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Renton Technical College

In research, Renton Technical College stands highest in Physical Sciences (#8,454 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,777
of 22,385 · #21,164 all time
Rank in United States
#2,769
of 3,332
Research works
319
▲ 57% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.3k
7.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
33%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Renton Technical College

What is Renton Technical 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
Physical SciencesDomain #8,454 of 17,446 12.3%170

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Renton Technical 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 Renton Technical College work in?

In 2022-now, 35% of research at Renton Technical College is in Health Sciences, 31% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (25%), Computer Science (15%), Social Sciences (12%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 25 fractional works · 35.3% of its workMedicine: 18 fractional works · 25.2% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 9.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 22 fractional works · 31.4% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 15.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 7.8% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 3.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 7.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 5.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 26.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 12.3% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 6.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 6.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKRenton TechnicalCollege70fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences31%Health Sciences35%Social Sciences27%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1825.2%
    2. Health Professions79.7%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Computer Science1115.0%
    2. Engineering57.6%
    3. Mathematics45.0%
    4. Environmental Science23.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    1. Social Sciences912.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting56.9%
    3. Decision Sciences22.8%
    4. Arts and Humanities22.6%
    5. Psychology11.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.8%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology34.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.1%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.8%
    4. Neuroscience00.5%
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: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.31× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 1.93× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.51× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 4.23× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.69× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.31× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.13× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.88× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.98× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology4.31×3 works
  2. Mathematics4.23×4 works
  3. Health Professions3.69×7 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.88×2 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting2.13×5 works
  6. Computer Science1.93×10 works
  7. Medicine1.31×18 works
  8. Social Sciences0.98×9 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.90×2 works
  10. Environmental Science0.70×2 works
  11. Engineering0.51×5 works
  12. Nursing0.48×0 works
  13. Psychology0.38×1 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.36×0 works
  15. Dentistry0.33×0 works
  16. Neuroscience0.29×0 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.24×1 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.18×0 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.14×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Renton Technical College?

Ranked on the quality score, Joella G. Yoder, William D. Smith and Igor Klepikov lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Renton Technical College.

  1. 1 Joella G. Yoder United States · #3,167,063 worldwide 35 citations · 33 works
  2. 2 William D. Smith United States · #4,423,823 worldwide 39 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Igor Klepikov United States · #7,685,880 worldwide 197 citations · 172 works
All ranked researchers at Renton Technical College

What are the most cited papers from Renton Technical College?

The most cited paper from Renton Technical College is "Tool wear in drilling of composite/titanium stacks using carbide and polycrystalline diamond tools" (Kyung Hee Park, Aaron Beal, Dave Kim et al., 2011), with 246 citations. Next come "Tool wear of coated drills in drilling CFRP" (232) and "Effect of abutment tooth color, cement color, and ceramic thickness on the resulting optical color of a CAD/CAM glass-ceramic lithium disilicate-reinforced crown" (218).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Tool wear in drilling of composite/titanium stacks using carbide and polycrystalline diamond tools Kyung Hee Park, Aaron Beal, Dave Kim et al. · Wear 4 Jun 2011 246
2 Tool wear of coated drills in drilling CFRP Xin Wang, Patrick Y. Kwon, Caleb Sturtevant et al. · Journal of Manufacturing Processes 21 Nov 2012 232
3 Effect of abutment tooth color, cement color, and ceramic thickness on the resulting optical color of a CAD/CAM glass-ceramic lithium disilicate-reinforced crown Yada Chaiyabutr, John C. Kois, Dene Lebeau et al. · Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry 23 Jan 2011 218
4 Experimental and computational simulation of in-flight icing phenomena Richard J. Kind, Mark Potapczuk, A. Feo et al. · Progress in Aerospace Sciences Jul 1998 169
5 Influence of ADAS Element Parameters on Building Seismic Response Chuan Xia, Robert D. Hanson · Journal of Structural Engineering Jul 1992 161
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Renton Technical College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Big Data, Data Science, Analytics, Business Intelligence, Supply Chain Management, Public Health, Statistical Reasoning and Statistics Anxiety.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now 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. Big Data9▲ 13×8 topics
  2. Data Science8▲ 112×2 topics
  3. Epidemiology6▲ 2.2×13 topics
  4. Machine Learning6▲ 2.5×13 topics
  5. Sustainability5▲ 2.8×4 topics
  6. Public Health5▲ 4.5×9 topics
  7. Supply Chain Management5▲ 7.3×2 topics
  8. Analytics4▲ 73×1 topic
  9. Business Intelligence4▲ 73×1 topic
  10. Statistical Reasoning4▲ 363×1 topic
  11. Statistics Anxiety4▲ 363×1 topic
  12. Data Mining3▲ 5.3×4 topics
  13. Infectious Diseases3▲ 12×3 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines2▲ 6.1×3 topics
  15. Antimicrobial Resistance2▲ 16×3 topics
  16. Drug Resistance2▲ 11×2 topics
  17. Neuroscience2▲ 10×3 topics
  18. Antibiotic Resistance2▲ 7.7×2 topics
  19. Antimicrobial Stewardship2▲ 66×1 topic
  20. Global Health2▲ 19×1 topic
  21. Prevention2▲ 7.2×4 topics
  22. Community-Acquired Pneumonia2▲ 82×1 topic
  23. Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine2▲ 82×1 topic
  24. Data Integration2▲ 16×3 topics
  25. Health Promotion2▲ 7.9×2 topics
  26. Information Quality2▲ 45×2 topics
  27. Child Care2▲ 82×1 topic
  28. ICU2▲ 75×1 topic
  29. Infection Control Measures2▲ 82×1 topic
  30. Nosocomial Infections2▲ 49×2 topics
  31. Primary Care2▲ 6.4×2 topics
  32. Statistical Modeling2▲ 55×2 topics
  33. Ventilator-associated Pneumonia2▲ 75×1 topic
  34. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 7.2×3 topics
  35. Cloud Computing2▲ 7.5×4 topics
  36. Distributed Systems2▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Global Justice2▲ 109×1 topic
  38. Medical Education2▲ 7.9×2 topics
  39. Resource Management2▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Community Health1▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Renton Technical College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Big Data and Business Intelligence, Statistics Education and Methodologies, Antibiotic Use and Resistance and Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections.

Big Data and Business In…4Big Data and Business Intelligence: 4 fractional worksStatistics Education and Methodologies: 4 fractional worksAntibiotic Use and Resistance: 2 fractional worksPneumonia and Respiratory Infections: 2 fractional worksPediatric health and respiratory diseases: 2 fractional worksNosocomial Infections in ICU: 2 fractional worksPolitical Philosophy and…2Political Philosophy and Ethics: 2 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Health: 1 fractional worksRespiratory Support and Mechanisms: 1 fractional worksData Quality and Management: 1 fractional works
Management Information SystemsStatistics and ProbabilityApplied Microbiology and BiotechnologyEpidemiology6 others

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

  1. 1 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 4 works
  2. 2 Statistics Education and Methodologies Statistics and Probability 4 works
  3. 3 Antibiotic Use and Resistance Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 2 works
  4. 4 Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Epidemiology 2 works
  5. 5 Pediatric health and respiratory diseases Emergency Medical Services 2 works
  6. 6 Nosocomial Infections in ICU Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Political Philosophy and Ethics Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  8. 8 Child and Adolescent Health General Health Professions 1 works
  9. 9 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Data Quality and Management Management Science and Operations Research 1 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 available32.6%not open67.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Renton Technical College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 57% 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 Renton Technical College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00021% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Renton Technical College0.00059% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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