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Rock Valley College

In research, Rock Valley College stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,214 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,594
of 22,385 · #22,249 all time
Rank in United States
#2,062
of 3,332
Research works
314
▲ 85% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.1k
3.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
61%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Rock Valley College

What is Rock Valley 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 #5,214 of 10,670 0.7%122 #10223

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

In 2022-now, 82% of research at Rock Valley College is in Physical Sciences, 7% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (38%), Computer Science (29%), Materials Science (6%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 129 fractional works · 81.8% of its workEngineering: 60 fractional works · 38.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 20 fractional works · 12.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 6.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 4.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 46 fractional works · 29.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 11 fractional works · 7.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 9 fractional works · 5.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 7 fractional works · 4.7% of its workHardware and Architecture: 7 fractional works · 4.2% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 3.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 10 fractional works · 6.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFuel Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 7.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 5.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 9 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRock ValleyCollege158fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences82%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences7%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering6038.3%
    2. Computer Science4629.3%
    3. Materials Science106.1%
    4. Environmental Science32.2%
    5. Energy31.9%
    6. Chemistry21.2%
    7. Chemical Engineering21.2%
    8. Physics and Astronomy21.1%
    9. Mathematics10.6%
    1. Social Sciences53.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting32.2%
    3. Decision Sciences21.1%
    4. Psychology00.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences42.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology42.2%
    3. Neuroscience10.5%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine63.7%
    2. Health Professions21.4%
    3. Nursing10.4%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
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: 0.59× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.30× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.76× its world share, 46 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 2.07× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.55× its world share, 60 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.75× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.48× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.67× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science3.76×46 works
  2. Chemical Engineering3.30×2 works
  3. Engineering2.55×60 works
  4. Energy2.07×3 works
  5. Materials Science1.75×10 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.09×2 works
  7. Nursing0.91×1 works
  8. Chemistry0.75×2 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.67×3 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.59×4 works
  11. Mathematics0.54×1 works
  12. Health Professions0.52×2 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.48×2 works
  14. Environmental Science0.44×3 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.42×4 works
  16. Veterinary0.39×0 works
  17. Neuroscience0.30×1 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.30×0 works
  19. Social Sciences0.27×6 works
  20. Medicine0.19×6 works
  21. Psychology0.08×0 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Rock Valley College?

Ranked on the quality score, P. S. Ruckman, Jagadish H. Patil and Channegowda Manjunatha lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rock Valley College.

  1. 1 P. S. Ruckman United States · #2,565,158 worldwide 162 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Jagadish H. Patil United States · #4,014,253 worldwide 541 citations · 59 works
  3. 3 Channegowda Manjunatha United States · #4,989,304 worldwide 2.2k citations · 151 works
  4. 4 M Sneha United States · #5,199,931 worldwide 17 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 K Ashwini United States · #5,499,815 worldwide 111 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Thomas E. Guensburg United States · #5,667,850 worldwide 1.2k citations · 63 works
  7. 7 Manjunatha Reddy United States · #6,852,825 worldwide 151 citations · 57 works
All ranked researchers at Rock Valley College

What are the most cited papers from Rock Valley College?

The most cited paper from Rock Valley College is "Interparental Conflict in Context: Exploring Relations Between Parenting Processes and Children's Conflict Appraisals" (Renee L. DeBoard-Lucas, Gregory M. Fosco, Sarah R. Raynor et al., 2010), with 100 citations. Next come "Facile synthesis of Ni/NiO nanocomposites: the effect of Ni content in NiO upon the oxygen evolution reaction within alkaline media" (87) and "Rise of echinoderms in the Paleozoic evolutionary fauna: Significance of paleoenvironmental controls" (83).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Interparental Conflict in Context: Exploring Relations Between Parenting Processes and Children's Conflict Appraisals Renee L. DeBoard-Lucas, Gregory M. Fosco, Sarah R. Raynor et al. · Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology 26 Feb 2010 100
2 Facile synthesis of Ni/NiO nanocomposites: the effect of Ni content in NiO upon the oxygen evolution reaction within alkaline media Nagappa Srinivasa, Jack P. Hughes, Prashanth Shivappa Adarakatti et al. · RSC Advances Open access 2021 87
3 Rise of echinoderms in the Paleozoic evolutionary fauna: Significance of paleoenvironmental controls Thomas E. Guensburg, James E. Sprinkle · Geology 1992 83
4 Origin of echinoderms in the Paleozoic evolutionary fauna; the role of substrates James E. Sprinkle, Thomas E. Guensburg · Palaios Oct 1995 82
5 Systematics and paleoecology of Late Cambrian echinoderms from the western United States Colin D. Sumrall, James E. Sprinkle, Thomas E. Guensburg · Journal of Paleontology Nov 1997 63
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Rock Valley College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Energy Efficiency, Wireless Sensor Networks, Machine Learning, Security, CMOS Technology, Fault Tolerance and Cloud Computing.

