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Tuscaloosa City Schools

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Research works
97
▼ 55% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.3k
23.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
21%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Tuscaloosa City Schools

Not ranked overall: Tuscaloosa City Schools 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 Tuscaloosa City Schools work in?

In all years, 36% of research at Tuscaloosa City Schools is in Physical Sciences, 36% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (18%), Medicine (12%), Psychology (10%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 35 fractional works · 36.2% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 8.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 6 fractional works · 6.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 4.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCatalysis: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFiltration and Separation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 35 fractional works · 35.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 17.6% of its workEducation: 6 fractional works · 6.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 10.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 4.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 5.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 21 fractional works · 21.5% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 12.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 7.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 5.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLeadership and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 6.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKTuscaloosa CitySchools97fractional works, all years
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences36%Health Sciences21%Social Sciences36%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering88.5%
    2. Materials Science66.6%
    3. Environmental Science44.5%
    4. Chemistry44.2%
    5. Computer Science43.9%
    6. Chemical Engineering32.7%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences22.2%
    8. Energy11.4%
    9. Mathematics11.1%
    10. Physics and Astronomy11.0%
    1. Social Sciences1717.6%
    2. Psychology1010.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities55.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting21.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.7%
    6. Decision Sciences00.3%
    1. Medicine1212.3%
    2. Health Professions77.6%
    3. Nursing11.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology55.0%
    2. Neuroscience10.8%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
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: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.79× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.95× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.37× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.88× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.88× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.76× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.40× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.34× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.33× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 6.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences5.95×1 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.79×0 works
  3. Psychology2.34×1 works
  4. Social Sciences2.33×3 works
  5. Mathematics1.88×0 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.40×0 works
  7. Environmental Science1.37×1 works
  8. Chemistry0.94×0 works
  9. Computer Science0.92×1 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.88×0 works
  11. Materials Science0.84×0 works
  12. Health Professions0.83×0 works
  13. Medicine0.76×2 works
  14. Arts and Humanities0.68×0 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.46×0 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.38×0 works
  17. Engineering0.25×0 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Tuscaloosa City Schools?

Ranked on the quality score, John F. Burnum lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tuscaloosa City Schools.

  1. 1 John F. Burnum United States · #1,818,159 worldwide 686 citations · 34 works
All ranked researchers at Tuscaloosa City Schools

What are the most cited papers from Tuscaloosa City Schools?

The most cited paper from Tuscaloosa City Schools is "Nanomaterials: a review of synthesis methods, properties, recent progress, and challenges" (Nadeem Baig, Irshad Kammakakam, Wail S. Falath, 2021), with 3,260 citations. Next come "Hydrogels based on cellulose and chitin: fabrication, properties, and applications" (672) and "Atomically dispersed supported metal catalysts: perspectives and suggestions for future research" (273).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Nanomaterials: a review of synthesis methods, properties, recent progress, and challenges Nadeem Baig, Irshad Kammakakam, Wail S. Falath · Materials Advances Open access 2021 3,260
2 Hydrogels based on cellulose and chitin: fabrication, properties, and applications Xiaoping Shen, Julia L. Shamshina, Paula Bertón et al. · Green Chemistry Open access 16 Nov 2015 672
3 Atomically dispersed supported metal catalysts: perspectives and suggestions for future research Bruce C. Gates, Maria Flytzani‐Stephanopoulos, David A. Dixon et al. · Catalysis Science & Technology 2017 273
4 Magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles as T 1 contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging Yuping Bao, Jennifer A. Sherwood, Zaicheng Sun · Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2018 220
5 Clinician attitudes towards stuttering: Two decades of change Eugene B. Cooper, Crystal S. Cooper · Journal of Fluency Disorders Jun 1996 181
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Tuscaloosa City Schools?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neuroscience, Catalysis, Medical Education, Language Development, Ionic Liquids, Gender, Treatment Outcomes and Clinical Practice.

▲ 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. Catalysis4▲ 5.3×17 topics
  2. Epidemiology4◆ 1.05×18 topics
  3. Neuroscience4▲ 13×5 topics
  4. Quality of Life3▲ 2.5×8 topics
  5. Medical Education3▲ 13×4 topics
  6. Mental Health3▲ 2.6×10 topics
  7. Education3▲ 2.2×8 topics
  8. Language Development3▲ 18×4 topics
  9. Gender3▲ 4.9×10 topics
  10. Ionic Liquids3▲ 8.1×9 topics
  11. Biomedical Applications2▲ 2.4×16 topics
  12. Treatment Outcomes2▲ 32×2 topics
  13. Clinical Practice2▲ 15×3 topics
  14. Primary Care2▲ 4.9×6 topics
  15. Technology Integration2▲ 10×3 topics
  16. Anxiety2▲ 5.5×3 topics
  17. Job Satisfaction2▲ 7.8×4 topics
  18. Nanocrystals2▲ 8.1×5 topics
  19. Professional Development2▲ 13×2 topics
  20. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 7.2×3 topics
  21. CO2 Capture2▲ 12×4 topics
  22. Community Resilience2▲ 17×3 topics
  23. Gender Differences2▲ 5.5×2 topics
  24. Palliative Care2▲ 11×2 topics
  25. Speech Production2▲ 41×2 topics
  26. Phenomenology2▲ 13×2 topics
  27. Cognitive Development2▲ 14×3 topics
  28. Electrochemistry2▲ 7.7×2 topics
  29. Empathy2▲ 11×1 topic
  30. Healthcare Legislation2▲ 22×1 topic
  31. Patient Rights2▲ 16×1 topic
  32. Physician2▲ 58×1 topic
  33. Bioimaging1▲ 6.5×4 topics
  34. Parental Involvement1▲ 15×2 topics
  35. Policy1▲ 8.4×2 topics
  36. Psychiatric Disorders1▲ 9.6×3 topics
  37. Special Education1▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Patient Care1▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Traditional Irrigation1▲ 109×1 topic
  40. Water Sustainability1▲ 109×1 topic

Which research topics does Tuscaloosa City Schools publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Electoral Systems and Political Participation, American History and Culture, American Constitutional Law and Politics and Geological and Geochemical Analysis.

Electoral Systems and Po…0Electoral Systems and Political Participation: 0 fractional worksAmerican History and Cul…0American History and Culture: 0 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional …0American Constitutional Law and Politics: 0 fractional worksGeological and Geochemic…0Geological and Geochemical Analysis: 0 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 0 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 0 fractional worksearthquake and tectonic …0earthquake and tectonic studies: 0 fractional worksPolicy Transfer and Learning: 0 fractional worksCrime Patterns and Interventions: 0 fractional worksInnovative Teaching and Learning Methods: 0 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsMarketingGeophysicsGlobal and Planetary Change3 others

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

  1. 1 Electoral Systems and Political Participation Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  2. 2 American History and Culture Marketing 0 works
  3. 3 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  4. 4 Geological and Geochemical Analysis Geophysics 0 works
  5. 5 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  6. 6 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 0 works
  7. 7 earthquake and tectonic studies Geophysics 0 works
  8. 8 Policy Transfer and Learning Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  9. 9 Crime Patterns and Interventions Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  10. 10 Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods Developmental and Educational Psychology 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 available21.4%not open78.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.1%domestic only84.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Tuscaloosa City Schools's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 55% lower 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 Tuscaloosa City Schools as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000023% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Tuscaloosa City Schools0.000044% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Tuscaloosa City Schools over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.

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