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Virginia Community College System

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Research works
68
▼ 44% vs 2018-21
Citations
441
6.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
54%
world 40%
International
2%
world 18%
Virginia Community College System

Not ranked overall: Virginia Community College System 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 Virginia Community College System work in?

In all years, 85% of research at Virginia Community College System is in Social Sciences, 9% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (61%), Psychology (10%), Arts and Humanities (7%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 57 fractional works · 84.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 41 fractional works · 60.6% of its workEducation: 29 fractional works · 43.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 10.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 4.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 7.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 8.5% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 4.1% of its workArchitecture: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKVirginiaCommunity Colleg…68fractional works, all years
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences85%

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 14 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences4160.6%
    2. Psychology710.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities57.3%
    4. Decision Sciences22.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting12.0%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.7%
    1. Engineering34.1%
    2. Computer Science23.5%
    3. Mathematics11.0%
    1. Medicine34.0%
    2. Health Professions00.6%
    3. Veterinary00.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.3%
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.

Who are the top researchers at Virginia Community College System?

Ranked on the quality score, Glenn DuBois lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Virginia Community College System.

  1. 1 Glenn DuBois United States · #4,744,506 worldwide 147 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Virginia Community College System

What are the most cited papers from Virginia Community College System?

The most cited paper from Virginia Community College System is "Developing an Effective Transition Program for Students Entering Middle School or High School" (Kathleen M. Cauley, Donna Jovanovich, 2006), with 135 citations. Next come "Increasing the Success of Online Students" (54) and "Universal Design for Learning: Application for technology-enhanced learning" (46).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Developing an Effective Transition Program for Students Entering Middle School or High School Kathleen M. Cauley, Donna Jovanovich · The Clearing House A Journal of Educational Strategies Issues and Ideas Sep 2006 135
2 Increasing the Success of Online Students Ivan L. Harrell Open access 2008 54
3 Universal Design for Learning: Application for technology-enhanced learning Thom Morra, Jim Reynolds Open access 2010 46
4 The impact of newsroom changes and the rise of social media on the practice of media relations Timothy E. Bajkiewicz, Jeffrey J. Kraus, Soo Yeon Hong · Public Relations Review 24 Jun 2011 34
5 Student Support Services for the Underprepared Student. Elizabeth Wilmer Open access 2008 29
All 78 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Virginia Community College System?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Higher Education, Student Engagement, Diversity, Educational Inequality, Academic Performance, College Retention, Social Support and Online Learning.

▲ 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. Higher Education11▲ 42×10 topics
  2. Student Engagement9▲ 52×5 topics
  3. Diversity8▲ 62×3 topics
  4. Educational Inequality7▲ 175×3 topics
  5. Academic Performance7▲ 147×2 topics
  6. College Retention7▲ 477×1 topic
  7. Social Support7▲ 22×1 topic
  8. Globalization5▲ 4.2×8 topics
  9. Online Learning5▲ 17×3 topics
  10. Student Perceptions5▲ 53×4 topics
  11. Instructional Design4▲ 63×2 topics
  12. Cognitive Engagement4▲ 75×2 topics
  13. Reflective Practice4▲ 31×3 topics
  14. Blended Learning4▲ 55×1 topic
  15. Distance Education4▲ 37×1 topic
  16. Educational Technology3▲ 7.4×4 topics
  17. Mental Health3▲ 4.0×5 topics
  18. Social Media3▲ 5.2×5 topics
  19. Entrepreneurship3▲ 15×2 topics
  20. Neoliberalism3▲ 11×3 topics
  21. Training Pathways3▲ 108×1 topic
  22. Vocational Education3▲ 57×1 topic
  23. Academic Achievement2▲ 25×5 topics
  24. Quality Assurance2▲ 18×2 topics
  25. Career Development2▲ 39×3 topics
  26. Informal Learning2▲ 34×2 topics
  27. Assessment2▲ 50×2 topics
  28. Competency-Based Education2▲ 39×2 topics
  29. Podcasting2▲ 171×2 topics
  30. Professional Development2▲ 20×2 topics
  31. Social Justice2▲ 6.4×3 topics
  32. Student Perception2▲ 66×2 topics
  33. Student Performance2▲ 41×2 topics
  34. Technology Integration2▲ 16×2 topics
  35. User Engagement2▲ 71×2 topics
  36. Academic Identity2▲ 90×1 topic
  37. Faculty Development2▲ 40×2 topics
  38. Gender Identity2▲ 30×2 topics
  39. Internationalization2▲ 47×1 topic
  40. Intersectionality2▲ 21×2 topics

Which research topics does Virginia Community College System publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Educational Games and Gamification, Online and Blended Learning, Teacher Education and Leadership Studies and Infectious Disease Case Reports and Treatments.

Educational Games and Gamification: 0 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learning: 0 fractional worksTeacher Education and Le…0Teacher Education and Leadership Studies: 0 fractional worksInfectious Disease Case …0Infectious Disease Case Reports and Treatments: 0 fractional worksActinomycetales infectio…0Actinomycetales infections and treatment: 0 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 0 fractional worksDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins: 0 fractional worksChemotherapy-related skin toxicity: 0 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 0 fractional worksOrgan Donation and Transplantation: 0 fractional works
Developmental and Educational PsychologyEducationInfectious DiseasesMicrobiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Educational Games and Gamification Developmental and Educational Psychology 0 works
  2. 2 Online and Blended Learning Education 0 works
  3. 3 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 0 works
  4. 4 Infectious Disease Case Reports and Treatments Infectious Diseases 0 works
  5. 5 Actinomycetales infections and treatment Microbiology 0 works
  6. 6 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments Transplantation 0 works
  7. 7 Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 0 works
  8. 8 Chemotherapy-related skin toxicity Dermatology 0 works
  9. 9 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 0 works
  10. 10 Organ Donation and Transplantation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available54.2%not open45.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors2.2%domestic only97.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Virginia Community College System's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 44% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Virginia Community College System as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000010% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Virginia Community College System0.000011% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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