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Brooklyn Public Library

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Research works
47
▼ 74% vs 2018-21
Citations
209
4.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
2%
world 18%
Brooklyn Public Library

Not ranked overall: Brooklyn Public Library 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 Brooklyn Public Library work in?

In all years, 61% of research at Brooklyn Public Library is in Social Sciences, 24% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (40%), Computer Science (19%), Arts and Humanities (9%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 29 fractional works · 61.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 40.4% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 8 fractional works · 17.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 9.0% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 4 fractional works · 9.2% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 6.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 23.6% of its workComputer Science: 9 fractional works · 18.8% of its workInformation Systems: 8 fractional works · 16.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 13.6% of its workMedicine: 4 fractional works · 7.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKBrooklyn PublicLibrary47fractional works, all years
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences61%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1940.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities49.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting36.8%
    4. Decision Sciences23.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.4%
    6. Psychology00.5%
    1. Computer Science918.8%
    2. Physics and Astronomy12.1%
    3. Environmental Science11.9%
    4. Mathematics00.7%
    5. Engineering00.1%
    1. Medicine47.6%
    2. Nursing23.2%
    3. Health Professions12.8%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.7%
    2. Neuroscience00.4%
    3. 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.

What are the most cited papers from Brooklyn Public Library?

The most cited paper from Brooklyn Public Library is "Encouraging parent–child book sharing: Potential additive benefits of literacy promotion in health care and the community" (Caitlin F. Canfield, Anne M. Seery, Adriana Weisleder et al., 2018), with 56 citations. Next come "HbA 1c Performance in African Descent Populations in the United States With Normal Glucose Tolerance, Prediabetes, or Diabetes: A Scoping Review" (40) and "“I Am More Productive in the Library Because It’s Quiet”: Commuter Students in the College Library" (40).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Encouraging parent–child book sharing: Potential additive benefits of literacy promotion in health care and the community Caitlin F. Canfield, Anne M. Seery, Adriana Weisleder et al. · Early Childhood Research Quarterly 15 Dec 2018 56
2 HbA 1c Performance in African Descent Populations in the United States With Normal Glucose Tolerance, Prediabetes, or Diabetes: A Scoping Review Lakshay Khosla, Sonali Bhat, Lee Ann Fullington et al. · Preventing Chronic Disease Open access 11 Mar 2021 40
3 “I Am More Productive in the Library Because It’s Quiet”: Commuter Students in the College Library Mariana Regalado, Maura A. Smale · College & Research Libraries Open access 29 Oct 2015 40
4 Radical Reference: Socially Responsible Librarianship Collaborating With Community Melissa Morrone, Lia Friedman · The Reference Librarian 4 Oct 2009 21
5 Homelessness and the Ethics of Information Access Corina Bardoff · The Serials Librarian 17 Nov 2015 19
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Brooklyn Public Library?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Academic Libraries, Digital Divide, Library Services, Social Inclusion, Social Media, Technology Integration, User Engagement and Library 2.0.

▲ 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. Academic Libraries7▲ 331×3 topics
  2. Digital Divide7▲ 73×3 topics
  3. Library Services6▲ 843×1 topic
  4. Social Inclusion6▲ 389×1 topic
  5. Social Media6▲ 15×7 topics
  6. Technology Integration4▲ 47×3 topics
  7. User Engagement4▲ 197×2 topics
  8. Library 2.04▲ 427×1 topic
  9. Web 2.04▲ 427×1 topic
  10. Identity4▲ 9.7×6 topics
  11. Gender2▲ 9.3×3 topics
  12. Educational Technology2▲ 6.3×2 topics
  13. History2▲ 5.3×3 topics
  14. Ionizing Radiation2▲ 47×2 topics
  15. Digital Literacy2▲ 13×1 topic
  16. Information Literacy2▲ 31×1 topic
  17. Public Health2▲ 3.0×3 topics
  18. Culture2▲ 8.0×3 topics
  19. Reading Comprehension2▲ 53×2 topics
  20. Computed Tomography2▲ 63×1 topic
  21. Digital Textbooks2▲ 291×1 topic
  22. E-Books2▲ 291×1 topic
  23. Radiation Exposure2▲ 29×1 topic
  24. Colonialism2▲ 6.4×2 topics
  25. Community2▲ 29×2 topics
  26. Literature2▲ 6.5×4 topics
  27. Race2▲ 25×2 topics
  28. COVID-191▲ 4.2×4 topics
  29. Cultural Studies1▲ 7.6×2 topics
  30. Modeling1▲ 11×2 topics
  31. Political Participation1▲ 34×2 topics
  32. Politics1▲ 10×2 topics
  33. Health Policy1▲ 17×1 topic
  34. Nursing Advocacy1▲ 145×1 topic
  35. American Jews1▲ 302×1 topic
  36. American Musical Theatre1▲ 332×1 topic
  37. Cultural Intelligence1▲ 122×1 topic
  38. Experimental Tools1▲ 87×1 topic
  39. Intercultural Competence1▲ 67×1 topic
  40. Jewish identity1▲ 302×1 topic

Which research topics does Brooklyn Public Library publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Vietnamese History and Culture Studies, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education, COVID-19 diagnosis using AI and Library Science and Information Systems.

Vietnamese History and C…1Vietnamese History and Culture Studies: 1 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 diagnosis using AI: 0 fractional worksLibrary Science and Information Systems: 0 fractional worksLibrary Science and Administration: 0 fractional worksLibrary Collection Devel…0Library Collection Development and Digital Resources: 0 fractional worksAI in Service Interactions: 0 fractional worksSchool Health and Nursing Education: 0 fractional worksHealth Literacy and Information Accessibility: 0 fractional worksWorkplace Health and Well-being: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceHealth InformaticsRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingInformation Systems4 others

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

  1. 1 Vietnamese History and Culture Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  2. 2 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 0 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 diagnosis using AI Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  4. 4 Library Science and Information Systems Information Systems 0 works
  5. 5 Library Science and Administration Library and Information Sciences 0 works
  6. 6 Library Collection Development and Digital Resources Information Systems 0 works
  7. 7 AI in Service Interactions Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  8. 8 School Health and Nursing Education Speech and Hearing 0 works
  9. 9 Health Literacy and Information Accessibility General Health Professions 0 works
  10. 10 Workplace Health and Well-being General Health Professions 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 available24.0%not open76.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors1.8%domestic only98.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Brooklyn Public Library's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 74% lower 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 Brooklyn Public Library as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000018% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Brooklyn Public Library0.000017% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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