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Westwood College

In research, Westwood College stands highest in Physical Sciences (#11,754 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#16,161
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,346
of 7,310
Research works
363
▲ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.2k
11.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.80×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
20%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
Westwood College

What is Westwood College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #11,754 of 17,446 6.7%121

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Westwood 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 Westwood College work in?

In 2022-now, 30% of research at Westwood College is in Physical Sciences, 30% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (27%), Social Sciences (14%), Computer Science (12%).

Physical Sciences: 15 fractional works · 30.0% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 11.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 5.1% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 10.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 15 fractional works · 29.8% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 27.3% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 27.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 13.7% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 12.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 7.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDrug Discovery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKWestwood College52fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences30%Health Sciences30%Social Sciences28%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science611.7%
    2. Engineering510.0%
    3. Environmental Science23.7%
    4. Physics and Astronomy11.5%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.1%
    6. Materials Science00.9%
    7. Energy00.6%
    8. Chemistry00.3%
    1. Medicine1427.3%
    2. Health Professions12.4%
    3. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Social Sciences713.7%
    2. Psychology34.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities23.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting23.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.3%
    6. Decision Sciences00.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology47.2%
    2. Neuroscience12.8%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics01.0%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.5%
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: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.36× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.69× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.75× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.51× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.67× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.42× its world share, 14 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.09× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.94× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.06× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.62× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.75×0 works
  2. Neuroscience1.69×1 works
  3. Psychology1.62×2 works
  4. Computer Science1.51×6 works
  5. Medicine1.42×14 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.36×4 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.09×2 works
  8. Social Sciences1.08×7 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.06×1 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.94×2 works
  11. Health Professions0.92×1 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.76×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.75×2 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.70×1 works
  15. Energy0.70×0 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.69×1 works
  17. Engineering0.67×5 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.48×0 works
  19. Dentistry0.33×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.27×0 works
  21. Chemistry0.21×0 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.20×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Westwood College?

Ranked on the quality score, Frank W. Very, L. Marin and S. Max lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Westwood College.

  1. 1 Frank W. Very United States · #2,138,057 worldwide 148 citations · 103 works
  2. 2 L. Marin United States · #3,027,654 worldwide 258 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 S. Max United States · #3,790,262 worldwide 292 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Jules Barron United States · #4,257,761 worldwide 53 citations · 36 works
  5. 5 Martha Brunner-Orne United States · #4,538,560 worldwide 60 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Happy T. Holden United States · #4,581,378 worldwide 60 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Paul Centore United States · #5,009,061 worldwide 208 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Westwood College

What are the most cited papers from Westwood College?

The most cited paper from Westwood College is "Neoadjuvant–Adjuvant or Adjuvant-Only Pembrolizumab in Advanced Melanoma" (Sapna Pradyuman Patel et al., 2023), with 893 citations. Next come "Disorganized/disoriented attachment relationships in maltreated infants." (678) and "Goserelin for Ovarian Protection during Breast-Cancer Adjuvant Chemotherapy" (552).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Neoadjuvant–Adjuvant or Adjuvant-Only Pembrolizumab in Advanced Melanoma Sapna Pradyuman Patel et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access Mar 2023 893
2 Disorganized/disoriented attachment relationships in maltreated infants. Vicki Carlson, Dante Cicchetti, Douglas Barnett et al. · Developmental Psychology Jul 1989 678
3 Goserelin for Ovarian Protection during Breast-Cancer Adjuvant Chemotherapy Halle C. F. Moore et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 4 Mar 2015 552
4 Analysis of T lymphocyte subsets in cytomegalovirus mononucleosis. Walter P. Carney, R H Rubin, R. A. Hoffman et al. · The Journal of Immunology Jun 1981 484
5 Impact of Cognitive and Social Cognitive Impairment on Functional Outcomes in Patients With Schizophrenia Michael F. Green · The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry Open access 22 Feb 2016 296
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Westwood College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Transfer Learning, Medical Imaging, Agency, Immunotherapy, Ethics, Empathy and Neurodegeneration.

▲ 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. Deep Learning6▲ 3.3×17 topics
  2. Epidemiology3▲ 1.52×12 topics
  3. Machine Learning3▲ 1.77×12 topics
  4. Immunotherapy2▲ 5.3×6 topics
  5. Medical Imaging2▲ 7.4×2 topics
  6. Transfer Learning2▲ 20×2 topics
  7. Agency2▲ 79×2 topics
  8. Ethics2▲ 6.8×3 topics
  9. Sustainability2▲ 1.41×5 topics
  10. Oxidative Stress2▲ 2.0×6 topics
  11. Empathy1▲ 24×2 topics
  12. Glycemic Control1▲ 18×4 topics
  13. Neurodegeneration1▲ 9.1×3 topics
  14. Survival Analysis1▲ 10×2 topics
  15. Classification1▲ 5.6×4 topics
  16. Convolutional Neural Networks1▲ 3.5×3 topics
  17. Dermoscopy1▲ 55×1 topic
  18. Feature Extraction1▲ 5.7×2 topics
  19. Melanoma1▲ 39×2 topics
  20. Moral Realism1▲ 157×1 topic
  21. Parkinson's Disease1▲ 10×4 topics
  22. Skin Cancer1▲ 32×1 topic
  23. Social Capital1▲ 5.0×3 topics
  24. Virtue Ethics1▲ 125×1 topic
  25. Ridesharing1▲ 43×1 topic
  26. Shared Autonomous Vehicles1▲ 43×1 topic
  27. Diabetes1▲ 4.3×3 topics
  28. Insulin Therapy1▲ 17×3 topics
  29. Affective States1▲ 63×1 topic
  30. American founding1▲ 70×1 topic
  31. Amyloid Hypothesis1▲ 32×1 topic
  32. Biotechnological Applications1▲ 76×1 topic
  33. Brain Tumor1▲ 29×1 topic
  34. Chest X-Ray1▲ 27×1 topic
  35. Constitutional government1▲ 70×1 topic
  36. Intelligent Tutoring Systems1▲ 39×1 topic
  37. MRI1▲ 24×1 topic
  38. Microbial Enzymes1▲ 76×1 topic
  39. Pneumonia Detection1▲ 27×1 topic
  40. Tau Pathology1▲ 32×1 topic

Which research topics does Westwood College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Philosophical Ethics and Theory, Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management, Transportation and Mobility Innovations and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments.

Philosophical Ethics and…1Philosophical Ethics and Theory: 1 fractional worksCutaneous Melanoma Detec…1Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management: 1 fractional worksTransportation and Mobility Innovations: 1 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 1 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 1 fractional worksEnzyme Production and Characterization: 1 fractional worksBrain Tumor Detection and Classification: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 diagnosis using…1COVID-19 diagnosis using AI: 1 fractional worksIntelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning: 1 fractional worksParallel Computing and Optimization Techniques: 1 fractional works
PhilosophyOncologyAutomotive EngineeringPhysiology6 others

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

  1. 1 Philosophical Ethics and Theory Philosophy 1 works
  2. 2 Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management Oncology 1 works
  3. 3 Transportation and Mobility Innovations Automotive Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 1 works
  5. 5 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  6. 6 Enzyme Production and Characterization Biotechnology 1 works
  7. 7 Brain Tumor Detection and Classification Neurology 1 works
  8. 8 COVID-19 diagnosis using AI Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  9. 9 Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  10. 10 Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques Hardware and Architecture 1 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 available20.2%not open79.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.7%domestic only91.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Westwood College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Westwood College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00027% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Westwood College0.00018% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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