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Virginia College

In research, Virginia College stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,254 of 14,833 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,726 of 9,330 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#14,720
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,035
of 7,310
Research works
363
▼ 16% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.9k
16.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
45%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Virginia College

What is Virginia College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #7,254 of 14,833 8.8%225
Social SciencesField #6,726 of 9,330 11.3%128

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Virginia 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Virginia College work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research at Virginia College is in Social Sciences, 21% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (35%), Medicine (15%), Engineering (8%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 25 fractional works · 50.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 17 fractional works · 35.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 13.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 11.0% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 8.0% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 20.9% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 8.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 7.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 19.7% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 14.8% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 8.7% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKVirginia College48fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences20%Social Sciences51%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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. Social Sciences1735.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting48.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities23.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.5%
    5. Psychology11.2%
    6. Decision Sciences00.6%
    1. Engineering48.3%
    2. Environmental Science47.4%
    3. Computer Science11.8%
    4. Energy11.8%
    5. Chemical Engineering00.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    7. Mathematics00.4%
    8. Chemistry00.2%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    1. Medicine714.8%
    2. Health Professions23.9%
    3. Nursing01.0%
    1. Neuroscience23.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.6%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.97× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.97× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.56× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.50× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.48× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.77× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 2.04× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.15× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.49× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.18× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.77× its world share, 17 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences2.77×17 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.49×4 works
  3. Nursing2.04×0 works
  4. Neuroscience1.97×2 works
  5. Energy1.97×1 works
  6. Environmental Science1.50×4 works
  7. Health Professions1.48×2 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.18×1 works
  9. Arts and Humanities1.15×2 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.98×0 works
  11. Medicine0.77×7 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.59×0 works
  13. Engineering0.56×4 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.51×0 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.48×1 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.47×1 works
  17. Psychology0.40×1 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.33×0 works
  19. Mathematics0.29×0 works
  20. Computer Science0.23×1 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.22×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.15×0 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Virginia College?

Ranked on the quality score, Benjamin C. Jantzen and Ronald B. Childress lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Virginia College.

  1. 1 Benjamin C. Jantzen United States · #2,595,009 worldwide 485 citations · 59 works
  2. 2 Ronald B. Childress United States · #2,840,624 worldwide 149 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Virginia College

What are the most cited papers from Virginia College?

The most cited paper from Virginia College is "Staphylococcus epidermidis Causing Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis: Microbiologic and Clinical Observations as Guides to Therapy" (Adolf W. Karchmer, GORDON L. ARCHER, WILLIAM E. DISMUKES, 1983), with 398 citations. Next come "Nanoceria: A Rare-Earth Nanoparticle as a Novel Anti-Angiogenic Therapeutic Agent in Ovarian Cancer" (274) and "The Multiscenario Multienvironment BioSecure Multimodal Database (BMDB)" (243).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Staphylococcus epidermidis Causing Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis: Microbiologic and Clinical Observations as Guides to Therapy Adolf W. Karchmer, GORDON L. ARCHER, WILLIAM E. DISMUKES · Annals of Internal Medicine Apr 1983 398
2 Nanoceria: A Rare-Earth Nanoparticle as a Novel Anti-Angiogenic Therapeutic Agent in Ovarian Cancer Shailendra Giri, Ajay Singh Karakoti, Rondell Patrell Graham et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 31 Jan 2013 274
3 The Multiscenario Multienvironment BioSecure Multimodal Database (BMDB) Javier Ortega-García et al. · IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence Open access 18 Apr 2009 243
4 Communication apprehension as temperamental expression: A Communibiological paradigm Michael J. Beatty, James C. McCroskey, Alan D. Heisel · Communication Monographs Sep 1998 223
5 On the Mechanism of Vascular Leakage Caused by Histamine-Type Mediators Guido Majno, VIRGINIA GILMORE, Monika Leventhal · Circulation Research Dec 1967 199
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Which keywords describe research at Virginia College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Public Opinion, Nationalism, Community Engagement, Globalization, American founding, Constitutional government and Renewable Energy.

▲ 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-now 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. Sustainability5▲ 4.3×9 topics
  2. Globalization3▲ 3.3×11 topics
  3. Renewable Energy3▲ 3.9×4 topics
  4. Public Opinion3▲ 45×2 topics
  5. Nationalism2▲ 10.0×2 topics
  6. Community Engagement2▲ 14×4 topics
  7. American founding2▲ 149×1 topic
  8. Constitutional government2▲ 149×1 topic
  9. Human Rights2▲ 4.1×6 topics
  10. Urban Development2▲ 11×3 topics
  11. Inequality2▲ 16×2 topics
  12. Climate Change2▲ 1.27×5 topics
  13. Conservation2▲ 8.0×2 topics
  14. Public Policy2▲ 7.2×2 topics
  15. Rural Development2▲ 10×3 topics
  16. Environmental Justice2▲ 24×1 topic
  17. Racial Capitalism2▲ 303×1 topic
  18. Water Quality2▲ 8.1×2 topics
  19. Emissions2▲ 15×1 topic
  20. Environmental Movement2▲ 399×1 topic
  21. History2▲ 4.5×5 topics
  22. Industrial Agriculture2▲ 399×1 topic
  23. Methane2▲ 64×1 topic
  24. Entrepreneurship1▲ 7.2×6 topics
  25. Democracy1▲ 7.5×3 topics
  26. Hydrosocial Cycle1▲ 155×1 topic
  27. Surveillance1▲ 9.4×4 topics
  28. Water Privatization1▲ 155×1 topic
  29. Colonialism1▲ 5.1×3 topics
  30. Corporate Governance1▲ 3.5×3 topics
  31. Energy Transition1▲ 16×2 topics
  32. Gender1▲ 4.7×4 topics
  33. Clinical Trials1▲ 3.3×7 topics
  34. Digital Divide1▲ 8.4×4 topics
  35. Economic Policy1▲ 45×2 topics
  36. Intellectual Property1▲ 20×4 topics
  37. Constitutional Law1▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Criminal Justice1▲ 9.2×2 topics
  39. Neoliberalism1▲ 5.9×4 topics
  40. Politics1▲ 7.9×2 topics

Which research topics does Virginia College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: American Constitutional Law and Politics, Environmental Justice and Health Disparities, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics and American Environmental and Regional History.

American Constitutional …2American Constitutional Law and Politics: 2 fractional worksEnvironmental Justice an…2Environmental Justice and Health Disparities: 2 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environm…2Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 2 fractional worksAmerican Environmental a…2American Environmental and Regional History: 2 fractional worksWater Governance and Infrastructure: 1 fractional worksLegal Education and Practice Innovations: 1 fractional worksLegal Systems and Judici…1Legal Systems and Judicial Processes: 1 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 1 fractional worksGlobal Energy and Sustainability Research: 1 fractional worksRural development and sustainability: 1 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsSociology and Political ScienceGlobal and Planetary ChangeManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law3 others

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

  1. 1 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  2. 2 Environmental Justice and Health Disparities Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  3. 3 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  4. 4 American Environmental and Regional History Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  5. 5 Water Governance and Infrastructure Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  6. 6 Legal Education and Practice Innovations Law 1 works
  7. 7 Legal Systems and Judicial Processes Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  8. 8 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  9. 9 Global Energy and Sustainability Research Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 1 works
  10. 10 Rural development and sustainability General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 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 available44.7%not open55.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.7%domestic only94.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Virginia College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% 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 Virginia College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00024% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Virginia College0.00011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Virginia College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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