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John Carter Brown Library

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Research works
52
▼ 30% vs 2013–17
Citations
215
4.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: John Carter Brown Library 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 John Carter Brown Library?

Ranked on the composite score, Lawrence C. Wroth lead among researchers whose main affiliation is John Carter Brown Library.

  1. 1 Lawrence C. Wroth United States · #553,165 worldwide 18 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at John Carter Brown Library

Which keywords describe research at John Carter Brown Library?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Nationalism, Cultural Identity, Colonialism, Innovation, Social Movements, American founding and Constitutional government.

▲ 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. History7▲ 16×15 topics
  2. Nationalism6▲ 20×5 topics
  3. Globalization5▲ 5.3×11 topics
  4. Cultural Identity5▲ 21×5 topics
  5. Colonialism5▲ 18×9 topics
  6. Innovation4▲ 9.4×3 topics
  7. American founding4▲ 115×1 topic
  8. Constitutional government4▲ 115×1 topic
  9. Social Movements4▲ 27×6 topics
  10. Culture4▲ 16×7 topics
  11. Society4▲ 35×7 topics
  12. Church History4▲ 124×3 topics
  13. African Diaspora4▲ 183×3 topics
  14. Identity4▲ 9.4×11 topics
  15. Racial Identity4▲ 247×2 topics
  16. Medicine3▲ 67×5 topics
  17. Atlantic History3▲ 306×1 topic
  18. Transatlantic Slave Trade3▲ 306×1 topic
  19. Cultural Heritage3▲ 13×4 topics
  20. Philosophy3▲ 12×3 topics
  21. Science3▲ 29×3 topics
  22. Reformation3▲ 113×2 topics
  23. Technology3▲ 12×3 topics
  24. Theology3▲ 44×2 topics
  25. Religious Practices3▲ 94×2 topics
  26. Calvinism2▲ 123×1 topic
  27. Cultural Exchange2▲ 35×2 topics
  28. Religious Controversy2▲ 123×1 topic
  29. Gender2▲ 7.6×8 topics
  30. National Identity2▲ 36×3 topics
  31. Visual Culture2▲ 77×2 topics
  32. Biography2▲ 163×1 topic
  33. Colonial Spanish America2▲ 238×1 topic
  34. Indigenous History2▲ 238×1 topic
  35. Observations2▲ 170×1 topic
  36. Geodesy2▲ 192×1 topic
  37. Historiography2▲ 28×4 topics
  38. Map Projections2▲ 441×1 topic
  39. Scientific History2▲ 76×1 topic
  40. Technological Development2▲ 76×1 topic

Which research topics does John Carter Brown Library publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Historical Art and Architecture Studies, Colonialism, slavery, and trade, History of Science and Medicine and Photographic and Visual Arts.

Historical Art and Architecture Studies: 1 fractional worksColonialism, slavery, and trade: 1 fractional worksHistory of Science and Medicine: 0 fractional worksPhotographic and Visual Arts: 0 fractional worksHistorical Studies on Spain: 0 fractional worksLatin American history and culture: 0 fractional worksHistory of Colonial Brazil0History of Colonial Brazil: 0 fractional worksHistorical Studies and S…0Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 0 fractional worksArchaeology and Cultural…0Archaeology and Cultural Heritage: 0 fractional worksHistory of Emotions Rese…0History of Emotions Research: 0 fractional works
ConservationAnthropologyHistory and Philosophy of ScienceMuseology3 others

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

  1. 1 Historical Art and Architecture Studies Conservation 1 works
  2. 2 Colonialism, slavery, and trade Anthropology 1 works
  3. 3 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 0 works
  4. 4 Photographic and Visual Arts Museology 0 works
  5. 5 Historical Studies on Spain History 0 works
  6. 6 Latin American history and culture Visual Arts and Performing Arts 0 works
  7. 7 History of Colonial Brazil Anthropology 0 works
  8. 8 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 0 works
  9. 9 Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Cultural Studies 0 works
  10. 10 History of Emotions Research History 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 available34.9%not open65.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.0%domestic only97.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has John Carter Brown Library's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% lower 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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