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National Museum of African Art

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Research works
23
▼ 39% vs 2013–17
Citations
33
1.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
23%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: National Museum of African Art 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: 1.09× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Chemistry: 3.28× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.63× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Environmental Science: 1.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceArts and Humanities: 17.14× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesSocial Sciences: 2.44× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 17.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at National Museum of African Art?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Colonialism, Cultural Studies, Nationalism, Military History, African History, Post-Colonial Africa, Cultural Sustainability and Cultural Exchange.

▲ 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 30 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 30 words, with their numbers
  1. Colonialism6▲ 49×7 topics
  2. Cultural Studies4▲ 52×2 topics
  3. Military History4▲ 518×2 topics
  4. Nationalism4▲ 32×3 topics
  5. African History4▲ 591×1 topic
  6. Post-Colonial Africa4▲ 591×1 topic
  7. Cultural Sustainability3▲ 312×2 topics
  8. Cultural Exchange3▲ 97×2 topics
  9. Indigenous Knowledge3▲ 167×3 topics
  10. History3▲ 14×4 topics
  11. Indian Ocean3▲ 594×1 topic
  12. prehistoric movement3▲ 594×1 topic
  13. Culture2▲ 22×3 topics
  14. Politics2▲ 39×3 topics
  15. Archaeology2▲ 64×2 topics
  16. Society2▲ 44×2 topics
  17. Urban Development2▲ 30×3 topics
  18. Migration2▲ 30×2 topics
  19. Eritrea2▲ 479×1 topic
  20. Ethiopia2▲ 479×1 topic
  21. Globalization2▲ 4.7×5 topics
  22. Rock Art2▲ 1373×1 topic
  23. Southern Africa2▲ 1373×1 topic
  24. Adaptive Reuse2▲ 244×1 topic
  25. Informal Education2▲ 434×1 topic
  26. Intangible Heritage2▲ 244×1 topic
  27. Museum Learning2▲ 434×1 topic
  28. Identity1▲ 6.5×4 topics
  29. Cultural Heritage1▲ 10×5 topics
  30. Social Justice1▲ 8.5×3 topics

Which research topics does National Museum of African Art publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Architecture, Art, Education, Indigenous Studies in Latin America, Art, Politics, and Modernism and Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications.

Architecture, Art, Education: 0 fractional worksIndigenous Studies in Latin America: 0 fractional worksArt, Politics, and Modernism: 0 fractional worksRemote Sensing and LiDAR Applications: 0 fractional worksForest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies: 0 fractional worksCultural Heritage Materials Analysis: 0 fractional worksBuilding materials and conservation: 0 fractional worksHistorical and Cultural Archaeology Studies: 0 fractional worksGlobal Maritime and Colonial Histories: 0 fractional worksColonialism, slavery, and trade: 0 fractional works
Visual Arts and Performing ArtsCultural StudiesEnvironmental EngineeringInsect Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Architecture, Art, Education Visual Arts and Performing Arts 0 works
  2. 2 Indigenous Studies in Latin America Cultural Studies 0 works
  3. 3 Art, Politics, and Modernism Visual Arts and Performing Arts 0 works
  4. 4 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies Insect Science 0 works
  6. 6 Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis Archeology 0 works
  7. 7 Building materials and conservation Earth-Surface Processes 0 works
  8. 8 Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies Anthropology 0 works
  9. 9 Global Maritime and Colonial Histories Anthropology 0 works
  10. 10 Colonialism, slavery, and trade 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 available23.0%not open77.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.3%domestic only95.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Museum of African Art's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 39% 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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