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Royal Asiatic Society

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Research works
49
▼ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
31
0.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
13%
world 40%
International
4%
world 18%
Royal Asiatic Society

Not ranked overall: Royal Asiatic Society 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 Royal Asiatic Society work in?

In all years, 94% of research at Royal Asiatic Society is in Social Sciences, 3% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (69%), Arts and Humanities (22%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (2%). It does 3.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 46 fractional works · 94.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 34 fractional works · 69.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 15 fractional works · 31.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 17.3% of its workAnthropology: 8 fractional works · 16.3% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 11 fractional works · 21.9% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 7.0% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKRoyal AsiaticSociety49fractional works, all years
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences94%

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 14 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences3469.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities1121.9%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.7%
    5. Psychology00.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology01.0%
    3. Neuroscience00.5%
    1. Mathematics11.2%
    2. Chemistry00.5%
    3. Environmental Science00.3%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    1. Health Professions00.5%
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.

Who are the top researchers at Royal Asiatic Society?

Ranked on the quality score, François de Blois lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Asiatic Society.

  1. 1 François de Blois #6,230,496 worldwide 636 citations · 228 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Asiatic Society

What are the most cited papers from Royal Asiatic Society?

The most cited paper from Royal Asiatic Society is "THE FALASHAS, OR JUDAIC ETHIOPIANS, IN THEIR CHRISTIAN ETHIOPIAN SETTING" (Richard Pankhurst, 1992), with 15 citations. Next come "Who is King Amarō?" (5) and "The Ancient and Modern Power of Islamic Sermons in Contemporary Pakistan" (4).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 THE FALASHAS, OR JUDAIC ETHIOPIANS, IN THEIR CHRISTIAN ETHIOPIAN SETTING Richard Pankhurst · African Affairs Oct 1992 15
2 Who is King Amarō? François de Blois · Arabian archaeology and epigraphy Open access Aug 1995 5
3 The Ancient and Modern Power of Islamic Sermons in Contemporary Pakistan Sam Robinson · Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 3 Apr 2017 4
4 The date of the “martyrs of Nagrān” François de Blois · Arabian archaeology and epigraphy Open access Dec 1990 4
5 Architecture in Central India under the Kacchapaghata Rulers Michael D. Willis · South Asian Studies 1996 4
All 63 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Royal Asiatic Society?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Culture, Religion, Conflict, Colonialism, Society, Politics and Archaeological Evidence.

▲ 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. History12▲ 31×10 topics
  2. Culture9▲ 39×7 topics
  3. Religion9▲ 31×5 topics
  4. Conflict8▲ 104×4 topics
  5. Colonialism7▲ 30×11 topics
  6. Society7▲ 60×4 topics
  7. Politics6▲ 48×3 topics
  8. Globalization5▲ 5.6×12 topics
  9. Archaeological Evidence5▲ 200×2 topics
  10. Migration5▲ 32×2 topics
  11. Nationalism5▲ 17×8 topics
  12. Eritrea5▲ 527×1 topic
  13. Ethiopia5▲ 527×1 topic
  14. Ethnicity4▲ 28×5 topics
  15. Democracy4▲ 22×4 topics
  16. Philosophy4▲ 18×5 topics
  17. Economic Development4▲ 11×5 topics
  18. Indian Ocean4▲ 402×1 topic
  19. prehistoric movement4▲ 402×1 topic
  20. Cultural Politics3▲ 85×3 topics
  21. Human Rights3▲ 7.2×6 topics
  22. Gender Equality3▲ 30×2 topics
  23. Identity3▲ 7.6×4 topics
  24. Laos3▲ 341×1 topic
  25. Thailand3▲ 341×1 topic
  26. Central Asia2▲ 93×3 topics
  27. Empire2▲ 56×3 topics
  28. Feminism2▲ 17×2 topics
  29. Federalism2▲ 40×2 topics
  30. Islamic reform2▲ 121×1 topic
  31. Middle East2▲ 85×1 topic
  32. Insurgency2▲ 255×1 topic
  33. Kashmir2▲ 255×1 topic
  34. Gender2▲ 6.3×2 topics
  35. National Identity2▲ 32×4 topics
  36. China2▲ 18×1 topic
  37. Modernization2▲ 29×2 topics
  38. Regulation2▲ 5.6×1 topic
  39. Diaspora2▲ 68×3 topics
  40. Urban Development1▲ 8.8×4 topics

Which research topics does Royal Asiatic Society publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Islamic Studies and History, Socioeconomic Development in MENA, Archaeology and Historical Studies and Global Maritime and Colonial Histories.

Islamic Studies and Hist…1Islamic Studies and History: 1 fractional worksSocioeconomic Developmen…0Socioeconomic Development in MENA: 0 fractional worksArchaeology and Historic…0Archaeology and Historical Studies: 0 fractional worksGlobal Maritime and Colonial Histories: 0 fractional worksEurasian Exchange Networks: 0 fractional worksHistorical and Linguistic Studies: 0 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 0 fractional worksCultural Heritage Management and Preservation: 0 fractional worksArchitecture and Cultural Influences: 0 fractional worksHong Kong and Taiwan Politics: 0 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsSociology and Political ScienceArcheologyAnthropology

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

  1. 1 Islamic Studies and History Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  2. 2 Socioeconomic Development in MENA Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  3. 3 Archaeology and Historical Studies Archeology 0 works
  4. 4 Global Maritime and Colonial Histories Anthropology 0 works
  5. 5 Eurasian Exchange Networks Anthropology 0 works
  6. 6 Historical and Linguistic Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  7. 7 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  8. 8 Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation Archeology 0 works
  9. 9 Architecture and Cultural Influences Archeology 0 works
  10. 10 Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics Sociology and Political Science 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 available12.9%not open87.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors4.4%domestic only95.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Royal Asiatic Society's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Royal Asiatic Society as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000093% in 2023.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Royal Asiatic Society0.0000077% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Royal Asiatic Society over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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