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Fairfax County Public Library

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Research works
10
fractional, all time
Citations
13
1.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
3%
world 18%
Fairfax County Public Library

Not ranked overall: Fairfax County 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 Fairfax County Public Library work in?

In all years, 60% of research at Fairfax County Public Library is in Social Sciences, 35% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (48%), Computer Science (22%), Engineering (14%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 6 fractional works · 59.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 47.6% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 3 fractional works · 35.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 4.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 6.9% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 4.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 3.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 35.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 21.6% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 21.6% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 13.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 3.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 5.1% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workALL ITS WORKFairfax CountyPublic Library10fractional works, all years
Physical Sciences35%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences60%

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 8 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences547.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities16.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting03.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.7%
    1. Computer Science221.6%
    2. Engineering113.7%
    1. Health Professions03.4%
    2. Medicine01.7%
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.

    Who are the top researchers at Fairfax County Public Library?

    Ranked on the quality score, Barbara C. Dean lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fairfax County Public Library.

    1. 1 Barbara C. Dean United States · #6,034,305 worldwide 96 citations · 60 works
    All ranked researchers at Fairfax County Public Library

    What are the most cited papers from Fairfax County Public Library?

    The most cited paper from Fairfax County Public Library is "On the Street" (Barbara C. Dean, Kathy Miraglia, Katina Strauch, 1994), with 58 citations. Next come "The Future of Technical Services (It’s Not the Technical Services It Was)" (7) and "To See Ourselves as Others See Us" (5).

    Most cited papers
    #PaperReleasedCitations
    1 On the Street Barbara C. Dean, Kathy Miraglia, Katina Strauch · Against the grain Open access Feb 1994 58
    2 The Future of Technical Services (It’s Not the Technical Services It Was) Vera Fessler · Library and Leadership Management 2007 7
    3 To See Ourselves as Others See Us Eleanor Jo Rodger, Jane Goodwin · The Reference Librarian Oct 1987 5
    4 On the Street: A Survey of ATG Subscribers - Do You Prefer Paperbacks or Clothbacks When Both Are Available? Kathern J. Miraglia, Barbara C. Dean, Eamon T. Fennessy et al. · Against the grain Open access Jun 1995 2
    5 Janet Fisher (MIT Press) Barbara C. Dean · Against the grain Open access Sep 1997 2
    All 43 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

    Which research topics does Fairfax County Public Library publish most on?

    By volume: Library Science and Administration, Library Science and Information Literacy, Library Collection Development and Digital Resources and Library Science and Information Systems.

    Library Science and Admi…2Library Science and Administration: 2 fractional worksLibrary Science and Information Literacy: 1 fractional worksLibrary Collection Development and Digital Resources: 1 fractional worksLibrary Science and Information Systems: 1 fractional worksSmart Parking Systems Research: 0 fractional worksICT Impact and Policies0ICT Impact and Policies: 0 fractional worksDigital and Traditional Archives Management: 0 fractional worksOutsourcing and Supply Chain Management: 0 fractional worksQuality and Safety in Healthcare: 0 fractional worksTechnology Assessment and Management: 0 fractional works
    Library and Information SciencesInformation SystemsBuilding and ConstructionMedia Technology4 others

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

    1. 1 Library Science and Administration Library and Information Sciences 2 works
    2. 2 Library Science and Information Literacy Library and Information Sciences 1 works
    3. 3 Library Collection Development and Digital Resources Information Systems 1 works
    4. 4 Library Science and Information Systems Information Systems 1 works
    5. 5 Smart Parking Systems Research Building and Construction 0 works
    6. 6 ICT Impact and Policies Media Technology 0 works
    7. 7 Digital and Traditional Archives Management Conservation 0 works
    8. 8 Outsourcing and Supply Chain Management Management Information Systems 0 works
    9. 9 Quality and Safety in Healthcare Medical Laboratory Technology 0 works
    10. 10 Technology Assessment and Management Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 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 available43.5%not open56.5%

    World: 40% of research is openly available.

    with international co-authors2.6%domestic only97.4%

    World: 18% is written across borders.

    How has Fairfax County Public Library's research output changed?

    1990199520002005
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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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