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Salt Lake City Public Library

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Research works
63
▼ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
599
9.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
10%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%
Salt Lake City Public Library

Not ranked overall: Salt Lake City 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 Salt Lake City Public Library work in?

In all years, 61% of research at Salt Lake City Public Library is in Social Sciences, 18% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (40%), Psychology (14%), Medicine (13%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 38 fractional works · 61.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 25 fractional works · 40.4% of its workEducation: 19 fractional works · 30.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 14.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 6 fractional works · 8.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 17.7% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 13.4% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 12.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 6.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 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 workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 8.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKSalt Lake CityPublic Library63fractional works, all years
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences61%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2540.4%
    2. Psychology914.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting12.1%
    4. Decision Sciences11.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities11.8%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.5%
    1. Medicine813.4%
    2. Health Professions23.0%
    3. Dentistry00.7%
    4. Nursing00.5%
    1. Environmental Science46.3%
    2. Engineering22.6%
    3. Computer Science22.4%
    4. Mathematics11.0%
    5. Chemistry00.5%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    1. Neuroscience22.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.7%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.13× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Computer Science: 0.88× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.99× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.95× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 14.18× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.61× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksMedicinePsychology: 5.27× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.50× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 14.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 11 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry14.18×0 works
  2. Psychology5.27×1 works
  3. Health Professions2.61×0 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.13×1 works
  5. Environmental Science1.99×0 works
  6. Mathematics1.95×0 works
  7. Social Sciences1.50×1 works
  8. Computer Science0.88×0 works
  9. Medicine0.76×1 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.53×0 works
  11. Engineering0.37×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Salt Lake City Public Library?

Ranked on the quality score, M. Donald Thomas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Salt Lake City Public Library.

  1. 1 M. Donald Thomas United States · #6,379,670 worldwide 144 citations · 63 works
All ranked researchers at Salt Lake City Public Library

What are the most cited papers from Salt Lake City Public Library?

The most cited paper from Salt Lake City Public Library is "Teaching with a peer: a comparison of two models of student teaching" (Robert V. Bullough, Janet R. Young, James R. Birrell et al., 2003), with 168 citations. Next come "Great Expectations: Emergent Professional Development Schools" (130) and "Multiwavelength fluorescence detection for DNA sequencing using capillary electrophoresis" (106).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Teaching with a peer: a comparison of two models of student teaching Robert V. Bullough, Janet R. Young, James R. Birrell et al. · Teaching and Teacher Education 2003 168
2 Great Expectations: Emergent Professional Development Schools Nancy Winitzky, Trish Stoddart, Patti O'Keefe · Journal of Teacher Education 1992 130
3 Multiwavelength fluorescence detection for DNA sequencing using capillary electrophoresis Achim E. Karger, Joel Mark Harris, Raymond F. Gesteland · Nucleic Acids Research Open access 1991 106
4 Teacher Under Construction: A Collaborative Case Study of Teacher Change Linda Hunsaker, Marilyn Johnston · American Educational Research Journal Jun 1992 87
5 Groundwater‐Mediated Memory of Past Climate Controls Water Yield in Snowmelt‐Dominated Catchments Paul D. Brooks, Andrew Gelderloos, Margaret Wolf et al. · Water Resources Research Open access 30 Sep 2021 79
All 64 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Salt Lake City Public Library?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Educational Leadership, Technology Integration, Reflective Practice, Teacher Professional Development, Professional Learning Communities, School Improvement, Qualitative Research Methods and Teacher Identity.

▲ 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. Educational Leadership7▲ 118×3 topics
  2. Technology Integration7▲ 54×3 topics
  3. Reflective Practice6▲ 58×2 topics
  4. Teacher Professional Development6▲ 95×3 topics
  5. Professional Learning Communities6▲ 208×2 topics
  6. School Improvement6▲ 179×2 topics
  7. Qualitative Research Methods6▲ 228×1 topic
  8. Teacher Identity6▲ 253×1 topic
  9. Language Development4▲ 42×5 topics
  10. Speech Perception4▲ 54×2 topics
  11. Academic Achievement4▲ 38×4 topics
  12. Language Acquisition3▲ 53×2 topics
  13. Education3▲ 3.7×4 topics
  14. Parental Involvement3▲ 51×2 topics
  15. Special Education3▲ 54×4 topics
  16. Social Interaction2▲ 14×3 topics
  17. Student Achievement2▲ 42×4 topics
  18. Bilingualism2▲ 26×2 topics
  19. Hearing Loss2▲ 24×2 topics
  20. Perceptual Learning2▲ 41×2 topics
  21. Meta-Analysis2▲ 6.2×3 topics
  22. Pedagogy2▲ 9.9×3 topics
  23. Phonetics2▲ 99×1 topic
  24. Second Language Learning2▲ 47×1 topic
  25. Teacher Preparation2▲ 50×3 topics
  26. Professional Development2▲ 21×4 topics
  27. Student Outcomes2▲ 138×2 topics
  28. Educational Choice2▲ 255×1 topic
  29. Homeschooling2▲ 255×1 topic
  30. Nursing Education2▲ 27×2 topics
  31. Cognitive Development2▲ 24×4 topics
  32. Critical Thinking Skills2▲ 26×1 topic
  33. Instructional Interventions2▲ 46×1 topic
  34. Student Motivation2▲ 27×2 topics
  35. Agricultural Education2▲ 117×1 topic
  36. School Gardens2▲ 117×1 topic
  37. Social Isolation2▲ 23×2 topics
  38. Behavioral Interventions2▲ 25×1 topic
  39. Cochlear Implants2▲ 53×1 topic
  40. Cognitive Decline2▲ 22×1 topic

Which research topics does Salt Lake City Public Library publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Hearing Impairment and Communication, Oral microbiology and periodontitis research, Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare and Hand Gesture Recognition Systems.

Hearing Impairment and C…1Hearing Impairment and Communication: 1 fractional worksOral microbiology and periodontitis research: 0 fractional worksInterpreting and Communi…0Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare: 0 fractional worksHand Gesture Recognition…0Hand Gesture Recognition Systems: 0 fractional worksEar Surgery and Otitis Media: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Biosensing Techniques and Applications: 0 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial …0Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 0 fractional worksTeacher Education and Le…0Teacher Education and Leadership Studies: 0 fractional worksEducation Systems and Po…0Education Systems and Policy: 0 fractional worksCell Image Analysis Tech…0Cell Image Analysis Techniques: 0 fractional works
Developmental and Educational PsychologyPeriodonticsGeneral Health ProfessionsHuman-Computer Interaction4 others

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

  1. 1 Hearing Impairment and Communication Developmental and Educational Psychology 1 works
  2. 2 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 0 works
  3. 3 Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare General Health Professions 0 works
  4. 4 Hand Gesture Recognition Systems Human-Computer Interaction 0 works
  5. 5 Ear Surgery and Otitis Media Otorhinolaryngology 0 works
  6. 6 Advanced Biosensing Techniques and Applications Molecular Biology 0 works
  7. 7 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 0 works
  8. 8 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 0 works
  9. 9 Education Systems and Policy Education 0 works
  10. 10 Cell Image Analysis Techniques Biophysics 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 available10.2%not open89.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors5.3%domestic only94.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Salt Lake City Public Library's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Salt Lake City Public Library as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000090% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Salt Lake City Public Library0.000013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Salt Lake City Public Library over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.

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