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In research, Newberry Library stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,500 of 14,833 worldwide), Arts and Humanities (#2,122 of 3,511 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,237 of 9,330 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#23,703
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#4,929
of 7,310
Research works
354
▼ 38% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.2k
6.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
12%
world 40%
International
1%
world 18%
Newberry Library

What is Newberry Library 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 #6,500 of 14,833 9.8%315
Arts and HumanitiesField #2,122 of 3,511 10.5%122
Social SciencesField #6,237 of 9,330 9.3%162

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Newberry Library 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Newberry Library work in?

In all years, 89% of research at Newberry Library is in Social Sciences, 8% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (46%), Arts and Humanities (34%), Environmental Science (4%). It does 4.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 315 fractional works · 89.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 162 fractional works · 45.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 43 fractional works · 12.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 41 fractional works · 11.5% of its workAnthropology: 39 fractional works · 11.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 13 fractional works · 3.5% of its workCultural Studies: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDemography: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 122 fractional works · 34.5% of its workHistory: 45 fractional works · 12.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 18 fractional works · 5.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 16 fractional works · 4.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workConservation: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClassics: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhilosophy: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMuseology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMusic: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 15 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMarketing: 14 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 30 fractional works · 8.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 15 fractional works · 4.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 12 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNewberry Library354fractional works, all years
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences89%

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 4 domains and 17 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences16245.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities12234.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting154.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance113.0%
    5. Psychology41.2%
    6. Decision Sciences20.6%
    1. Environmental Science154.3%
    2. Computer Science72.1%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.8%
    4. Engineering20.7%
    5. Mathematics10.3%
    6. Energy10.2%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Health Professions51.4%
    2. Medicine10.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.7%
    2. Neuroscience00.0%
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.

Chemistry: 1.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.19× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.74× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 15.83× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.78× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.52× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 15.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 13 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities15.83×9 works
  2. Energy3.74×1 works
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.19×1 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.78×0 works
  5. Social Sciences1.52×4 works
  6. Chemistry1.09×0 works
  7. Environmental Science1.04×1 works
  8. Psychology0.68×0 works
  9. Health Professions0.65×0 works
  10. Engineering0.46×1 works
  11. Computer Science0.38×1 works
  12. Medicine0.27×1 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.27×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Newberry Library?

Ranked on the quality score, Hans Baron, Robert Stanley Forsythe and John A. Tedeschi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Newberry Library.

  1. 1 Hans Baron United States · #162,688 worldwide 2.6k citations · 117 works
  2. 2 Robert Stanley Forsythe United States · #237,747 worldwide 7.8k citations · 130 works
  3. 3 John A. Tedeschi United States · #372,228 worldwide 2.9k citations · 64 works
  4. 4 Dorothy V. Jones United States · #810,955 worldwide 374 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Francis Jennings United States · #879,991 worldwide 1.7k citations · 127 works
  6. 6 Ella E. Clark United States · #954,231 worldwide 175 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Jane Marcus United States · #974,471 worldwide 1.2k citations · 100 works
  8. 8 Lawrence W. Towner United States · #1,816,478 worldwide 223 citations · 32 works
  9. 9 Stanley McCrory Pargellis United States · #1,935,506 worldwide 938 citations · 101 works
  10. 10 Suzanne Karr Schmidt United States · #2,006,132 worldwide 97 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Newberry Library

What are the most cited papers from Newberry Library?

The most cited paper from Newberry Library is "Customs of the American Indians Compared with the Customs of Primitive Times" (Francis Jennings, Joseph Francois Lafitau, William Nelson Fenton et al., 1979), with 200 citations. Next come "The Dramatic Works of Thomas Dekker." (148) and "Machiavelli: the Republican Citizen and the Author of ‘The Prince’" (139).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Customs of the American Indians Compared with the Customs of Primitive Times Francis Jennings, Joseph Francois Lafitau, William Nelson Fenton et al. · Journal of American History Sep 1979 200
2 The Dramatic Works of Thomas Dekker. Allan Stevenson, Fredson Thayer Bowers · Shakespeare Quarterly 1955 148
3 Machiavelli: the Republican Citizen and the Author of ‘The Prince’ Hans Baron · The English Historical Review 1961 139
4 Indian Survival on the California Frontier Frederick E. Hoxie, Albert L. Hurtado · Western Historical Quarterly Feb 1990 105
5 :Representative Government in Early Modern France James Eastgate Brink · Sixteenth Century Journal Jun 1982 105
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Newberry Library?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Nationalism, Globalization, Literature, Culture, Identity, Gender and Colonialism.

