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Worcester Public Schools

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Research works
48
▼ 49% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.6k
32.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
20%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%
Worcester Public Schools

Not ranked overall: Worcester Public Schools is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Worcester Public Schools work in?

In all years, 36% of research at Worcester Public Schools is in Social Sciences, 28% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (22%), Social Sciences (20%), Medicine (19%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Social Sciences: 17 fractional works · 35.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 20.5% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 10.8% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 5 fractional works · 11.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 5.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 27.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 21.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 20.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 10 fractional works · 20.6% of its workMedicine: 9 fractional works · 19.5% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 7.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 16.1% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 6.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workALL ITS WORKWorcester PublicSchools48fractional works, all years
Life Sciences28%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences21%Social Sciences36%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1020.5%
    2. Psychology511.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities23.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1021.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology12.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.1%
    4. Neuroscience12.0%
    1. Medicine919.5%
    2. Health Professions01.0%
    3. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Computer Science36.3%
    2. Mathematics23.5%
    3. Materials Science11.6%
    4. Chemistry11.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy11.4%
    6. Engineering11.3%
    7. Environmental Science00.7%
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.

Immunology and Microbiology: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.28× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceMaterials Science: 1.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 1.01× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.86× its world share, 0 worksMedicineVeterinary: 3.73× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryPsychology: 5.24× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.79× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 9 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology5.24×0 works
  2. Social Sciences3.79×2 works
  3. Veterinary3.73×0 works
  4. Neuroscience3.28×0 works
  5. Materials Science1.02×0 works
  6. Health Professions1.01×0 works
  7. Computer Science0.91×0 works
  8. Medicine0.86×0 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.50×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Worcester Public Schools?

The most cited paper from Worcester Public Schools is "Multi‐method Psycho‐educational Intervention for Preschool Children with Disruptive Behavior: Preliminary Results at Post‐treatment" (Russell A. Barkley, Terri L. Shelton, Cheryl Crosswait et al., 2000), with 295 citations. Next come "Nonrandom gene organization: structural arrangements of specific pre-mRNA transcription and splicing with SC-35 domains." (249) and "Direct Vocabulary Instruction in Kindergarten: Teaching for Breadth versus Depth" (233).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Multi‐method Psycho‐educational Intervention for Preschool Children with Disruptive Behavior: Preliminary Results at Post‐treatment Russell A. Barkley, Terri L. Shelton, Cheryl Crosswait et al. · Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry Mar 2000 295
2 Nonrandom gene organization: structural arrangements of specific pre-mRNA transcription and splicing with SC-35 domains. Yigong Xing, Carol Villnave Johnson, Phillip T. Moen et al. · The Journal of Cell Biology Open access 15 Dec 1995 249
3 Direct Vocabulary Instruction in Kindergarten: Teaching for Breadth versus Depth Michael D. Coyne, D. Betsy McCoach, Susan M. Loftus et al. · The Elementary School Journal Open access 24 Jul 2009 233
4 Direct and Extended Vocabulary Instruction in Kindergarten: Investigating Transfer Effects Michael D. Coyne, D. Betsy McCoach, Susan M. Loftus et al. · Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness 29 Mar 2010 128
5 Psychiatric and Psychological Morbidity as a Function of Adaptive Disability in Preschool Children with Aggressive and Hyperactive-Impulsive-Inattentive Behavior Terri L. Shelton, Russell A. Barkley, Cheryl Crosswait et al. · Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology Dec 1998 121
All 53 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Worcester Public Schools?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Therapeutic Targets, DNA Structure, G-Quadruplexes, Biosensors, Immune Response, DNA nanotechnology, Self-Assembly and Vaccine.

▲ 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. Therapeutic Targets4▲ 37×2 topics
  2. DNA Structure4▲ 122×1 topic
  3. G-Quadruplexes4▲ 122×1 topic
  4. Epidemiology4▲ 1.80×8 topics
  5. Biosensors3▲ 12×3 topics
  6. Immune Response3▲ 9.3×4 topics
  7. DNA nanotechnology3▲ 54×1 topic
  8. Self-Assembly3▲ 14×1 topic
  9. Vaccine2▲ 12×2 topics
  10. Transplant Recipients2▲ 53×2 topics
  11. Vaccine Development2▲ 15×4 topics
  12. Hearing Loss2▲ 29×2 topics
  13. Cytomegalovirus2▲ 81×1 topic
  14. Infection2▲ 14×1 topic
  15. Gene Therapy2▲ 13×2 topics
  16. Herpes Zoster2▲ 76×1 topic
  17. Herpesviruses2▲ 76×1 topic
  18. Educational Technology2▲ 5.0×6 topics
  19. Social Justice2▲ 6.5×3 topics
  20. Inclusion2▲ 26×2 topics
  21. Community Engagement1▲ 9.8×2 topics
  22. Executive Functioning1▲ 25×3 topics
  23. Antiretroviral Therapy1▲ 12×2 topics
  24. Evidence-Based Practice1▲ 16×2 topics
  25. RNA Interference1▲ 25×1 topic
  26. STEM Education1▲ 9.9×3 topics
  27. Student Engagement1▲ 11×6 topics
  28. siRNA Delivery1▲ 37×1 topic
  29. Cognitive Development1▲ 22×3 topics
  30. Diversity1▲ 13×3 topics
  31. Language Development1▲ 16×3 topics
  32. Attitudes1▲ 67×1 topic
  33. Disabilities1▲ 211×1 topic
  34. Equality1▲ 27×1 topic
  35. Informed Consent1▲ 24×1 topic
  36. Microgravity1▲ 76×1 topic
  37. Non-Discrimination1▲ 389×1 topic
  38. Psychiatric Treatment1▲ 70×1 topic
  39. Python1▲ 101×1 topic
  40. Scientific Computing1▲ 101×1 topic

Which research topics does Worcester Public Schools publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research, Academic integrity and plagiarism, Technology-Enhanced Education Studies and Student Assessment and Feedback.

Chronic Lymphocytic Leuk…0Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research: 0 fractional worksAcademic integrity and p…0Academic integrity and plagiarism: 0 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Educ…0Technology-Enhanced Education Studies: 0 fractional worksStudent Assessment and F…0Student Assessment and Feedback: 0 fractional worksBehavioral and Psychological Studies: 0 fractional worksFamily and Disability Support Research: 0 fractional worksYouth Education and Soci…0Youth Education and Societal Dynamics: 0 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder Research: 0 fractional worksParental Involvement in Education: 0 fractional worksHigher Education Researc…0Higher Education Research Studies: 0 fractional works
GeneticsSafety ResearchEducationDevelopmental and Educational Psychology3 others

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

  1. 1 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Research Genetics 0 works
  2. 2 Academic integrity and plagiarism Safety Research 0 works
  3. 3 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 0 works
  4. 4 Student Assessment and Feedback Education 0 works
  5. 5 Behavioral and Psychological Studies Developmental and Educational Psychology 0 works
  6. 6 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 0 works
  7. 7 Youth Education and Societal Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  8. 8 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 0 works
  9. 9 Parental Involvement in Education Education 0 works
  10. 10 Higher Education Research 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 available20.5%not open79.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.0%domestic only95.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Worcester Public Schools's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 49% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Worcester Public Schools as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000093% in 2023.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Worcester Public Schools0.000026% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Worcester Public Schools over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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