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South Mountain Community College

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Research works
28
▲ 248% vs 2018-21
Citations
366
13.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
South Mountain Community College

Not ranked overall: South Mountain Community College is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does South Mountain Community College work in?

In all years, 32% of research at South Mountain Community College is in Health Sciences, 32% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (21%), Social Sciences (19%), Engineering (11%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Health Sciences: 9 fractional works · 32.1% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 21.1% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 8.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMedical Terminology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 31.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 18.8% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 11.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 21.3% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 10.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workArchitecture: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 8.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 15.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 8.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKSouth MountainCommunity College28fractional works, all years
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences32%Social Sciences32%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine621.1%
    2. Health Professions28.6%
    3. Nursing12.4%
    1. Social Sciences518.8%
    2. Psychology25.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities13.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.5%
    5. Decision Sciences01.3%
    1. Engineering310.8%
    2. Computer Science28.2%
    3. Environmental Science01.8%
    4. Mathematics00.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology28.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences14.8%
    3. Neuroscience01.5%
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: 3.11× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.08× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 2.12× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEngineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 4.90× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 20.10× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.70× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.30× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.45× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.71× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 20.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 13 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing20.10×1 works
  2. Health Professions4.90×1 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.11×1 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.30×0 works
  5. Neuroscience2.12×0 works
  6. Social Sciences1.71×2 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.70×0 works
  8. Psychology1.45×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.08×0 works
  10. Mathematics0.70×0 works
  11. Medicine0.69×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.50×0 works
  13. Engineering0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at South Mountain Community College?

Ranked on the quality score, Summer Cherland lead among researchers whose main affiliation is South Mountain Community College.

  1. 1 Summer Cherland United States · #2,786,548 worldwide 1 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at South Mountain Community College

What are the most cited papers from South Mountain Community College?

The most cited paper from South Mountain Community College is "Self‐efficacy, reasoning ability, and achievement in college biology" (Anton E. Lawson, Debra L. Banks, Marshall Logvin, 2006), with 209 citations. Next come "The Feeding Biomechanics and Dietary Ecology of P aranthropus boisei" (120) and "Exercise capacity of untrained spinal cord injured individuals and the relationship of peak oxygen uptake to level of injury" (67).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Self‐efficacy, reasoning ability, and achievement in college biology Anton E. Lawson, Debra L. Banks, Marshall Logvin · Journal of Research in Science Teaching 28 Dec 2006 209
2 The Feeding Biomechanics and Dietary Ecology of P aranthropus boisei Amanda L. Smith et al. · The Anatomical Record Open access 21 Dec 2014 120
3 Exercise capacity of untrained spinal cord injured individuals and the relationship of peak oxygen uptake to level of injury Lee N. Burkett, Jack Chisum, William J. Stone et al. · Spinal Cord Oct 1990 67
4 Mechanical evidence that Australopithecus sediba was limited in its ability to eat hard foods Justin A. Ledogar et al. · Nature Communications Open access 8 Feb 2016 55
5 Biomechanical Implications of Intraspecific Shape Variation in Chimpanzee Crania: Moving Toward an Integration of Geometric Morphometrics and Finite Element Analysis Amanda L. Smith, Stefano Benazzi, Justin A. Ledogar et al. · The Anatomical Record Open access 21 Dec 2014 40
All 45 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at South Mountain Community College?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Justice, Cultural Competence, Diversity, Contact Allergy, Skin Sensitization, Student Engagement, Big Data and Health Disparities.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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 22 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 22 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology2▲ 1.77×5 topics
  2. Social Justice2▲ 13×4 topics
  3. Cultural Competence2▲ 44×3 topics
  4. Contact Allergy1▲ 174×1 topic
  5. Diversity1▲ 28×3 topics
  6. Skin Sensitization1▲ 174×1 topic
  7. Student Engagement1▲ 19×2 topics
  8. Big Data1▲ 8.8×2 topics
  9. Education1▲ 3.5×8 topics
  10. Health Disparities1▲ 24×2 topics
  11. Pedagogy1▲ 14×2 topics
  12. Engineering Education1▲ 43×3 topics
  13. STEM Education1▲ 15×3 topics
  14. Academic Performance1▲ 51×1 topic
  15. College Retention1▲ 175×1 topic
  16. Community Engagement1▲ 12×1 topic
  17. Healthcare Workers1▲ 25×2 topics
  18. Information Visualization1▲ 161×1 topic
  19. Language Barriers1▲ 233×1 topic
  20. Medical Interpreters1▲ 233×1 topic
  21. Service-Learning1▲ 262×1 topic
  22. Visual Analytics1▲ 161×1 topic

Which research topics does South Mountain Community College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Service-Learning and Community Engagement, Botanical Research and Chemistry, Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations and Child Nutrition and Water Access.

Service-Learning and Com…1Service-Learning and Community Engagement: 1 fractional worksBotanical Research and Chemistry: 0 fractional worksFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 0 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…0Child Nutrition and Water Access: 0 fractional worksFood Science and Nutritional Studies: 0 fractional worksEthnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies: 0 fractional worksCinema and Media Studies0Cinema and Media Studies: 0 fractional worksUtopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction: 0 fractional worksGothic Literature and Media Analysis: 0 fractional worksUrban Agriculture and Su…0Urban Agriculture and Sustainability: 0 fractional works
EducationEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsGeneral Health ProfessionsNutrition and Dietetics4 others

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

  1. 1 Service-Learning and Community Engagement Education 1 works
  2. 2 Botanical Research and Chemistry Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  3. 3 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 0 works
  4. 4 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 0 works
  5. 5 Food Science and Nutritional Studies Nutrition and Dietetics 0 works
  6. 6 Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies Plant Science 0 works
  7. 7 Cinema and Media Studies Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  8. 8 Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction Philosophy 0 works
  9. 9 Gothic Literature and Media Analysis Cultural Studies 0 works
  10. 10 Urban Agriculture and Sustainability Plant Science 0 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 available34.7%not open65.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.3%domestic only92.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has South Mountain Community College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 248% 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 South Mountain Community College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000045% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%South Mountain Community College0.000040% in 20251990200020102020

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

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