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Santa Barbara City College

In research, Santa Barbara City College stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,806 of 17,446 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,340 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#2,405
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#602
of 7,310
Research works
581
▼ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
19.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.10×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
27%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Santa Barbara City College

What is Santa Barbara City 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 #1,806 of 17,446 12.8%190
Social SciencesDomain #2,340 of 14,833 6.4%224

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

In 2022-now, 31% of research at Santa Barbara City College is in Physical Sciences, 30% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (22%), Social Sciences (16%), Engineering (10%).

Physical Sciences: 20 fractional works · 30.6% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 10.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% 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 · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 7.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 4.2% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 6.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 30.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 16.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 5.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 16 fractional works · 25.4% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 22.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 7.1% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 14.0% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 6.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 5.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 5.4% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSanta BarbaraCity College65fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences31%Health Sciences25%Social Sciences30%

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. Engineering610.0%
    2. Computer Science57.8%
    3. Environmental Science46.2%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.2%
    5. Mathematics12.0%
    6. Physics and Astronomy11.8%
    7. Materials Science00.5%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Social Sciences1116.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities45.5%
    3. Psychology23.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting22.7%
    5. Decision Sciences11.6%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    1. Medicine1422.1%
    2. Health Professions11.7%
    3. Dentistry11.6%
    1. Neuroscience46.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology35.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.6%
    5. 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: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.01× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.72× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.83× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 1.00× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.41× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.67× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.24× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.72× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.36× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.15× its world share, 14 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.90× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.85× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.68× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.07× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience3.72×4 works
  2. Dentistry3.36×1 works
  3. Arts and Humanities1.90×4 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.83×0 works
  5. Mathematics1.72×1 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.68×1 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.41×1 works
  8. Social Sciences1.30×11 works
  9. Environmental Science1.24×4 works
  10. Medicine1.15×14 works
  11. Psychology1.07×2 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.01×4 works
  13. Computer Science1.00×5 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.85×2 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.81×1 works
  16. Engineering0.67×6 works
  17. Health Professions0.63×1 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.36×1 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.32×0 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.19×0 works
  21. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.19×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.15×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Santa Barbara City College?

Ranked on the quality score, Gwynne Nettler, George Ayoub and Michelle J. Paddack lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Santa Barbara City College.

  1. 1 Gwynne Nettler United States · #1,172,710 worldwide 650 citations · 41 works
  2. 2 George Ayoub United States · #1,214,535 worldwide 1k citations · 56 works
  3. 3 Michelle J. Paddack United States · #1,265,374 worldwide 1.3k citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Ronald B. Adler United States · #1,576,909 worldwide 911 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 William Henry Ellison United States · #2,298,132 worldwide 65 citations · 60 works
  6. 6 Ruth S. McCreery United States · #2,396,026 worldwide 15 citations · 52 works
  7. 7 John Perlin United States · #2,472,118 worldwide 383 citations · 22 works
  8. 8 Harley Hahn United States · #2,554,867 worldwide 107 citations · 45 works
  9. 9 O Greager United States · #2,626,395 worldwide 0 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Franklin R. Nuzum United States · #2,702,482 worldwide 380 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Santa Barbara City College

What are the most cited papers from Santa Barbara City College?

The most cited paper from Santa Barbara City College is "Electromagnetic theories of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy" (Song‐Yuan Ding, En‐Ming You, Zhong‐Qun Tian et al., 2017), with 1,564 citations. Next come "Incidence Trends of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes among Youths, 2002–2012" (1,496) and "Exciton diffusion in organic semiconductors" (1,004).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Electromagnetic theories of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy Song‐Yuan Ding, En‐Ming You, Zhong‐Qun Tian et al. · Chemical Society Reviews Review 2017 1,564
2 Incidence Trends of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes among Youths, 2002–2012 Elizabeth J. Mayer‐Davis, Jean M. Lawrence, Dana Dabelea et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 12 Apr 2017 1,496
3 Exciton diffusion in organic semiconductors Oleksandr V. Mikhnenko, Paul W. M. Blom, Thuc‐Quyen Nguyen · Energy & Environmental Science 2015 1,004
4 Guidelines for performing lignin-first biorefining Mahdi M. Abu‐Omar, Katalin Barta, Gregg T. Beckham et al. · Energy & Environmental Science Open access 15 Oct 2020 912
5 Recent progress in 2D group-VA semiconductors: from theory to experiment Shengli Zhang, Shiying Guo, Zhongfang Chen et al. · Chemical Society Reviews ReviewOpen access 6 Dec 2017 861
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Santa Barbara City College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Feeding Problems, Sensory Sensitivity, Epidemiology, Ethics, Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Social Skills Interventions and Genetics.

