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Western Nevada College

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Research works
33
▲ 212% vs 2013–17
Citations
253
7.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
33%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Western Nevada 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: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.47× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 6.13× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 4.31× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 8.25× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 5.27× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 8.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Western Nevada College?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Environmental Impact, Groundwater, Hydrogeology, Water Quality, Sustainability, Conservation, Identity and History.

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

All 29 words, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Impact3▲ 6.5×3 topics
  2. Sustainability3▲ 4.6×3 topics
  3. Groundwater2▲ 90×2 topics
  4. Hydrogeology2▲ 190×1 topic
  5. Water Quality2▲ 18×1 topic
  6. Conservation2▲ 12×3 topics
  7. History2▲ 6.7×3 topics
  8. Identity2▲ 7.2×3 topics
  9. Community Resilience2▲ 44×2 topics
  10. Cultural Heritage2▲ 11×2 topics
  11. Environmental Movement2▲ 241×1 topic
  12. Renewable Energy2▲ 4.8×1 topic
  13. Nationalism2▲ 7.9×2 topics
  14. Ecosystem Services1▲ 12×2 topics
  15. Social Support1▲ 8.2×5 topics
  16. Spatial Analysis1▲ 42×2 topics
  17. Traditional Irrigation1▲ 294×1 topic
  18. Water Sustainability1▲ 294×1 topic
  19. BIM1▲ 75×1 topic
  20. Canada1▲ 110×1 topic
  21. Construction1▲ 29×1 topic
  22. Educational Technology1▲ 4.5×2 topics
  23. Experimental Tools1▲ 124×1 topic
  24. Information Visualization1▲ 136×1 topic
  25. STEM Education1▲ 11×2 topics
  26. Smartphones1▲ 76×1 topic
  27. Social Policy1▲ 23×1 topic
  28. Technology Integration1▲ 15×2 topics
  29. Visual Analytics1▲ 136×1 topic

Which research topics does Western Nevada College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Water Quality and Resources Studies, Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity, Health, Medicine and Society and Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues.

Water Quality and Resour…1Water Quality and Resources Studies: 1 fractional worksHermeneutics and Narrative Identity: 0 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 0 fractional worksAging, Elder Care, and Social Issues: 0 fractional worksPragmatism in Philosophy and Education: 0 fractional worksHistory and Theory of Mathematics: 0 fractional worksSeismic Waves and Analysis: 0 fractional worksSeismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques: 0 fractional worksSeismology and Earthquake Studies: 0 fractional worksAfrican cultural and philosophical studies: 0 fractional works
Water Science and TechnologyPhilosophyGeneral Health ProfessionsTheoretical Computer Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Water Quality and Resources Studies Water Science and Technology 1 works
  2. 2 Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity Philosophy 0 works
  3. 3 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 0 works
  4. 4 Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues General Health Professions 0 works
  5. 5 Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education Philosophy 0 works
  6. 6 History and Theory of Mathematics Theoretical Computer Science 0 works
  7. 7 Seismic Waves and Analysis Geophysics 0 works
  8. 8 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 0 works
  9. 9 Seismology and Earthquake Studies Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  10. 10 African cultural and philosophical studies Education 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 available32.7%not open67.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.5%domestic only94.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Western Nevada College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 212% 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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