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Washtenaw Community College

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World rank, all time
#7,147
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#1,490
of 7,310
Research works
367
▼ 32% vs 2018-21
Citations
18k
48.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.22×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Washtenaw Community College

Which fields of science does Washtenaw Community College work in?

In 2022-now, 31% of research at Washtenaw Community College is in Health Sciences, 26% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (23%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (23%), Social Sciences (9%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 14 fractional works · 31.0% of its workMedicine: 11 fractional works · 23.1% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRehabilitation: 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 · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnatomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 5.6% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 26.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 23.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 8 fractional works · 17.7% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 25.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 9.1% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 6.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 17.4% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 6.2% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNumerical Analysis: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKWashtenawCommunity College46fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences26%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences31%Social Sciences25%

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. Medicine1123.1%
    2. Health Professions35.6%
    3. Dentistry00.9%
    4. Nursing00.9%
    5. Veterinary00.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1123.0%
    2. Neuroscience11.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    1. Social Sciences49.1%
    2. Psychology36.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities24.0%
    4. Decision Sciences12.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.7%
    1. Computer Science36.2%
    2. Environmental Science12.6%
    3. Physics and Astronomy12.6%
    4. Mathematics12.0%
    5. Engineering11.8%
    6. Chemistry11.6%
    7. Materials Science00.6%
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: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.31× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.18× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.03× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.80× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.73× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.16× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.87× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.13× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.20× its world share, 11 worksMedicineNursing: 1.85× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.12× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.38× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.44× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.23× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.31×10 works
  2. Veterinary3.12×0 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.44×1 works
  4. Psychology2.23×3 works
  5. Health Professions2.13×3 works
  6. Dentistry1.87×0 works
  7. Nursing1.85×0 works
  8. Mathematics1.73×1 works
  9. Arts and Humanities1.38×2 works
  10. Medicine1.20×11 works
  11. Neuroscience1.18×1 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy1.16×1 works
  13. Chemistry1.04×1 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.03×0 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.02×1 works
  16. Computer Science0.80×3 works
  17. Social Sciences0.72×4 works
  18. Environmental Science0.53×1 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.23×0 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.21×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.16×0 works
  22. Engineering0.12×1 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Washtenaw Community College?

Ranked on the quality score, Norman Lederer, Mary Troy Johnston and Roger Philip Mourad lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Washtenaw Community College.

  1. 1 Norman Lederer United States · #2,784,331 worldwide 179 citations · 74 works
  2. 2 Mary Troy Johnston United States · #3,535,379 worldwide 49 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Roger Philip Mourad United States · #3,969,382 worldwide 113 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Betty Ladley Finkbeiner United States · #4,055,893 worldwide 102 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Gunder A. Myran United States · #4,890,714 worldwide 123 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Washtenaw Community College

What are the most cited papers from Washtenaw Community College?

The most cited paper from Washtenaw Community College is "Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy" (Daniel J. Klionsky et al., 2012), with 4,068 citations. Next come "I-TASSER server: new development for protein structure and function predictions" (2,705) and "Eaten alive: a history of macroautophagy" (2,118).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access1,270 authors Apr 2012 4,068
2 I-TASSER server: new development for protein structure and function predictions Jianyi Yang, Yang Zhang · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 16 Apr 2015 2,705
3 Eaten alive: a history of macroautophagy Zhifen Yang, Daniel J. Klionsky · Nature Cell Biology Open access Sep 2010 2,118
4 Motor control and aging: Links to age-related brain structural, functional, and biochemical effects Rachael D. Seidler, Jessica A. Bernard, Taritonye B. Burutolu et al. · Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews Open access 21 Oct 2009 1,840
5 Protein–ligand binding site recognition using complementary binding-specific substructure comparison and sequence profile alignment Jianyi Yang, Ambrish Roy, Yang Zhang · Bioinformatics Open access 23 Aug 2013 1,089
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Which keywords describe research at Washtenaw Community College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Drug Discovery, Epidemiology, Machine Learning, Health Equity, Precision Medicine, Higher Education, Ethical Challenges and Medical Imaging.

▲ 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 25 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 25 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 1.96×21 topics
  2. Machine Learning3▲ 2.1×8 topics
  3. Drug Discovery2▲ 23×4 topics
  4. Health Equity2▲ 12×2 topics
  5. Healthcare2▲ 3.0×4 topics
  6. Higher Education2▲ 6.6×3 topics
  7. Medical Imaging2▲ 6.4×2 topics
  8. Precision Medicine2▲ 7.1×3 topics
  9. Ethical Challenges2▲ 15×2 topics
  10. Artificial Intelligence1▲ 2.1×1 topic
  11. COVID-191▲ 2.3×9 topics
  12. Clinical Decision Support1▲ 19×1 topic
  13. Cancer1▲ 2.1×8 topics
  14. Inflammation1▲ 1.28×13 topics
  15. Natural Products1▲ 19×2 topics
  16. Risk Factors1▲ 2.3×6 topics
  17. Antibiotics1▲ 30×1 topic
  18. Gene Expression1▲ 3.9×4 topics
  19. Medical Education1▲ 8.8×2 topics
  20. Microbial Metabolites1▲ 68×1 topic
  21. Public Health1▲ 1.66×8 topics
  22. Secondary Metabolites1▲ 33×2 topics
  23. Mobile Learning1▲ 6.4×1 topic
  24. Student Engagement1▲ 5.6×4 topics
  25. Technology Integration1▲ 6.9×1 topic

Which research topics does Washtenaw Community College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education, Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis, Mobile Learning in Education and Suicide and Self-Harm Studies.

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 1 fractional worksMicrobial Natural Products and Biosynthesis: 1 fractional worksMobile Learning in Educa…1Mobile Learning in Education: 1 fractional worksSuicide and Self-Harm St…1Suicide and Self-Harm Studies: 1 fractional worksCinema and Media Studies: 1 fractional worksFilm in Education and Therapy: 1 fractional worksReceptor Mechanisms and …1Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling: 1 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial …1Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 1 fractional worksUbiquitin and proteasome…0Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways: 0 fractional worksNumerical methods for di…0Numerical methods for differential equations: 0 fractional works
Health InformaticsPharmacologyInformation SystemsClinical Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 1 works
  2. 2 Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis Pharmacology 1 works
  3. 3 Mobile Learning in Education Information Systems 1 works
  4. 4 Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Clinical Psychology 1 works
  5. 5 Cinema and Media Studies Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  6. 6 Film in Education and Therapy Health Information Management 1 works
  7. 7 Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling Molecular Biology 1 works
  8. 8 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 1 works
  9. 9 Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways Molecular Biology 0 works
  10. 10 Numerical methods for differential equations Numerical Analysis 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 available46.3%not open53.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.1%domestic only87.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Washtenaw Community College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 32% 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 Washtenaw Community College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00020% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Washtenaw Community College0.00012% in 202519801990200020102020

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