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National Library of Wales

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Research works
101
▼ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
676
6.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
87.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
19%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: National Library of Wales 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.

Computer Science: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringArts and Humanities: 21.23× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.12× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.04× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 21.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Library of Wales?

Ranked on the composite score, J. Graham Jones. lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Library of Wales.

  1. 1 J. Graham Jones. United Kingdom · #996,593 worldwide 1 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at National Library of Wales

Which keywords describe research at National Library of Wales?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Colonialism, Academic Libraries, History, Rhetoric, Literature, Nationalism, Monetary Policy and British Politics.

▲ 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. Colonialism9▲ 18×11 topics
  2. Academic Libraries9▲ 185×3 topics
  3. History8▲ 9.4×14 topics
  4. Rhetoric6▲ 48×2 topics
  5. Literature6▲ 12×10 topics
  6. Nationalism6▲ 10×5 topics
  7. Monetary Policy6▲ 20×2 topics
  8. British Politics6▲ 266×1 topic
  9. Depoliticisation6▲ 266×1 topic
  10. Cultural Competence5▲ 44×2 topics
  11. Digital Literacy5▲ 18×2 topics
  12. Diversity5▲ 30×2 topics
  13. Cultural Identity5▲ 12×5 topics
  14. Library Services5▲ 313×1 topic
  15. Social Inclusion5▲ 144×1 topic
  16. Diaspora5▲ 104×2 topics
  17. Wales4▲ 469×1 topic
  18. Welsh literature4▲ 469×1 topic
  19. Information Behavior4▲ 274×1 topic
  20. Information Literacy4▲ 35×1 topic
  21. Metadata Standards4▲ 159×2 topics
  22. Archives4▲ 315×1 topic
  23. Digital Preservation4▲ 271×1 topic
  24. National Identity4▲ 36×2 topics
  25. Empire4▲ 40×2 topics
  26. Social Media4▲ 4.4×3 topics
  27. Gender3▲ 5.9×11 topics
  28. Religion3▲ 5.8×8 topics
  29. Technology Integration3▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Identity3▲ 4.2×7 topics
  31. Scotland3▲ 186×1 topic
  32. Social Justice3▲ 6.4×8 topics
  33. Union of 17073▲ 186×1 topic
  34. Cultural Sustainability3▲ 72×2 topics
  35. Informal Education3▲ 166×1 topic
  36. International Relations3▲ 13×3 topics
  37. Museum Learning3▲ 166×1 topic
  38. Solar Wind3▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Library 2.02▲ 128×1 topic
  40. Web 2.02▲ 128×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Historical Studies of British Isles, Memory, History, Trauma, Identity, World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact and Irish and British Studies.

Historical Studies of British Isles: 1 fractional worksMemory, History, Trauma, Identity: 1 fractional worksWorld Wars: History, Lit…1World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact: 1 fractional worksIrish and British Studies0Irish and British Studies: 0 fractional worksScottish History and National Identity: 0 fractional worksLanguage, Metaphor, and Cognition: 0 fractional worksDiscourse Analysis in La…0Discourse Analysis in Language Studies: 0 fractional worksRhetoric and Communication Studies: 0 fractional worksRenaissance and Early Modern Studies: 0 fractional worksArchaeology and ancient environmental studies: 0 fractional works
HistoryPhilosophyPolitical Science and International RelationsSociology and Political Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Historical Studies of British Isles History 1 works
  2. 2 Memory, History, Trauma, Identity Philosophy 1 works
  3. 3 World Wars: History, Literature, and Impact Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  4. 4 Irish and British Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  5. 5 Scottish History and National Identity History 0 works
  6. 6 Language, Metaphor, and Cognition Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 0 works
  7. 7 Discourse Analysis in Language Studies Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  8. 8 Rhetoric and Communication Studies Philosophy 0 works
  9. 9 Renaissance and Early Modern Studies History 0 works
  10. 10 Archaeology and ancient environmental studies Paleontology 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 available19.0%not open81.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.1%domestic only86.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% 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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