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National Library of China

In research, National Library of China stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,092 of 16,945 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#20,243 of 21,541 worldwide) and Computer Science (#6,902 of 7,020 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#31,116
of 42,892
Rank in China
#2,956
of 3,536
Research works
438
▼ 40% vs 2013–17
Citations
639
1.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
16%
world 28%

What is National Library of China known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #8,092 of 16,945 4.3%194
Physical SciencesDomain #20,243 of 21,541 3.2%228
Computer ScienceField #6,902 of 7,020 3.1%149

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Library of China 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.84× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 4.00× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.69× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.93× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.63× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 8.71× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.28× its world share, 16 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 8.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at National Library of China?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Philosophy, Religion, Nationalism, China, Confucianism, Regulation and Machine Learning.

▲ 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 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. History10▲ 27×3 topics
  2. Philosophy10▲ 42×2 topics
  3. Religion10▲ 39×2 topics
  4. China10▲ 197×2 topics
  5. Nationalism10▲ 40×2 topics
  6. Confucianism10▲ 435×1 topic
  7. Regulation10▲ 34×1 topic
  8. Machine Learning6▲ 3.4×13 topics
  9. Social Media4▲ 4.7×7 topics
  10. Neural Networks4▲ 4.2×6 topics
  11. Artificial Intelligence3▲ 4.2×6 topics
  12. Big Data3▲ 6.1×8 topics
  13. Deep Learning3▲ 1.50×14 topics
  14. Healthcare2▲ 3.9×4 topics
  15. Information Retrieval2▲ 21×4 topics
  16. Academic Libraries2▲ 211×2 topics
  17. Digital Divide2▲ 16×2 topics
  18. Geological Mapping2▲ 47×2 topics
  19. Library Services2▲ 383×1 topic
  20. Remote Sensing2▲ 3.1×4 topics
  21. Social Inclusion2▲ 125×1 topic
  22. Hyperspectral Imaging2▲ 13×3 topics
  23. Text Classification2▲ 24×2 topics
  24. Text Mining2▲ 28×5 topics
  25. Topic Modeling2▲ 23×2 topics
  26. Library 2.02▲ 445×1 topic
  27. Web 2.02▲ 445×1 topic
  28. Compositional Data Analysis2▲ 44×1 topic
  29. Machine Translation2▲ 18×1 topic
  30. Mineral Prospectivity2▲ 44×1 topic
  31. Word Representation2▲ 24×1 topic
  32. Data Integration2▲ 17×4 topics
  33. Extraction2▲ 20×2 topics
  34. Smart Factory2▲ 25×2 topics
  35. Bibliometric Analysis1▲ 42×1 topic
  36. Data Analytics1▲ 50×2 topics
  37. Research Evaluation1▲ 98×1 topic
  38. Structural Equation Modeling1▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Automatic1▲ 52×1 topic
  40. Textual Data1▲ 52×1 topic

Which research topics does National Library of China publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Chinese history and philosophy, Library Science and Administration, Web and Library Services and Topic Modeling.

Chinese history and phil…10Chinese history and philosophy: 10 fractional worksLibrary Science and Administration: 2 fractional worksWeb and Library Services: 2 fractional worksTopic Modeling2Topic Modeling: 2 fractional worksGeochemistry and Geologic Mapping: 2 fractional worksscientometrics and bibliometrics research: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Text Analysis Techniques: 1 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and User Behaviour: 1 fractional worksMedical Research and Treatments: 1 fractional worksInnovative Educational Techniques: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceLibrary and Information SciencesInformation SystemsArtificial Intelligence4 others

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

  1. 1 Chinese history and philosophy Sociology and Political Science 10 works
  2. 2 Library Science and Administration Library and Information Sciences 2 works
  3. 3 Web and Library Services Information Systems 2 works
  4. 4 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  5. 5 Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  6. 6 scientometrics and bibliometrics research Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 1 works
  7. 7 Advanced Text Analysis Techniques Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  8. 8 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 1 works
  9. 9 Medical Research and Treatments Complementary and alternative medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Innovative Educational Techniques Education 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 available16.3%not open83.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors3.1%domestic only96.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Library of China's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 40% lower 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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