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H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online

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Research works
106
▲ 55% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.3k
12.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
27%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online

Not ranked overall: H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online work in?

In all years, 32% of research at H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online is in Social Sciences, 31% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (25%), Social Sciences (14%), Engineering (10%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 34 fractional works · 31.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 14.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 9 fractional works · 8.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 33 fractional works · 31.0% of its workMedicine: 26 fractional works · 24.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 24 fractional works · 22.7% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 10.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 16 fractional works · 14.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 6.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKH-Net: Humanities& Social Science…106fractional works, all years
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences31%Social Sciences32%

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 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1514.1%
    2. Arts and Humanities98.5%
    3. Psychology43.7%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance32.8%
    5. Decision Sciences21.5%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting11.2%
    1. Medicine2624.6%
    2. Health Professions54.7%
    3. Veterinary11.0%
    4. Nursing10.5%
    5. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Engineering1110.2%
    2. Computer Science43.8%
    3. Environmental Science43.5%
    4. Materials Science32.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy21.6%
    6. Chemistry00.4%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    8. Mathematics00.2%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    10. Energy00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology76.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences43.6%
    3. Neuroscience21.9%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics21.7%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology10.7%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 5.45× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.78× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.52× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.00× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.31× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering5.45×0 works
  2. Engineering2.78×6 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy1.52×0 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.31×0 works
  5. Social Sciences1.17×2 works
  6. Materials Science1.03×0 works
  7. Medicine1.00×2 works
  8. Health Professions0.80×0 works
  9. Mathematics0.72×0 works
  10. Energy0.69×0 works
  11. Psychology0.50×0 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.44×0 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.42×0 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.39×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.35×0 works
  16. Neuroscience0.31×0 works
  17. Environmental Science0.17×0 works

What are the most cited papers from H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online?

The most cited paper from H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online is "Structure formation and its consequences for gas and water transport in unsaturated arable and forest soils" (Rainer Horn, Alvin J. M. Smucker, 2005), with 305 citations. Next come "Effects of domestic violence policies, alcohol taxes and police staffing levels on intimate partner homicide in large US cities" (143) and "Food fraud prevention shifts the food risk focus to vulnerability" (142).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Structure formation and its consequences for gas and water transport in unsaturated arable and forest soils Rainer Horn, Alvin J. M. Smucker · Soil and Tillage Research 8 Feb 2005 305
2 Effects of domestic violence policies, alcohol taxes and police staffing levels on intimate partner homicide in large US cities April M. Zeoli, Daniel W. Webster · Injury Prevention Open access Apr 2010 143
3 Food fraud prevention shifts the food risk focus to vulnerability John Spink, David L. Ortega, Chen Chen et al. · Trends in Food Science & Technology 27 Feb 2017 142
4 A conserved anti‐repressor controls horizontal gene transfer by proteolysis Baundauna Bose, Jennifer M. Auchtung, Catherine A. Lee et al. · Molecular Microbiology Open access 22 Aug 2008 141
5 Effects of increasing levels of transglutaminase on the rheological properties and bread quality characteristics of two wheat flours Arzu Başman, Hamit Köksel, PERRY K.W. NG · European Food Research and Technology Nov 2002 132
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Literature, Identity, Gender, Culture, Monetary Policy, International Law, History and Asset Pricing.

▲ 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. Literature6▲ 10×8 topics
  2. Identity5▲ 5.9×6 topics
  3. Gender4▲ 6.3×4 topics
  4. Culture4▲ 6.8×4 topics
  5. History4▲ 4.1×5 topics
  6. International Law3▲ 9.1×3 topics
  7. Monetary Policy3▲ 9.0×2 topics
  8. Asset Pricing2▲ 18×1 topic
  9. Financial Analysis2▲ 29×1 topic
  10. Society2▲ 10×3 topics
  11. Human Rights2▲ 2.7×6 topics
  12. Mental Health2▲ 2.0×8 topics
  13. Corporate Governance2▲ 4.0×2 topics
  14. Immunotherapy2▲ 3.3×5 topics
  15. Colonialism2▲ 4.1×2 topics
  16. Politics2▲ 6.9×2 topics
  17. Burnout2▲ 19×3 topics
  18. Adaptation2▲ 5.8×3 topics
  19. Ethnicity2▲ 5.9×3 topics
  20. Health Claims2▲ 61×1 topic
  21. scientific opinion2▲ 160×1 topic
  22. Modernization2▲ 13×2 topics
  23. Suicide Risk2▲ 43×1 topic
  24. veterinary surgeons2▲ 160×1 topic
  25. Reflective Practice2▲ 8.7×3 topics
  26. Emotion2▲ 7.5×2 topics
  27. Film2▲ 83×1 topic
  28. Social Influence2▲ 9.8×3 topics
  29. Theory2▲ 74×1 topic
  30. Cultural Politics1▲ 18×3 topics
  31. Aesthetics1▲ 17×2 topics
  32. Biopolitics1▲ 22×2 topics
  33. Competency-Based Education1▲ 15×1 topic
  34. Lab-on-a-Chip1▲ 9.1×4 topics
  35. Organizational Learning1▲ 14×3 topics
  36. Postmodernism1▲ 29×2 topics
  37. Professional Identity Formation1▲ 22×1 topic
  38. Science1▲ 6.8×2 topics
  39. Androgen Receptor1▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Hormone Therapy1▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Vibration Control and Rheological Fluids, Education Pedagogy and Practices, Academic Research in Diverse Fields and Innovative Energy Harvesting Technologies.

Vibration Control and Rh…0Vibration Control and Rheological Fluids: 0 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and P…0Education Pedagogy and Practices: 0 fractional worksAcademic Research in Div…0Academic Research in Diverse Fields: 0 fractional worksInnovative Energy Harves…0Innovative Energy Harvesting Technologies: 0 fractional worksExperimental Learning in Engineering: 0 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 0 fractional worksPolymer crystallization …0Polymer crystallization and properties: 0 fractional worksGeophysics and Sensor Technology: 0 fractional worksLegal Cases and Commentary: 0 fractional worksDynamics and Control of …0Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems: 0 fractional works
Civil and Structural EngineeringEducationMechanical EngineeringMedia Technology5 others

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

  1. 1 Vibration Control and Rheological Fluids Civil and Structural Engineering 0 works
  2. 2 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 0 works
  3. 3 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 0 works
  4. 4 Innovative Energy Harvesting Technologies Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Experimental Learning in Engineering Media Technology 0 works
  6. 6 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 0 works
  7. 7 Polymer crystallization and properties Polymers and Plastics 0 works
  8. 8 Geophysics and Sensor Technology Ocean Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Legal Cases and Commentary Reproductive Medicine 0 works
  10. 10 Dynamics and Control of Mechanical Systems Control and Systems 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 available27.2%not open72.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.7%domestic only87.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 55% 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 H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00011% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online0.000043% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of H-Net: Humanities & Social Sciences Online over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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