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State Library of Iowa

In research, State Library of Iowa stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,442 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#11,357
of 42,892
Rank in United States
#2,487
of 8,685
Research works
315
▼ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.1k
9.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

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 #1,442 of 16,945 23.6%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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.31× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 1.04× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.06× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 5.45× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.44× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.22× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 1.26× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 6.43× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.14× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at State Library of Iowa?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Digital Divide, Diversity, Library Services, Social Inclusion, Guidelines, Gender, Heart Failure and Academic Libraries.

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

All 27 words, with their numbers
  1. Digital Divide3▲ 38×4 topics
  2. Epidemiology3▲ 2.2×11 topics
  3. Diversity3▲ 48×2 topics
  4. Library Services2▲ 802×1 topic
  5. Social Inclusion2▲ 262×1 topic
  6. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 5.5×5 topics
  7. Gender2▲ 9.8×5 topics
  8. Guidelines2▲ 12×4 topics
  9. Academic Libraries2▲ 255×3 topics
  10. Heart Failure2▲ 12×3 topics
  11. Treatment2▲ 3.9×2 topics
  12. B-Type Natriuretic Peptide1▲ 93×1 topic
  13. Diagnosis1▲ 4.9×1 topic
  14. Social Media1▲ 2.7×6 topics
  15. Sustainability1▲ 1.59×4 topics
  16. Ethics1▲ 7.3×3 topics
  17. Literary History1▲ 117×2 topics
  18. Memory1▲ 14×2 topics
  19. Quality of Life1▲ 2.4×7 topics
  20. Digital Humanities1▲ 273×1 topic
  21. History1▲ 4.5×5 topics
  22. Interviewing1▲ 215×2 topics
  23. Metadata Standards1▲ 161×2 topics
  24. Narratives1▲ 574×1 topic
  25. Oral History1▲ 741×1 topic
  26. Social Change1▲ 26×2 topics
  27. Text Analysis1▲ 88×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Library Science and Administration, Heart Failure Treatment and Management, Digital Humanities and Scholarship and Oral History, Memory, Narrative Analysis.

Library Science and Admi…2Library Science and Administration: 2 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 worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 0 fractional worksIntellectual Property Law: 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 2 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 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 0 works
  9. 9 Intellectual Property Law Law 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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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