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Plano Public Library System

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Research works
7
▲ 1329% vs 2018-21
Citations
5
0.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
51%
world 40%
International
2%
world 18%
Plano Public Library System

Not ranked overall: Plano Public Library System 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 Plano Public Library System work in?

In all years, 86% of research at Plano Public Library System is in Social Sciences, 11% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (45%), Arts and Humanities (20%), Business, Management and Accounting (20%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 6 fractional works · 86.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 44.9% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 2 fractional works · 30.9% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 6.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 20.1% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 15.1% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 5.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 20.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 5.0% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 5.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 5.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 11.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 11.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 11.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workALL ITS WORKPlano PublicLibrary System7fractional works, all years
Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences86%

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 3 domains and 7 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences344.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities120.1%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting120.1%
    4. Decision Sciences01.2%
    1. Health Professions111.3%
    1. Computer Science01.2%
    2. Engineering01.2%
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 Plano Public Library System?

The most cited paper from Plano Public Library System is "Corporate Philanthropy and Libraries:" (Maribelle Davis, 1985), with 5 citations. Next come "Towards Consensus on the School Library Learning Environment: A Systematic Search and Review" (2) and "The Invisible Hand:" (1).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Corporate Philanthropy and Libraries: Maribelle Davis · Public Library Quarterly 13 Sep 1985 5
2 Towards Consensus on the School Library Learning Environment: A Systematic Search and Review Barbara A. Schultz-Jones, Michelle Farabough, Rachel Hoyt · IASL Annual Conference Proceedings Conference paperOpen access 22 Feb 2021 2
3 The Invisible Hand: Maribelle Davis · Public Library Quarterly 31 Dec 1991 1
4 Scaffolding in the engineering lab: Organic and self-directed varieties of scaffolding Magdalena G. Grohman, Nicholas Gans, Ann Majewicz Fey et al. · Mind Culture and Activity 28 Jul 2026 0
5 ‘It’s up to the managers’: Strategies engineering students use to avoid discussing ethics Matthew J. Brown, Eun Ah Lee, Nicholas Gans et al. · Journal of Responsible Innovation Open access 4 Jun 2026 0
All 9 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Plano Public Library System publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Leadership and Management in Organizations, Service and Product Innovation, Management and Marketing Education and Diverse Education and Engineering Focus.

Leadership and Managemen…0Leadership and Management in Organizations: 0 fractional worksService and Product Inno…0Service and Product Innovation: 0 fractional worksManagement and Marketing…0Management and Marketing Education: 0 fractional worksDiverse Education and En…0Diverse Education and Engineering Focus: 0 fractional worksDigital Marketing and So…0Digital Marketing and Social Media: 0 fractional worksOrganizational Strategy …0Organizational Strategy and Culture: 0 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 0 fractional worksEthics in Business and Education: 0 fractional worksEthics in medical practice: 0 fractional works
Strategy and ManagementMarketingManagement of Technology and InnovationEducation5 others

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

  1. 1 Leadership and Management in Organizations Strategy and Management 0 works
  2. 2 Service and Product Innovation Marketing 0 works
  3. 3 Management and Marketing Education Management of Technology and Innovation 0 works
  4. 4 Diverse Education and Engineering Focus Education 0 works
  5. 5 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  6. 6 Organizational Strategy and Culture Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 0 works
  7. 7 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 0 works
  8. 8 Ethics in Business and Education Information Systems and Management 0 works
  9. 9 Ethics in medical practice General Health Professions 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 available51.1%not open48.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors2.2%domestic only97.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Plano Public Library System's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1329% higher than in 2018-2021.

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