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Richland Library

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Research works
9
▼ 38% vs 2018-21
Citations
22
2.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
72%
world 40%
Richland Library

Not ranked overall: Richland 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 Richland Library work in?

In all years, 79% of research at Richland Library is in Social Sciences, 19% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (40%), Arts and Humanities (15%), Computer Science (13%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 7 fractional works · 78.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 39.8% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 2 fractional works · 24.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 12.0% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 3.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 14.7% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 11.1% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 11.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 11.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 6.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 5.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 5.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 18.5% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 13.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 7.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 5.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workALL ITS WORKRichland Library9fractional works, all years
Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences3%Social Sciences79%

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 9 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences439.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities114.7%
    3. Psychology111.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting16.9%
    5. Decision Sciences05.5%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.9%
    1. Computer Science113.0%
    2. Engineering05.5%
    1. Health Professions02.5%
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 Richland Library?

The most cited paper from Richland Library is "Using the World Café Methodology to support community-centric research and practice in library and information science" (Vanessa Kitzie, Jocelyn Pettigrew, Travis L. Wagner et al., 2020), with 17 citations. Next come "Management of gift materials in an academic library" (9) and "Never Waste a Crisis: Digital Inclusion for Sustainable Development in the Context of the COVID Pandemic" (6).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Using the World Café Methodology to support community-centric research and practice in library and information science Vanessa Kitzie, Jocelyn Pettigrew, Travis L. Wagner et al. · Library & Information Science Research Oct 2020 17
2 Management of gift materials in an academic library Tinker Massey · Collection Building Sep 2005 9
3 Never Waste a Crisis: Digital Inclusion for Sustainable Development in the Context of the COVID Pandemic Amanda Reed, Kim M. Thompson · Scholar Commons (University of South Carolina) Open access 2021 6
4 Partnering with the Public Library for Health Care Education: An Evaluation of Affordable Care Act Messages Daniela B. Friedman, Vance Kornegay, Andrea H. Tanner et al. · Public Library Quarterly 2 Jan 2016 6
5 Awareness, Perceptions, and Communication Needs About the Affordable Care Act Across the Life Span Caroline D. Bergeron, Daniela B. Friedman, Diana C. Sisson et al. · American Journal of Health Education Mar 2016 6
All 16 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Richland Library publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Child Therapy and Development, Library Science and Information Literacy, Library Science and Administration and Jewish Identity and Society.

Child Therapy and Develo…1Child Therapy and Development: 1 fractional worksLibrary Science and Info…0Library Science and Information Literacy: 0 fractional worksLibrary Science and Admi…0Library Science and Administration: 0 fractional worksJewish Identity and Soci…0Jewish Identity and Society: 0 fractional worksRace, History, and Ameri…0Race, History, and American Society: 0 fractional worksMigration, Ethnicity, and Economy: 0 fractional worksWeb and Library Services: 0 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyLibrary and Information SciencesDemographySociology and Political Science1 others

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

  1. 1 Child Therapy and Development Clinical Psychology 1 works
  2. 2 Library Science and Information Literacy Library and Information Sciences 0 works
  3. 3 Library Science and Administration Library and Information Sciences 0 works
  4. 4 Jewish Identity and Society Demography 0 works
  5. 5 Race, History, and American Society Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  6. 6 Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  7. 7 Web and Library Services 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 available72.0%not open28.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

How has Richland Library's research output changed?

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

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