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Wichita Area Technical College

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Research works
12
▲ 47% vs 2018-21
Citations
64
5.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
64%
world 40%
International
7%
world 18%
Wichita Area Technical College

Not ranked overall: Wichita Area Technical College is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Wichita Area Technical College work in?

In all years, 43% of research at Wichita Area Technical College is in Physical Sciences, 30% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (25%), Social Sciences (15%), Medicine (15%).

Physical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 43.1% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 24.7% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 16.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 4.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 14.1% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 9.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 29.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 15.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 11.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 3.6% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 8.5% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 8.5% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 18.9% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 14.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 8.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 3.6% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 8.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workALL ITS WORKWichita AreaTechnical College12fractional works, all years
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences43%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences30%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 14 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering324.7%
    2. Computer Science214.1%
    3. Materials Science02.8%
    4. Environmental Science01.4%
    1. Social Sciences215.5%
    2. Arts and Humanities18.5%
    3. Psychology02.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting02.1%
    5. Decision Sciences00.7%
    1. Medicine214.6%
    2. Health Professions03.6%
    3. Nursing00.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences15.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology02.8%
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.

What are the most cited papers from Wichita Area Technical College?

The most cited paper from Wichita Area Technical College is "Interactive effects of pesticide mixtures, predators, and environmental regimes on the toxicity of two pesticides to red-eyed tree frog larvae" (Laura A. Johnson, Bill Welch, Steven M. Whitfield, 2013), with 30 citations. Next come "Participation in business associations and performance among family firms" (3) and "Electronic Timing of Automatic Glass-Blowing Machines" (2).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Interactive effects of pesticide mixtures, predators, and environmental regimes on the toxicity of two pesticides to red-eyed tree frog larvae Laura A. Johnson, Bill Welch, Steven M. Whitfield · Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 27 Jun 2013 30
2 Participation in business associations and performance among family firms John Timothy Perry, Timothy L. Pett, Amy Buhrman · International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business 2010 3
3 Electronic Timing of Automatic Glass-Blowing Machines Jerome A. Kwiatkowski, Robert D. Resing · IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications Mar 1976 2
4 Advancing Composites Education And Training Through Curriculum Design George Gray Conference paperOpen access 3 Sep 2020 2
5 "Advancing Composites Education and Training through Curriculum Design" George D. Gray Conference paperOpen access 18 Feb 2025 1
All 15 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Wichita Area Technical College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Engineering Education and Curriculum Development, Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques and Silk-based biomaterials and applications.

Engineering Education an…1Engineering Education and Curriculum Development: 1 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional worksReconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques: 0 fractional worksSilk-based biomaterials and applications: 0 fractional worksHigher Education and Tea…0Higher Education and Teaching Methods: 0 fractional worksKnee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 0 fractional worksOsteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms: 0 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 0 fractional worksDermatological and COVID-19 studies: 0 fractional works
Media TechnologySurgeryBiomaterialsInformation Systems3 others

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

  1. 1 Engineering Education and Curriculum Development Media Technology 1 works
  2. 2 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 0 works
  3. 3 Reconstructive Surgery and Microvascular Techniques Surgery 0 works
  4. 4 Silk-based biomaterials and applications Biomaterials 0 works
  5. 5 Higher Education and Teaching Methods Information Systems 0 works
  6. 6 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 0 works
  7. 7 Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms Rheumatology 0 works
  8. 8 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 0 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 0 works
  10. 10 Dermatological and COVID-19 studies Dermatology 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 available63.7%not open36.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.7%domestic only93.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Wichita Area Technical College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 47% 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 Wichita Area Technical College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000046% in 2023.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Wichita Area Technical College0.000040% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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