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Allentown Public Library

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Research works
53
▲ 132% vs 2018-21
Citations
473
8.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
47%
world 40%
International
33%
world 18%
Allentown Public Library

Not ranked overall: Allentown Public Library 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 Allentown Public Library work in?

In all years, 86% of research at Allentown Public Library is in Physical Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Physics and Astronomy (42%), Engineering (20%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (9%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 46 fractional works · 85.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 22 fractional works · 42.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 20 fractional works · 38.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 20.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 6.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 5.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 9.3% of its workGeophysics: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 6.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNumerical Analysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 8.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 6.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 6.7% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% 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 · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAllentown PublicLibrary53fractional works, all years
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences86%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences3%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Physics and Astronomy2242.0%
    2. Engineering1120.0%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences59.3%
    4. Computer Science36.4%
    5. Environmental Science36.3%
    6. Chemistry00.5%
    7. Mathematics00.4%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    9. Materials Science00.3%
    10. Energy00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology46.7%
    2. Neuroscience11.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
    1. Medicine23.0%
    2. Health Professions00.2%
    1. Decision Sciences11.6%
    2. Psychology00.9%
    3. Social Sciences00.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 2.90× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.65× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.98× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 2.18× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.85× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 14.15× its world share, 5 worksPhysics and AstronomyDecision Sciences: 3.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 14.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 13 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy14.15×5 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences4.98×1 works
  3. Decision Sciences3.15×0 works
  4. Chemical Engineering2.90×0 works
  5. Environmental Science2.85×2 works
  6. Engineering2.18×5 works
  7. Chemistry0.65×0 works
  8. Computer Science0.65×1 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.29×0 works
  10. Materials Science0.29×0 works
  11. Mathematics0.25×0 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.04×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Allentown Public Library?

The most cited paper from Allentown Public Library is "Free-Space Optical Communications for Next-generation Military Networks" (Juan C. Juarez, Anurag Dwivedi, A. Roger Hammons et al., 2006), with 194 citations. Next come "Overview of Solar Wind–Magnetosphere–Ionosphere–Atmosphere Coupling and the Generation of Magnetospheric Currents" (182) and "Complex organic molecules in comets C/2012 F6 (Lemmon) and C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy): detection of ethylene glycol and formamide" (132).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Free-Space Optical Communications for Next-generation Military Networks Juan C. Juarez, Anurag Dwivedi, A. Roger Hammons et al. · IEEE Communications Magazine Nov 2006 194
2 Overview of Solar Wind–Magnetosphere–Ionosphere–Atmosphere Coupling and the Generation of Magnetospheric Currents Steve E. Milan, L. B. N. Clausen, John Coxon et al. · Space Science Reviews Open access Feb 2017 182
3 Complex organic molecules in comets C/2012 F6 (Lemmon) and C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy): detection of ethylene glycol and formamide N. Biver, D. Bockelée-Morvan, V. Debout et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access Jun 2014 132
4 Science case for the Asteroid Impact Mission (AIM): A component of the Asteroid Impact & Deflection Assessment (AIDA) mission Patrick Michel et al. · Advances in Space Research Open access 30 Mar 2016 121
5 Dynamics of thin current sheets: Cluster observations W. Baumjohann, Alain Roux, O. Le Contel et al. · Annales Geophysicae Open access 29 Jun 2007 98
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Allentown Public Library?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Solar Wind, Ionosphere, Magnetosphere, Coronal Mass Ejections, Solar Dynamics Observatory, Solar System Abundances, Terrestrial Planets and Geomagnetic Field.

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

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Solar Wind11▲ 153×2 topics
  2. Ionosphere6▲ 175×1 topic
  3. Magnetosphere6▲ 175×1 topic
  4. Coronal Mass Ejections5▲ 132×1 topic
  5. Solar Dynamics Observatory5▲ 132×1 topic
  6. Solar System Abundances5▲ 102×1 topic
  7. Terrestrial Planets5▲ 102×1 topic
  8. Geomagnetic Field3▲ 146×1 topic
  9. Magnetosome Formation3▲ 146×1 topic
  10. Mars3▲ 109×1 topic
  11. Martian Surface3▲ 109×1 topic
  12. Risk Assessment3▲ 8.5×5 topics
  13. Ionospheric Anomalies2▲ 114×1 topic
  14. Seismic Electromagnetics2▲ 114×1 topic
  15. Climate Change2▲ 1.42×10 topics
  16. Machine Learning2▲ 1.54×7 topics
  17. Fuzzy Mathematics1▲ 199×1 topic
  18. Set Pair Analysis1▲ 199×1 topic
  19. Wireless Sensor Networks1▲ 4.9×2 topics

Which research topics does Allentown Public Library publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics, Astro and Planetary Science, Research studies in Vietnam and Planetary Science and Exploration.

Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 2 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Science: 1 fractional worksResearch studies in Viet…1Research studies in Vietnam: 1 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Ex…1Planetary Science and Exploration: 1 fractional worksUnderwater Vehicles and Communication Systems: 1 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 1 fractional worksMaritime Navigation and …1Maritime Navigation and Safety: 1 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and Climate Change: 0 fractional worksSimulation Techniques and Applications: 0 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agriculture: 0 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsEcologyOcean EngineeringEcological Modeling1 others

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

  1. 1 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  2. 2 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  3. 3 Research studies in Vietnam Ecology 1 works
  4. 4 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  5. 5 Underwater Vehicles and Communication Systems Ocean Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  7. 7 Maritime Navigation and Safety Ocean Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 0 works
  9. 9 Simulation Techniques and Applications Management Science and Operations Research 0 works
  10. 10 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 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 available47.3%not open52.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.3%domestic only66.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Allentown Public Library's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 132% 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 Allentown Public Library as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000060% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Allentown Public Library0.000063% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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