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Association for Information Science and Technology

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Research works
105
▲ 592% vs 2018-21
Citations
94
0.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
52%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%
Association for Information Science and Technology

Not ranked overall: Association for Information Science and Technology 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 Association for Information Science and Technology work in?

In all years, 57% of research at Association for Information Science and Technology is in Physical Sciences, 37% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (55%), Social Sciences (19%), Arts and Humanities (7%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 60 fractional works · 56.9% of its workComputer Science: 58 fractional works · 54.9% of its workInformation Systems: 49 fractional works · 46.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 7.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 39 fractional works · 36.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 18.7% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 7 fractional works · 6.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 7.4% of its workConservation: 6 fractional works · 6.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 5.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.6% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAssociation forInformation…105fractional works, all years
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences57%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences37%

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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science5854.9%
    2. Engineering10.8%
    3. Environmental Science10.6%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Social Sciences2018.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities87.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting55.2%
    4. Decision Sciences54.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    6. Psychology00.2%
    1. Health Professions32.5%
    2. Medicine22.0%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.72× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.28× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 10.79× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksMedicineVeterinary: 26.91× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.90× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 5.67× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 1.10× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 26.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 13 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary26.91×0 works
  2. Health Professions10.79×1 works
  3. Decision Sciences5.67×0 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.72×0 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.90×0 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.28×0 works
  7. Social Sciences1.10×0 works
  8. Medicine0.98×1 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.69×0 works
  10. Environmental Science0.69×0 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.50×0 works
  12. Engineering0.40×0 works
  13. Computer Science0.37×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Association for Information Science and Technology?

Ranked on the quality score, M Clinton and Irene L. Travis lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Association for Information Science and Technology.

  1. 1 M Clinton United States · #2,729,754 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Irene L. Travis United States · #6,431,911 worldwide 22 citations · 81 works
All ranked researchers at Association for Information Science and Technology

What are the most cited papers from Association for Information Science and Technology?

The most cited paper from Association for Information Science and Technology is "Investigating biomedical research literature in the blogosphere: a case study of diabetes and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c)" (Anatoliy A. Gruzd, Fiona A. Black, Thi Ngoc Yen Le et al., 2012), with 21 citations. Next come "THE WEATHER RISK MANAGEMENT INDUSTRY'S CLIMATE FORECAST AND DATA NEEDS" (14) and "Information Policy: From the Local to the Global" (13).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Investigating biomedical research literature in the blogosphere: a case study of diabetes and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) Anatoliy A. Gruzd, Fiona A. Black, Thi Ngoc Yen Le et al. · Journal of the Medical Library Association JMLA Open access 2012 21
2 THE WEATHER RISK MANAGEMENT INDUSTRY'S CLIMATE FORECAST AND DATA NEEDS Richard J. Murnane, Michael Crowe, Allan Eustis et al. · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Open access Aug 2002 14
3 Information Policy: From the Local to the Global Gail M. Hodge · Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology Open access Apr 2001 13
4 Evaluating classification schema and classification decisions Denise Bedford · Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology Open access 14 Dec 2012 10
5 From 1950s Documentalists to 20th Century Information Scientists - and Beyond: ASIS Enters the Year 2000 Facing Remarkable Advances and Challenges in Harnessing the Information Technology Revolution Eugene Garfield · Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 31 Jan 2005 6
All 73 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Association for Information Science and Technology?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Knowledge Management, Virtual Communities, Usability, Academic Libraries, Information Architecture, Knowledge Mapping, Social Media and Semantic Web.

▲ 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. Knowledge Management24▲ 51×6 topics
  2. Virtual Communities20▲ 482×2 topics
  3. Usability20▲ 361×2 topics
  4. Academic Libraries20▲ 400×3 topics
  5. Information Architecture20▲ 4891×1 topic
  6. Knowledge Mapping20▲ 4891×1 topic
  7. Social Media13▲ 16×6 topics
  8. Semantic Web11▲ 75×4 topics
  9. User Engagement11▲ 234×2 topics
  10. Library 2.010▲ 509×1 topic
  11. Technology Integration10▲ 48×2 topics
  12. Web 2.010▲ 509×1 topic
  13. Linked Data10▲ 124×2 topics
  14. Data Integration8▲ 32×3 topics
  15. Digital Repositories8▲ 310×2 topics
  16. Knowledge Representation6▲ 43×2 topics
  17. Archives6▲ 436×1 topic
  18. Digital Preservation6▲ 375×1 topic
  19. Metadata Standards6▲ 213×2 topics
  20. Ontology6▲ 34×1 topic
  21. RDF6▲ 89×1 topic
  22. Big Data6▲ 10×5 topics
  23. Educational Technology5▲ 7.5×2 topics
  24. Digital Textbooks5▲ 403×1 topic
  25. E-Books5▲ 403×1 topic
  26. Digital Literacy5▲ 16×3 topics
  27. User-Centered Design5▲ 122×2 topics
  28. Information Literacy5▲ 35×2 topics
  29. Data Sharing4▲ 214×1 topic
  30. Information Behavior4▲ 268×1 topic
  31. Library Instruction4▲ 268×1 topic
  32. Scientific Data Management4▲ 275×1 topic
  33. Supply Chain Management4▲ 7.0×2 topics
  34. Bibliographic Framework4▲ 366×1 topic
  35. Resource Description and Access4▲ 366×1 topic
  36. Analytics4▲ 64×1 topic
  37. Business Intelligence4▲ 64×1 topic
  38. Digital Divide4▲ 17×3 topics
  39. Information Retrieval3▲ 22×4 topics
  40. Cultural Competence3▲ 21×2 topics

Which research topics does Association for Information Science and Technology publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Occupational Therapy Practice and Research, Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights, Participatory Visual Research Methods and Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection.

Occupational Therapy Pra…1Occupational Therapy Practice and Research: 1 fractional worksIndigenous Health, Education, and Rights: 0 fractional worksParticipatory Visual Research Methods: 0 fractional worksMedicinal Plants and Neuroprotection: 0 fractional worksArt Therapy and Mental H…0Art Therapy and Mental Health: 0 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 0 fractional worksAnimal testing and alternatives: 0 fractional worksMeta-analysis and systematic reviews: 0 fractional worksSoft Robotics and Applications: 0 fractional worksUltrasound Imaging and Elastography: 0 fractional works
Occupational TherapyHealthSociology and Political ScienceComplementary and alternative medicine6 others

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

  1. 1 Occupational Therapy Practice and Research Occupational Therapy 1 works
  2. 2 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 0 works
  3. 3 Participatory Visual Research Methods Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  4. 4 Medicinal Plants and Neuroprotection Complementary and alternative medicine 0 works
  5. 5 Art Therapy and Mental Health Conservation 0 works
  6. 6 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  7. 7 Animal testing and alternatives Small Animals 0 works
  8. 8 Meta-analysis and systematic reviews Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 0 works
  9. 9 Soft Robotics and Applications Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Ultrasound Imaging and Elastography Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 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 available52.2%not open47.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.3%domestic only94.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Association for Information Science and Technology's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 592% 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 Association for Information Science and Technology as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000029% in 2023.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Association for Information Science and Technology0.000027% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Association for Information Science and Technology over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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