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National Archives

In research, National Archives stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,805 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in History (History is 37.0× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,643
of 22,385 · #10,468 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#382
of 862
Research works
766
▲ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.9k
3.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
National Archives

What is National Archives 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 #4,805 of 9,585 6.6%130 #3702

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

In 2022-now, 78% of research at National Archives is in Social Sciences, 17% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (36%), Arts and Humanities (36%), Computer Science (9%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 138 fractional works · 78.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 64 fractional works · 36.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 16 fractional works · 9.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 14 fractional works · 8.0% of its workAnthropology: 8 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 4.6% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 63 fractional works · 35.6% of its workHistory: 21 fractional works · 11.9% of its workConservation: 16 fractional works · 9.1% of its workArcheology: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workClassics: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMuseology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 30 fractional works · 16.9% of its workComputer Science: 15 fractional works · 8.6% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNational Archives176fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences78%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences6436.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities6335.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance53.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting21.4%
    5. Psychology21.0%
    6. Decision Sciences21.0%
    1. Computer Science158.6%
    2. Engineering63.2%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences31.9%
    4. Environmental Science31.6%
    5. Materials Science10.6%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.6%
    7. Chemistry10.4%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    9. Energy00.0%
    1. Medicine31.5%
    2. Health Professions10.8%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.6%
    3. Neuroscience00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does National Archives specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: History takes 37.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. HistorySubfield · 21.0 works37×
← 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: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.11× its world share, 15 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.18× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 12.33× its world share, 63 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.01× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.39× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.87× its world share, 64 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 12.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities12.33×63 works
  2. Social Sciences2.87×64 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.39×5 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.18×3 works
  5. Computer Science1.11×15 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.01×2 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting0.43×2 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.34×3 works
  9. Psychology0.33×2 works
  10. Health Professions0.32×2 works
  11. Environmental Science0.31×3 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.26×1 works
  13. Chemistry0.24×1 works
  14. Engineering0.21×6 works
  15. Dentistry0.19×0 works
  16. Materials Science0.18×1 works
  17. Chemical Engineering0.14×0 works
  18. Nursing0.13×0 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.12×1 works
  20. Neuroscience0.09×0 works
  21. Medicine0.08×3 works
  22. Energy0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at National Archives?

Ranked on the quality score, Lora V. Angelova, Tim Padfield⊚ and Philip Coolidge Brooks lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Archives.

  1. 1 Lora V. Angelova United Kingdom · #783,709 worldwide 748 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Tim Padfield⊚ United Kingdom · #1,698,963 worldwide 676 citations · 83 works
  3. 3 Philip Coolidge Brooks United Kingdom · #1,887,770 worldwide 203 citations · 62 works
  4. 4 Eirini Goudarouli United Kingdom · #1,958,704 worldwide 100 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Euan C. Roger United Kingdom · #2,076,720 worldwide 25 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Henry Serrano Villard United Kingdom · #2,440,479 worldwide 131 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Carl Ludwig Lokke United Kingdom · #2,470,141 worldwide 241 citations · 59 works
  8. 8 Jessica Hendry Nelson United Kingdom · #2,645,648 worldwide 0 citations · 31 works
  9. 9 А. П. Царук United Kingdom · #2,659,087 worldwide 0 citations · 94 works
  10. 10 Mark Robert Bell United Kingdom · #2,768,147 worldwide 292 citations · 76 works
All ranked researchers at National Archives

What are the most cited papers from National Archives?

The most cited paper from National Archives is "Systematic Review of Psychological Approaches to the Management of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Dementia" (Gill Livingston, Kate Johnston, Cornelius Katona et al., 2005), with 597 citations. Next come "The Impact of Health Information on the Internet on Health Care and the Physician-Patient Relationship: National U.S. Survey among 1.050 U.S. Physicians" (478) and "Anxiety and Depression in Family Caregivers of People With Alzheimer Disease: The LASER-AD Study" (450).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Systematic Review of Psychological Approaches to the Management of Neuropsychiatric Symptoms of Dementia Gill Livingston, Kate Johnston, Cornelius Katona et al. · American Journal of Psychiatry ReviewOpen access Nov 2005 597
2 The Impact of Health Information on the Internet on Health Care and the Physician-Patient Relationship: National U.S. Survey among 1.050 U.S. Physicians Elizabeth M. Murray, Bernard Lo, Lance M. Pollack et al. · Journal of Medical Internet Research Open access 29 Aug 2003 478
3 Anxiety and Depression in Family Caregivers of People With Alzheimer Disease: The LASER-AD Study Rachel Mahoney, Ciaran Regan, Cornelius Katona et al. · American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry Open access Sep 2005 450
4 CEO Preferences and Acquisitions Dirk Jenter, Katharina Lewellen · The Journal of Finance May 2015 286
5 Public Papers of the Presidents Warren Reid · The American Archivist Open access Oct 1962 234
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at National Archives?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Nationalism, Metadata Standards, Archives, Digital Preservation, Gender, Cultural Heritage and Literature.

