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Miami-Dade Public Library System

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World rank, all time
#23,412
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#4,856
of 7,310
Research works
200
▼ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.4k
12.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Miami-Dade Public Library System

Which fields of science does Miami-Dade Public Library System work in?

In 2022-now, 31% of research at Miami-Dade Public Library System is in Health Sciences, 30% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (27%), Social Sciences (17%), Environmental Science (16%).

Health Sciences: 10 fractional works · 31.2% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 26.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 11.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 30.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 15.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 7.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 27.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 17.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 5.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 10.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.5% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKMiami-Dade PublicLibrary System31fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences30%Health Sciences31%Social Sciences28%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine826.7%
    2. Health Professions14.3%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    1. Environmental Science515.9%
    2. Computer Science25.0%
    3. Engineering25.0%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences13.1%
    5. Mathematics01.2%
    1. Social Sciences517.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting25.2%
    3. Psychology12.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities12.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences26.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.6%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    5. Neuroscience00.2%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1.38× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.67× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.65× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.97× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.21× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.63× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.39× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.86× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.62× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.35× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science3.21×5 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.97×1 works
  3. Health Professions1.63×1 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.62×2 works
  5. Medicine1.39×8 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.38×2 works
  7. Social Sciences1.35×5 works
  8. Mathematics1.05×0 works
  9. Psychology0.96×1 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.86×1 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.67×1 works
  12. Computer Science0.65×2 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.60×0 works
  14. Nursing0.54×0 works
  15. Engineering0.33×2 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.20×0 works
  17. Neuroscience0.11×0 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Miami-Dade Public Library System?

Ranked on the quality score, Chalmers Vasquez, William D. Petrie and Johana Medina lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Miami-Dade Public Library System.

  1. 1 Chalmers Vasquez United States · #299,881 worldwide 2.2k citations · 66 works
  2. 2 William D. Petrie United States · #445,853 worldwide 2k citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Johana Medina United States · #688,605 worldwide 669 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Maday Moreno United States · #1,671,540 worldwide 237 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Walter F. Edmundson United States · #3,403,195 worldwide 593 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Eric T Hansen United States · #4,248,025 worldwide 560 citations · 45 works
  7. 7 Joseph H. Davis United States · #4,277,459 worldwide 27 citations · 20 works
  8. 8 Erin Purdy United States · #6,735,474 worldwide 0 citations · 72 works
All ranked researchers at Miami-Dade Public Library System

What are the most cited papers from Miami-Dade Public Library System?

The most cited paper from Miami-Dade Public Library System is "THE INCIDENCE OF FALL INJURY EVENTS AMONG THE ELDERLY IN A DEFINED POPULATION" (Richard W. Sattin, DEBORAH A. LAMBERT HUBER, Carolee A. DeVito et al., 1990), with 512 citations. Next come "Zika virus evolution and spread in the Americas" (440) and "Genomic epidemiology reveals multiple introductions of Zika virus into the United States" (400).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 THE INCIDENCE OF FALL INJURY EVENTS AMONG THE ELDERLY IN A DEFINED POPULATION Richard W. Sattin, DEBORAH A. LAMBERT HUBER, Carolee A. DeVito et al. · American Journal of Epidemiology Jun 1990 512
2 Zika virus evolution and spread in the Americas Hayden C. Metsky et al. · Nature Open access 23 May 2017 440
3 Genomic epidemiology reveals multiple introductions of Zika virus into the United States Nathan D. Grubaugh et al. · Nature Open access 23 May 2017 400
4 Impact of Community-Wide Police Car Deployment of Automated External Defibrillators on Survival From Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Robert J. Myerburg, Jeffrey Fenster, Mauricio Velez et al. · Circulation Open access 27 Aug 2002 277
5 Retrograde filling materials: A retrospective success-failure study of amalgam, EBA, and IRM Samuel O. Dorn, Arnold H. Gartner · Journal of Endodontics Aug 1990 261
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Which keywords describe research at Miami-Dade Public Library System?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Epidemiology, Vaccine Development, Vector Control, Climate Change, Infectious Diseases, Sustainability and Arboviral Diseases.

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

All 31 words, with their numbers
  1. Public Health6▲ 13×17 topics
  2. Epidemiology4▲ 3.4×14 topics
  3. Climate Change3▲ 3.6×16 topics
  4. Sustainability3▲ 3.4×10 topics
  5. Vaccine Development2▲ 29×3 topics
  6. Vector Control2▲ 60×2 topics
  7. Infectious Diseases2▲ 18×3 topics
  8. Quality of Life2▲ 3.9×5 topics
  9. Arboviral Diseases2▲ 80×1 topic
  10. Zika Virus2▲ 80×1 topic
  11. Global Warming2▲ 11×3 topics
  12. Human Health1▲ 28×1 topic
  13. Mortality1▲ 7.9×1 topic
  14. Prevalence1▲ 10×3 topics
  15. Educational Technology1▲ 3.3×3 topics
  16. Environmental Justice1▲ 28×2 topics
  17. Healthcare1▲ 3.4×4 topics
  18. Internet of Things1▲ 4.3×4 topics
  19. Physical Activity1▲ 8.0×4 topics
  20. Big Data1▲ 3.6×2 topics
  21. Biodiversity Conservation1▲ 9.3×2 topics
  22. Ecosystem Services1▲ 9.0×2 topics
  23. Environmental Impact1▲ 2.1×6 topics
  24. Insecticide Resistance1▲ 44×3 topics
  25. Knowledge Management1▲ 6.5×3 topics
  26. Mental Health1▲ 2.5×8 topics
  27. Supply Chain Management1▲ 3.8×2 topics
  28. Analytics1▲ 36×1 topic
  29. Business Intelligence1▲ 36×1 topic
  30. Community Health1▲ 20×2 topics
  31. Zoonotic Infections1▲ 59×2 topics

Which research topics does Miami-Dade Public Library System publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Mosquito-borne diseases and control, Climate Change and Health Impacts, Big Data and Business Intelligence and Urban Green Space and Health.

Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 2 fractional worksClimate Change and Health Impacts: 1 fractional worksBig Data and Business In…1Big Data and Business Intelligence: 1 fractional worksUrban Green Space and He…1Urban Green Space and Health: 1 fractional worksHealthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic: 1 fractional worksYouth, Drugs, and Violence: 1 fractional worksPhysical Education and G…1Physical Education and Gymnastics: 1 fractional worksMalaria Research and Control: 1 fractional worksDengue and Mosquito Control Research: 1 fractional worksParasitic Diseases Research and Treatment: 0 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisManagement Information SystemsInformation Systems4 others

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

  1. 1 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  2. 2 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  3. 3 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 1 works
  4. 4 Urban Green Space and Health Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  5. 5 Healthcare during COVID-19 Pandemic Information Systems 1 works
  6. 6 Youth, Drugs, and Violence Demography 1 works
  7. 7 Physical Education and Gymnastics Education 1 works
  8. 8 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  9. 9 Dengue and Mosquito Control Research Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment Infectious Diseases 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 available39.9%not open60.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.9%domestic only84.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Miami-Dade Public Library System's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Miami-Dade Public Library System as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00016% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Miami-Dade Public Library System0.00013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Miami-Dade Public Library System over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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