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Boston Public Library

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World rank, all time
#17,051
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#3,696
of 8,685
Research works
238
▲ 149% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.3k
22.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
40.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

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: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.92× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.46× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.89× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.28× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.49× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.97× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.34× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Boston Public Library?

Ranked on the composite score, Henry R. Viets and James F. Ballard lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Boston Public Library.

  1. 1 Henry R. Viets United States · #493,369 worldwide 57 citations · 82 works
  2. 2 James F. Ballard United States · #978,948 worldwide 2 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Boston Public Library

Which keywords describe research at Boston Public Library?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mental Health, Health Disparities, Mortality, History, Quality of Life, Medical Education and Depression.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 26 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 26 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology4▲ 2.4×36 topics
  2. Mental Health2▲ 3.8×15 topics
  3. Quality of Life2▲ 3.0×14 topics
  4. History2▲ 5.3×4 topics
  5. Public Health2▲ 2.6×14 topics
  6. Risk Factors2▲ 3.4×15 topics
  7. Depression2▲ 4.1×10 topics
  8. Inflammation2▲ 1.72×17 topics
  9. Mortality2▲ 6.3×9 topics
  10. Health Disparities2▲ 13×4 topics
  11. Identity2▲ 4.6×2 topics
  12. Treatment2▲ 2.8×15 topics
  13. Medical Education1▲ 11×8 topics
  14. Prevalence1▲ 6.5×9 topics
  15. Healthcare1▲ 2.1×7 topics
  16. Immigration1▲ 21×2 topics
  17. Literature1▲ 4.4×2 topics
  18. Primary Care1▲ 6.2×7 topics
  19. Quality Improvement1▲ 13×5 topics
  20. Substance Use Disorders1▲ 35×2 topics
  21. Academic Medicine1▲ 30×3 topics
  22. Asian American1▲ 308×1 topic
  23. COVID-191▲ 1.67×9 topics
  24. Geodesy1▲ 153×1 topic
  25. Map Projections1▲ 371×1 topic
  26. Transnational1▲ 87×1 topic

Which research topics does Boston Public Library publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Asian American and Pacific Histories, Historical Geography and Cartography, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes and Diversity and Career in Medicine.

Asian American and Pacif…1Asian American and Pacific Histories: 1 fractional worksHistorical Geography and…1Historical Geography and Cartography: 1 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatmen…1Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksDiversity and Career in …1Diversity and Career in Medicine: 1 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 1 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 0 fractional worksCopyright and Intellectu…0Copyright and Intellectual Property: 0 fractional worksHIV, TB, and STIs Epidemiology: 0 fractional worksHuman Rights and Development: 0 fractional worksBanking stability, regul…0Banking stability, regulation, efficiency: 0 fractional works
Cultural StudiesGeography, Planning and DevelopmentEpidemiologyGender Studies6 others

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

  1. 1 Asian American and Pacific Histories Cultural Studies 1 works
  2. 2 Historical Geography and Cartography Geography, Planning and Development 1 works
  3. 3 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 1 works
  4. 4 Diversity and Career in Medicine Gender Studies 1 works
  5. 5 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 1 works
  6. 6 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 0 works
  7. 7 Copyright and Intellectual Property Marketing 0 works
  8. 8 HIV, TB, and STIs Epidemiology General Social Sciences 0 works
  9. 9 Human Rights and Development Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  10. 10 Banking stability, regulation, efficiency Finance 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 available34.0%not open66.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.2%domestic only87.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Boston Public Library's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 149% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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