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Medical Library Association

In research, Medical Library Association stands highest in Music (#9 of 10 worldwide), Signal Processing (#157 of 169 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#8,977 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Music, Signal Processing and Information Systems (Music is 304.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,908
of 22,385 · #22,068 all time
Rank in United States
#2,452
of 3,332
Research works
990
▲ 44% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.1k
1.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
1.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.70×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
89%
world 40%
International
2%
world 18%
Medical Library Association

What is Medical Library Association 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
MusicSubfield #9 of 10 0.0%67 #105
Signal ProcessingSubfield #157 of 169 0.0%67 #627
Social SciencesDomain #8,977 of 9,585 0.8%106 #12129
Physical SciencesDomain #10,265 of 10,670 0.2%138 #17054
Information SystemsSubfield #1,282 of 1,321 0.1%68 #2506
Computer ScienceField #4,392 of 4,417 0.1%135 #6326
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,886 of 1,896 0.1%74 #3496

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Medical Library Association 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Music#105 #9
  2. Signal Processing#627 #157
  3. Social Sciences#12,129 #8,977
  4. Physical Sciences#17,054 #10,265
  5. Information Systems#2,506 #1,282
  6. Computer Science#6,326 #4,392
  7. Arts and Humanities#3,496 #1,886
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Medical Library Association work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research at Medical Library Association is in Physical Sciences, 40% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (50%), Arts and Humanities (28%), Social Sciences (9%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 143 fractional works · 51.5% of its workComputer Science: 140 fractional works · 50.3% of its workInformation Systems: 71 fractional works · 25.4% of its workSignal Processing: 68 fractional works · 24.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 112 fractional works · 40.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 77 fractional works · 27.9% of its workMusic: 69 fractional works · 24.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 25 fractional works · 9.1% of its workEducation: 10 fractional works · 3.7% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 20 fractional works · 7.0% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMedical LibraryAssociation278fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences51%Health Sciences7%Social Sciences40%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science14050.3%
    2. Environmental Science20.5%
    3. Engineering10.2%
    4. Mathematics00.1%
    5. Materials Science00.1%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    7. Energy00.1%
    1. Arts and Humanities7727.9%
    2. Social Sciences259.1%
    3. Psychology72.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.4%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.2%
    6. Decision Sciences10.2%
    1. Medicine103.7%
    2. Health Professions93.2%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology20.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.2%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Medical Library Association specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Music takes 304.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MusicSubfield · 69.2 works305×
  2. Signal ProcessingSubfield · 68.5 works81×
  3. Information SystemsSubfield · 70.6 works14×
  4. Arts and HumanitiesField · 77.4 works9.7×
  5. Computer ScienceField · 139.7 works6.5×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.57× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 6.47× its world share, 140 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.22× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.19× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 9.66× its world share, 77 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.83× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 25 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 9.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities9.66×77 works
  2. Computer Science6.47×140 works
  3. Health Professions1.22×9 works
  4. Psychology0.83×7 works
  5. Social Sciences0.72×25 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology0.57×2 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.20×0 works
  8. Medicine0.19×10 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.17×1 works
  10. Nursing0.16×0 works
  11. Environmental Science0.11×2 works
  12. Mathematics0.10×0 works
  13. Energy0.07×0 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.07×1 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.06×1 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.05×1 works
  17. Neuroscience0.04×0 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works
  19. Materials Science0.03×0 works
  20. Engineering0.01×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Medical Library Association?

Ranked on the quality score, Ian Cooper, Chris Holden and Carla J. Funk lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Medical Library Association.

  1. 1 Ian Cooper United States · #1,413,933 worldwide 2.3k citations · 145 works
  2. 2 Chris Holden United States · #2,232,199 worldwide 2.9k citations · 266 works
  3. 3 Carla J. Funk United States · #2,285,020 worldwide 237 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Music Library Association. United States · #2,698,840 worldwide 0 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Wyllis E. Wright United States · #3,466,477 worldwide 67 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 C P Vashishth United States · #3,846,627 worldwide 15 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Sandy Norman United States · #4,670,587 worldwide 44 citations · 45 works
  8. 8 Meg Barclay United States · #5,167,846 worldwide 4 citations · 42 works
  9. 9 Jeremiah Kamtman United States · #5,737,121 worldwide 0 citations · 53 works
  10. 10 Alan Ringwood United States · #7,241,335 worldwide 0 citations · 117 works
All ranked researchers at Medical Library Association

What are the most cited papers from Medical Library Association?

