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Matenadaran

In research, Matenadaran stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,759 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities (Arts and Humanities is 13.7× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#22,079
of 22,385
Rank in Armenia
#23
of 27
Research works
103
▲ 763% vs 2018-21
Citations
50
0.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
64%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Matenadaran

What is Matenadaran known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #6,759 of 9,585 4.1%73 -

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Matenadaran 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 Matenadaran work in?

In 2022-now, 93% of research at Matenadaran is in Social Sciences, 3% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (51%), Arts and Humanities (40%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (2%). It does 3.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 82 fractional works · 93.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 45 fractional works · 51.0% of its workAnthropology: 16 fractional works · 17.9% of its workCultural Studies: 14 fractional works · 16.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 7.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 7.5% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 35 fractional works · 39.5% of its workClassics: 13 fractional works · 14.8% of its workArcheology: 8 fractional works · 8.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 6 fractional works · 6.5% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 5.6% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKMatenadaran88fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences0%Social Sciences93%

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 14 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences4551.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities3539.5%
    3. Psychology11.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.8%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.8%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    1. Computer Science11.6%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.6%
    3. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    4. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Health Professions00.2%
    2. Medicine00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Matenadaran specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 13.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 34.8 works14×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.52× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Physics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 13.68× its world share, 35 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.03× its world share, 45 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 13.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities13.68×35 works
  2. Social Sciences4.03×45 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.52×2 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.44×1 works
  5. Psychology0.43×1 works
  6. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.38×0 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting0.23×1 works
  8. Computer Science0.21×1 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.19×0 works
  10. Physics and Astronomy0.17×0 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.14×1 works
  12. Chemistry0.08×0 works
  13. Health Professions0.07×0 works
  14. Medicine0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Matenadaran?

Ranked on the quality score, Lusine Barseghyan, Gohar Muradyan and Aram Topchyan lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Matenadaran.

  1. 1 Lusine Barseghyan Armenia · #2,591,001 worldwide 0 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Gohar Muradyan Armenia · #2,691,265 worldwide 93 citations · 29 works
  3. 3 Aram Topchyan Armenia · #3,026,980 worldwide 19 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Manea Erna Shirinian Armenia · #3,309,541 worldwide 53 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Matenadaran

What are the most cited papers from Matenadaran?

The most cited paper from Matenadaran is "Study of the Degradation and Conservation of Historical Leather Book Covers with Macro Attenuated Total Reflection–Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopic Imaging" (Alessandra Vichi, Gayane Eliazyan, Sergei G. Kazarian, 2018), with 51 citations. Next come "Py/GC/MS characterisation of naturally and artificially aged inks and papers" (25) and "ALANS IN THE ARMENIAN WRITTEN SOURCES OF THE 12th –18th CENTURIES" (3).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Study of the Degradation and Conservation of Historical Leather Book Covers with Macro Attenuated Total Reflection–Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopic Imaging Alessandra Vichi, Gayane Eliazyan, Sergei G. Kazarian · ACS Omega Open access 2 Jul 2018 51
2 Py/GC/MS characterisation of naturally and artificially aged inks and papers Yeghis Keheyan, Gayane Eliazyan, P. Engel et al. · Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis 19 Jun 2009 25
3 ALANS IN THE ARMENIAN WRITTEN SOURCES OF THE 12th –18th CENTURIES Hayk E. Hakobyan, Shakhban Magomedovich KHAPIZOV, Hovhannes Beylerian · History Archeology and Ethnography of the Caucasus Open access 29 Dec 2021 3
4 Creedal Controversies among Armenians in the Seventeenth-Century Ottoman Empire Anna Ohanjanyan · Journal of the Society for Armenian Studies Open access 22 Sep 2020 3
5 The Armenian Military under Justinian and Maurice: A Reply to Pseudo-Criticism Armen M. Ayvazyan · Učënye zapiski Kazanskogo universiteta. Seriâ Gumanitarnye nauki/Učenye zapiski Kazanskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Seriâ Gumanitarnye nauki/Učenye zapiski Kazanskogo universiteta. Seriâ Gumanitarnye nauki Open access 2020 3
All 88 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Matenadaran?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Exchange, Cultural Interaction, Neoliberalism, Globalization, Human Agency, Immigration, Eurasian Exchange and Silk Roads.

