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Swiss National Library

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Research works
24
▲ 351% vs 2013–17
Citations
58
2.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
22%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Swiss National Library is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Computer Science: 2.54× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceArts and Humanities: 14.67× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.31× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.85× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.96× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.34× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 14.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Swiss National Library?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Literature, Linked Data, Semantic Web, Digital Repositories, History, Bibliographic Framework, Resource Description and Access and Exhibition.

▲ 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 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. Literature4▲ 37×4 topics
  2. Linked Data4▲ 230×2 topics
  3. Semantic Web4▲ 120×2 topics
  4. Digital Repositories4▲ 670×2 topics
  5. History4▲ 19×2 topics
  6. Bibliographic Framework3▲ 1516×1 topic
  7. Resource Description and Access3▲ 1516×1 topic
  8. Exhibition3▲ 1536×1 topic
  9. Museum3▲ 1536×1 topic
  10. Academic Libraries2▲ 210×3 topics
  11. Social Media2▲ 11×2 topics
  12. Digital Humanities2▲ 617×1 topic
  13. Literary History2▲ 231×1 topic
  14. Digital Transformation2▲ 23×2 topics
  15. Big Data1▲ 9.5×2 topics
  16. Artificial Intelligence1▲ 5.1×1 topic
  17. Australia1▲ 227×1 topic
  18. Business Models1▲ 54×1 topic
  19. Digital Communication1▲ 60×1 topic
  20. European Union1▲ 17×1 topic
  21. Heart Sound1▲ 348×1 topic
  22. Information Studies1▲ 192×1 topic
  23. Library 2.01▲ 225×1 topic
  24. Lung Sound1▲ 348×1 topic
  25. Online Social Networks1▲ 181×1 topic
  26. Privacy Concerns1▲ 96×1 topic
  27. Web 2.01▲ 225×1 topic

Which research topics does Swiss National Library publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Libraries and Information Services, Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics, Research Data Management Practices and Digital Humanities and Scholarship.

Libraries and Informatio…1Libraries and Information Services: 1 fractional worksHistorical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics: 1 fractional worksResearch Data Management Practices: 1 fractional worksDigital Humanities and Scholarship: 0 fractional worksSemantic Web and Ontologies: 0 fractional worksNietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel: 0 fractional worksKierkegaardian Philosophy and Influence: 0 fractional worksOccupational and Professional Licensing Regulation: 0 fractional worksDigital and Traditional Archives Management: 0 fractional worksFranz Kafka Literary Studies: 0 fractional works
MuseologyPolitical Science and International RelationsInformation SystemsLiterature and Literary Theory4 others

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

  1. 1 Libraries and Information Services Museology 1 works
  2. 2 Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  3. 3 Research Data Management Practices Information Systems 1 works
  4. 4 Digital Humanities and Scholarship Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  5. 5 Semantic Web and Ontologies Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  6. 6 Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, and Hegel Philosophy 0 works
  7. 7 Kierkegaardian Philosophy and Influence Philosophy 0 works
  8. 8 Occupational and Professional Licensing Regulation Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  9. 9 Digital and Traditional Archives Management Conservation 0 works
  10. 10 Franz Kafka Literary Studies Literature and Literary Theory 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 available21.9%not open78.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors7.2%domestic only92.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Swiss National Library's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 351% higher 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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