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National Maritime Museum

In research, National Maritime Museum stands highest in Social Sciences (#12,860 of 16,945 worldwide), Arts and Humanities (#3,418 of 3,836 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#9,195 of 10,206 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#39,018
of 42,892
Rank in United Kingdom
#2,093
of 2,253
Research works
368
▼ 59% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.3k
3.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
12%
world 28%

What is National Maritime Museum 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 #12,860 of 16,945 15.5%290
Arts and HumanitiesField #3,418 of 3,836 16.8%145
Social SciencesField #9,195 of 10,206 14.8%122

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Maritime Museum 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.

Neuroscience: 2.33× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4.74× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.40× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 3.40× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.72× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 8.73× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.65× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.24× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.87× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at National Maritime Museum?

Ranked on the composite score, N. A. M. RODGER, Brian Lavery and Arthur G. Credland lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Maritime Museum.

  1. 1 N. A. M. RODGER United Kingdom · #366,539 worldwide 6 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Brian Lavery United Kingdom · #443,268 worldwide 10 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Arthur G. Credland United Kingdom · #612,058 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 James Davey United Kingdom · #709,153 worldwide 6 citations · 42 works
  5. 5 Colin White United Kingdom · #1,344,256 worldwide 3 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at National Maritime Museum

Which keywords describe research at National Maritime Museum?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mediterranean, Holocene, Maritime Archaeology, Sea-Level Change, History, Colonialism, Global Trade and Cultural Impact.

▲ 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. Mediterranean68▲ 174×4 topics
  2. Holocene67▲ 112×3 topics
  3. Maritime Archaeology66▲ 824×1 topic
  4. Sea-Level Change66▲ 824×1 topic
  5. History34▲ 11×19 topics
  6. Colonialism24▲ 13×17 topics
  7. Cultural Impact24▲ 91×2 topics
  8. Global Trade24▲ 45×2 topics
  9. Archaeological Evidence21▲ 117×2 topics
  10. Cultural Exchange21▲ 42×7 topics
  11. Culture20▲ 11×13 topics
  12. Climate Change20▲ 1.99×22 topics
  13. Gender19▲ 9.1×16 topics
  14. Globalization19▲ 2.8×19 topics
  15. Indian Ocean18▲ 250×1 topic
  16. Nationalism18▲ 8.5×11 topics
  17. prehistoric movement18▲ 250×1 topic
  18. Historical Figures18▲ 130×2 topics
  19. Innovation18▲ 5.3×7 topics
  20. Identity18▲ 6.2×15 topics
  21. Spectroscopy17▲ 14×2 topics
  22. Radio Astronomy16▲ 123×1 topic
  23. Transits of Venus16▲ 228×1 topic
  24. Society15▲ 18×8 topics
  25. Literature14▲ 7.8×12 topics
  26. African Diaspora14▲ 96×2 topics
  27. Diplomacy12▲ 35×6 topics
  28. Medicine12▲ 35×4 topics
  29. Science12▲ 18×6 topics
  30. Slavery11▲ 112×2 topics
  31. Atlantic History11▲ 152×1 topic
  32. Philosophy11▲ 6.4×4 topics
  33. Transatlantic Slave Trade11▲ 152×1 topic
  34. International Law10▲ 10×6 topics
  35. Archaeology10▲ 18×8 topics
  36. National Identity10▲ 23×5 topics
  37. Technology10▲ 6.3×6 topics
  38. Trade10▲ 31×3 topics
  39. Cultural Sustainability9▲ 56×2 topics
  40. Inequality9▲ 9.9×2 topics

Which research topics does National Maritime Museum publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Japanese History and Culture, Global Maritime and Colonial Histories, Historical Economic and Social Studies and Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes.

Japanese History and Cul…1Japanese History and Culture: 1 fractional worksGlobal Maritime and Colonial Histories: 0 fractional worksHistorical Economic and …0Historical Economic and Social Studies: 0 fractional worksHistorical Studies on Re…0Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes: 0 fractional worksLinguistic Variation and Morphology: 0 fractional worksMarine animal studies overview: 0 fractional worksHistory and Developments…0History and Developments in Astronomy: 0 fractional worksHistorical Astronomy and Related Studies: 0 fractional worksAcademic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology: 0 fractional worksHistory of Science and Medicine: 0 fractional works
Cultural StudiesAnthropologyEconomics and EconometricsHistory5 others

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

  1. 1 Japanese History and Culture Cultural Studies 1 works
  2. 2 Global Maritime and Colonial Histories Anthropology 0 works
  3. 3 Historical Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  4. 4 Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes History 0 works
  5. 5 Linguistic Variation and Morphology Linguistics and Language 0 works
  6. 6 Marine animal studies overview Ecology 0 works
  7. 7 History and Developments in Astronomy Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  8. 8 Historical Astronomy and Related Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  9. 9 Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology General Psychology 0 works
  10. 10 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 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 available12.1%not open87.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors8.6%domestic only91.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Maritime Museum's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 59% 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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