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Wake Technical Community College

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Research works
75
▼ 57% vs 2018-21
Citations
576
7.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Wake Technical Community College

Not ranked overall: Wake Technical Community College is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Wake Technical Community College work in?

In all years, 48% of research at Wake Technical Community College is in Social Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (32%), Medicine (11%), Engineering (11%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 36 fractional works · 47.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 24 fractional works · 31.7% of its workEducation: 12 fractional works · 15.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 6.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 5.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 20 fractional works · 26.8% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 11.3% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArchitecture: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 6.7% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 4.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNuclear Energy and Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 15 fractional works · 19.3% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 11.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 5.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWake TechnicalCommunity College75fractional works, all years
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences48%

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. Social Sciences2431.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities56.5%
    3. Psychology45.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting22.1%
    5. Decision Sciences11.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    1. Engineering811.3%
    2. Environmental Science56.7%
    3. Computer Science34.0%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences23.1%
    5. Mathematics10.8%
    6. Chemistry00.4%
    7. Materials Science00.3%
    8. Energy00.2%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Medicine911.4%
    2. Health Professions45.8%
    3. Nursing22.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences23.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.2%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    5. Neuroscience00.1%
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: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.33× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.54× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 1.46× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.62× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 4.10× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.24× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 2.57× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions4.10×1 works
  2. Psychology2.57×1 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.54×0 works
  4. Engineering1.62×3 works
  5. Energy1.46×0 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.33×0 works
  7. Medicine1.24×3 works
  8. Social Sciences1.15×2 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.92×0 works
  10. Environmental Science0.74×0 works
  11. Chemistry0.57×0 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.56×0 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.46×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.43×0 works
  15. Materials Science0.26×0 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.20×0 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.19×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Wake Technical Community College?

Ranked on the quality score, Thomas E. Beaman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Wake Technical Community College.

  1. 1 Thomas E. Beaman United States · #4,242,814 worldwide 22 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Wake Technical Community College

What are the most cited papers from Wake Technical Community College?

The most cited paper from Wake Technical Community College is "The Use of Triangulation Methods in Qualitative Educational Research." (María T. Oliver-Hoyo, DeeDee Allen, 2006), with 181 citations. Next come "An Investigation of Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition in Relation to Learner Proficiency Level and Word Frequency" (93) and "Biology-inspired data-driven quality control for scientific discovery in single-cell transcriptomics" (79).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Use of Triangulation Methods in Qualitative Educational Research. María T. Oliver-Hoyo, DeeDee Allen · The journal of college science teaching 2006 181
2 An Investigation of Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition in Relation to Learner Proficiency Level and Word Frequency E. Anne Ferrell Tekmen, Ayşegül Daloğlu · Foreign Language Annals Open access May 2006 93
3 Biology-inspired data-driven quality control for scientific discovery in single-cell transcriptomics Ayshwarya Subramanian, Mikhail Alperovich, Yiming Yang et al. · Genome biology Open access 27 Dec 2022 79
4 Attitudinal Effects of a Student-Centered Active Learning Environment María T. Oliver-Hoyo, DeeDee Allen · Journal of Chemical Education Jun 2005 65
5 Determining the Intrinsic Dimension of a Hyperspectral Image Using Random Matrix Theory Kerry A. Cawse-Nicholson, Steven B. Damelin, Amandine Robin et al. · IEEE Transactions on Image Processing 16 Nov 2012 58
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Wake Technical Community College?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Educational Technology, Higher Education, Experiential Learning, Online Learning, Diversity, Student Engagement, Blended Learning and Distance Education.

▲ 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. Educational Technology4▲ 8.0×8 topics
  2. Experiential Learning3▲ 74×5 topics
  3. Higher Education3▲ 12×8 topics
  4. Online Learning3▲ 9.9×4 topics
  5. Diversity3▲ 22×3 topics
  6. Student Engagement3▲ 15×5 topics
  7. Blended Learning3▲ 38×1 topic
  8. Distance Education3▲ 26×1 topic
  9. Active Learning2▲ 28×2 topics
  10. Biodiversity2▲ 4.4×6 topics
  11. Sociolinguistics2▲ 18×2 topics
  12. Student Perception2▲ 66×2 topics
  13. Career Development2▲ 35×4 topics
  14. Engineering Education2▲ 31×3 topics
  15. Geography Education2▲ 210×1 topic
  16. Spatial Thinking2▲ 322×1 topic
  17. STEM Education2▲ 9.5×4 topics
  18. Gender2▲ 4.5×2 topics
  19. Healthcare2▲ 3.5×4 topics
  20. Social Support2▲ 5.6×3 topics
  21. Learning Outcomes2▲ 10×6 topics
  22. Nursing Education2▲ 20×3 topics
  23. Academic Performance2▲ 32×2 topics
  24. Language Policy2▲ 16×2 topics
  25. Multilingualism2▲ 15×2 topics
  26. Cultural Landscape2▲ 54×2 topics
  27. Cultural Sustaining Pedagogy2▲ 55×1 topic
  28. Health Policy2▲ 13×2 topics
  29. Translanguaging2▲ 55×1 topic
  30. College Retention1▲ 90×1 topic
  31. Digital Divide1▲ 9.8×3 topics
  32. Entrepreneurship1▲ 6.9×3 topics
  33. First-Generation Students1▲ 90×1 topic
  34. Student Perceptions1▲ 13×3 topics
  35. Teaching Strategies1▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Collaborative Learning1▲ 26×2 topics
  37. Faculty Development1▲ 23×2 topics
  38. Lifelong Learning1▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Pedagogical Content Knowledge1▲ 68×1 topic
  40. Teacher Knowledge1▲ 59×1 topic

Which research topics does Wake Technical Community College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Innovative concrete reinforcement materials, Concrete and Cement Materials Research, Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation and Biomedical and Engineering Education.

Innovative concrete rein…1Innovative concrete reinforcement materials: 1 fractional worksConcrete and Cement Mate…0Concrete and Cement Materials Research: 0 fractional worksCardiac Arrest and Resuscitation: 0 fractional worksBiomedical and Engineering Education: 0 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory d…0Asthma and respiratory diseases: 0 fractional worksMachine Learning in Healthcare: 0 fractional worksMobile Health and mHealth Applications: 0 fractional worksEngineering Education an…0Engineering Education and Pedagogy: 0 fractional worksEngineering Education and Curriculum Development: 0 fractional worksSimulation-Based Education in Healthcare: 0 fractional works
Civil and Structural EngineeringEmergency MedicineBiomedical EngineeringPhysiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Innovative concrete reinforcement materials Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Concrete and Cement Materials Research Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Emergency Medicine 0 works
  4. 4 Biomedical and Engineering Education Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 0 works
  6. 6 Machine Learning in Healthcare Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  7. 7 Mobile Health and mHealth Applications General Health Professions 0 works
  8. 8 Engineering Education and Pedagogy Architecture 0 works
  9. 9 Engineering Education and Curriculum Development Media Technology 0 works
  10. 10 Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare Physiology 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 available27.8%not open72.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.7%domestic only92.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Wake Technical Community College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 57% 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 Wake Technical Community College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000060% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%Wake Technical Community College0.000045% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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