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West Kentucky Community and Technical College

Research works
33
▼ 48% vs 2013–17
Citations
334
10.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
15%
world 28%

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

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.

Computer Science: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 2.26× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.20× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.21× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 5.71× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Social Sciences: 2.01× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciencesworld share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at West Kentucky Community and Technical College?

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

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

All 31 words, with their numbers
  1. Diversity4▲ 65×4 topics
  2. Educational Inequality4▲ 184×2 topics
  3. Higher Education4▲ 28×6 topics
  4. Student Engagement3▲ 38×2 topics
  5. Academic Performance3▲ 123×1 topic
  6. College Retention3▲ 419×1 topic
  7. Academic Libraries2▲ 163×3 topics
  8. Community Engagement2▲ 20×2 topics
  9. Critical Thinking2▲ 85×2 topics
  10. Social Justice2▲ 12×2 topics
  11. Biogeography2▲ 15×4 topics
  12. Digital Literacy2▲ 17×1 topic
  13. Information Literacy2▲ 40×1 topic
  14. Environmental Impact2▲ 3.7×7 topics
  15. Globalization1▲ 2.4×3 topics
  16. Democracy1▲ 11×2 topics
  17. Social Media1▲ 5.1×2 topics
  18. Academic Achievement1▲ 24×2 topics
  19. Organizational Culture1▲ 13×3 topics
  20. Rhetoric1▲ 29×2 topics
  21. Student Perceptions1▲ 25×2 topics
  22. Training Pathways1▲ 97×1 topic
  23. Vocational Education1▲ 51×1 topic
  24. Neoliberalism1▲ 9.2×2 topics
  25. Activism1▲ 72×1 topic
  26. Civic Education1▲ 132×1 topic
  27. Crisis Communication1▲ 131×1 topic
  28. Primary Care1▲ 7.2×2 topics
  29. Public Discourse1▲ 125×1 topic
  30. Public Relations1▲ 167×1 topic
  31. Service-Learning1▲ 222×1 topic

Which research topics does West Kentucky Community and Technical College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques, Extraction and Separation Processes, Nuclear Physics and Applications and Education Systems and Policy.

  1. 1 Minerals Flotation and Separation Techniques Water Science and Technology 0 works
  2. 2 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  3. 3 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 0 works
  4. 4 Education Systems and Policy Education 0 works
  5. 5 Service-Learning and Community Engagement Education 0 works
  6. 6 Metallurgy and Material Forming Mechanics of Materials 0 works
  7. 7 Metal Forming Simulation Techniques Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Autonomous Vehicle Technology and Safety Automotive Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Traffic control and management Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Reinforcement Learning in Robotics Artificial Intelligence 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 available15.4%not open84.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.9%domestic only94.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has West Kentucky Community and Technical College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 48% 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.

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