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Bolton Library and Museum Services

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Research works
8
▲ 1100% vs 2018-21
Citations
5
0.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Bolton Library and Museum Services

Not ranked overall: Bolton Library and Museum Services 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 Bolton Library and Museum Services work in?

In all years, 77% of research at Bolton Library and Museum Services is in Social Sciences, 15% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (51%), Social Sciences (25%), Engineering (13%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 6 fractional works · 76.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 51.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 12.9% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 12.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 12.9% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 8.6% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 25.4% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 16.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 6.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 14.5% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 12.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 12.9% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 8.6% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 8.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 8.6% of its workALL ITS WORKBolton Libraryand Museum…8fractional works, all years
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences15%Social Sciences77%

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 3 domains and 5 fields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities451.4%
    2. Social Sciences225.4%
    1. Engineering112.9%
    2. Computer Science01.7%
    1. Neuroscience18.6%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Who are the top researchers at Bolton Library and Museum Services?

Ranked on the quality score, Archibald Sparke and Charles W. Sutton lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bolton Library and Museum Services.

  1. 1 Archibald Sparke United Kingdom · #1,924,587 worldwide 92 citations · 885 works
  2. 2 Charles W. Sutton United Kingdom · #2,650,160 worldwide 4 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Bolton Library and Museum Services

What are the most cited papers from Bolton Library and Museum Services?

The most cited paper from Bolton Library and Museum Services is "Time for a change: co‐operative reader development working in the North West of England" (Julie Spencer, Jane Mathieson, 2003), with 7 citations. Next come "Campuswide access to OCLC's firstsearch: A study of use at the University of Minnesota" (3) and "From Bolton to Brussels and Beyond: Two Women’s Passion for Museums and Collecting" (0).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Time for a change: co‐operative reader development working in the North West of England Julie Spencer, Jane Mathieson · Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication Nov 2003 7
2 Campuswide access to OCLC's firstsearch: A study of use at the University of Minnesota Sandra R. Moline, James A. Cogswell, Phyllis Reich et al. · Reference Services Review 1994 3
3 From Bolton to Brussels and Beyond: Two Women’s Passion for Museums and Collecting Ian Andrew Oswald Trumble · Collections A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals 11 Mar 2024 0
All 3 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Bolton Library and Museum Services publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Art History and Market Analysis, Aesthetic Perception and Analysis, Photography and Visual Culture and Historical Art and Culture Studies.

Art History and Market A…1Art History and Market Analysis: 1 fractional worksAesthetic Perception and…1Aesthetic Perception and Analysis: 1 fractional worksPhotography and Visual C…1Photography and Visual Culture: 1 fractional worksHistorical Art and Culture Studies: 0 fractional worksHistorical Gender and Feminism Studies: 0 fractional works
Visual Arts and Performing ArtsCognitive NeuroscienceHistoryMuseology1 others

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

  1. 1 Art History and Market Analysis Visual Arts and Performing Arts 1 works
  2. 2 Aesthetic Perception and Analysis Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  3. 3 Photography and Visual Culture History 1 works
  4. 4 Historical Art and Culture Studies Museology 0 works
  5. 5 Historical Gender and Feminism Studies Sociology and Political Science 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 available28.9%not open71.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.8%domestic only94.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Bolton Library and Museum Services's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1100% higher than in 2018-2021.

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