▲ 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. History53▲ 19×21 topics
  2. Globalization42▲ 6.5×29 topics
  3. Nationalism39▲ 19×13 topics
  4. Literature33▲ 19×19 topics
  5. Culture30▲ 17×15 topics
  6. Identity28▲ 10×18 topics
  7. Gender28▲ 14×19 topics
  8. Colonialism26▲ 15×20 topics
  9. Cultural Heritage22▲ 14×11 topics
  10. Social Movements21▲ 19×8 topics
  11. Cultural Identity20▲ 13×9 topics
  12. Public Opinion20▲ 31×3 topics
  13. Federalism19▲ 51×2 topics
  14. Political Philosophy19▲ 53×2 topics
  15. American founding19▲ 73×1 topic
  16. Constitutional government19▲ 73×1 topic
  17. Society18▲ 22×7 topics
  18. Feminism17▲ 19×7 topics
  19. Community Resilience17▲ 45×2 topics
  20. Religion17▲ 8.2×13 topics
  21. Traditional Irrigation17▲ 377×1 topic
  22. Water Sustainability17▲ 377×1 topic
  23. Entrepreneurship14▲ 15×2 topics
  24. Public Policy14▲ 9.3×5 topics
  25. Cold War14▲ 50×3 topics
  26. Advertising14▲ 89×2 topics
  27. Innovation14▲ 4.2×5 topics
  28. Branding14▲ 270×1 topic
  29. Marketing14▲ 64×1 topic
  30. Philosophy13▲ 8.2×8 topics
  31. Conservation13▲ 7.5×4 topics
  32. Black Studies12▲ 106×1 topic
  33. Civil Rights Movement12▲ 106×1 topic
  34. Social History12▲ 31×4 topics
  35. Environmental Movement11▲ 159×1 topic
  36. Industrial Agriculture11▲ 159×1 topic
  37. Ethnicity10▲ 10×7 topics
  38. African Diaspora10▲ 73×2 topics
  39. Archaeology10▲ 19×8 topics
  40. Science10▲ 15×5 topics

Which research topics does Newberry Library publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Latin American history and culture, History of Science and Medicine, Historical Art and Architecture Studies and Colonialism, slavery, and trade.

Latin American history a…1Latin American history and culture: 1 fractional worksHistory of Science and M…1History of Science and Medicine: 1 fractional worksHistorical Art and Archi…1Historical Art and Architecture Studies: 1 fractional worksColonialism, slavery, an…1Colonialism, slavery, and trade: 1 fractional worksIrish and British Studies: 1 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 1 fractional worksPlasma Applications and …1Plasma Applications and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksSustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis: 1 fractional worksArt History and Market Analysis: 1 fractional worksMedical History and Inno…1Medical History and Innovations: 1 fractional works
Visual Arts and Performing ArtsHistory and Philosophy of ScienceConservationAnthropology4 others

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

  1. 1 Latin American history and culture Visual Arts and Performing Arts 1 works
  2. 2 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 1 works
  3. 3 Historical Art and Architecture Studies Conservation 1 works
  4. 4 Colonialism, slavery, and trade Anthropology 1 works
  5. 5 Irish and British Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 1 works
  7. 7 Plasma Applications and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  8. 8 Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis Environmental Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Art History and Market Analysis Visual Arts and Performing Arts 1 works
  10. 10 Medical History and Innovations History 1 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 available12.3%not open87.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors1.3%domestic only98.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Newberry Library's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 38% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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 Newberry Library as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000036% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Newberry Library0.000052% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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