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National Library of Namibia

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Research works
28
▲ 73% vs 2018-21
Citations
421
15.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
62%
world 18%
National Library of Namibia

Not ranked overall: National Library of Namibia is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does National Library of Namibia work in?

In all years, 43% of research at National Library of Namibia is in Physical Sciences, 29% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (26%), Social Sciences (17%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (16%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 12 fractional works · 42.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 26.1% of its workEcology: 3 fractional works · 10.0% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 5.5% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 12.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 29.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 16.4% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 13.8% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 12.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 7.4% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 22.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 16.6% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 6.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.7% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKNational Libraryof Namibia28fractional works, all years
Life Sciences29%Physical Sciences43%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences22%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science726.1%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences312.0%
    3. Computer Science01.8%
    4. Materials Science01.8%
    5. Engineering00.8%
    6. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology516.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences412.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
    1. Social Sciences516.6%
    2. Psychology12.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities12.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.6%
    1. Health Professions13.6%
    2. Medicine12.1%
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: 4.01× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.39× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.74× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.28× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.82× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 1.71× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.95× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 11 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science4.28×1 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences4.01×1 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.74×0 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.39×1 works
  5. Social Sciences1.95×2 works
  6. Psychology1.71×0 works
  7. Arts and Humanities0.82×0 works
  8. Mathematics0.73×0 works
  9. Neuroscience0.32×0 works
  10. Medicine0.29×0 works
  11. Engineering0.23×0 works

Who are the top researchers at National Library of Namibia?

Ranked on the quality score, François S. Becker lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Library of Namibia.

  1. 1 François S. Becker Namibia · #4,489,933 worldwide 85 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at National Library of Namibia

What are the most cited papers from National Library of Namibia?

The most cited paper from National Library of Namibia is "“Of Sheep and Men”: Earliest Direct Evidence of Caprine Domestication in Southern Africa at Leopard Cave (Erongo, Namibia)" (David Pleurdeau, Emma Imalwa, Florent Détroit et al., 2012), with 143 citations. Next come "Survival benefits select for group living in a social spider despite reproductive costs" (134) and "Fossil hyrax dung and evidence of Late Pleistocene and Holocene vegetation types in the Namib Desert" (87).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 “Of Sheep and Men”: Earliest Direct Evidence of Caprine Domestication in Southern Africa at Leopard Cave (Erongo, Namibia) David Pleurdeau, Emma Imalwa, Florent Détroit et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 11 Jul 2012 143
2 Survival benefits select for group living in a social spider despite reproductive costs Trine Bilde, K. S. COATES, Klaus Birkhofer et al. · Journal of Evolutionary Biology Open access 21 Aug 2007 134
3 Fossil hyrax dung and evidence of Late Pleistocene and Holocene vegetation types in the Namib Desert Louis Scott, Eugène Marais, George A. Brook · Journal of Quaternary Science 29 Sep 2004 87
4 Dragonfly Assemblages in Arid Tropical Environments: A Case Study from Western Namibia Frank Suhling, Göran E. Sahlén, Andreas Martens et al. · Biodiversity and Conservation 2006 71
5 Endemism in Namibia: patterns, processes and predictions Robert E. Simmons, M. Griffin, R. E. Griffin et al. · Biodiversity and Conservation Apr 1998 65
All 83 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at National Library of Namibia?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity, Population Dynamics, Conservation Biology, Conservation, Invasive Species, Molecular Phylogeny and Biogeography.

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

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Climate Change6▲ 8.1×15 topics
  2. Biodiversity4▲ 20×8 topics
  3. Population Dynamics3▲ 39×6 topics
  4. Conservation Biology3▲ 96×3 topics
  5. Conservation2▲ 18×5 topics
  6. Invasive Species2▲ 15×10 topics
  7. Molecular Phylogeny2▲ 40×5 topics
  8. Biogeography2▲ 24×5 topics
  9. Habitat Fragmentation2▲ 26×4 topics
  10. Genomics2▲ 21×2 topics
  11. Microbiota2▲ 33×2 topics
  12. DNA Barcoding2▲ 43×6 topics
  13. Evolution2▲ 23×8 topics
  14. Social Insects2▲ 126×1 topic
  15. Symbiosis2▲ 56×1 topic
  16. Habitat Selection2▲ 65×2 topics
  17. Ecological Niche2▲ 115×1 topic
  18. Holocene2▲ 36×3 topics
  19. Species Distribution Modeling2▲ 115×1 topic
  20. Hominin Genetics2▲ 197×1 topic
  21. Paleolithic Archaeology2▲ 197×1 topic
  22. Phylogeny2▲ 30×5 topics
  23. Sea Level2▲ 38×2 topics
  24. Archaeology1▲ 32×2 topics
  25. Global Change1▲ 16×4 topics
  26. Taxonomy1▲ 34×4 topics
  27. Animal Movement1▲ 80×1 topic
  28. Occupancy Rates1▲ 80×1 topic
  29. Education1▲ 3.2×2 topics
  30. Glacial Cycles1▲ 36×1 topic
  31. Paleoclimatology1▲ 31×1 topic
  32. Acoustic Communication1▲ 63×3 topics
  33. Adolescent Health1▲ 44×1 topic
  34. Biological Invasions1▲ 32×3 topics
  35. Digital Divide1▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Phylogenetic Analysis1▲ 9.7×2 topics
  37. Rock Art1▲ 611×1 topic
  38. Sexual Behavior1▲ 90×1 topic
  39. Southern Africa1▲ 611×1 topic
  40. Species Delimitation1▲ 65×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Animal and Plant Science Education and Information Society and Technology Trends.

Amphibian and Reptile Bi…0Amphibian and Reptile Biology: 0 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…0Species Distribution and Climate Change: 0 fractional worksAnimal and Plant Science Education: 0 fractional worksInformation Society and Technology Trends: 0 fractional worksLibrary Science and Info…0Library Science and Information Literacy: 0 fractional worksLibrary Science and Administration: 0 fractional worksInsect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior: 0 fractional worksBat Biology and Ecology …0Bat Biology and Ecology Studies: 0 fractional worksAnimal Vocal Communication and Behavior: 0 fractional worksPleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology: 0 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeEcological ModelingSocial PsychologyGeneral Social Sciences5 others

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

  1. 1 Amphibian and Reptile Biology Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  2. 2 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 0 works
  3. 3 Animal and Plant Science Education Social Psychology 0 works
  4. 4 Information Society and Technology Trends General Social Sciences 0 works
  5. 5 Library Science and Information Literacy Library and Information Sciences 0 works
  6. 6 Library Science and Administration Library and Information Sciences 0 works
  7. 7 Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior Genetics 0 works
  8. 8 Bat Biology and Ecology Studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  9. 9 Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior Developmental Biology 0 works
  10. 10 Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology Anthropology 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 available42.1%not open57.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors62.4%domestic only37.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 73% higher 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 National Library of Namibia as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000040% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%National Library of Namibia0.000024% in 2025200020102020

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

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