▲ 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 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. Cultural Exchange27▲ 243×3 topics
  2. Cultural Interaction16▲ 702×2 topics
  3. Neoliberalism15▲ 48×2 topics
  4. Globalization15▲ 8.7×4 topics
  5. Human Agency14▲ 1586×1 topic
  6. Immigration14▲ 145×1 topic
  7. Eurasian Exchange14▲ 755×1 topic
  8. Silk Roads14▲ 755×1 topic
  9. Religious Identity13▲ 240×3 topics
  10. Byzantium12▲ 750×1 topic
  11. Eastern Mediterranean12▲ 750×1 topic
  12. Christian-Muslim Relations7▲ 306×2 topics
  13. Cultural Transmission6▲ 88×2 topics
  14. Linguistics5▲ 39×3 topics
  15. Early Christian Apologetics5▲ 267×1 topic
  16. Gospel Translation5▲ 267×1 topic
  17. Etymology5▲ 114×2 topics
  18. Historical Phonology5▲ 114×2 topics
  19. Urban Development4▲ 15×2 topics
  20. Language Contact4▲ 50×1 topic
  21. Turkic4▲ 177×1 topic
  22. Arabia4▲ 144×1 topic
  23. Byzantine4▲ 144×1 topic
  24. Cultural Heritage3▲ 7.0×6 topics
  25. Late Antiquity3▲ 69×2 topics
  26. Mediterranean3▲ 34×2 topics
  27. Ottoman Empire3▲ 43×2 topics
  28. Secularism3▲ 29×3 topics
  29. Diplomacy2▲ 27×2 topics
  30. Nationalism2▲ 5.5×5 topics
  31. Ancient Rome2▲ 76×1 topic
  32. Cross-Cultural Encounters2▲ 478×1 topic
  33. Crusades2▲ 478×1 topic
  34. Greek Literature2▲ 76×1 topic
  35. Corpus Linguistics2▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Middle East2▲ 37×2 topics
  37. Religion2▲ 4.9×5 topics
  38. Feminism2▲ 7.5×1 topic
  39. Islamic reform2▲ 51×1 topic
  40. Archaeology2▲ 15×3 topics

Which research topics does Matenadaran publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: History and Cultural Heritage, Eurasian Exchange Networks, Byzantine Studies and History and Historical and Linguistic Studies.

History and Cultural Her…14History and Cultural Heritage: 14 fractional worksEurasian Exchange Networks14Eurasian Exchange Networks: 14 fractional worksByzantine Studies and Hi…12Byzantine Studies and History: 12 fractional worksHistorical and Linguisti…5Historical and Linguistic Studies: 5 fractional worksLinguistics and Cultural…4Linguistics and Cultural Studies: 4 fractional worksArchaeology and Historic…4Archaeology and Historical Studies: 4 fractional worksMedieval History and Crusades: 2 fractional worksClassical Antiquity Studies: 2 fractional worksIslamic Studies and History: 2 fractional worksPost-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics: 1 fractional works
Cultural StudiesAnthropologyClassicsSociology and Political Science4 others

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

  1. 1 History and Cultural Heritage Cultural Studies 14 works
  2. 2 Eurasian Exchange Networks Anthropology 14 works
  3. 3 Byzantine Studies and History Classics 12 works
  4. 4 Historical and Linguistic Studies Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  5. 5 Linguistics and Cultural Studies Language and Linguistics 4 works
  6. 6 Archaeology and Historical Studies Archeology 4 works
  7. 7 Medieval History and Crusades History 2 works
  8. 8 Classical Antiquity Studies Anthropology 2 works
  9. 9 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  10. 10 Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 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 available64.2%not open35.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.8%domestic only89.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Matenadaran's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 763% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting20052010201520202025
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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 Matenadaran as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00047% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Matenadaran0.00056% in 202520102020

Fractional works of Matenadaran over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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