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Richland College

In research, Richland College stands highest in Physical Sciences (#10,508 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#5,850 of 5,901 worldwide) and Materials Science (#2,260 of 2,276 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#20,311
of 22,385 · #6,571 all time
Rank in United States
#3,005
of 3,332
Research works
857
▲ 344% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
14.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.53×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
62%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Richland College

What is Richland College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #10,508 of 10,670 1.3%431 #2748
EngineeringField #5,850 of 5,901 0.9%208 #4977
Materials ScienceField #2,260 of 2,276 0.6%61 -

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

In 2022-now, 89% of research at Richland College is in Physical Sciences, 4% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (43%), Materials Science (13%), Computer Science (11%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 432 fractional works · 88.6% of its workEngineering: 208 fractional works · 42.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 48 fractional works · 9.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 41 fractional works · 8.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 25 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMechanics of Materials: 21 fractional works · 4.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 17 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 13 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 11 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 10 fractional works · 2.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 62 fractional works · 12.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 42 fractional works · 8.7% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 13 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 55 fractional works · 11.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 19 fractional works · 3.9% of its workInformation Systems: 17 fractional works · 3.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 13 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 35 fractional works · 7.2% of its workSpectroscopy: 14 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 28 fractional works · 5.8% of its workRadiation: 18 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 20 fractional works · 4.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 12 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCatalysis: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBioengineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFuel Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 20 fractional works · 4.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiotechnology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 3.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 17 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMedicine: 16 fractional works · 3.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKRichland College488fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences89%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences4%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering20842.7%
    2. Materials Science6212.6%
    3. Computer Science5511.3%
    4. Chemistry357.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy285.8%
    6. Environmental Science204.0%
    7. Chemical Engineering122.4%
    8. Energy61.3%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences61.3%
    10. Mathematics10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology132.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences61.2%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.3%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting102.2%
    2. Decision Sciences51.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities10.2%
    4. Psychology10.2%
    5. Social Sciences10.2%
    1. Medicine163.4%
    2. Health Professions10.2%
    3. Nursing00.0%
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: 0.25× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.48× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.87× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 6.74× its world share, 12 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 4.60× its world share, 35 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.45× its world share, 55 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.80× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.38× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.85× its world share, 208 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.81× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.61× its world share, 62 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.60× its world share, 28 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.67× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering6.74×12 works
  2. Chemistry4.60×35 works
  3. Materials Science3.61×62 works
  4. Engineering2.85×208 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy2.60×28 works
  6. Computer Science1.45×55 works
  7. Energy1.38×6 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.09×5 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.87×2 works
  10. Environmental Science0.81×20 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.80×6 works
  12. Business, Management and Accounting0.67×10 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.48×13 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.25×6 works
  15. Medicine0.17×16 works
  16. Mathematics0.12×1 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.08×1 works
  18. Health Professions0.07×1 works
  19. Nursing0.05×0 works
  20. Psychology0.05×1 works
  21. Social Sciences0.01×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Richland College?

Ranked on the quality score, Richard D. Smith, HNF Hanford Site (US) and Atlantic Richfield Hanford Co., Richland, Wash. Separations Chemistry Lab. lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Richland College.

  1. 1 Richard D. Smith United States · #1,409,644 worldwide 1.5k citations · 64 works
  2. 2 HNF Hanford Site (US) United States · #1,593,436 worldwide 179 citations · 244 works
  3. 3 Atlantic Richfield Hanford Co., Richland, Wash. Separations Chemistry Lab. United States · #1,932,200 worldwide 170 citations · 101 works
  4. 4 Richard A. Fowler United States · #2,217,430 worldwide 443 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 K.W. Burk United States · #2,301,764 worldwide 215 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 R Geier United States · #2,524,775 worldwide 4 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 Helen Clarke Molanphy United States · #2,727,978 worldwide 15 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Atlantic Richfield Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States) United States · #2,729,754 worldwide 10 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 W. W. Koenig United States · #2,763,762 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 C VAN KATWIJK United States · #2,790,882 worldwide 0 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Richland College

What are the most cited papers from Richland College?

