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West Valley College

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Research works
71
▲ 200% vs 2013–17
Citations
496
7.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
23%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: West Valley 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 1.58× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 1.48× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.63× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.11× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 5.45× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.15× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.78× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 5.47× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.62× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at West Valley College?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Parallel Computing, Performance Optimization, Culture, Gender, STEM Education, Identity, Diversity and Embedded Systems.

▲ 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. Parallel Computing4▲ 30×1 topic
  2. Performance Optimization4▲ 53×1 topic
  3. Globalization3▲ 2.5×7 topics
  4. Sustainability3▲ 2.6×2 topics
  5. Gender3▲ 7.4×5 topics
  6. Culture3▲ 8.5×5 topics
  7. Identity3▲ 5.2×5 topics
  8. STEM Education2▲ 13×3 topics
  9. Diversity2▲ 18×4 topics
  10. Embedded Systems2▲ 36×3 topics
  11. Migration2▲ 11×3 topics
  12. Race2▲ 26×3 topics
  13. Social Media2▲ 3.9×4 topics
  14. Teacher Education2▲ 31×3 topics
  15. Social Justice2▲ 5.7×5 topics
  16. Computational Thinking2▲ 110×1 topic
  17. Cultural Heritage2▲ 6.4×3 topics
  18. Global Value Chains2▲ 159×1 topic
  19. Monetary Policy2▲ 10×2 topics
  20. Production Networks2▲ 159×1 topic
  21. Programming Education2▲ 110×1 topic
  22. Literature2▲ 5.5×3 topics
  23. Labor Market2▲ 10×3 topics
  24. Politics2▲ 9.1×4 topics
  25. Biodiversity Conservation2▲ 8.6×2 topics
  26. FPGA2▲ 28×2 topics
  27. Student Engagement2▲ 9.0×2 topics
  28. Technology Integration1▲ 9.8×3 topics
  29. Academic Libraries1▲ 40×2 topics
  30. Assessment1▲ 29×2 topics
  31. Chicano1▲ 126×1 topic
  32. Cultural Competence1▲ 15×3 topics
  33. Environmental Policy1▲ 12×1 topic
  34. High-Level Synthesis1▲ 44×1 topic
  35. Latino1▲ 126×1 topic
  36. Reconfigurable Computing1▲ 39×1 topic
  37. Relativity1▲ 38×2 topics
  38. Revolution1▲ 58×2 topics
  39. Social Perception1▲ 55×2 topics
  40. Water Management1▲ 19×1 topic

Which research topics does West Valley College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Robotics and Automated Systems, Resilience and Mental Health, Mentoring and Academic Development and Diverse Music Education Insights.

Robotics and Automated S…1Robotics and Automated Systems: 1 fractional worksResilience and Mental He…1Resilience and Mental Health: 1 fractional worksMentoring and Academic Development: 0 fractional worksDiverse Music Education Insights: 0 fractional worksMusic Technology and Sound Studies: 0 fractional worksNeuroscience and Music Perception: 0 fractional worksHistorical Geography and Cartography: 0 fractional worksInternational Student an…0International Student and Expatriate Challenges: 0 fractional worksEducational Challenges a…0Educational Challenges and Innovations: 0 fractional worksSocial Movements and Cul…0Social Movements and Cultural Identity: 0 fractional works
Control and Systems EngineeringClinical PsychologySocial PsychologyMusic6 others

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

  1. 1 Robotics and Automated Systems Control and Systems Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Resilience and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 1 works
  3. 3 Mentoring and Academic Development Social Psychology 0 works
  4. 4 Diverse Music Education Insights Music 0 works
  5. 5 Music Technology and Sound Studies Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 0 works
  6. 6 Neuroscience and Music Perception Cognitive Neuroscience 0 works
  7. 7 Historical Geography and Cartography Geography, Planning and Development 0 works
  8. 8 International Student and Expatriate Challenges Communication 0 works
  9. 9 Educational Challenges and Innovations Information Systems 0 works
  10. 10 Social Movements and Cultural Identity Sociology and Political Science 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 available22.6%not open77.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has West Valley College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 200% higher 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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