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University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community College

In research, University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community College stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,303 of 11,982 worldwide), Social Sciences (#7,010 of 10,521 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#9,496 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,983
of 28,054 · #13,924 all time
Rank in United States
#1,632
of 4,192
Research works
2.3k
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
22k
9.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

What is University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community 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
Health SciencesDomain #7,303 of 11,982 8.5%107 #7585
Social SciencesDomain #7,010 of 10,521 12.8%164 #8585
Physical SciencesDomain #9,496 of 12,888 7.7%217 #10648
Social SciencesField #4,773 of 6,365 15.2%82 #6843
Life SciencesDomain #6,520 of 7,800 9.8%85 #9627
MedicineField #9,326 of 10,443 8.8%65 #13406
EngineeringField #6,205 of 6,636 6.8%68 #7910

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community 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. Health Sciences#7,585 #7,303
  2. Social Sciences#8,585 #7,010
  3. Physical Sciences#10,648 #9,496
  4. Social Sciences#6,843 #4,773
  5. Life Sciences#9,627 #6,520
  6. Medicine#13,406 #9,326
  7. Engineering#7,910 #6,205
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.

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: 1.81× its world share, 49 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.76× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.60× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.74× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.10× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.98× its world share, 9 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.01× its world share, 45 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.19× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.34× its world share, 7 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.80× its world share, 68 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.82× its world share, 52 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.63× its world share, 12 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.73× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.42× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.12× its world share, 11 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.62× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.59× its world share, 65 worksMedicineNursing: 1.32× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.00× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.30× its world share, 21 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.01× its world share, 19 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.78× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.17× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.05× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 82 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community College?

Ranked on the composite score, Hoffmann, Maria Ivete Bolzan Rockenbach and Diva Correia lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community College.

  1. 1 Hoffmann United States · #640,375 worldwide 26 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Maria Ivete Bolzan Rockenbach United States · #840,843 worldwide 3 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Diva Correia United States · #1,029,665 worldwide 4 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Mariana Magnus Smith United States · #1,188,031 worldwide 10 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community College

Which keywords describe research at University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Policy, Sustainability, Teacher Training, Climate Change, Environmental Impact, Public Health, Epidemiology and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Sustainability26▲ 1.86×51 topics
  2. Epidemiology24◆ 1.04×79 topics
  3. Climate Change22▲ 1.40×66 topics
  4. Environmental Impact18▲ 1.82×34 topics
  5. Public Health16▲ 1.97×35 topics
  6. Quality of Life16▲ 1.91×38 topics
  7. Public Policy15▲ 5.4×15 topics
  8. Mental Health15▲ 1.79×27 topics
  9. Teacher Training15▲ 4.1×7 topics
  10. Educational Technology14▲ 2.1×14 topics
  11. Globalization14▲ 1.28×39 topics
  12. COVID-1912▲ 1.52×18 topics
  13. Risk Factors11▲ 1.79×22 topics
  14. Biodiversity11▲ 2.6×18 topics
  15. Healthcare11▲ 1.72×18 topics
  16. Renewable Energy11▲ 1.35×21 topics
  17. Online Learning11▲ 2.2×10 topics
  18. Qualitative Research10▲ 2.0×11 topics
  19. Waste Management10▲ 4.2×9 topics
  20. Internet of Things9▲ 1.85×9 topics
  21. Social Inequality9▲ 5.6×6 topics
  22. Healthcare Access8▲ 5.1×6 topics
  23. Educational Reform7▲ 9.7×3 topics
  24. Biodiesel6▲ 12×2 topics
  25. Chronic Diseases6▲ 4.3×7 topics
  26. Healthcare Workers6▲ 4.4×4 topics
  27. Social Network Analysis6▲ 8.3×3 topics
  28. Environmental Education6▲ 6.5×4 topics
  29. Biofuels6▲ 10×2 topics
  30. Eco-friendly Practices5▲ 16×2 topics
  31. Social Participation5▲ 14×1 topic
  32. Genome Analysis5▲ 8.9×2 topics
  33. Media Education5▲ 16×1 topic
  34. Production5▲ 10×2 topics
  35. WebQuests5▲ 16×1 topic
  36. Nutrient Removal5▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Harvesting5▲ 18×1 topic
  38. Microalgae5▲ 18×1 topic
  39. Pedagogical Practices5▲ 9.1×2 topics
  40. Critical Pedagogy4▲ 9.2×2 topics

Which research topics does University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Environmental Sustainability and Education, Education and Digital Technologies, Algal biology and biofuel production and Education Pedagogy and Practices.

Environmental Sustainabi…5Environmental Sustainability and Education: 5 fractional worksEducation and Digital Te…5Education and Digital Technologies: 5 fractional worksAlgal biology and biofue…5Algal biology and biofuel production: 5 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and P…4Education Pedagogy and Practices: 4 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly Care: 4 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 3 fractional worksScience and Education Re…3Science and Education Research: 3 fractional worksLinguistics and Education Research: 3 fractional worksBusiness and Management Studies: 3 fractional worksEnvironmental and biolog…3Environmental and biological studies: 3 fractional works
Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawSociology and Political ScienceRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentEducation5 others

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

  1. 1 Environmental Sustainability and Education Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 5 works
  2. 2 Education and Digital Technologies Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  3. 3 Algal biology and biofuel production Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 5 works
  4. 4 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 4 works
  5. 5 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 4 works
  6. 6 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 3 works
  7. 7 Science and Education Research Education 3 works
  8. 8 Linguistics and Education Research Literature and Literary Theory 3 works
  9. 9 Business and Management Studies Information Systems and Management 3 works
  10. 10 Environmental and biological studies Ecology 3 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 available62.0%not open38.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors84.5%domestic only15.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Rio Grande and Rio Grande Community College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.