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London Library

In research, London Library stands highest in Social Sciences (#911 of 10,206 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,621 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#10,810
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#597
of 2,253
Research works
394
▼ 26% vs 2013–17
Citations
3k
7.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
21%
world 28%

What is London Library 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 SciencesField #911 of 10,206 17.6%140
Social SciencesDomain #1,621 of 16,945 20.3%270

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where London Library 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.54× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 3.47× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 7.37× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.30× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.31× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.34× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at London Library?

Ranked on the composite score, Edward Dudley lead among researchers whose main affiliation is London Library.

  1. 1 Edward Dudley United Kingdom · #308,952 worldwide 1 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at London Library

Which keywords describe research at London Library?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Diversity, Library Services, Social Inclusion, Globalization, Cultural Identity, Social Inequality, Risk Management and Identity.

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

All 20 words, with their numbers
  1. Globalization2▲ 4.0×9 topics
  2. Diversity2▲ 42×2 topics
  3. Library Services2▲ 713×1 topic
  4. Social Inclusion2▲ 233×1 topic
  5. Cultural Identity1▲ 9.5×2 topics
  6. Human Rights1▲ 4.2×2 topics
  7. Identity1▲ 5.9×3 topics
  8. Risk Management1▲ 8.9×3 topics
  9. Social Inequality1▲ 17×2 topics
  10. American Literature1▲ 294×1 topic
  11. Corporate Political Activity1▲ 108×1 topic
  12. Eastern European culture1▲ 267×1 topic
  13. Ecomusicology1▲ 158×1 topic
  14. Ethnomusicology1▲ 94×1 topic
  15. Great Depression1▲ 1965×1 topic
  16. Insurance1▲ 47×2 topics
  17. Non-Communicable Diseases1▲ 13×1 topic
  18. Polish nobility1▲ 267×1 topic
  19. Post-Communist1▲ 182×1 topic
  20. Transition1▲ 40×1 topic

Which research topics does London Library publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Library Science and Administration, Historical and Cultural Studies of Poland, American Literature and Culture and Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology.

Library Science and Admi…2Library Science and Administration: 2 fractional worksHistorical and Cultural Studies of Poland: 1 fractional worksAmerican Literature and …1American Literature and Culture: 1 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Pol…1Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 1 fractional worksEastern European Communism and Reforms: 1 fractional worksDiverse Musicological Studies: 1 fractional worksDigital and Traditional …1Digital and Traditional Archives Management: 1 fractional worksNuclear Issues and Defense: 0 fractional worksInsurance and Financial Risk Management: 0 fractional worksGerman Social Sciences and History: 0 fractional works
Library and Information SciencesHistoryOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSociology and Political Science4 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 Historical and Cultural Studies of Poland History 1 works
  3. 3 American Literature and Culture History 1 works
  4. 4 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1 works
  5. 5 Eastern European Communism and Reforms Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 Diverse Musicological Studies Music 1 works
  7. 7 Digital and Traditional Archives Management Conservation 1 works
  8. 8 Nuclear Issues and Defense Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  9. 9 Insurance and Financial Risk Management Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  10. 10 German Social Sciences and History Sociology and Political Science 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 available21.1%not open78.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.9%domestic only92.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has London Library's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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