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Computer History Museum

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Research works
94
▲ 78% vs 2018-21
Citations
300
3.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Computer History Museum

Not ranked overall: Computer History Museum 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 Computer History Museum work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research at Computer History Museum is in Social Sciences, 39% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (31%), Computer Science (23%), Social Sciences (19%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 15 fractional works · 53.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 9 fractional works · 30.7% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 11.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 3 fractional works · 10.2% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 19.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 9.0% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 39.2% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 22.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 4 fractional works · 12.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 6.6% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 6.0% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workALL ITS WORKComputer HistoryMuseum28fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences39%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences54%

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 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities930.7%
    2. Social Sciences519.3%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting13.6%
    1. Computer Science622.8%
    2. Environmental Science26.0%
    3. Engineering14.8%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences13.0%
    5. Chemistry01.4%
    6. Materials Science00.6%
    7. Mathematics00.3%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology01.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology01.3%
    1. Medicine00.9%
    2. Health Professions00.6%
    3. Veterinary00.6%
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: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.24× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.94× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.90× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.21× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMedicineVeterinary: 4.42× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 10.66× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Social Sciences: 1.53× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 10.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities10.66×8 works
  2. Veterinary4.42×0 works
  3. Computer Science2.94×6 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.90×1 works
  5. Social Sciences1.53×5 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.24×0 works
  7. Environmental Science1.21×2 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.12×1 works
  9. Chemistry0.92×0 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.44×1 works
  11. Engineering0.32×1 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.30×0 works
  13. Mathematics0.28×0 works
  14. Health Professions0.23×0 works
  15. Materials Science0.18×0 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.08×0 works
  17. Medicine0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Computer History Museum?

Ranked on the quality score, Paul R. McJones, Alexander O Curle and E. Brunetti lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Computer History Museum.

  1. 1 Paul R. McJones United States · #1,437,510 worldwide 2k citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Alexander O Curle United States · #2,386,915 worldwide 200 citations · 53 works
  3. 3 E. Brunetti United States · #2,650,160 worldwide 163 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Burton Grad United States · #3,765,678 worldwide 207 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 David C. Brock United States · #4,894,455 worldwide 137 citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Dag Spicer United States · #5,099,140 worldwide 18 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 gwen United States · #5,745,913 worldwide 9 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at Computer History Museum

What are the most cited papers from Computer History Museum?

The most cited paper from Computer History Museum is "What Should We Collect to Preserve the History of Software?" (Len Shustek, 2006), with 59 citations. Next come "What limits the morphological disparity of clades?" (47) and "My Deep Sea, My Backyard: a pilot study to build capacity for global deep-ocean exploration and research" (46).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 What Should We Collect to Preserve the History of Software? Len Shustek · IEEE Annals of the History of Computing Oct 2006 59
2 What limits the morphological disparity of clades? Jack W. Oyston, Martin Hughes, Peter J. Wagner et al. · Interface Focus Open access 26 Oct 2015 47
3 My Deep Sea, My Backyard: a pilot study to build capacity for global deep-ocean exploration and research Diva J. Amon et al. · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences Open access 16 May 2022 46
4 Learning from Artificial Intelligence's Previous Awakenings: The History of Expert Systems David C. Brock · AI Magazine Open access Sep 2018 34
5 Crystalline wax coverage of the imaginal cuticle inCalopteryx splendens(Odonata: Calopterygidae) Stanislav N. Gorb, Katja Tynkkynen, Janne Sakari Kotiaho · International Journal of Odonatology Open access Oct 2009 27
All 74 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Computer History Museum?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Innovation, Gender, Education, Computing, Information Technology, Cultural Heritage and Art.

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

All 30 words, with their numbers
  1. History6▲ 32×9 topics
  2. Innovation6▲ 20×3 topics
  3. Gender4▲ 25×5 topics
  4. Education3▲ 7.2×6 topics
  5. Computing3▲ 2783×1 topic
  6. Information Technology3▲ 24×1 topic
  7. Cultural Heritage3▲ 19×4 topics
  8. Art2▲ 100×2 topics
  9. Ethics2▲ 18×3 topics
  10. Interdisciplinary Collaboration2▲ 119×1 topic
  11. Technology2▲ 16×1 topic
  12. Social Change2▲ 63×2 topics
  13. Sustainability2▲ 2.8×5 topics
  14. Narratives2▲ 1000×1 topic
  15. Oral History2▲ 1281×1 topic
  16. Biodiversity2▲ 7.5×8 topics
  17. Culture2▲ 11×4 topics
  18. Identity2▲ 7.9×4 topics
  19. Literature2▲ 9.9×5 topics
  20. Algorithmic Information Theory1▲ 286×1 topic
  21. Colonialism1▲ 10×4 topics
  22. Computability1▲ 286×1 topic
  23. Online Gaming1▲ 112×1 topic
  24. Politics1▲ 16×2 topics
  25. Society1▲ 22×2 topics
  26. Video Games1▲ 80×1 topic
  27. Analytics1▲ 41×1 topic
  28. Big Data1▲ 3.8×1 topic
  29. Shrinking Cities1▲ 190×1 topic
  30. Urban Decline1▲ 190×1 topic

Which research topics does Computer History Museum publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: History of Computing Technologies, Art, Technology, and Culture, Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis and Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms.

History of Computing Tec…3History of Computing Technologies: 3 fractional worksArt, Technology, and Culture: 2 fractional worksOral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis: 2 fractional worksComputability, Logic, AI Algorithms: 1 fractional worksDigital Games and Media: 1 fractional worksUrbanization and City Pl…1Urbanization and City Planning: 1 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 1 fractional worksVietnamese History and Culture Studies: 1 fractional worksUrban and spatial planning: 1 fractional worksManufacturing Process and Optimization: 0 fractional works
Computer Science ApplicationsVisual Arts and Performing ArtsHistoryComputational Theory and Mathematics5 others

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

  1. 1 History of Computing Technologies Computer Science Applications 3 works
  2. 2 Art, Technology, and Culture Visual Arts and Performing Arts 2 works
  3. 3 Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis History 2 works
  4. 4 Computability, Logic, AI Algorithms Computational Theory and Mathematics 1 works
  5. 5 Digital Games and Media Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 Urbanization and City Planning Urban Studies 1 works
  7. 7 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 1 works
  8. 8 Vietnamese History and Culture Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  9. 9 Urban and spatial planning Nature and Landscape Conservation 1 works
  10. 10 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 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 available43.7%not open56.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.5%domestic only80.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Computer History Museum's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 78% higher 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 Computer History Museum as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00012% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Computer History Museum0.000061% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Computer History Museum over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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