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State Library of Iowa

In research, State Library of Iowa stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,657 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#15,547
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,211
of 7,310
Research works
315
▲ 71% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.1k
9.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.13×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
38%
world 40%
International
5%
world 18%
State Library of Iowa

What is State Library of Iowa known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #6,657 of 14,833 8.4%166

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where State Library of Iowa sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does State Library of Iowa work in?

In 2022-now, 47% of research at State Library of Iowa is in Social Sciences, 32% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (23%), Social Sciences (19%), Arts and Humanities (18%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 16 fractional works · 46.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 19.4% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 3 fractional works · 10.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 18.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 7.2% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 32.2% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 23.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 6.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrthodontics: 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 · 0.6% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 15.4% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 7.9% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKState Library ofIowa34fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences32%Social Sciences47%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences719.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities618.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting12.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.4%
    5. Decision Sciences11.9%
    6. Psychology11.9%
    1. Medicine823.0%
    2. Health Professions26.3%
    3. Dentistry12.4%
    4. Nursing00.6%
    1. Computer Science37.9%
    2. Environmental Science25.3%
    3. Engineering12.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.9%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology01.2%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.7%
    5. Neuroscience00.1%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.20× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 1.02× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.07× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 5.00× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.37× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.20× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 1.15× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 6.23× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.97× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.13× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.54× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities6.23×6 works
  2. Dentistry5.00×1 works
  3. Health Professions2.37×2 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.06×0 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.97×1 works
  6. Social Sciences1.54×7 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology1.20×0 works
  8. Medicine1.20×8 works
  9. Nursing1.15×0 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.13×1 works
  11. Environmental Science1.07×2 works
  12. Computer Science1.02×3 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.90×1 works
  14. Psychology0.62×1 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.41×1 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.36×1 works
  17. Engineering0.14×1 works
  18. Neuroscience0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at State Library of Iowa?

Ranked on the quality score, William Barclay Squire, Mary Ellen Huls and Donald S. Pady lead among researchers whose main affiliation is State Library of Iowa.

  1. 1 William Barclay Squire United States · #2,580,899 worldwide 44 citations · 28 works
  2. 2 Mary Ellen Huls United States · #3,521,637 worldwide 5 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Donald S. Pady United States · #4,571,762 worldwide 4 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Marvin Bergman United States · #5,333,573 worldwide 39 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at State Library of Iowa

What are the most cited papers from State Library of Iowa?

The most cited paper from State Library of Iowa is "From the Blackhand Side: Twitter as a Cultural Conversation" (André Brock, 2012), with 593 citations. Next come "Critical Information Literacy: Implications for Instructional Practice" (551) and "Hierarchical Text Categorization Using Neural Networks" (248).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 From the Blackhand Side: Twitter as a Cultural Conversation André Brock · Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media Oct 2012 593
2 Critical Information Literacy: Implications for Instructional Practice James K. Elmborg · The Journal of Academic Librarianship 14 Feb 2006 551
3 Hierarchical Text Categorization Using Neural Networks Miguel E. Ruiz, Padmini Srinivasan · Information Retrieval Open access 2002 248
4 Effectiveness of local vancomycin powder to decrease surgical site infections: a meta-analysis Hsiu‐Yin Chiang, Loreen A. Herwaldt, Amy Blevins et al. · The Spine Journal Review 30 Oct 2013 207
5 Evidence of complex citer motivations Terrence A. Brooks · Journal of the American Society for Information Science 1986 185
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at State Library of Iowa?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Digital Divide, Diversity, Library Services, Social Inclusion, Guidelines, Academic Libraries, Gender and Heart Failure.

▲ 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-now 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 29 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 29 words, with their numbers
  1. Digital Divide3▲ 35×4 topics
  2. Epidemiology3▲ 2.1×13 topics
  3. Diversity3▲ 45×2 topics
  4. Library Services3▲ 717×1 topic
  5. Social Inclusion3▲ 243×1 topic
  6. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 4.9×5 topics
  7. Academic Libraries2▲ 225×3 topics
  8. Gender2▲ 9.0×5 topics
  9. Guidelines2▲ 11×4 topics
  10. Heart Failure2▲ 11×3 topics
  11. Treatment2▲ 3.5×2 topics
  12. B-Type Natriuretic Peptide1▲ 81×1 topic
  13. Diagnosis1▲ 4.5×1 topic
  14. Sustainability1▲ 1.65×5 topics
  15. Social Media1▲ 2.6×6 topics
  16. COVID-191▲ 2.4×6 topics
  17. Ethics1▲ 6.4×3 topics
  18. Literary History1▲ 101×2 topics
  19. Memory1▲ 13×2 topics
  20. Quality of Life1▲ 2.2×8 topics
  21. Digital Humanities1▲ 200×1 topic
  22. History1▲ 4.2×5 topics
  23. Interviewing1▲ 175×2 topics
  24. Metadata Standards1▲ 144×2 topics
  25. Narratives1▲ 439×1 topic
  26. Oral History1▲ 562×1 topic
  27. Social Change1▲ 24×2 topics
  28. Text Analysis1▲ 65×1 topic
  29. User-Centered Design1▲ 108×2 topics

Which research topics does State Library of Iowa publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Library Science and Administration, Heart Failure Treatment and Management, Digital Humanities and Scholarship and Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis.

Library Science and Admi…3Library Science and Administration: 3 fractional worksHeart Failure Treatment …1Heart Failure Treatment and Management: 1 fractional worksDigital Humanities and S…1Digital Humanities and Scholarship: 1 fractional worksOral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis: 1 fractional worksDigital and Traditional Archives Management: 1 fractional worksLibrary Science and Info…1Library Science and Information Literacy: 1 fractional worksWeb and Library Services: 1 fractional worksIntellectual Property Law: 0 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 0 fractional worksLibrary Science and Information Systems: 0 fractional works
Library and Information SciencesCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineLiterature and Literary TheoryHistory4 others

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

  1. 1 Library Science and Administration Library and Information Sciences 3 works
  2. 2 Heart Failure Treatment and Management Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Digital Humanities and Scholarship Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  4. 4 Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis History 1 works
  5. 5 Digital and Traditional Archives Management Conservation 1 works
  6. 6 Library Science and Information Literacy Library and Information Sciences 1 works
  7. 7 Web and Library Services Information Systems 1 works
  8. 8 Intellectual Property Law Law 0 works
  9. 9 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 0 works
  10. 10 Library Science and Information Systems 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 available38.4%not open61.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has State Library of Iowa's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 71% higher 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 State Library of Iowa as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00018% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%State Library of Iowa0.000081% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of State Library of Iowa over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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