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Free Library of Philadelphia

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Research works
55
▲ 27% vs 2013–17
Citations
335
6.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Free Library of Philadelphia 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.

Who are the top researchers at Free Library of Philadelphia?

Ranked on the composite score, Joseph Story lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Free Library of Philadelphia.

  1. 1 Joseph Story United States · #495,680 worldwide 48 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Free Library of Philadelphia

Which keywords describe research at Free Library of Philadelphia?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Digital Divide, Nationalism, Library Services, Social Inclusion, Public Opinion, American founding, Constitutional government and Culture.

▲ 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. Digital Divide7▲ 67×2 topics
  2. Nationalism7▲ 22×5 topics
  3. Library Services7▲ 739×1 topic
  4. Social Inclusion7▲ 341×1 topic
  5. Public Opinion6▲ 65×2 topics
  6. American founding6▲ 145×1 topic
  7. Constitutional government6▲ 145×1 topic
  8. Culture4▲ 17×5 topics
  9. Academic Libraries4▲ 162×3 topics
  10. Gender3▲ 11×5 topics
  11. Globalization3▲ 3.4×7 topics
  12. Literature3▲ 12×4 topics
  13. History3▲ 7.3×6 topics
  14. Social Media3▲ 6.5×3 topics
  15. Technology Integration3▲ 25×2 topics
  16. Library 2.03▲ 259×1 topic
  17. Web 2.03▲ 259×1 topic
  18. Feminism2▲ 17×3 topics
  19. Adaptation2▲ 14×1 topic
  20. Film2▲ 248×1 topic
  21. Postcolonialism2▲ 32×4 topics
  22. Society2▲ 16×3 topics
  23. Black Studies2▲ 108×1 topic
  24. Civil Rights Movement2▲ 108×1 topic
  25. Cultural History2▲ 23×3 topics
  26. Identity2▲ 4.4×8 topics
  27. Science2▲ 16×2 topics
  28. Technology2▲ 7.3×3 topics
  29. Literary Criticism1▲ 44×2 topics
  30. Medicine1▲ 26×1 topic
  31. Entrepreneurship1▲ 7.8×2 topics
  32. Online Gaming1▲ 65×1 topic
  33. Video Games1▲ 41×1 topic
  34. Aesthetics1▲ 28×2 topics
  35. Archives1▲ 135×1 topic
  36. Contemporary Art1▲ 153×1 topic
  37. Digital Preservation1▲ 117×1 topic
  38. Educational Data Mining1▲ 45×1 topic
  39. Folate1▲ 44×1 topic
  40. Geodesy1▲ 87×1 topic

Which research topics does Free Library of Philadelphia publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Library Science and Administration, Web and Library Services, Library Science and Information Literacy and Digital Games and Media.

Library Science and Admi…2Library Science and Administration: 2 fractional worksWeb and Library Services: 0 fractional worksLibrary Science and Information Literacy: 0 fractional worksDigital Games and Media0Digital Games and Media: 0 fractional worksQR Code Applications and Technologies: 0 fractional worksEarly Childhood Education and Development: 0 fractional worksChild Development and Digital Technology: 0 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 0 fractional worksPublic Policy and Administration Research: 0 fractional worksInformation and Cyber Security: 0 fractional works
Library and Information SciencesInformation SystemsSociology and Political ScienceEducation2 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 Web and Library Services Information Systems 0 works
  3. 3 Library Science and Information Literacy Library and Information Sciences 0 works
  4. 4 Digital Games and Media Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  5. 5 QR Code Applications and Technologies Information Systems 0 works
  6. 6 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 0 works
  7. 7 Child Development and Digital Technology Education 0 works
  8. 8 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 0 works
  9. 9 Public Policy and Administration Research Public Administration 0 works
  10. 10 Information and Cyber Security Information Systems 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 available41.2%not open58.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors2.7%domestic only97.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Free Library of Philadelphia's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% 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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