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Salt Lake Community College

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World rank, all time
#23,814
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#4,950
of 7,310
Research works
216
▲ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.5k
11.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.87×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
34%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Salt Lake Community College

Which fields of science does Salt Lake Community College work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research at Salt Lake Community College is in Social Sciences, 32% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (27%), Engineering (14%), Medicine (11%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 28 fractional works · 43.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 26.9% of its workEducation: 10 fractional works · 15.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 11.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 3.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 21 fractional works · 32.2% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 14.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workArchitecture: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 6.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInstrumentation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 16.2% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 11.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 8.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKSalt LakeCommunity College65fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences32%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences43%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1826.9%
    2. Psychology711.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities23.4%
    4. Decision Sciences11.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.4%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Engineering914.3%
    2. Computer Science46.0%
    3. Physics and Astronomy23.2%
    4. Environmental Science22.6%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.3%
    6. Materials Science11.3%
    7. Chemistry11.3%
    8. Energy11.1%
    9. Mathematics10.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    1. Medicine711.2%
    2. Health Professions34.3%
    3. Veterinary00.5%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology23.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences23.6%
    3. Neuroscience11.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
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: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.70× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.77× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.25× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.95× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.43× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.65× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.58× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.75× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.19× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.66× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.13× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary3.75×0 works
  2. Psychology3.66×7 works
  3. Social Sciences2.13×18 works
  4. Health Professions1.65×3 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.43×2 works
  6. Energy1.25×1 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.19×2 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.05×1 works
  9. Engineering0.95×9 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.86×1 works
  11. Chemistry0.81×1 works
  12. Computer Science0.77×4 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.75×2 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.73×0 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.70×2 works
  16. Mathematics0.69×0 works
  17. Neuroscience0.63×1 works
  18. Medicine0.58×7 works
  19. Environmental Science0.52×2 works
  20. Materials Science0.38×1 works
  21. Nursing0.26×0 works
  22. Immunology and Microbiology0.25×0 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.13×0 works
  24. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Salt Lake Community College?

Ranked on the quality score, Maura Hahnenberger, Alonso R. Reyna Rivarola and Nancy L. Barrickman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Salt Lake Community College.

  1. 1 Maura Hahnenberger United States · #813,766 worldwide 2.5k citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Alonso R. Reyna Rivarola United States · #1,320,692 worldwide 163 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Nancy L. Barrickman United States · #1,795,565 worldwide 613 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Joanne Baird Giordano United States · #1,806,397 worldwide 248 citations · 64 works
  5. 5 Adina M. Reinhardt United States · #3,543,444 worldwide 63 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Wesley C. Sanders United States · #3,805,229 worldwide 256 citations · 39 works
  7. 7 Clint Gardner United States · #4,253,510 worldwide 20 citations · 14 works
  8. 8 Nick Safai United States · #5,613,458 worldwide 27 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Salt Lake Community College

What are the most cited papers from Salt Lake Community College?

The most cited paper from Salt Lake Community College is "Accelerated Solvent Extraction: A Technique for Sample Preparation" (Bruce E. Richter, Brian A. Jones, John L. Ezzell et al., 1996), with 1,228 citations. Next come "Plastic rain in protected areas of the United States" (1,216) and "Decline of the world's saline lakes" (648).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Accelerated Solvent Extraction: A Technique for Sample Preparation Bruce E. Richter, Brian A. Jones, John L. Ezzell et al. · Analytical Chemistry 1996 1,228
2 Plastic rain in protected areas of the United States Janice Brahney, Margaret Hallerud, Eric Heim et al. · Science 11 Jun 2020 1,216
3 Decline of the world's saline lakes Wayne A. Wurtsbaugh, Craig Miller, Sarah E. Null et al. · Nature Geoscience 23 Oct 2017 648
4 A Comparison of Manual Versus Computer-Assisted Radiographic Measurement Kevin G. Shea, Peter M. Stevens, Mark L. Nelson et al. · Spine Mar 1998 207
5 EVENTS OF REPRODUCTIVE LIFE AND THE INCIDENCE OF EPITHELIAL OVARIAN CANCER Harvey A. Risch, Noel S. Weiss, Joseph L. Lyon et al. · American Journal of Epidemiology Feb 1983 145
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Which keywords describe research at Salt Lake Community College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Online Learning, Student Engagement, Instructional Design, Higher Education, Social Support, Education, Diversity and Altruism.

