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Western Galilee College

In research, Western Galilee College stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,010 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,162 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Sociology and Political Science (Sociology and Political Science is 5.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,798
of 22,385 · #11,472 all time
Rank in Israel
#37
of 87
Research works
817
▲ 34% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.6k
6.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
35%
world 40%
International
8%
world 18%
Western Galilee College

What is Western Galilee College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #4,010 of 9,585 12.1%215 #4193
Social SciencesField #3,162 of 5,988 10.7%127 #2764

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Western Galilee College sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Western Galilee College work in?

In 2022-now, 77% of research at Western Galilee College is in Social Sciences, 12% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (44%), Psychology (11%), Business, Management and Accounting (7%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 249 fractional works · 77.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 144 fractional works · 44.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 58 fractional works · 18.1% of its workEducation: 25 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 19 fractional works · 5.9% of its workDemography: 11 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGender Studies: 9 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSafety Research: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 34 fractional works · 10.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 11 fractional works · 3.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 9 fractional works · 2.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 23 fractional works · 7.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 8 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 23 fractional works · 7.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 17 fractional works · 5.2% of its workFinance: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 15 fractional works · 4.7% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHistory: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 10 fractional works · 3.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 39 fractional works · 12.1% of its workMathematics: 13 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeometry and Topology: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 3.3% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 23 fractional works · 7.2% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLeadership and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 3.6% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKWestern GalileeCollege323fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences77%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences14444.4%
    2. Psychology3410.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting237.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance237.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities154.7%
    6. Decision Sciences103.2%
    1. Mathematics133.9%
    2. Computer Science113.3%
    3. Engineering61.9%
    4. Environmental Science51.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy20.5%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
    7. Energy10.2%
    8. Chemistry10.2%
    9. Materials Science00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine144.2%
    2. Health Professions82.6%
    3. Nursing10.3%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Neuroscience51.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences51.5%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Western Galilee College specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Sociology and Political Science takes 5.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield · 58.4 works5.0×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.33× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.96× its world share, 5 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.43× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.13× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.34× its world share, 13 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.99× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.64× its world share, 15 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.22× its world share, 23 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.28× its world share, 10 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.29× its world share, 23 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.47× its world share, 34 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.51× its world share, 144 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences3.51×144 works
  2. Psychology3.47×34 works
  3. Mathematics3.34×13 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.29×23 works
  5. Decision Sciences3.28×10 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting2.22×23 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.64×15 works
  8. Health Professions0.99×8 works
  9. Neuroscience0.96×5 works
  10. Nursing0.63×1 works
  11. Computer Science0.43×11 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.33×5 works
  13. Environmental Science0.31×5 works
  14. Energy0.26×1 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.24×2 works
  16. Medicine0.22×14 works
  17. Dentistry0.21×0 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.18×1 works
  19. Chemistry0.13×1 works
  20. Engineering0.13×6 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.10×0 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.09×2 works
  23. Materials Science0.03×0 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Western Galilee College?

Ranked on the quality score, Anat Klemer, Einat Nevo and Labib Shami lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Western Galilee College.

  1. 1 Anat Klemer Israel · #782,219 worldwide 92 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Einat Nevo Israel · #823,791 worldwide 596 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Labib Shami Israel · #967,720 worldwide 270 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Vered Vaknin‐Nusbaum Israel · #1,127,108 worldwide 1.3k citations · 65 works
  5. 5 Nir Rozmann Israel · #1,278,681 worldwide 396 citations · 32 works
  6. 6 Miriam Sarid Israel · #1,363,620 worldwide 498 citations · 39 works
  7. 7 Carmit Gal Israel · #1,395,739 worldwide 112 citations · 34 works
  8. 8 Avishay Aiche Israel · #1,468,762 worldwide 100 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Yehuda Peled Israel · #1,529,322 worldwide 854 citations · 66 works
  10. 10 Boaz Cohen Israel · #1,667,375 worldwide 569 citations · 62 works
All ranked researchers at Western Galilee College

What are the most cited papers from Western Galilee College?

