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J. Paul Getty Museum

In research, J. Paul Getty Museum stands highest in Social Sciences (#12,700 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#12,271
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#2,543
of 7,310
Research works
330
▼ 50% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.2k
12.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.21×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
23%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
J. Paul Getty Museum

What is J. Paul Getty Museum known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #12,700 of 14,833 12.9%172

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where J. Paul Getty Museum sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does J. Paul Getty Museum work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research at J. Paul Getty Museum is in Social Sciences, 23% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (28%), Medicine (22%), Social Sciences (12%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 14 fractional works · 41.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 10 fractional works · 28.2% of its workArcheology: 5 fractional works · 14.2% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 11.8% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 23.3% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 22.1% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 8.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 21.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 10.1% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 13.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKJ. Paul GettyMuseum34fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences14%Physical Sciences21%Health Sciences23%Social Sciences42%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities1028.2%
    2. Social Sciences411.8%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    5. Psychology00.1%
    1. Medicine722.1%
    2. Health Professions01.1%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences310.1%
    2. Engineering13.4%
    3. Environmental Science12.3%
    4. Computer Science11.9%
    5. Physics and Astronomy11.8%
    6. Materials Science01.3%
    7. Chemistry00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences27.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology12.6%
    4. Neuroscience00.5%
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: 1.50× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.54× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6.41× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.15× its world share, 8 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 9.75× its world share, 10 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.69× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.93× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 9.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities9.75×10 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences6.41×3 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.54×1 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.50×2 works
  5. Medicine1.15×8 works
  6. Social Sciences0.93×4 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy0.81×1 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.69×1 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.69×0 works
  10. Environmental Science0.46×1 works
  11. Health Professions0.43×0 works
  12. Materials Science0.38×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.30×0 works
  14. Computer Science0.24×1 works
  15. Engineering0.23×1 works
  16. Dentistry0.23×0 works
  17. Chemistry0.13×0 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.08×0 works
  19. Psychology0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at J. Paul Getty Museum?

Ranked on the quality score, Arlen Heginbotham, Jerry C. Podany and Jiří Frel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is J. Paul Getty Museum.

  1. 1 Arlen Heginbotham United States · #718,769 worldwide 630 citations · 44 works
  2. 2 Jerry C. Podany United States · #3,185,093 worldwide 199 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Jiří Frel United States · #3,188,632 worldwide 121 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Susan L. Siegfried United States · #3,216,056 worldwide 379 citations · 46 works
  5. 5 James Cuno United States · #3,333,026 worldwide 390 citations · 46 works
  6. 6 Roy A. Adkins United States · #3,690,339 worldwide 95 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Charles Merewether United States · #4,108,660 worldwide 27 citations · 58 works
  8. 8 Anne-Lise Desmas United States · #4,221,108 worldwide 12 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Leilani Lattin Duke United States · #4,792,021 worldwide 118 citations · 51 works
All ranked researchers at J. Paul Getty Museum

What are the most cited papers from J. Paul Getty Museum?

The most cited paper from J. Paul Getty Museum is "Salt weathering: influence of evaporation rate, supersaturation and crystallization pattern" (Carlos Rodríguez‐Navarro, Eric F. Doehne, 1999), with 657 citations. Next come "How does sodium sulfate crystallize? Implications for the decay and testing of building materials" (439) and "Metallography and Microstructure of Ancient and Historic Metals" (412).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Salt weathering: influence of evaporation rate, supersaturation and crystallization pattern Carlos Rodríguez‐Navarro, Eric F. Doehne · Earth Surface Processes and Landforms Open access Mar 1999 657
2 How does sodium sulfate crystallize? Implications for the decay and testing of building materials Carlos Rodríguez‐Navarro, Eric F. Doehne, Eduardo Sebastián · Cement and Concrete Research Oct 2000 439
3 Metallography and Microstructure of Ancient and Historic Metals Andrew Oddy, DAVID A. SCOTT · Studies in Conservation Nov 1992 412
4 Salt weathering: a selective review Eric F. Doehne · Geological Society London Special Publications 2002 254
5 Nanostructure and Irreversible Colloidal Behavior of Ca(OH)2: Implications in Cultural Heritage Conservation Carlos Rodríguez‐Navarro, Encarnación Ruíz-Agudo, M. Ortega‐Huertas et al. · Langmuir 20 Oct 2005 179
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at J. Paul Getty Museum?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Heritage, Clinical Trials, Regulatory Challenges, Stem Cell Regulation, Conservation, Archaeology, Climate Change and Mediterranean.

