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New York State Library

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Research works
24
▼ 100% vs 2018-21
Citations
65
2.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
23%
world 40%
International
1%
world 18%
New York State Library

Not ranked overall: New York State Library is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does New York State Library work in?

In all years, 61% of research at New York State Library is in Social Sciences, 39% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (49%), Computer Science (35%), Decision Sciences (4%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 14 fractional works · 60.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 48.8% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 5 fractional works · 19.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 11.9% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 39.2% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 35.3% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 28.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 5.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNew York StateLibrary24fractional works, all years
Physical Sciences39%Social Sciences61%

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 2 domains and 9 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1248.8%
    2. Decision Sciences14.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities13.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting01.5%
    1. Computer Science835.3%
    2. Chemistry13.5%
    3. Environmental Science00.3%
    4. Engineering00.1%
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.

    Who are the top researchers at New York State Library?

    Ranked on the quality score, Robert Harvey Whitten, James I. Wyer and John T. Fitzpatrick lead among researchers whose main affiliation is New York State Library.

    1. 1 Robert Harvey Whitten United States · #2,661,897 worldwide 263 citations · 49 works
    2. 2 James I. Wyer United States · #2,683,785 worldwide 41 citations · 24 works
    3. 3 John T. Fitzpatrick United States · #3,043,117 worldwide 32 citations · 39 works
    4. 4 Mary Redmond United States · #3,910,214 worldwide 37 citations · 20 works
    5. 5 William B. Shaw United States · #4,035,111 worldwide 181 citations · 18 works
    6. 6 Robert S. Burgess United States · #4,338,375 worldwide 12 citations · 19 works
    All ranked researchers at New York State Library

    What are the most cited papers from New York State Library?

    The most cited paper from New York State Library is "Selection and Evaluation of Chemistry Periodicals" (Barbara A. Rice, 1983), with 14 citations. Next come "Geographic information systems and the New York State Library: mapping new pathways for library service" (8) and "Desktop GIS in libraries, technology and costs: A view from New York State" (6).

    Most cited papers
    #PaperReleasedCitations
    1 Selection and Evaluation of Chemistry Periodicals Barbara A. Rice · Science & Technology Libraries 21 Sep 1983 14
    2 Geographic information systems and the New York State Library: mapping new pathways for library service Theresa C. Strasser · Library Hi Tech Dec 1998 8
    3 Desktop GIS in libraries, technology and costs: A view from New York State Theresa C. Strasser · The Journal of Academic Librarianship Jul 1995 6
    4 State data centers: Improving access to Census information Mary Redmond · Government Information Quarterly 1986 6
    5 The Internet, the State Library and the Implementation of Statewide Information Policy Sharon S. Dawes, Sharon Oskam · Journal of Global Information Management Oct 1999 4
    All 35 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

    Which keywords describe research at New York State Library?

    By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Academic Libraries, Diversity, Semantic Web, Digital Textbooks, E-Books, Library Services, Social Inclusion and Geospatial Crowdsourcing.

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

    All 20 words, with their numbers
    1. Academic Libraries7▲ 620×3 topics
    2. Diversity4▲ 88×2 topics
    3. Semantic Web4▲ 102×3 topics
    4. Digital Textbooks3▲ 1152×1 topic
    5. E-Books3▲ 1152×1 topic
    6. Library Services3▲ 738×1 topic
    7. Social Inclusion3▲ 341×1 topic
    8. Globalization2▲ 5.6×8 topics
    9. Geospatial Crowdsourcing2▲ 357×1 topic
    10. Volunteered Geographic Information2▲ 357×1 topic
    11. Digital Literacy2▲ 25×1 topic
    12. Information Literacy2▲ 58×1 topic
    13. Social Media2▲ 9.8×1 topic
    14. Web 2.02▲ 410×1 topic
    15. Education1▲ 3.8×2 topics
    16. Linked Data1▲ 65×2 topics
    17. Religious Education1▲ 47×1 topic
    18. Schools1▲ 246×1 topic
    19. Small Area Estimation1▲ 426×1 topic
    20. Spatial Microsimulation1▲ 426×1 topic

    Which research topics does New York State Library publish most on?

    By volume: Library Collection Development and Digital Resources, Library Science and Administration, Geographic Information Systems Studies and Web and Library Services.

    Library Collection Devel…3Library Collection Development and Digital Resources: 3 fractional worksLibrary Science and Administration: 3 fractional worksGeographic Information Systems Studies: 2 fractional worksWeb and Library Services: 2 fractional worksLibrary Science and Information Literacy: 2 fractional worksReligious Education and …1Religious Education and Schools: 1 fractional worksdemographic modeling and climate adaptation: 1 fractional worksMedia, Communication, and Education: 1 fractional worksLibrary Science and Information Systems: 1 fractional worksDigital Rights Management and Security: 0 fractional works
    Information SystemsLibrary and Information SciencesGeography, Planning and DevelopmentEducation2 others

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

    1. 1 Library Collection Development and Digital Resources Information Systems 3 works
    2. 2 Library Science and Administration Library and Information Sciences 3 works
    3. 3 Geographic Information Systems Studies Geography, Planning and Development 2 works
    4. 4 Web and Library Services Information Systems 2 works
    5. 5 Library Science and Information Literacy Library and Information Sciences 2 works
    6. 6 Religious Education and Schools Education 1 works
    7. 7 demographic modeling and climate adaptation Management Science and Operations Research 1 works
    8. 8 Media, Communication, and Education Communication 1 works
    9. 9 Library Science and Information Systems Information Systems 1 works
    10. 10 Digital Rights Management and Security Information Systems 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: 40% of research is openly available.

    with international co-authors0.9%domestic only99.1%

    World: 18% is written across borders.

    How has New York State Library's research output changed?

    Output in 2022-2025 was 100% lower than in 2018-2021.

    1990200020102020
    grewheldshrank

    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 New York State Library as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000029% in 2020.

    0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%New York State Library0.000019% in 202119801990200020102020

    Fractional works of New York State Library over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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