The most cited paper from Richland College is "Electron affinities of the first-row atoms revisited. Systematic basis sets and wave functions" (Rick A. Kendall, Thom H. Dunning, Robert J. Harrison, 1992), with 15,720 citations. Next come "Catalytic fast pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass" (1,118) and "Recent advances in automotive catalysis for NO x emission control by small-pore microporous materials" (902).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Electron affinities of the first-row atoms revisited. Systematic basis sets and wave functions Rick A. Kendall, Thom H. Dunning, Robert J. Harrison · The Journal of Chemical Physics May 1992 15,720
2 Catalytic fast pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass Changjun Liu, Huamin Wang, Ayman M. Karim et al. · Chemical Society Reviews Review 2014 1,118
3 Recent advances in automotive catalysis for NO x emission control by small-pore microporous materials Andrew Michael Beale, Feng Gao, Inés Lezcano‐González et al. · Chemical Society Reviews Review 2015 902
4 Unique low-molecular-weight lignin with high purity extracted from wood by deep eutectic solvents (DES): a source of lignin for valorization Carlos Álvarez-Vasco, Ruoshui Ma, Melissa Quintero et al. · Green Chemistry 2016 726
5 The AeroCom evaluation and intercomparison of organic aerosol in global models Kostas Tsigaridis et al. · Atmospheric chemistry and physics Open access 15 Oct 2014 545
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Richland College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Energy Efficiency, Catalysis, Big Data, Metal Nanoparticles, Raman Spectroscopy, Aerospace Applications, Thermal Properties and Nuclear Graphite.

▲ 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. Energy Efficiency35▲ 7.7×13 topics
  2. Machine Learning23▲ 1.40×20 topics
  3. Big Data21▲ 4.4×9 topics
  4. Catalysis20▲ 6.3×14 topics
  5. Nanoparticles17▲ 2.7×13 topics
  6. Metal Nanoparticles15▲ 19×4 topics
  7. Aerospace Applications14▲ 30×2 topics
  8. Raman Spectroscopy14▲ 15×3 topics
  9. Thermal Properties14▲ 23×3 topics
  10. Nuclear Graphite13▲ 126×1 topic
  11. Oxidation Behavior13▲ 43×1 topic
  12. Structural Properties13▲ 58×2 topics
  13. Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics13▲ 82×1 topic
  14. Polymer Composite Materials13▲ 82×1 topic
  15. Nanostructures12▲ 6.0×7 topics
  16. Ionic Liquids12▲ 8.5×8 topics
  17. Finite Element Analysis11▲ 10×2 topics
  18. Mass Spectrometry11▲ 15×4 topics
  19. Nuclear Fuel11▲ 145×1 topic
  20. Radiation Protection11▲ 145×1 topic
  21. Imaging11▲ 9.2×5 topics
  22. Crystal Growth11▲ 8.0×5 topics
  23. Artificial Neural Networks10▲ 4.7×3 topics
  24. Circular Economy10▲ 7.9×6 topics
  25. Distributed Systems10▲ 13×3 topics
  26. Resource Management10▲ 12×2 topics
  27. Data Analysis10▲ 7.7×7 topics
  28. Ambient Conditions9▲ 24×2 topics
  29. Inorganic Scintillators9▲ 59×1 topic
  30. Scintillation Detectors9▲ 59×1 topic
  31. Virtualization9▲ 22×2 topics
  32. Adsorption9▲ 8.6×4 topics
  33. Proteomics9▲ 29×2 topics
  34. Smart Sensors9▲ 22×2 topics
  35. MapReduce9▲ 30×1 topic
  36. Decision Support Systems8▲ 18×2 topics
  37. IEEE 14518▲ 77×1 topic
  38. Signal Processing8▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Transducer Interface Standards8▲ 77×1 topic
  40. Two-Phase Flow8▲ 24×3 topics

Which research topics does Richland College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies, Material Properties and Applications, Nuclear and radioactivity studies and Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies.

Graphite, nuclear techno…13Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies: 13 fractional worksMaterial Properties and …13Material Properties and Applications: 13 fractional worksNuclear and radioactivit…11Nuclear and radioactivity studies: 11 fractional worksRadiation Detection and …9Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies: 9 fractional worksCloud Computing and Resource Management: 9 fractional worksSensor Technology and Measurement Systems: 8 fractional worksFlow Measurement and Ana…8Flow Measurement and Analysis: 8 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 8 fractional worksMass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications: 8 fractional worksAdvanced Data Processing…6Advanced Data Processing Techniques: 6 fractional works
Materials ChemistryGeneral Materials ScienceSafety, Risk, Reliability and QualityRadiation6 others

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

  1. 1 Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies Materials Chemistry 13 works
  2. 2 Material Properties and Applications General Materials Science 13 works
  3. 3 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 11 works
  4. 4 Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies Radiation 9 works
  5. 5 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 9 works
  6. 6 Sensor Technology and Measurement Systems Computer Networks and Communications 8 works
  7. 7 Flow Measurement and Analysis Mechanics of Materials 8 works
  8. 8 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 8 works
  9. 9 Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications Spectroscopy 8 works
  10. 10 Advanced Data Processing Techniques Control and Systems Engineering 6 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 available62.5%not open37.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.3%domestic only91.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Richland College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 344% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Richland College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00073% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Richland College0.00030% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Richland 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%all institutions10.0% in 2024Richland College0.4% in 20242020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 23.6% in 2017.

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