▲ 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. Online Learning4▲ 6.8×5 topics
  2. Education4▲ 3.1×9 topics
  3. Instructional Design3▲ 60×2 topics
  4. Student Engagement3▲ 12×5 topics
  5. Higher Education3▲ 8.0×9 topics
  6. Social Support3▲ 7.6×2 topics
  7. Diversity2▲ 19×2 topics
  8. E-Learning2▲ 3.4×4 topics
  9. Educational Technology2▲ 2.8×9 topics
  10. Altruism2▲ 36×2 topics
  11. Learning Outcomes2▲ 7.5×4 topics
  12. Positive Psychology2▲ 39×2 topics
  13. Engineering Education2▲ 34×2 topics
  14. Social Justice2▲ 4.8×8 topics
  15. Educational Inequality2▲ 47×2 topics
  16. Language Acquisition2▲ 24×2 topics
  17. Virtual Learning Environments2▲ 30×2 topics
  18. Academic Performance2▲ 30×1 topic
  19. Blended Learning2▲ 19×1 topic
  20. College Retention2▲ 130×1 topic
  21. Distance Education2▲ 13×1 topic
  22. Cultural Competence2▲ 18×5 topics
  23. Digital Literacy2▲ 4.2×3 topics
  24. Psychological Adjustment2▲ 17×2 topics
  25. Resilience2▲ 4.9×5 topics
  26. Gesture2▲ 86×1 topic
  27. Sign Language2▲ 38×1 topic
  28. Technology Integration2▲ 7.3×4 topics
  29. Quality Assurance1▲ 13×2 topics
  30. Student Perceptions1▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Evolution1▲ 7.6×2 topics
  32. Glycemic Control1▲ 13×2 topics
  33. High-Intensity Interval Training1▲ 19×2 topics
  34. Behavior Change1▲ 12×3 topics
  35. Hands-On Learning1▲ 226×1 topic
  36. Health Disparities1▲ 7.3×3 topics
  37. Integrated First-Year Curriculum1▲ 226×1 topic
  38. Learning Object Repositories1▲ 212×1 topic
  39. Open Educational Resources1▲ 212×1 topic
  40. Teacher Education1▲ 15×4 topics

Which research topics does Salt Lake Community College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Higher Education Research Studies, Online and Blended Learning, Hearing Impairment and Communication and Engineering Education and Pedagogy.

Higher Education Researc…2Higher Education Research Studies: 2 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learn…2Online and Blended Learning: 2 fractional worksHearing Impairment and C…2Hearing Impairment and Communication: 2 fractional worksEngineering Education an…1Engineering Education and Pedagogy: 1 fractional worksOpen Education and E-Learning: 1 fractional worksLeadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies: 1 fractional worksOptimism, Hope, and Well…1Optimism, Hope, and Well-being: 1 fractional worksLiteracy, Media, and Education: 1 fractional worksPrimate Behavior and Ecology: 1 fractional worksSports Performance and T…1Sports Performance and Training: 1 fractional works
EducationDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyArchitectureComputer Science Applications4 others

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

  1. 1 Higher Education Research Studies Education 2 works
  2. 2 Online and Blended Learning Education 2 works
  3. 3 Hearing Impairment and Communication Developmental and Educational Psychology 2 works
  4. 4 Engineering Education and Pedagogy Architecture 1 works
  5. 5 Open Education and E-Learning Computer Science Applications 1 works
  6. 6 Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies Social Psychology 1 works
  7. 7 Optimism, Hope, and Well-being Applied Psychology 1 works
  8. 8 Literacy, Media, and Education Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  9. 9 Primate Behavior and Ecology Social Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 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 available33.6%not open66.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.2%domestic only88.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Salt Lake Community College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% 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 Salt Lake Community College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00031% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Salt Lake Community College0.00022% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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