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University · South Portland · United States

Southern Maine Community College

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Research works
67
▼ 49% vs 2013–17
Citations
328
4.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
12%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Southern Maine Community College is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 2.71× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.93× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 4.11× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEnvironmental Science: 2.94× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMedicine: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 6.94× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.59× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Southern Maine Community College?

Ranked on the composite score, James Rodger Fleming and Sverre Petterssen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Southern Maine Community College.

  1. 1 James Rodger Fleming United States · #383,216 worldwide 45 citations · 29 works
  2. 2 Sverre Petterssen United States · #819,955 worldwide 45 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Southern Maine Community College

Which keywords describe research at Southern Maine Community College?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Bioaccumulation, Climate Change, Colonialism, International Relations, Health Effects, Biodiversity and Education.

▲ 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 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. Climate Change6▲ 3.1×8 topics
  2. Education4▲ 4.6×7 topics
  3. Epidemiology4▲ 1.48×12 topics
  4. Greenhouse Gas Emissions4▲ 28×2 topics
  5. Bioaccumulation4▲ 46×2 topics
  6. Biodiversity4▲ 7.0×5 topics
  7. Remote Sensing4▲ 4.9×4 topics
  8. Colonialism4▲ 10×6 topics
  9. Health Effects3▲ 8.4×4 topics
  10. International Relations3▲ 24×4 topics
  11. History3▲ 6.2×5 topics
  12. Sustainability3▲ 2.7×3 topics
  13. Nationalism3▲ 7.8×3 topics
  14. Environmental Science3▲ 424×1 topic
  15. GIS3▲ 80×1 topic
  16. Public Health3▲ 3.1×5 topics
  17. Identity3▲ 5.2×3 topics
  18. Global Distribution2▲ 48×2 topics
  19. Cold War2▲ 44×2 topics
  20. Brominated Flame Retardants2▲ 71×1 topic
  21. Nursing Education2▲ 29×3 topics
  22. Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons2▲ 49×1 topic
  23. Student Engagement2▲ 12×5 topics
  24. Technology2▲ 7.5×3 topics
  25. Canada2▲ 108×1 topic
  26. Cultural Impact2▲ 41×2 topics
  27. Ethical Considerations2▲ 9.2×2 topics
  28. Humanitarianism2▲ 46×2 topics
  29. Military History2▲ 83×2 topics
  30. Peer Review2▲ 93×3 topics
  31. Science2▲ 16×3 topics
  32. Social Policy2▲ 22×1 topic
  33. Philosophy2▲ 6.0×3 topics
  34. Internationalism2▲ 111×2 topics
  35. Scientific History2▲ 49×1 topic
  36. Social Sciences2▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Technological Development2▲ 49×1 topic
  38. Global Impact2▲ 20×2 topics
  39. League of Nations2▲ 326×1 topic
  40. Mercury2▲ 71×1 topic

Which research topics does Southern Maine Community College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Race, History, and American Society, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Plant Virus Research Studies and Bacteriophages and microbial interactions.

Race, History, and Ameri…1Race, History, and American Society: 1 fractional worksGenomics and Phylogenetic Studies: 0 fractional worksPlant Virus Research Stu…0Plant Virus Research Studies: 0 fractional worksBacteriophages and micro…0Bacteriophages and microbial interactions: 0 fractional worksContemporary Literature …0Contemporary Literature and Criticism: 0 fractional worksPostmodernism in Literat…0Postmodernism in Literature and Education: 0 fractional worksRespiratory Support and Mechanisms: 0 fractional worksNeuroscience of respiration and sleep: 0 fractional worksHigh Altitude and Hypoxia: 0 fractional worksAdipose Tissue and Metabolism: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceMolecular BiologyPlant ScienceEcology5 others

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

  1. 1 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  2. 2 Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies Molecular Biology 0 works
  3. 3 Plant Virus Research Studies Plant Science 0 works
  4. 4 Bacteriophages and microbial interactions Ecology 0 works
  5. 5 Contemporary Literature and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  6. 6 Postmodernism in Literature and Education Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  7. 7 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Neuroscience of respiration and sleep Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 0 works
  9. 9 High Altitude and Hypoxia Genetics 0 works
  10. 10 Adipose Tissue and Metabolism Physiology 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 available12.0%not open88.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.2%domestic only96.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Southern Maine Community College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 49% 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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