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Association of Research Libraries

In research, Association of Research Libraries stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,844 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,243 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#9,654 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Library and Information Sciences (Library and Information Sciences is 507.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,503
of 22,385 · #3,355 all time
Rank in United States
#1,009
of 3,332
Research works
2.6k
▼ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
17k
6.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Association of Research Libraries

What is Association of Research Libraries known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #3,844 of 9,585 8.1%169 #1331
Social SciencesField #3,243 of 5,988 8.5%97 #1239
Physical SciencesDomain #9,654 of 10,670 11.3%61 #8145

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Association of Research Libraries sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#1,331 #3,844
  2. Social Sciences#1,239 #3,243
  3. Physical Sciences#8,145 #9,654
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Association of Research Libraries work in?

In 2022-now, 62% of research at Association of Research Libraries is in Social Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (36%), Computer Science (17%), Arts and Humanities (14%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 218 fractional works · 61.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 126 fractional works · 35.9% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 34 fractional works · 9.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 29 fractional works · 8.3% of its workEducation: 16 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 11 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAnthropology: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCultural Studies: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 49 fractional works · 13.8% of its workConservation: 9 fractional works · 2.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHistory: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMuseology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClassics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 14 fractional works · 3.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 13 fractional works · 3.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 81 fractional works · 23.1% of its workComputer Science: 61 fractional works · 17.3% of its workInformation Systems: 40 fractional works · 11.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 10 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 43 fractional works · 12.1% of its workMedicine: 24 fractional works · 6.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 16 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKAssociation ofResearch…353fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences62%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences12635.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities4913.8%
    3. Decision Sciences143.9%
    4. Psychology133.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting102.9%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance61.6%
    1. Computer Science6117.3%
    2. Environmental Science92.6%
    3. Engineering82.2%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.6%
    5. Mathematics00.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    8. Chemistry00.0%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Medicine246.7%
    2. Health Professions164.6%
    3. Nursing20.5%
    4. Dentistry10.3%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology61.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences41.1%
    3. Neuroscience10.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Association of Research Libraries specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Library and Information Sciences takes 507.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Library and Information SciencesSubfield · 34.2 works508×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.23× its world share, 61 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.52× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.76× its world share, 16 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 0.93× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 4.77× its world share, 49 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.91× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 4.04× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.75× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.25× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.83× its world share, 126 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities4.77×49 works
  2. Decision Sciences4.04×14 works
  3. Social Sciences2.83×126 works
  4. Computer Science2.23×61 works
  5. Health Professions1.76×16 works
  6. Psychology1.25×13 works
  7. Nursing0.93×2 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.91×10 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.75×6 works
  10. Dentistry0.61×1 works
  11. Environmental Science0.52×9 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.39×2 works
  13. Medicine0.35×24 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.30×6 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.23×4 works
  16. Engineering0.15×8 works
  17. Neuroscience0.12×1 works
  18. Mathematics0.10×0 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.07×0 works
  20. Veterinary0.06×0 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.04×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.03×0 works
  24. Chemistry0.03×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Association of Research Libraries?

Ranked on the quality score, Alice-Mary Maffry Talbot, Joan K. Lippincott and Arthur M. McAnally lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Association of Research Libraries.

  1. 1 Alice-Mary Maffry Talbot United States · #262,365 worldwide 2.2k citations · 85 works
  2. 2 Joan K. Lippincott United States · #1,408,702 worldwide 3.1k citations · 67 works
  3. 3 Arthur M. McAnally United States · #1,408,845 worldwide 127 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Frederick Marryat United States · #1,785,204 worldwide 309 citations · 131 works
  5. 5 Theresa M. Vann United States · #1,822,153 worldwide 180 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Peter te Boekhorst United States · #1,876,637 worldwide 286 citations · 34 works
  7. 7 Raynard C. Swank United States · #2,137,810 worldwide 54 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Arnould Locard United States · #2,164,120 worldwide 246 citations · 62 works
  9. 9 Garrett Baker United States · #2,216,429 worldwide 328 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Anatole Tchikine United States · #2,366,310 worldwide 49 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Association of Research Libraries

What are the most cited papers from Association of Research Libraries?

