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National Library Board

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World rank, all time
#27,825
of 42,892
Rank in Singapore
#93
of 126
Research works
141
▲ 304% vs 2013–17
Citations
815
5.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
23%
world 28%

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.

Chemistry: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.12× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 2.45× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 4.41× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.81× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.31× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.65× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at National Library Board?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, State Intervention, Multiculturalism, Singapore, Labor Market, Labor Movement, Unemployment and Union Revitalization.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 27 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 27 words, with their numbers
  1. Globalization7▲ 13×6 topics
  2. State Intervention4▲ 437×2 topics
  3. Multiculturalism4▲ 67×1 topic
  4. Singapore4▲ 1416×1 topic
  5. Labor Market2▲ 27×2 topics
  6. Labor Movement2▲ 396×1 topic
  7. Unemployment2▲ 93×2 topics
  8. Union Revitalization2▲ 396×1 topic
  9. Career Development2▲ 54×3 topics
  10. Leadership2▲ 13×4 topics
  11. Employability1▲ 142×1 topic
  12. Graduate Attributes1▲ 177×1 topic
  13. Archives1▲ 402×1 topic
  14. Digital Preservation1▲ 345×1 topic
  15. Education1▲ 2.9×3 topics
  16. Organizational Performance1▲ 19×3 topics
  17. Digital Divide1▲ 17×3 topics
  18. Mental Health1▲ 3.0×1 topic
  19. Precarious Employment1▲ 68×1 topic
  20. 3D Printing1▲ 17×3 topics
  21. Grounded Theory1▲ 1035×1 topic
  22. Math Search1▲ 710×1 topic
  23. Mathematical Information Retrieval1▲ 710×1 topic
  24. Qualitative Research1▲ 4.3×1 topic
  25. Technological Change1▲ 94×1 topic
  26. Virtual Reality1▲ 7.4×2 topics
  27. Wage Inequality1▲ 208×1 topic

Which research topics does National Library Board publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Socioeconomic Development in Asia, Labor Movements and Unions, Higher Education and Employability and Digital and Traditional Archives Management.

Socioeconomic Developmen…4Socioeconomic Development in Asia: 4 fractional worksLabor Movements and Unions: 2 fractional worksHigher Education and Employability: 1 fractional worksDigital and Traditional Archives Management: 1 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare Studies: 1 fractional worksLabor market dynamics an…1Labor market dynamics and wage inequality: 1 fractional worksQualitative Research Methods and Applications: 1 fractional worksMathematics, Computing, and Information Processing: 1 fractional worksHuman Resource and Talent Management: 1 fractional worksDigital Humanities and Scholarship: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political SciencePublic AdministrationEducationConservation5 others

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

  1. 1 Socioeconomic Development in Asia Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  2. 2 Labor Movements and Unions Public Administration 2 works
  3. 3 Higher Education and Employability Education 1 works
  4. 4 Digital and Traditional Archives Management Conservation 1 works
  5. 5 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 1 works
  6. 6 Labor market dynamics and wage inequality Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  7. 7 Qualitative Research Methods and Applications Education 1 works
  8. 8 Mathematics, Computing, and Information Processing Computational Theory and Mathematics 1 works
  9. 9 Human Resource and Talent Management Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1 works
  10. 10 Digital Humanities and Scholarship Literature and Literary Theory 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 available23.3%not open76.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.3%domestic only86.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Library Board's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 304% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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