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

All 34 words, with their numbers
  1. Cultural Heritage5▲ 29×8 topics
  2. Clinical Trials3▲ 13×2 topics
  3. Regulatory Challenges3▲ 88×1 topic
  4. Stem Cell Regulation3▲ 352×1 topic
  5. Climate Change3▲ 2.8×9 topics
  6. Conservation3▲ 18×6 topics
  7. Archaeology2▲ 51×4 topics
  8. Epidemiology2▲ 1.50×10 topics
  9. Mediterranean2▲ 52×2 topics
  10. Remote Sensing2▲ 3.6×2 topics
  11. Cultural Transmission1▲ 54×2 topics
  12. Raman Spectroscopy1▲ 22×2 topics
  13. Evolution1▲ 14×4 topics
  14. Molecular Phylogeny1▲ 24×4 topics
  15. Adaptation1▲ 12×2 topics
  16. Biodiversity1▲ 4.8×5 topics
  17. Empire1▲ 40×2 topics
  18. Hyperspectral Imaging1▲ 14×1 topic
  19. Innovation1▲ 3.3×3 topics
  20. Machine Learning1◆ 1.08×2 topics
  21. Maritime Archaeology1▲ 201×1 topic
  22. Religion1▲ 7.4×3 topics
  23. Sea-Level Change1▲ 201×1 topic
  24. X-Ray Fluorescence1▲ 176×1 topic
  25. Alchemy1▲ 90×2 topics
  26. LiDAR1▲ 72×1 topic
  27. Pathogenesis1▲ 6.6×5 topics
  28. Satellite Imagery1▲ 24×1 topic
  29. Globalization1▲ 1.50×2 topics
  30. Islamic reform1▲ 68×1 topic
  31. Late Antiquity1▲ 58×2 topics
  32. Middle East1▲ 48×1 topic
  33. NAFLD1▲ 26×1 topic
  34. NASH1▲ 26×1 topic

Which research topics does J. Paul Getty Museum publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Biomedical Ethics and Regulation, Maritime and Coastal Archaeology, Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis and Archaeological Research and Protection.

Biomedical Ethics and Re…3Biomedical Ethics and Regulation: 3 fractional worksMaritime and Coastal Archaeology: 1 fractional worksCultural Heritage Materials Analysis: 1 fractional worksArchaeological Research and Protection: 1 fractional worksIslamic Studies and History: 1 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksHistorical, Religious, a…1Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies: 1 fractional worksConservation Techniques and Studies: 1 fractional worksSubterranean biodiversity and taxonomy: 1 fractional worksBiotechnology and Related Fields: 1 fractional works
PhysiologyArcheologySpace and Planetary SciencePolitical Science and International Relations4 others

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

  1. 1 Biomedical Ethics and Regulation Physiology 3 works
  2. 2 Maritime and Coastal Archaeology Archeology 1 works
  3. 3 Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis Archeology 1 works
  4. 4 Archaeological Research and Protection Space and Planetary Science 1 works
  5. 5 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  6. 6 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 1 works
  7. 7 Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies Archeology 1 works
  8. 8 Conservation Techniques and Studies Conservation 1 works
  9. 9 Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy Paleontology 1 works
  10. 10 Biotechnology and Related Fields Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 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 available23.3%not open76.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has J. Paul Getty Museum's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 50% lower 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 J. Paul Getty Museum as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00017% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%J. Paul Getty Museum0.000047% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of J. Paul Getty Museum over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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