▲ 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. History22▲ 18×19 topics
  2. Nationalism16▲ 20×18 topics
  3. Metadata Standards14▲ 393×2 topics
  4. Archives14▲ 592×1 topic
  5. Digital Preservation14▲ 520×1 topic
  6. Gender14▲ 14×17 topics
  7. Cultural Heritage13▲ 14×13 topics
  8. Literature12▲ 12×10 topics
  9. Identity12▲ 9.0×21 topics
  10. Culture11▲ 12×10 topics
  11. Globalization9▲ 2.7×18 topics
  12. Colonialism9▲ 10×16 topics
  13. Cultural Identity9▲ 9.9×9 topics
  14. Religion8▲ 10×9 topics
  15. Society8▲ 22×5 topics
  16. Philosophy7▲ 8.8×6 topics
  17. Urban Development6▲ 10×4 topics
  18. Cultural Politics6▲ 51×2 topics
  19. Eastern Europe6▲ 62×3 topics
  20. Soviet Union6▲ 58×3 topics
  21. Ethics5▲ 5.9×8 topics
  22. Social Change5▲ 24×5 topics
  23. African Diaspora5▲ 73×2 topics
  24. Memory5▲ 12×8 topics
  25. Ethnography5▲ 16×9 topics
  26. Medieval5▲ 76×2 topics
  27. Community4▲ 22×5 topics
  28. Manuscripts4▲ 117×1 topic
  29. Monasticism4▲ 160×1 topic
  30. National Identity4▲ 20×4 topics
  31. Academic Achievement4▲ 13×2 topics
  32. Community Participation4▲ 6.4×4 topics
  33. Parental Involvement4▲ 13×2 topics
  34. Polish history4▲ 92×1 topic
  35. Polish minority4▲ 92×1 topic
  36. International Relations4▲ 8.8×7 topics
  37. Slavery4▲ 90×2 topics
  38. Atlantic History4▲ 129×1 topic
  39. Empire4▲ 23×4 topics
  40. Transatlantic Slave Trade4▲ 129×1 topic

Which research topics does National Archives publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Digital and Traditional Archives Management, Medieval Literature and History, Polish Historical and Cultural Studies and Colonialism, slavery, and trade.

Digital and Traditional …14Digital and Traditional Archives Management: 14 fractional worksMedieval Literature and History: 4 fractional worksPolish Historical and Cultural Studies: 4 fractional worksColonialism, slavery, and trade: 4 fractional worksHistorical and Cultural Studies of Poland: 3 fractional worksScottish History and National Identity: 3 fractional worksDiverse Education Studies and Reforms: 3 fractional worksOral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis: 3 fractional worksDigital Humanities and Scholarship: 2 fractional worksResearch Data Management Practices: 2 fractional works
ConservationClassicsPolitical Science and International RelationsAnthropology4 others

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

  1. 1 Digital and Traditional Archives Management Conservation 14 works
  2. 2 Medieval Literature and History Classics 4 works
  3. 3 Polish Historical and Cultural Studies Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  4. 4 Colonialism, slavery, and trade Anthropology 4 works
  5. 5 Historical and Cultural Studies of Poland History 3 works
  6. 6 Scottish History and National Identity History 3 works
  7. 7 Diverse Education Studies and Reforms Education 3 works
  8. 8 Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis History 3 works
  9. 9 Digital Humanities and Scholarship Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  10. 10 Research Data Management Practices Information Systems 2 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 available36.5%not open63.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.3%domestic only78.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has National Archives's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% 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 National Archives as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00088% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%National Archives0.00069% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of National Archives 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 2025National Archives6.1% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.2% in 2010.

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