The most cited paper from Medical Library Association is "Improved Postoperative Outcomes Associated with Preoperative Statin Therapy" (Katja Hindler, Andrew Shaw, Joshua Samuels et al., 2006), with 291 citations. Next come "Rapid Tests for Influenza, Respiratory Syncytial Virus, and Other Respiratory Viruses: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis" (205) and "Preoperative Nutrition Status and Postoperative Outcome in Elderly General Surgery Patients" (193).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Improved Postoperative Outcomes Associated with Preoperative Statin Therapy Katja Hindler, Andrew Shaw, Joshua Samuels et al. · Anesthesiology Open access 18 Nov 2006 291
2 Rapid Tests for Influenza, Respiratory Syncytial Virus, and Other Respiratory Viruses: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Andrea H. L. Bruning, Mariska Leeflang, Johanna M B W Vos et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases ReviewOpen access 13 May 2017 205
3 Preoperative Nutrition Status and Postoperative Outcome in Elderly General Surgery Patients Mireille F. M. van Stijn, Ines Korkic‐Halilovic, Marjan S. M. Bakker et al. · Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition May 2012 193
4 What is a “mapping study?” Ian Cooper · Journal of the Medical Library Association JMLA Open access 2016 168
5 Laser and intense pulsed light therapy for the treatment of hypertrophic scars: a systematic review Charlotte Vrijman, Anne Margreet van Drooge, Jacqueline Limpens et al. · British Journal of Dermatology Review 30 Jun 2011 137
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Which keywords describe research at Medical Library Association?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Justice, Data Citation, Ecomusicology, Ethnomusicology, Digital Repositories, Linked Data, Resource Description and Access and Convolutional Neural Networks.

▲ 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. Social Justice71▲ 43×4 topics
  2. Data Citation69▲ 496×2 topics
  3. Ecomusicology69▲ 1046×1 topic
  4. Ethnomusicology69▲ 620×1 topic
  5. Deep Learning69▲ 7.2×4 topics
  6. Digital Repositories69▲ 717×2 topics
  7. Linked Data69▲ 624×1 topic
  8. Resource Description and Access69▲ 3067×1 topic
  9. Convolutional Neural Networks69▲ 34×4 topics
  10. Feature Extraction69▲ 55×3 topics
  11. Audio Signal Classification68▲ 649×1 topic
  12. Music Information Retrieval68▲ 649×1 topic
  13. Digital Divide9▲ 13×3 topics
  14. Library Services8▲ 269×1 topic
  15. Social Inclusion8▲ 91×1 topic
  16. Cultural Studies4▲ 3.9×4 topics
  17. Children's Literature4▲ 34×2 topics
  18. Social Impact4▲ 3.4×2 topics
  19. Fantasy3▲ 101×1 topic
  20. Young Adult3▲ 101×1 topic
  21. Academic Achievement3▲ 6.6×3 topics
  22. Medical Education3▲ 4.3×4 topics
  23. Educational Networks3▲ 296×1 topic
  24. Progressive Education3▲ 296×1 topic
  25. Child Development3▲ 2.5×2 topics
  26. Knowledge Management2▲ 1.61×4 topics
  27. Information Seeking Behavior2▲ 17×2 topics
  28. Student Outcomes2▲ 34×2 topics
  29. Academic Libraries2▲ 35×2 topics
  30. Evidence-Based Practice2▲ 5.7×3 topics
  31. Digital Technology2▲ 7.0×1 topic
  32. Homeschooling2▲ 74×1 topic
  33. Parental Involvement2▲ 4.0×1 topic
  34. Parental Mediation2▲ 14×1 topic
  35. Nursing Education2▲ 5.1×2 topics
  36. Barriers and Facilitators2▲ 34×1 topic
  37. Chronic Disease Management2▲ 3.2×4 topics
  38. Healthcare Professionals2▲ 34×1 topic
  39. Infertility2▲ 3.8×2 topics
  40. Teacher Preparation1▲ 6.4×2 topics

Which research topics does Medical Library Association publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Diverse Musicological Studies, Library Science and Information Systems, Music and Audio Processing and Library Science and Administration.

Diverse Musicological St…69Diverse Musicological Studies: 69 fractional worksLibrary Science and Info…69Library Science and Information Systems: 69 fractional worksMusic and Audio Processing68Music and Audio Processing: 68 fractional worksLibrary Science and Administration: 8 fractional worksThemes in Literature Analysis: 3 fractional worksHistorical Education Studies Worldwide: 3 fractional worksDiverse Education Studies and Reforms: 2 fractional worksChild Development and Digital Technology: 2 fractional worksHealth Sciences Research and Education: 2 fractional worksLibrary Science and Information Literacy: 1 fractional works
MusicInformation SystemsSignal ProcessingLibrary and Information Sciences3 others

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

  1. 1 Diverse Musicological Studies Music 69 works
  2. 2 Library Science and Information Systems Information Systems 69 works
  3. 3 Music and Audio Processing Signal Processing 68 works
  4. 4 Library Science and Administration Library and Information Sciences 8 works
  5. 5 Themes in Literature Analysis Literature and Literary Theory 3 works
  6. 6 Historical Education Studies Worldwide Education 3 works
  7. 7 Diverse Education Studies and Reforms Education 2 works
  8. 8 Child Development and Digital Technology Education 2 works
  9. 9 Health Sciences Research and Education General Health Professions 2 works
  10. 10 Library Science and Information Literacy Library and Information Sciences 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 available88.9%not open11.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors2.4%domestic only97.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Medical Library Association's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 44% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Medical Library Association as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0012% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Medical Library Association0.0012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Medical Library Association over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Medical Library Association1.2% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 3.4% in 2016.

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