▲ 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. Deep Learning14▲ 2.6×24 topics
  2. Machine Learning11▲ 2.1×19 topics
  3. Energy Efficiency8▲ 5.2×6 topics
  4. Artificial Intelligence7▲ 3.0×7 topics
  5. Neural Networks6▲ 2.6×10 topics
  6. Security6▲ 5.9×7 topics
  7. Healthcare6▲ 3.3×7 topics
  8. Wireless Sensor Networks6▲ 8.2×5 topics
  9. CMOS Technology6▲ 43×4 topics
  10. Nanomaterials5▲ 3.2×13 topics
  11. Big Data5▲ 3.4×6 topics
  12. Fault Tolerance5▲ 20×4 topics
  13. Internet of Things4▲ 3.3×4 topics
  14. Cloud Computing4▲ 9.6×3 topics
  15. Power Electronics4▲ 8.1×6 topics
  16. Convolutional Neural Networks4▲ 3.3×8 topics
  17. 5G Networks3▲ 11×2 topics
  18. Cybersecurity3▲ 8.4×4 topics
  19. Health Monitoring3▲ 10×2 topics
  20. Smart Cities3▲ 8.0×2 topics
  21. IoT Security3▲ 6.7×3 topics
  22. Security and Privacy3▲ 11×2 topics
  23. Distributed Systems3▲ 12×2 topics
  24. Applications3▲ 7.0×6 topics
  25. Computer Vision3▲ 6.9×4 topics
  26. Customer Experience3▲ 12×2 topics
  27. FPGA3▲ 50×2 topics
  28. Genetic Algorithms3▲ 14×3 topics
  29. Virtualization3▲ 23×3 topics
  30. Accident Prevention3▲ 25×2 topics
  31. Embedded Systems3▲ 38×2 topics
  32. Low-Power3▲ 40×2 topics
  33. Safety Culture3▲ 25×2 topics
  34. Smart Factory3▲ 17×2 topics
  35. Approximate Computing2▲ 78×1 topic
  36. Big Data Analytics2▲ 7.5×3 topics
  37. VLSI Circuits2▲ 78×1 topic
  38. Electric Vehicle Charging2▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Chatbots2▲ 21×1 topic
  40. Flexible Electronics2▲ 8.6×2 topics

Which research topics does Rock Valley College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Low-power high-performance VLSI design, AI in Service Interactions, Cloud Computing and Resource Management and VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing.

Low-power high-performan…2Low-power high-performance VLSI design: 2 fractional worksAI in Service Interactions2AI in Service Interactions: 2 fractional worksCloud Computing and Resource Management: 2 fractional worksVLSI and Analog Circuit Testing: 2 fractional worksRadiation Effects in Electronics: 2 fractional worksEmbedded Systems Design Techniques: 2 fractional worksAugmented Reality Applications: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Sensor and Ener…2Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 2 fractional worksIoT and Edge/Fog Computing: 2 fractional worksRFID technology advancements: 2 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringArtificial IntelligenceInformation SystemsHardware and Architecture4 others

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

  1. 1 Low-power high-performance VLSI design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 AI in Service Interactions Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  3. 3 Cloud Computing and Resource Management Information Systems 2 works
  4. 4 VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing Hardware and Architecture 2 works
  5. 5 Radiation Effects in Electronics Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  6. 6 Embedded Systems Design Techniques Hardware and Architecture 2 works
  7. 7 Augmented Reality Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 2 works
  8. 8 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 IoT and Edge/Fog Computing Computer Networks and Communications 2 works
  10. 10 RFID technology advancements Media Technology 2 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 available60.6%not open39.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.4%domestic only87.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Rock Valley College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 85% 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 Rock Valley College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00023% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Rock Valley College0.00063% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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