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Bavarian State Library

In research, Bavarian State Library stands highest in Social Sciences (#10,718 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities (Arts and Humanities is 16.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#25,274
of 34,923
Rank in Germany
#1,223
of 1,603
Research works
213
▲ 28% vs 2018-21
Citations
538
2.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.10×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
62%
world 40%
International
9%
world 18%
Bavarian State Library

What is Bavarian State Library known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #10,718 of 14,833 10.0%150

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bavarian State Library 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 fields of science does Bavarian State Library work in?

In 2022-now, 67% of research at Bavarian State Library is in Social Sciences, 29% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (47%), Computer Science (20%), Social Sciences (16%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 38 fractional works · 66.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 26 fractional works · 47.0% of its workMuseology: 9 fractional works · 16.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 8.4% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workClassics: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 15.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% 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 · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 16 fractional works · 28.5% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 20.0% of its workInformation Systems: 9 fractional works · 15.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBavarian StateLibrary56fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences29%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences67%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities2647.0%
    2. Social Sciences915.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting23.1%
    4. Decision Sciences00.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    6. Psychology00.1%
    1. Computer Science1120.0%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences23.0%
    3. Environmental Science12.2%
    4. Engineering11.8%
    5. Physics and Astronomy11.2%
    6. Mathematics00.2%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine12.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.8%
    2. Neuroscience00.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Bavarian State Library specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 16.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 26.5 works16×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 2.57× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.89× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 16.28× its world share, 26 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 16.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities16.28×26 works
  2. Computer Science2.57×11 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.89×2 works
  4. Social Sciences1.25×9 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting0.95×2 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy0.53×1 works
  7. Environmental Science0.45×1 works
  8. Neuroscience0.44×0 works
  9. Chemical Engineering0.42×0 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.36×0 works
  11. Mathematics0.15×0 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.15×0 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.14×0 works
  14. Medicine0.14×2 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.12×0 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.12×0 works
  17. Engineering0.12×1 works
  18. Psychology0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Bavarian State Library?

Ranked on the quality score, Stefan Schweter, Peter Christian Jacobsen and Markus Brantl lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bavarian State Library.

  1. 1 Stefan Schweter Germany · #1,489,661 worldwide 1.7k citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Peter Christian Jacobsen Germany · #2,627,709 worldwide 46 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Markus Brantl Germany · #2,988,195 worldwide 44 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Vilém Mathesius Germany · #3,269,376 worldwide 478 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Antonie Magen Germany · #3,305,058 worldwide 7 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Martin Hermann Germany · #3,552,744 worldwide 47 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Klaus Ceynowa Germany · #3,754,079 worldwide 18 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 František Václav Mareš Germany · #3,948,798 worldwide 80 citations · 30 works
  9. 9 Klaus Kempf Germany · #4,006,693 worldwide 57 citations · 46 works
  10. 10 Monika Moravetz-Kuhlmann Germany · #4,046,081 worldwide 10 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Bavarian State Library

What are the most cited papers from Bavarian State Library?

The most cited paper from Bavarian State Library is "German’s Next Language Model" (Branden Chan, Stefan Schweter, Timo Möller, 2020), with 186 citations. Next come "Towards information retrieval on historical document collections: the role of matching procedures and special lexica" (42) and "Quantification of vancomycin in human serum by LC-MS/MS" (41).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 German’s Next Language Model Branden Chan, Stefan Schweter, Timo Möller Conference paperOpen access 2020 186
2 Towards information retrieval on historical document collections: the role of matching procedures and special lexica Annette Gotscharek, Ulrich Reffle, Christoph Ringlstetter et al. · International Journal on Document Analysis and Recognition (IJDAR) 15 Nov 2010 42
3 Quantification of vancomycin in human serum by LC-MS/MS Katrin König, Uwe Kobold, Gerhard Fink et al. · Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM) 2013 41
4 Enabling information retrieval on historical document collections Annette Gotscharek, Andreas Neumann, Ulrich Reffle et al. Conference paperOpen access 23 Jul 2009 35
5 Advantages of External Reflection and Transflection over ATR in the Rapid Material Characterization of Negatives and Films via FTIR Spectroscopy Diego Estupiñán Méndez, T. Allscher · Polymers Open access 19 Feb 2022 26
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Bavarian State Library?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Literature, History, Art, Materiality, Narrative, Exhibition, Museum and Digital Repositories.

