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Science History Institute

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World rank, all time
#31,813
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#6,795
of 8,685
Research works
255
▼ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
5.1k
20.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
25%
world 28%

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.35× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.54× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.46× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 1.27× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.46× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.01× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 2.17× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 7.04× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 11.32× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.17× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.98× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 11.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Science History Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Brigitte Van Tiggelen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Science History Institute.

  1. 1 Brigitte Van Tiggelen United States · #965,642 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Science History Institute

Which keywords describe research at Science History Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Medicine, History, Science, Philosophy, Technology, Culture, Innovation and Society.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Medicine5▲ 184×3 topics
  2. History5▲ 20×5 topics
  3. Science4▲ 50×4 topics
  4. Philosophy4▲ 27×2 topics
  5. Technology3▲ 17×2 topics
  6. Culture3▲ 16×3 topics
  7. Innovation3▲ 7.8×2 topics
  8. Society3▲ 40×2 topics
  9. Empire2▲ 86×2 topics
  10. Biography2▲ 339×1 topic
  11. Colonialism2▲ 15×4 topics
  12. Observations2▲ 357×1 topic
  13. Medical History2▲ 181×3 topics
  14. Anatomy2▲ 76×2 topics
  15. Natural Philosophy2▲ 771×1 topic
  16. Neuroscience2▲ 18×2 topics
  17. Philosophy of Science2▲ 156×3 topics
  18. Scientific Culture2▲ 771×1 topic
  19. Ancient Medicine2▲ 642×1 topic
  20. Islamic Medicine2▲ 642×1 topic
  21. Cold War1▲ 64×2 topics
  22. Economic Growth1▲ 4.5×2 topics
  23. Identity1▲ 5.3×3 topics
  24. Biodiversity1▲ 4.5×2 topics
  25. Neurological Disorders1▲ 6.0×6 topics
  26. Ecology1▲ 20×2 topics
  27. Environmental History1▲ 285×1 topic
  28. Health1▲ 8.0×2 topics
  29. Knowledge Production1▲ 127×1 topic
  30. Antarctic1▲ 318×1 topic
  31. Cultural Sustainability1▲ 51×2 topics
  32. Financial Crisis1▲ 26×1 topic
  33. Global World1▲ 504×1 topic
  34. Height1▲ 142×1 topic
  35. Language Teaching1▲ 11×1 topic
  36. Linguistic Historiography1▲ 176×1 topic
  37. Literature1▲ 5.3×2 topics
  38. Microorganisms1▲ 236×1 topic
  39. Race1▲ 26×2 topics
  40. Wages1▲ 142×1 topic

Which research topics does Science History Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: History of Science and Medicine, Historical Philosophy and Science, History of Medicine Studies and Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies.

History of Science and Medicine: 2 fractional worksHistorical Philosophy and Science: 2 fractional worksHistory of Medicine Stud…2History of Medicine Studies: 2 fractional worksDiverse Historical and S…1Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies: 1 fractional worksFinancial Crisis of the 21st Century: 1 fractional worksHistorical Economic and Social Studies: 1 fractional worksPolar Research and Ecology1Polar Research and Ecology: 1 fractional worksHistorical Linguistics and Language Studies: 1 fractional worksTwentieth Century Scientific Developments: 1 fractional worksAsian American and Pacific Histories: 1 fractional works
History and Philosophy of ScienceHistoryFinanceEconomics and Econometrics3 others

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

  1. 1 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 2 works
  2. 2 Historical Philosophy and Science History and Philosophy of Science 2 works
  3. 3 History of Medicine Studies History 2 works
  4. 4 Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies History and Philosophy of Science 1 works
  5. 5 Financial Crisis of the 21st Century Finance 1 works
  6. 6 Historical Economic and Social Studies Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  7. 7 Polar Research and Ecology Ecology 1 works
  8. 8 Historical Linguistics and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 1 works
  9. 9 Twentieth Century Scientific Developments History and Philosophy of Science 1 works
  10. 10 Asian American and Pacific Histories Cultural Studies 1 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 available25.4%not open74.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.2%domestic only89.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Science History Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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