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Chester County Historical Society

In research, Chester County Historical Society stands highest in Social Sciences (#11,820 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#19,257
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,997
of 7,310
Research works
385
▼ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.5k
6.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.78×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
15%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
Chester County Historical Society

What is Chester County Historical Society 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 #11,820 of 14,833 7.5%202

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Chester County Historical Society 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 Chester County Historical Society work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research at Chester County Historical Society is in Physical Sciences, 29% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (24%), Medicine (15%), Social Sciences (11%).

Physical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 39.7% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 24.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 15.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 5.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workFuel Technology: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 28.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 10.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 7.8% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 6.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 4.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 21.9% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 15.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 9.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 7.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKChester CountyHistorical…22fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences40%Health Sciences22%Social Sciences29%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering524.1%
    2. Environmental Science15.4%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences13.0%
    4. Energy13.0%
    5. Computer Science01.8%
    6. Materials Science01.5%
    7. Mathematics00.5%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    1. Social Sciences210.7%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting16.0%
    3. Psychology14.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities14.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance02.2%
    6. Decision Sciences01.1%
    1. Medicine315.3%
    2. Health Professions15.6%
    3. Dentistry01.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology27.8%
    2. Neuroscience01.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.46× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.92× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.28× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.61× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.12× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.79× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.48× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.85× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.02× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.45× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy3.28×1 works
  2. Health Professions2.12×1 works
  3. Dentistry2.07×0 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.92×1 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.85×1 works
  6. Engineering1.61×5 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.48×1 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.46×2 works
  9. Psychology1.45×1 works
  10. Decision Sciences1.17×0 works
  11. Environmental Science1.08×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.02×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.93×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.84×2 works
  15. Medicine0.79×3 works
  16. Materials Science0.43×0 works
  17. Mathematics0.43×0 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.37×0 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.24×0 works
  20. Computer Science0.23×0 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.14×0 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Chester County Historical Society?

Ranked on the quality score, James P. Tursi, Dale Neef and Bernhard Knollenberg lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Chester County Historical Society.

  1. 1 James P. Tursi United States · #1,242,248 worldwide 1.9k citations · 59 works
  2. 2 Dale Neef United States · #1,743,845 worldwide 880 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Bernhard Knollenberg United States · #1,767,962 worldwide 165 citations · 61 works
  4. 4 Charles William Heathcote United States · #3,122,392 worldwide 2 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Hilary Lane United States · #3,268,453 worldwide 48 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 George M. Reed United States · #3,619,659 worldwide 287 citations · 34 works
  7. 7 Molly Rawding United States · #4,846,472 worldwide 15 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Judy Hunt United States · #6,627,595 worldwide 2 citations · 68 works
All ranked researchers at Chester County Historical Society

What are the most cited papers from Chester County Historical Society?

The most cited paper from Chester County Historical Society is "Defining Who is a Volunteer: Conceptual and Empirical Considerations" (Ram A. Cnaan, Femida Handy, Margaret Wadsworth, 1996), with 692 citations. Next come "Second International Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia" (537) and "Effects of the phytochemicals, curcumin and quercetin, upon azoxymethane-induced colon cancer and 7, 12-dimethylbenz[ a ]anthracene-induced mammary cancer in rats" (247).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Defining Who is a Volunteer: Conceptual and Empirical Considerations Ram A. Cnaan, Femida Handy, Margaret Wadsworth · Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly Sep 1996 692
2 Second International Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Marie E. Faughnan et al. · Annals of Internal Medicine Open access 7 Sep 2020 537
3 Effects of the phytochemicals, curcumin and quercetin, upon azoxymethane-induced colon cancer and 7, 12-dimethylbenz[ a ]anthracene-induced mammary cancer in rats Michael A. Pereira, Clinton J. Grubbs, Leta Barnes et al. · Carcinogenesis 1996 247
4 Randomised clinical study: GR-MD-02, a galectin-3 inhibitor, vs. placebo in patients having non-alcoholic steatohepatitis with advanced fibrosis Stephen A. Harrison, Sheetal Marri, Naga Chalasani et al. · Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics 24 Oct 2016 176
5 The defense motivation system: A theory of avoidance behavior Fred A. Masterson, Mary Crawford · Behavioral and Brain Sciences Dec 1982 150
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Chester County Historical Society?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Energy Efficiency, Microstructure, Sustainability, Agile Manufacturing, Collaborative Networks, Mechanical Properties, Public Health and Mental Health.

▲ 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 9 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 9 words, with their numbers
  1. Sustainability2▲ 3.1×4 topics
  2. Energy Efficiency1▲ 6.9×3 topics
  3. Mental Health1▲ 3.7×6 topics
  4. Public Health1▲ 3.8×7 topics
  5. Mechanical Properties1▲ 5.1×3 topics
  6. Microstructure1▲ 9.7×3 topics
  7. Agile Manufacturing1▲ 236×1 topic
  8. Collaborative Networks1▲ 236×1 topic
  9. Environmental Impact1▲ 2.6×2 topics

Which research topics does Chester County Historical Society publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Collaboration in agile enterprises, Iron and Steelmaking Processes, Coal and Coke Industries Research and Coal Combustion and Slurry Processing.

Collaboration in agile e…1Collaboration in agile enterprises: 1 fractional worksIron and Steelmaking Pro…1Iron and Steelmaking Processes: 1 fractional worksCoal and Coke Industries…1Coal and Coke Industries Research: 1 fractional worksCoal Combustion and Slur…1Coal Combustion and Slurry Processing: 1 fractional worksAdvanced materials and composites: 0 fractional worksMigration, Ethnicity, and Economy: 0 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing M…0Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes: 0 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 0 fractional worksSex work and related issues: 0 fractional worksGraphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies: 0 fractional works
Management of Technology and InnovationMechanical EngineeringFuel TechnologySociology and Political Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Collaboration in agile enterprises Management of Technology and Innovation 1 works
  2. 2 Iron and Steelmaking Processes Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Coal and Coke Industries Research Fuel Technology 1 works
  4. 4 Coal Combustion and Slurry Processing Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Advanced materials and composites Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  7. 7 Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Sex work and related issues Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  10. 10 Graphite, nuclear technology, radiation studies Materials Chemistry 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 available15.2%not open84.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.0%domestic only94.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Chester County Historical Society's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Chester County Historical Society as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000055% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Chester County Historical Society0.00010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Chester County Historical Society over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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