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Santa Barbara City College

In research, Santa Barbara City College stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,691 of 16,945 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#9,020 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#13,329
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#2,927
of 8,685
Research works
581
▼ 20% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
19.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
20.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

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
Social SciencesDomain #6,691 of 16,945 17.6%224
Physical SciencesDomain #9,020 of 21,541 24.4%190

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.10× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.03× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.86× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.98× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.78× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.19× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.13× its world share, 11 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.86× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.02× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.78× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.07× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.45× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Santa Barbara City College?

Ranked on the composite score, Hugh Kenner, W. H. Johnston and Thomas S. Lyons lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Santa Barbara City College.

  1. 1 Hugh Kenner United States · #135,494 worldwide 65 citations · 41 works
  2. 2 W. H. Johnston United States · #303,961 worldwide 57 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Thomas S. Lyons United States · #687,411 worldwide 45 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 William H. Ellison United States · #900,541 worldwide 5 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Anne Diamond United States · #1,223,785 worldwide 2 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Santa Barbara City College

Which keywords describe research at Santa Barbara City College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Feeding Problems, Sensory Sensitivity, Globalization, Epidemiology, Deep Learning, Neurodevelopmental Disorders 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 2022–2025 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 Disorders5▲ 96×2 topics
  2. Epidemiology4▲ 2.1×12 topics
  3. Deep Learning4▲ 2.2×15 topics
  4. Globalization4▲ 3.6×8 topics
  5. Feeding Problems3▲ 155×1 topic
  6. Sensory Sensitivity3▲ 155×1 topic
  7. Sustainability3▲ 2.2×6 topics
  8. Genetics2▲ 5.6×1 topic
  9. Machine Learning2▲ 1.22×10 topics
  10. Neurodevelopmental Disorders2▲ 30×1 topic
  11. Social Media2▲ 2.8×4 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 3.1×4 topics
  13. Fragile X Syndrome2▲ 114×1 topic
  14. Rett Syndrome2▲ 114×1 topic
  15. Ethics2▲ 6.1×3 topics
  16. Neural Networks2▲ 1.95×6 topics
  17. Imaging1▲ 11×3 topics
  18. Conservation1▲ 6.1×6 topics
  19. Higher Education1▲ 4.9×4 topics
  20. Identity1▲ 3.6×4 topics
  21. Literature1▲ 4.8×5 topics
  22. Cognitive Impairment1▲ 8.7×2 topics
  23. Public Policy1▲ 4.5×3 topics
  24. Aesthetic Perception1▲ 137×1 topic
  25. Ethnicity1▲ 5.2×3 topics
  26. Folate1▲ 72×1 topic
  27. Food Security1▲ 3.6×2 topics
  28. Foreign Direct Investment1▲ 40×1 topic
  29. Heart Rate Variability1▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Homocysteine1▲ 72×1 topic
  31. Institutional Environment1▲ 66×1 topic
  32. Medicine1▲ 25×2 topics
  33. Nanoscale Science1▲ 195×1 topic
  34. Nanotechnology1▲ 11×1 topic
  35. Nationalism1▲ 4.3×2 topics
  36. Neuroaesthetics1▲ 137×1 topic
  37. Polarization1▲ 13×2 topics
  38. Social Movements1▲ 6.6×3 topics
  39. Student Perceptions1▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Territoriality1▲ 40×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: 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 worksInternational Business and FDI: 1 fractional worksAesthetic Perception and…1Aesthetic Perception and Analysis: 1 fractional worksNanotechnology research and applications: 1 fractional worksMisinformation and Its Impacts: 1 fractional worksPopulism, Right-Wing Movements: 1 fractional worksMarine and coastal plant biology: 1 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthCognitive NeuroscienceGeneticsRheumatology5 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 International Business and FDI Strategy and Management 1 works
  6. 6 Aesthetic Perception and Analysis Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  7. 7 Nanotechnology research and applications Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Misinformation and Its Impacts Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  9. 9 Populism, Right-Wing Movements Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  10. 10 Marine and coastal plant biology Oceanography 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 20% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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