image Synthesis: 0 fractional worksNear-Field Optical Microscopy: 0 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity Measurements: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Biosensing Techniques and Applications: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Fluorescence Mi…0Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques: 0 fractional worksFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 0 fractional worksKorean Urban and Social Studies: 0 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringMechanical EngineeringNutrition and DieteticsComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition6 others

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

  1. 1 Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  2. 2 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior Nutrition and Dietetics 0 works
  4. 4 Generative Adversarial Networks and Image Synthesis Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 0 works
  5. 5 Near-Field Optical Microscopy Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Geophysics and Gravity Measurements Oceanography 0 works
  7. 7 Advanced Biosensing Techniques and Applications Molecular Biology 0 works
  8. 8 Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques Biophysics 0 works
  9. 9 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 0 works
  10. 10 Korean Urban and Social Studies Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 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 available28.8%not open71.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.8%domestic only76.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Personal Improvement Computer Systems's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 140% higher 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 Personal Improvement Computer Systems as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000096% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Personal Improvement Computer Systems0.000031% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Personal Improvement Computer Systems over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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