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FamilySearch

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Research works
116
▲ 28% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.6k
13.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: FamilySearch is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 2.06× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.42× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.28× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5.21× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.31× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.24× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.14× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.89× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at FamilySearch?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainable Development, Sustainability, Food Security, Economic Growth, Supply Chain Management, Community-based Tourism, International Relations and Leadership.

▲ 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 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. Sustainability3▲ 4.7×8 topics
  2. Sustainable Development3▲ 7.0×3 topics
  3. Food Security3▲ 16×4 topics
  4. Economic Growth2▲ 7.9×2 topics
  5. Supply Chain Management2▲ 7.2×3 topics
  6. Globalization2▲ 3.2×5 topics
  7. Education2▲ 3.4×3 topics
  8. Community-based Tourism2▲ 86×1 topic
  9. Innovation2▲ 5.3×2 topics
  10. International Relations2▲ 23×2 topics
  11. Leadership2▲ 12×2 topics
  12. Local Wisdom2▲ 12×1 topic
  13. Public Policy2▲ 11×2 topics
  14. Tourism Development2▲ 46×2 topics
  15. Employment2▲ 150×2 topics
  16. COVID-19 Impact1▲ 28×2 topics
  17. Policy1▲ 21×3 topics
  18. Big Data1▲ 4.9×2 topics
  19. Destination Image1▲ 53×1 topic
  20. Digital Twin1▲ 33×2 topics
  21. Feminism1▲ 16×2 topics
  22. Financial Performance1▲ 7.7×2 topics
  23. Gender Equality1▲ 16×2 topics
  24. International Trade1▲ 31×2 topics
  25. Smallholder Farming1▲ 134×2 topics
  26. South Africa1▲ 165×1 topic
  27. Technology Adoption1▲ 26×2 topics
  28. Tourist Satisfaction1▲ 44×1 topic
  29. local economic development1▲ 779×1 topic
  30. Higher Education1▲ 6.9×2 topics
  31. Lifelong Learning1▲ 18×2 topics
  32. Big Data Analytics1▲ 16×2 topics
  33. Case Study1▲ 50×1 topic
  34. Competency1▲ 149×1 topic
  35. Economic Diplomacy1▲ 274×1 topic
  36. Entrepreneurship1▲ 8.7×2 topics
  37. Foreign Policy1▲ 83×1 topic
  38. Indonesia1▲ 7.0×2 topics
  39. Prior Learning1▲ 119×1 topic
  40. Recognition1▲ 84×1 topic

Which research topics does FamilySearch publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Community-based Tourism Development and Sustainability, Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research, Local Economic Development and Planning and Competency Development and Evaluation.

Community-based Tourism …2Community-based Tourism Development and Sustainability: 2 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Touri…1Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 1 fractional worksLocal Economic Developme…1Local Economic Development and Planning: 1 fractional worksCompetency Development a…1Competency Development and Evaluation: 1 fractional worksMethodology and Impact of Social Science Research: 1 fractional worksHigher Education Learning Practices: 1 fractional worksBalkan and Eastern Europ…1Balkan and Eastern European Studies: 1 fractional worksAgricultural Development and Management: 1 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 1 fractional worksCultural and Social Studies: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsSocial PsychologyEducation4 others

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

  1. 1 Community-based Tourism Development and Sustainability Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  2. 2 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  3. 3 Local Economic Development and Planning Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  4. 4 Competency Development and Evaluation Social Psychology 1 works
  5. 5 Methodology and Impact of Social Science Research Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 Higher Education Learning Practices Education 1 works
  7. 7 Balkan and Eastern European Studies Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  8. 8 Agricultural Development and Management General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 works
  9. 9 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 1 works
  10. 10 Cultural and Social Studies Cultural Studies 1 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 available29.6%not open70.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.0%domestic only82.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has FamilySearch's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% 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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