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The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College

In research, The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,132 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,542 of 6,365 worldwide) and Psychology (#1,228 of 2,181 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Clinical Psychology and Psychology — Clinical Psychology is 10.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,672
of 28,054 · #14,473 all time
Rank in Israel
#28
of 106
Research works
1.3k
▲ 38% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
12.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #2,132 of 10,521 26.9%285 #4053
Social SciencesField #1,542 of 6,365 27.8%160 #3507
PsychologyField #1,228 of 2,181 25.0%75 #1861
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,516 of 2,578 28.6%74 #1977
Health SciencesDomain #7,681 of 11,982 23.6%71 #5145

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where The Max Stern Yezreel Valley 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#4,053 #2,132
  2. Social Sciences#3,507 #1,542
  3. Psychology#1,861 #1,228
  4. Sociology and Political Science#1,977 #1,516
  5. Health Sciences#5,145 #7,681
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Clinical Psychology takes 10.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Clinical PsychologySubfield · 40.9 works10×
  2. PsychologyField · 74.6 works6.2×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.40× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.36× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.74× its world share, 28 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.55× its world share, 41 worksMedicineNursing: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.03× its world share, 12 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.88× its world share, 24 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.57× its world share, 13 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 6.25× its world share, 75 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.23× its world share, 160 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College?

Ranked on the composite score, Aviad Tur‐Sinai, Ilana Lavy and Naomi Shaked-Monderer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College.

  1. 1 Aviad Tur‐Sinai Israel · #628,485 worldwide 48 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Ilana Lavy Israel · #675,167 worldwide 94 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Naomi Shaked-Monderer Israel · #1,160,010 worldwide 34 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Shosh Shahrabani Israel · #1,223,588 worldwide 9 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Victor J. Friedman Israel · #1,340,753 worldwide 27 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Moshe Sharabi Israel · #1,525,561 worldwide 36 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College

Which keywords describe research at The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Social Media, Job Satisfaction, Depression, Social Support, Resilience, Anxiety and Human Rights.

▲ 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. Mental Health45▲ 7.8×30 topics
  2. Social Media27▲ 4.9×18 topics
  3. Depression20▲ 5.7×13 topics
  4. Human Rights19▲ 4.7×16 topics
  5. COVID-1918▲ 3.5×10 topics
  6. Job Satisfaction17▲ 10.0×7 topics
  7. Social Support17▲ 7.7×12 topics
  8. Resilience16▲ 8.7×8 topics
  9. Anxiety15▲ 8.2×9 topics
  10. Pandemic15▲ 3.5×6 topics
  11. Well-being15▲ 9.8×11 topics
  12. Psychological Impact15▲ 11×6 topics
  13. Healthcare Workers12▲ 12×4 topics
  14. Discrimination11▲ 15×5 topics
  15. Psychological Distress11▲ 11×5 topics
  16. Israel10▲ 70×2 topics
  17. Nationalism10▲ 5.3×4 topics
  18. Social Capital10▲ 4.6×10 topics
  19. Leadership9▲ 5.0×8 topics
  20. Emotion Regulation9▲ 7.5×8 topics
  21. Social Isolation9▲ 11×2 topics
  22. Palestine9▲ 39×2 topics
  23. Ethnic Identity9▲ 20×2 topics
  24. Politics9▲ 8.2×6 topics
  25. Quarantine9▲ 14×1 topic
  26. Human Resource Management8▲ 14×3 topics
  27. Occupation8▲ 33×1 topic
  28. Settler Colonialism8▲ 51×1 topic
  29. Work Engagement8▲ 24×3 topics
  30. Digital Divide8▲ 8.1×6 topics
  31. Prevalence8▲ 5.2×9 topics
  32. Global Governance8▲ 9.1×8 topics
  33. Trauma8▲ 10×6 topics
  34. Chronic Disease Management8▲ 11×5 topics
  35. Online Communication8▲ 13×2 topics
  36. Coping Strategies8▲ 7.8×6 topics
  37. Psychometric Evaluation8▲ 21×2 topics
  38. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy7▲ 13×3 topics
  39. Psychological Capital7▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Job Demands-Resources Model7▲ 28×1 topic

Which research topics does The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: COVID-19 and Mental Health, Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior and Impact of Technology on Adolescents.

COVID-19 and Mental Health: 9 fractional worksJewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 8 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Org…7Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 7 fractional worksImpact of Technology on …5Impact of Technology on Adolescents: 5 fractional worksCriminal Justice and Corrections Analysis: 5 fractional worksPublic Policy and Administration Research: 5 fractional worksTerrorism, Counterterror…4Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence: 4 fractional worksSleep and related disorders: 4 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 4 fractional worksWork-Family Balance Chal…4Work-Family Balance Challenges: 4 fractional works
Clinical PsychologySociology and Political ScienceOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementPublic Administration2 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 9 works
  2. 2 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 8 works
  3. 3 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 7 works
  4. 4 Impact of Technology on Adolescents Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  5. 5 Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  6. 6 Public Policy and Administration Research Public Administration 5 works
  7. 7 Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  8. 8 Sleep and related disorders Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 4 works
  9. 9 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 4 works
  10. 10 Work-Family Balance Challenges Sociology and Political Science 4 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 available42.3%not open57.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.2%domestic only89.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% 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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