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Maryland State Archives

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Research works
6
▲ 50% vs 2018-21
Citations
12
2.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
42%
world 40%
Maryland State Archives

Not ranked overall: Maryland State Archives is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Maryland State Archives work in?

In all years, 80% of research at Maryland State Archives is in Social Sciences, 20% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (52%), Arts and Humanities (24%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (11%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 5 fractional works · 80.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 52.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 31.9% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 16.9% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 23.9% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 12.6% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 5.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 2.9% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 19.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 11.3% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 1 fractional works · 11.3% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 8.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 8.4% of its workALL ITS WORKMaryland StateArchives6fractional works, all years
Physical Sciences20%Social Sciences80%

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 2 domains and 6 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences352.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities123.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance02.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting01.0%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences111.3%
    2. Computer Science08.4%
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.

What are the most cited papers from Maryland State Archives?

The most cited paper from Maryland State Archives is "Fourteenth-century documents of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem: analysis of inks, parchment and seals" (Hanna Maria Szczepanowska, Elisabeth West FitzHugh, 1999), with 9 citations. Next come "Building a community of resilience and response—development of disaster response and training programmes" (2) and "Rescued from Oblivion: Historical Cultures in the Early United States" (1).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Fourteenth-century documents of the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem: analysis of inks, parchment and seals Hanna Maria Szczepanowska, Elisabeth West FitzHugh · The Paper Conservator Open access 1999 9
2 Building a community of resilience and response—development of disaster response and training programmes Tom Clareson, Ann Frellsen, Susan Duhl et al. · Journal of the Institute of Conservation 2 Sep 2023 2
3 Rescued from Oblivion: Historical Cultures in the Early United States Amber Glen · The American Archivist Mar 2023 1
4 Texas Baptist Leadership and Social Christianity, 1900-1980 Ben Primer, John W. Storey · Journal of American History Mar 1987 1
5 The First Nixon Papers Controversy: Richard Nixon's 1969 Prepresidential Papers Tax Deduction Matthew G. Brown · Archival issues Open access 2001 1
All 11 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Maryland State Archives publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies, Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics, Balkans: History, Politics, Society and American Constitutional Law and Politics.

European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies: 0 fractional worksPost-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics: 0 fractional worksBalkans: History, Politi…0Balkans: History, Politics, Society: 0 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional …0American Constitutional Law and Politics: 0 fractional worksLibrary Science and Admi…0Library Science and Administration: 0 fractional worksLiterature: history, the…0Literature: history, themes, analysis: 0 fractional worksArchaeological Research and Protection: 0 fractional worksConservation Techniques and Studies: 0 fractional worksCultural Heritage Management and Preservation: 0 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsCultural StudiesLibrary and Information SciencesLiterature and Literary Theory3 others

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

  1. 1 European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  2. 2 Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  3. 3 Balkans: History, Politics, Society Cultural Studies 0 works
  4. 4 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  5. 5 Library Science and Administration Library and Information Sciences 0 works
  6. 6 Literature: history, themes, analysis Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  7. 7 Archaeological Research and Protection Space and Planetary Science 0 works
  8. 8 Conservation Techniques and Studies Conservation 0 works
  9. 9 Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation Archeology 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 available42.3%not open57.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

How has Maryland State Archives's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 50% higher than in 2018-2021.

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