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Normal Public Library

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Research works
2
fractional, all time
Citations
47
24.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
10%
world 40%
International
74%
world 18%
Normal Public Library

Not ranked overall: Normal Public Library is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Normal Public Library work in?

In all years, 45% of research at Normal Public Library is in Social Sciences, 35% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (30%), Environmental Science (25%), Medicine (20%).

Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 45.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 30.0% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 10.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 35.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 25.0% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 10.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 20.0% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 20.0% of its workALL ITS WORKNormal PublicLibrary2fractional works, all years
Physical Sciences35%Health Sciences20%Social Sciences45%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields. 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 3 domains and 6 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences130.0%
    2. Psychology010.0%
    3. Decision Sciences05.0%
    1. Environmental Science025.0%
    2. Computer Science010.0%
    1. Medicine020.0%
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.

What are the most cited papers from Normal Public Library?

The most cited paper from Normal Public Library is "Exploring collaborative learning effect in blended learning environments" (Zhong Sun, Ruixue Liu, Liming Luo et al., 2017), with 91 citations. Next come "Core Conservation Biology Monographs: A Citation Analysis" (5) and "Low awareness, informal channels: How LIS researchers perceive retracted papers and its implications for research integrity" (2).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Exploring collaborative learning effect in blended learning environments Zhong Sun, Ruixue Liu, Liming Luo et al. · Journal of Computer Assisted Learning 6 Jun 2017 91
2 Core Conservation Biology Monographs: A Citation Analysis Chad E. Buckley · Reference Services Review Dec 1997 5
3 Low awareness, informal channels: How LIS researchers perceive retracted papers and its implications for research integrity Liu Yiru, Liu Yi, Yuan Zihan · Accountability in Research 14 Jan 2026 2
4 An Assessment of Data Analytics-Based Decision Making for Digital Transformation in University Libraries Shuya Zhang, Fei Yao, Yanping Cheng · Archive des Sciences Open access 15 May 2024 1
5 Beyond individual diagnosis: a graph learning framework with bidirectional distillation for group cognitive diagnosis Xinhua Wang, Yu Qiu, Zhenxi Sun et al. · Knowledge and Information Systems 29 Jun 2026 0
All 12 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Normal Public Library publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Ethics and Social Impacts of AI, Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education, Academic integrity and plagiarism and Authorship Attribution and Profiling.

Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 0 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 0 fractional worksAcademic integrity and plagiarism: 0 fractional worksAuthorship Attribution and Profiling: 0 fractional worksAcademic Publishing and Open Access: 0 fractional worksKnee injuries and recons…0Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques: 0 fractional worksOsteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms: 0 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 0 fractional works
Safety ResearchHealth InformaticsArtificial IntelligenceInformation Systems and Management3 others

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

  1. 1 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 0 works
  2. 2 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 0 works
  3. 3 Academic integrity and plagiarism Safety Research 0 works
  4. 4 Authorship Attribution and Profiling Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  5. 5 Academic Publishing and Open Access Information Systems and Management 0 works
  6. 6 Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques Surgery 0 works
  7. 7 Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms Rheumatology 0 works
  8. 8 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 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 available10.5%not open89.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors73.7%domestic only26.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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