The most cited paper from Western Galilee College is "Mental Disorders Stigma in the Media: Review of Studies on Production, Content, and Influences" (Anat Klin, Dafna Lemish, 2008), with 365 citations. Next come "The determinants of CDS spreads" (188) and "Traditional Arabic and Islamic Medicine, a Re‐Emerging Health Aid" (177).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Mental Disorders Stigma in the Media: Review of Studies on Production, Content, and Influences Anat Klin, Dafna Lemish · Journal of Health Communication 23 Jul 2008 365
2 The determinants of CDS spreads Koresh Galil, Offer Moshe Shapir, Dan Amiram et al. · Journal of Banking & Finance 11 Dec 2013 188
3 Traditional Arabic and Islamic Medicine, a Re‐Emerging Health Aid Hassan Azaizeh, Bashar Saad, Edwin Lowell Cooper et al. · Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine Open access 9 May 2008 177
4 Why Do Academics Use Academic Social Networking Sites? Hagit Meishar‐Tal, Efrat Pieterse · The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Open access 28 Feb 2017 152
5 Predictors of Academic Dishonesty among undergraduate students in online and face-to-face courses Yehuda Peled, Yovav Eshet, Casimir Barczyk et al. · Computers & Education 18 May 2018 141
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Western Galilee College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Nationalism, Israel, Occupation, Ethnic Identity, Palestine, Discrimination and Segregation.

▲ 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 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. Human Rights23▲ 7.0×16 topics
  2. Nationalism22▲ 15×8 topics
  3. Israel21▲ 196×2 topics
  4. Occupation20▲ 98×2 topics
  5. Ethnic Identity19▲ 52×2 topics
  6. Globalization18▲ 2.9×27 topics
  7. Palestine18▲ 105×2 topics
  8. Discrimination18▲ 27×2 topics
  9. Segregation18▲ 71×1 topic
  10. Settler Colonialism18▲ 130×1 topic
  11. Mental Health14▲ 3.0×25 topics
  12. Education12▲ 2.2×17 topics
  13. Social Capital11▲ 6.4×10 topics
  14. Politics10▲ 11×7 topics
  15. Identity9▲ 3.9×10 topics
  16. Student Engagement8▲ 6.1×10 topics
  17. Academic Achievement8▲ 14×8 topics
  18. Global Governance7▲ 9.2×5 topics
  19. Monetary Policy7▲ 9.3×6 topics
  20. Intersectionality7▲ 11×5 topics
  21. Social Networks7▲ 7.5×6 topics
  22. Diaspora6▲ 34×2 topics
  23. Community6▲ 16×6 topics
  24. Ethnicity6▲ 5.1×7 topics
  25. Stock Market6▲ 8.6×2 topics
  26. Feminist Theory6▲ 40×2 topics
  27. Migration6▲ 5.3×6 topics
  28. Relativity6▲ 63×2 topics
  29. Trauma6▲ 8.7×5 topics
  30. Parental Involvement6▲ 9.7×3 topics
  31. Policy Makers6▲ 77×1 topic
  32. Women6▲ 77×1 topic
  33. Geometry5▲ 101×1 topic
  34. Hyperbolic5▲ 101×1 topic
  35. Language Development5▲ 12×5 topics
  36. Public Opinion5▲ 13×4 topics
  37. Refugees5▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Citizenship5▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Economic Policy Uncertainty5▲ 24×1 topic
  40. Oil Price Shocks5▲ 24×1 topic

Which research topics does Western Galilee College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies, Gender Politics and Representation, Mathematics and Applications and Market Dynamics and Volatility.

Jewish and Middle Easter…18Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 18 fractional worksGender Politics and Representation: 6 fractional worksMathematics and Applications: 5 fractional worksMarket Dynamics and Volatility: 5 fractional worksStock Market Forecasting Methods: 5 fractional worksEntrepreneurship Studies…4Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences: 4 fractional worksJewish Identity and Society: 4 fractional worksMemory, Trauma, and Commemoration: 4 fractional worksMiddle East and Rwanda Conflicts: 3 fractional worksReading and Literacy Development: 3 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceGender StudiesGeometry and TopologyEconomics and Econometrics5 others

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

  1. 1 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 18 works
  2. 2 Gender Politics and Representation Gender Studies 6 works
  3. 3 Mathematics and Applications Geometry and Topology 5 works
  4. 4 Market Dynamics and Volatility Economics and Econometrics 5 works
  5. 5 Stock Market Forecasting Methods Management Science and Operations Research 5 works
  6. 6 Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences Management of Technology and Innovation 4 works
  7. 7 Jewish Identity and Society Demography 4 works
  8. 8 Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration Social Psychology 4 works
  9. 9 Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  10. 10 Reading and Literacy Development Developmental and Educational Psychology 3 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 available34.9%not open65.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.4%domestic only91.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Western Galilee College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 34% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Western Galilee College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0015% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Western Galilee College0.0013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Western Galilee College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Western Galilee College17.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.9% in 2025.

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