The most cited paper from Association of Research Libraries is "Associations Between Periodontal Disease and Risk for Atherosclerosis, Cardiovascular Disease, and Stroke. A Systematic Review" (Frank Andrew Scannapieco, Renee B. Bush, Susanna Paju, 2003), with 525 citations. Next come "Associations Between Periodontal Disease and Risk for Nosocomial Bacterial Pneumonia and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. A Systematic Review" (507) and "The open archives initiative" (373).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Associations Between Periodontal Disease and Risk for Atherosclerosis, Cardiovascular Disease, and Stroke. A Systematic Review Frank Andrew Scannapieco, Renee B. Bush, Susanna Paju · Annals of Periodontology Dec 2003 525
2 Associations Between Periodontal Disease and Risk for Nosocomial Bacterial Pneumonia and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. A Systematic Review Frank Andrew Scannapieco, Renee B. Bush, Susanna Paju · Annals of Periodontology Dec 2003 507
3 The open archives initiative Carl Lagoze, Herbert Van de Sompel Conference paper 2001 373
4 Recursive position estimation in sensor networks J. Albowicz, A. Chen, Lixia Zhang Conference paper 24 Aug 2005 364
5 Wellsprings of knowledge: Building and sustaining the sources of innovation Kathryn J. Deiss · The Journal of Academic Librarianship Sep 1996 360
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Association of Research Libraries?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Academic Libraries, Digital Literacy, Critical Thinking, Information Literacy, Online Research, Information Behavior, Library Instruction and Digital Divide.

▲ 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 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. Academic Libraries34▲ 447×3 topics
  2. Digital Literacy22▲ 11×7 topics
  3. Critical Thinking20▲ 50×3 topics
  4. Information Literacy20▲ 23×4 topics
  5. Online Research20▲ 235×2 topics
  6. Information Behavior19▲ 554×1 topic
  7. Library Instruction19▲ 554×1 topic
  8. Digital Divide18▲ 19×6 topics
  9. Educational Technology17▲ 4.0×21 topics
  10. Cultural Competence16▲ 36×6 topics
  11. Diversity16▲ 26×4 topics
  12. Library Services15▲ 409×1 topic
  13. Social Inclusion15▲ 139×1 topic
  14. Social Media13▲ 2.7×18 topics
  15. Education13▲ 2.2×37 topics
  16. Artificial Intelligence12▲ 2.3×15 topics
  17. Digital Repositories11▲ 92×2 topics
  18. Religion11▲ 6.6×15 topics
  19. Healthcare11▲ 2.6×14 topics
  20. Knowledge Management10▲ 5.1×15 topics
  21. Metadata Standards10▲ 141×2 topics
  22. Digital Textbooks10▲ 591×1 topic
  23. E-Books10▲ 591×1 topic
  24. Big Data10▲ 2.8×13 topics
  25. History9▲ 3.7×18 topics
  26. Data Citation9▲ 50×2 topics
  27. Literature9▲ 4.5×15 topics
  28. Gender9▲ 4.6×12 topics
  29. Technology Integration8▲ 7.6×8 topics
  30. Ecology8▲ 13×3 topics
  31. Data Sharing8▲ 69×2 topics
  32. Open Science8▲ 82×1 topic
  33. Scientific Data Management8▲ 82×1 topic
  34. Archives8▲ 162×1 topic
  35. Digital Preservation8▲ 142×1 topic
  36. Open Access7▲ 20×5 topics
  37. Medical Education7▲ 7.2×7 topics
  38. Feminism7▲ 6.5×6 topics
  39. Race6▲ 15×9 topics
  40. Semantic Web6▲ 18×4 topics

Which research topics does Association of Research Libraries publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Library Science and Information Literacy, Library Science and Administration, Library Collection Development and Digital Resources and Research Data Management Practices.

Library Science and Info…19Library Science and Information Literacy: 19 fractional worksLibrary Science and Administration: 15 fractional worksLibrary Collection Development and Digital Resources: 10 fractional worksResearch Data Management Practices: 8 fractional worksDigital and Traditional Archives Management: 8 fractional worksWeb and Library Services5Web and Library Services: 5 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 4 fractional worksLibrary Science and Information Systems: 4 fractional worksReligion, Society, and Development: 3 fractional worksRace, History, and American Society: 3 fractional works
Library and Information SciencesInformation SystemsConservationHealth Informatics1 others

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

  1. 1 Library Science and Information Literacy Library and Information Sciences 19 works
  2. 2 Library Science and Administration Library and Information Sciences 15 works
  3. 3 Library Collection Development and Digital Resources Information Systems 10 works
  4. 4 Research Data Management Practices Information Systems 8 works
  5. 5 Digital and Traditional Archives Management Conservation 8 works
  6. 6 Web and Library Services Information Systems 5 works
  7. 7 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 4 works
  8. 8 Library Science and Information Systems Information Systems 4 works
  9. 9 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  10. 10 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 3 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 available43.8%not open56.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.5%domestic only88.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Association of Research Libraries's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 of Research Libraries as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Association of Research Libraries0.0016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Association of Research Libraries over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Association of Research Libraries6.7% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.2% in 1995.

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