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National Library of Namibia

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Research works
28
▼ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
421
15.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

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

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: 4.42× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.72× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.31× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.99× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.83× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsMedicine: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesPsychology: 1.95× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.77× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

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 2022–2025: Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Library Science and Administration and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies.

Amphibian and Reptile Bi…0Amphibian and Reptile Biology: 0 fractional worksSpecies Distribution and…0Species Distribution and Climate Change: 0 fractional worksLibrary Science and Administration: 0 fractional worksBat Biology and Ecology Studies: 0 fractional worksAnimal and Plant Science…0Animal and Plant Science Education: 0 fractional worksInformation Society and Technology Trends: 0 fractional worksLibrary Science and Information Literacy: 0 fractional worksInsect and Arachnid Ecol…0Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior: 0 fractional worksLepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy: 0 fractional worksAnimal Vocal Communication and Behavior: 0 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeEcological ModelingLibrary and Information SciencesEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics4 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 Library Science and Administration Library and Information Sciences 0 works
  4. 4 Bat Biology and Ecology Studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  5. 5 Animal and Plant Science Education Social Psychology 0 works
  6. 6 Information Society and Technology Trends General Social Sciences 0 works
  7. 7 Library Science and Information Literacy Library and Information Sciences 0 works
  8. 8 Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior Genetics 0 works
  9. 9 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 0 works
  10. 10 Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior Developmental Biology 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% 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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