▲ 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. Autism Spectrum Disorders6▲ 87×2 topics
  2. Epidemiology5▲ 1.95×17 topics
  3. Deep Learning4▲ 2.0×18 topics
  4. Globalization4▲ 2.8×8 topics
  5. Feeding Problems3▲ 140×1 topic
  6. Sensory Sensitivity3▲ 140×1 topic
  7. Machine Learning3▲ 1.30×14 topics
  8. Genetics3▲ 5.8×2 topics
  9. Sustainability3▲ 1.69×6 topics
  10. Ethics2▲ 7.6×6 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 3.2×5 topics
  12. Neurodevelopmental Disorders2▲ 27×1 topic
  13. Social Media2▲ 2.5×5 topics
  14. Social Skills Interventions2▲ 56×1 topic
  15. Higher Education2▲ 5.8×5 topics
  16. Health2▲ 7.5×6 topics
  17. Fragile X Syndrome2▲ 94×1 topic
  18. Rett Syndrome2▲ 94×1 topic
  19. Conservation2▲ 5.4×6 topics
  20. Literature2▲ 4.2×5 topics
  21. Cognitive Impairment1▲ 8.8×2 topics
  22. Imaging1▲ 9.3×3 topics
  23. Folate1▲ 73×1 topic
  24. Homocysteine1▲ 73×1 topic
  25. Glaucoma1▲ 12×2 topics
  26. Macular Degeneration1▲ 15×3 topics
  27. Nanotechnology1▲ 10.0×2 topics
  28. Optic Nerve1▲ 18×2 topics
  29. Aesthetic Perception1▲ 99×1 topic
  30. Diabetic Retinopathy1▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Foreign Direct Investment1▲ 33×1 topic
  32. Heart Rate Variability1▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Institutional Environment1▲ 53×1 topic
  34. Materials Science1▲ 38×1 topic
  35. Medicine1▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Nanoscale Science1▲ 155×1 topic
  37. Neuroaesthetics1▲ 99×1 topic
  38. Optical Coherence Tomography1▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Polarization1▲ 9.9×2 topics
  40. Student Perceptions1▲ 8.6×3 topics

Which research topics does Santa Barbara City College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Folate and B Vitamins Research.

Child Nutrition and Feed…3Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues: 3 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder Research: 2 fractional worksGenetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders: 2 fractional worksFolate and B Vitamins Research: 1 fractional worksNanotechnology research and applications: 1 fractional worksAesthetic Perception and…1Aesthetic Perception and Analysis: 1 fractional worksInternational Business and FDI: 1 fractional worksGlaucoma and retinal disorders: 1 fractional worksRetinal Diseases and Treatments: 1 fractional worksPopulism, Right-Wing Movements: 1 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthCognitive NeuroscienceGeneticsRheumatology4 others

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

  1. 1 Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues Psychiatry and Mental health 3 works
  2. 2 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  3. 3 Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Genetics 2 works
  4. 4 Folate and B Vitamins Research Rheumatology 1 works
  5. 5 Nanotechnology research and applications Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Aesthetic Perception and Analysis Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  7. 7 International Business and FDI Strategy and Management 1 works
  8. 8 Glaucoma and retinal disorders Ophthalmology 1 works
  9. 9 Retinal Diseases and Treatments Ophthalmology 1 works
  10. 10 Populism, Right-Wing Movements Political Science and International Relations 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 available26.8%not open73.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.8%domestic only85.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Santa Barbara City College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% lower 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 Santa Barbara City College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00022% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Santa Barbara City College0.00033% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Santa Barbara City College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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