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South Texas College

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World rank, 2022–2025
#25,112
of 28,054 · #33,868 all time
Rank in United States
#3,784
of 4,192
Research works
277
▲ 48% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.9k
6.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

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: 0.90× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.05× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 5.56× its world share, 7 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 2.19× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.64× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.35× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.84× its world share, 10 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.12× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.96× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.30× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.69× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.23× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at South Texas College?

Ranked on the composite score, Aldo Jonathan Muñoz‐Vázquez lead among researchers whose main affiliation is South Texas College.

  1. 1 Aldo Jonathan Muñoz‐Vázquez United States · #436,366 worldwide 107 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at South Texas College

Which keywords describe research at South Texas College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Attention Lapses, Mind Wandering, Pragmatism, Mental Health, Democracy, Migration and Truth.

▲ 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. Education6▲ 4.8×10 topics
  2. Attention Lapses4▲ 470×1 topic
  3. Mind Wandering4▲ 470×1 topic
  4. Mental Health4▲ 3.5×11 topics
  5. Epidemiology4◆ 1.15×22 topics
  6. Pragmatism3▲ 157×2 topics
  7. Identity3▲ 5.0×5 topics
  8. Globalization3▲ 1.78×9 topics
  9. Democracy2▲ 8.6×2 topics
  10. Gender2▲ 5.5×4 topics
  11. Migration2▲ 9.1×3 topics
  12. Truth2▲ 95×2 topics
  13. Feminism2▲ 10×2 topics
  14. Colonialism2▲ 5.8×3 topics
  15. Literature2▲ 5.1×3 topics
  16. Dewey2▲ 599×1 topic
  17. Innovation2▲ 2.5×4 topics
  18. Philosophy2▲ 6.0×1 topic
  19. Philosophy of Science2▲ 80×2 topics
  20. Race2▲ 24×2 topics
  21. Chicano2▲ 223×1 topic
  22. Latino2▲ 223×1 topic
  23. Meta-Analysis2▲ 3.8×5 topics
  24. Stability Analysis2▲ 13×2 topics
  25. Politics2▲ 7.5×4 topics
  26. Well-being2▲ 5.1×3 topics
  27. Adaptive Control1▲ 14×5 topics
  28. Engineering Education1▲ 20×3 topics
  29. Fractional Order Control1▲ 118×1 topic
  30. PID Controller1▲ 44×1 topic
  31. Nonlinear Systems1▲ 7.8×3 topics
  32. Teaching Strategies1▲ 5.8×3 topics
  33. Intersectionality1▲ 8.5×2 topics
  34. Robotic Manipulators1▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Teacher Education1▲ 12×2 topics
  36. Feedback Control1▲ 8.8×4 topics
  37. Media1▲ 9.5×2 topics
  38. Critical Race Theory1▲ 90×1 topic
  39. Evolutionary Synthesis1▲ 77×1 topic
  40. Genetic Code1▲ 19×2 topics

Which research topics does South Texas College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Mind wandering and attention, Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education, Latin American and Latino Studies and Advanced Control Systems Design.

Mind wandering and atten…4Mind wandering and attention: 4 fractional worksPragmatism in Philosophy…2Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education: 2 fractional worksLatin American and Latin…2Latin American and Latino Studies: 2 fractional worksAdvanced Control Systems Design: 1 fractional worksMiddle East and Rwanda Conflicts: 1 fractional worksEducation and Critical Thinking Development: 1 fractional worksCritical Race Theory in Education: 1 fractional worksPsychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction: 1 fractional worksGeological Modeling and Analysis: 1 fractional worksPhilosophy and History of Science: 1 fractional works
Cognitive NeurosciencePhilosophyCultural StudiesControl and Systems Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Mind wandering and attention Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  2. 2 Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education Philosophy 2 works
  3. 3 Latin American and Latino Studies Cultural Studies 2 works
  4. 4 Advanced Control Systems Design Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 1 works
  7. 7 Critical Race Theory in Education Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction Social Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 Geological Modeling and Analysis Geochemistry and Petrology 1 works
  10. 10 Philosophy and History of Science History and Philosophy of Science 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 available34.9%not open65.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has South Texas College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 48% higher 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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