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Yakima Valley Community College

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Research works
102
▲ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
989
9.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
26%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Yakima Valley Community College

Not ranked overall: Yakima Valley Community 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 Yakima Valley Community College work in?

In 2022-now, 37% of research at Yakima Valley Community College is in Social Sciences, 30% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (19%), Social Sciences (17%), Environmental Science (11%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 9 fractional works · 36.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 17.4% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 9.0% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 10.1% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 7.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 7.0% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 29.6% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 18.9% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 4.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 8.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 25.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 11.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.7% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKYakima ValleyCommunity College24fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences30%Social Sciences37%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences417.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities210.1%
    3. Psychology27.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting01.3%
    5. Decision Sciences00.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    1. Medicine518.9%
    2. Health Professions28.1%
    3. Dentistry02.0%
    4. Nursing00.6%
    1. Environmental Science311.5%
    2. Engineering16.0%
    3. Computer Science14.0%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences13.7%
    5. Materials Science00.5%
    6. Mathematics00.3%
    1. Neuroscience13.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.5%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.8%
    4. 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: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.39× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.30× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.33× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.31× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 4.00× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.08× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.99× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 1.27× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.48× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.44× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.38× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry4.00×0 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.48×2 works
  3. Health Professions3.08×2 works
  4. Psychology2.44×2 works
  5. Neuroscience2.39×1 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.33×1 works
  7. Environmental Science2.31×3 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.30×0 works
  9. Social Sciences1.38×4 works
  10. Nursing1.27×0 works
  11. Medicine0.99×5 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.54×1 works
  13. Computer Science0.51×1 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.46×0 works
  15. Engineering0.40×1 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.39×0 works
  17. Decision Sciences0.32×0 works
  18. Mathematics0.26×0 works
  19. Materials Science0.13×0 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.13×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Yakima Valley Community College?

Ranked on the quality score, Heidi L. Shaw and Douglas A. Morrison lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Yakima Valley Community College.

  1. 1 Heidi L. Shaw United States · #3,922,500 worldwide 32 citations · 15 works
  2. 2 Douglas A. Morrison United States · #4,053,034 worldwide 160 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Yakima Valley Community College

What are the most cited papers from Yakima Valley Community College?

The most cited paper from Yakima Valley Community College is "Doing Time Together: Love and Family in the Shadow of the Prison" (Megan L. Comfort, 2008), with 450 citations. Next come "Disease severity, pregnancy outcomes, and maternal deaths among pregnant patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection in Washington State" (287) and "Salivary Antimicrobial Peptide Expression and Dental Caries Experience in Children" (212).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Doing Time Together: Love and Family in the Shadow of the Prison Megan L. Comfort Jul 2008 450
2 Disease severity, pregnancy outcomes, and maternal deaths among pregnant patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection in Washington State Erica M. Lokken et al. · American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Open access 26 Jan 2021 287
3 Salivary Antimicrobial Peptide Expression and Dental Caries Experience in Children Renchuan Tao, Richard J. Jurevic, Kimberly Mathieu Coulton et al. · Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Open access 26 Aug 2005 212
4 MR Imaging of Carotid Plaque Composition During Lipid-Lowering Therapy Xue-Qiao Zhao, Li Dong, Tom Hatsukami et al. · JACC. Cardiovascular imaging Open access Sep 2011 161
5 Using teledentistry to provide interceptive orthodontic services to disadvantaged children Jeff Berndt, Paola Leone, Gregory J. King · American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Nov 2008 148
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Yakima Valley Community College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Gesture, Sign Language, Academic Performance, Health Workforce, Rural Health, Autofocusing and College Retention.

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

All 11 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology3▲ 2.8×13 topics
  2. Gesture1▲ 209×1 topic
  3. Neural Networks1▲ 3.4×3 topics
  4. Sign Language1▲ 91×1 topic
  5. Academic Performance1▲ 57×2 topics
  6. Health Workforce1▲ 106×1 topic
  7. Rural Health1▲ 156×1 topic
  8. Autofocusing1▲ 132×1 topic
  9. College Retention1▲ 212×1 topic
  10. Depth Estimation1▲ 52×1 topic
  11. Student Engagement1▲ 10×1 topic

Which research topics does Yakima Valley Community College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Hearing Impairment and Communication, Global Health Workforce Issues, Image Processing Techniques and Applications and Higher Education Research Studies.

Hearing Impairment and C…1Hearing Impairment and Communication: 1 fractional worksGlobal Health Workforce …1Global Health Workforce Issues: 1 fractional worksImage Processing Techniq…1Image Processing Techniques and Applications: 1 fractional worksHigher Education Researc…1Higher Education Research Studies: 1 fractional worksHeavy metals in environment: 1 fractional worksDermatological diseases and infestations: 1 fractional worksNail Diseases and Treatm…1Nail Diseases and Treatments: 1 fractional worksHigher Education Learning Practices: 0 fractional worksMedia Studies and Communication: 0 fractional worksStudent Assessment and Feedback: 0 fractional works
Developmental and Educational PsychologyEmergency Medical ServicesMedia TechnologyEducation4 others

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

  1. 1 Hearing Impairment and Communication Developmental and Educational Psychology 1 works
  2. 2 Global Health Workforce Issues Emergency Medical Services 1 works
  3. 3 Image Processing Techniques and Applications Media Technology 1 works
  4. 4 Higher Education Research Studies Education 1 works
  5. 5 Heavy metals in environment Pollution 1 works
  6. 6 Dermatological diseases and infestations Infectious Diseases 1 works
  7. 7 Nail Diseases and Treatments Epidemiology 1 works
  8. 8 Higher Education Learning Practices Education 0 works
  9. 9 Media Studies and Communication Communication 0 works
  10. 10 Student Assessment and Feedback 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 available26.1%not open73.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.2%domestic only87.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Yakima Valley Community College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% 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 Yakima Valley Community College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00012% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Yakima Valley Community College0.000076% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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