▲ 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. Literature11▲ 35×6 topics
  2. History10▲ 25×5 topics
  3. Art10▲ 189×3 topics
  4. Materiality10▲ 445×2 topics
  5. Narrative9▲ 106×2 topics
  6. Exhibition9▲ 1365×1 topic
  7. Museum9▲ 1365×1 topic
  8. Digital Repositories7▲ 373×2 topics
  9. Semantic Web6▲ 106×4 topics
  10. Linked Data5▲ 238×2 topics
  11. Bibliographic Framework5▲ 1013×1 topic
  12. Resource Description and Access5▲ 1013×1 topic
  13. Identity4▲ 10×6 topics
  14. Cultural Heritage4▲ 12×8 topics
  15. Data Sharing4▲ 205×2 topics
  16. Data Citation3▲ 100×2 topics
  17. Open Science3▲ 179×1 topic
  18. Scientific Data Management3▲ 179×1 topic
  19. Cultural History2▲ 37×2 topics
  20. Gender2▲ 8.1×3 topics
  21. Autorschaft2▲ 169×1 topic
  22. Bildung2▲ 107×1 topic
  23. Archaeology2▲ 24×3 topics
  24. Archives2▲ 229×1 topic
  25. Digital Preservation2▲ 201×1 topic
  26. Historical Narratives2▲ 53×2 topics
  27. Medieval Literature2▲ 145×1 topic
  28. Religious Practices2▲ 64×1 topic
  29. Privacy1▲ 8.8×2 topics
  30. Text Mining1▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Digital Humanities1▲ 158×1 topic
  32. Diplomacy1▲ 25×2 topics
  33. Literary History1▲ 78×1 topic
  34. Lexicography1▲ 24×2 topics
  35. Medieval Society1▲ 136×2 topics
  36. Migration1▲ 6.1×2 topics
  37. Criminal Justice1▲ 8.6×2 topics
  38. Cultural Exchange1▲ 15×3 topics
  39. Migration Law1▲ 136×2 topics
  40. Psychoanalysis1▲ 23×2 topics

Which research topics does Bavarian State Library publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Libraries and Information Services, Library Science and Information Systems, Research Data Management Practices and German Literature and Culture Studies.

Libraries and Informatio…9Libraries and Information Services: 9 fractional worksLibrary Science and Information Systems: 5 fractional worksResearch Data Management Practices: 3 fractional worksGerman Literature and Culture Studies: 2 fractional worksDigital and Traditional …2Digital and Traditional Archives Management: 2 fractional worksHistorical, Literary, and Cultural Studies: 2 fractional worksDigital Humanities and Scholarship: 1 fractional worksArchaeological Research and Protection: 1 fractional worksLinguistics and language evolution: 1 fractional worksLaw in Society and Culture: 1 fractional works
MuseologyInformation SystemsLiterature and Literary TheoryConservation4 others

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

  1. 1 Libraries and Information Services Museology 9 works
  2. 2 Library Science and Information Systems Information Systems 5 works
  3. 3 Research Data Management Practices Information Systems 3 works
  4. 4 German Literature and Culture Studies Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  5. 5 Digital and Traditional Archives Management Conservation 2 works
  6. 6 Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies Classics 2 works
  7. 7 Digital Humanities and Scholarship Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  8. 8 Archaeological Research and Protection Space and Planetary Science 1 works
  9. 9 Linguistics and language evolution Language and Linguistics 1 works
  10. 10 Law in Society and Culture Law 1 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 available61.5%not open38.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.0%domestic only91.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Bavarian State Library's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 28% higher 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 Bavarian State Library as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00013% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Bavarian State Library0.00020% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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