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Vatican Apostolic Library

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Research works
35
▲ 505% vs 2013–17
Citations
82
2.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Vatican Apostolic 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.

Computer Science: 1.70× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Medicine: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 19.98× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.65× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 1.51× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 20.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Vatican Apostolic Library?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Late Antiquity, Literature, Cultural Exchange, History, Religion, Religious Identity, Philosophy 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 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. Late Antiquity5▲ 232×3 topics
  2. Literature5▲ 28×7 topics
  3. Cultural Exchange4▲ 89×5 topics
  4. History4▲ 15×7 topics
  5. Religion4▲ 19×6 topics
  6. Philosophy4▲ 23×5 topics
  7. Religious Identity4▲ 158×3 topics
  8. Society4▲ 45×5 topics
  9. Byzantium3▲ 535×1 topic
  10. Eastern Mediterranean3▲ 535×1 topic
  11. Culture3▲ 19×4 topics
  12. Cultural Transmission3▲ 93×3 topics
  13. Cultural Heritage3▲ 19×9 topics
  14. Ancient Rome2▲ 167×1 topic
  15. Greek Literature2▲ 167×1 topic
  16. Urban Development2▲ 22×3 topics
  17. Ceremonial2▲ 272×2 topics
  18. Church History2▲ 99×2 topics
  19. Intellectual History2▲ 189×2 topics
  20. Middle Ages2▲ 244×2 topics
  21. Manuscripts2▲ 189×2 topics
  22. Medieval2▲ 114×2 topics
  23. Nationalism2▲ 9.9×6 topics
  24. Authority2▲ 432×1 topic
  25. Book History2▲ 545×1 topic
  26. Gender2▲ 9.6×4 topics
  27. Publishing Industry2▲ 545×1 topic
  28. Rome2▲ 432×1 topic
  29. Anglo-Saxon2▲ 211×1 topic
  30. Globalization2▲ 2.9×3 topics
  31. Monasticism2▲ 211×1 topic
  32. Art2▲ 62×3 topics
  33. Identity2▲ 5.5×6 topics
  34. Cultural History1▲ 26×4 topics
  35. Cultural Identity1▲ 8.9×5 topics
  36. Renaissance1▲ 124×1 topic
  37. Science1▲ 21×1 topic
  38. Historical Linguistics1▲ 100×2 topics
  39. Linked Data1▲ 44×1 topic
  40. Resource Description and Access1▲ 349×1 topic

Which research topics does Vatican Apostolic Library publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Medieval Literature and History, Libraries, Manuscripts, and Books, Library Science and Information Systems and Byzantine Studies and History.

Medieval Literature and …1Medieval Literature and History: 1 fractional worksLibraries, Manuscripts, …1Libraries, Manuscripts, and Books: 1 fractional worksLibrary Science and Information Systems: 1 fractional worksByzantine Studies and History: 0 fractional worksDigital and Cyber Forensics: 0 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Interpretation: 0 fractional worksDigital Platforms and Economics: 0 fractional worksHistorical and Religious…0Historical and Religious Studies of Rome: 0 fractional worksPolish Historical and Cultural Studies: 0 fractional worksHistorical and Cultural Studies of Poland: 0 fractional works
ClassicsHistoryInformation SystemsReligious studies2 others

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

  1. 1 Medieval Literature and History Classics 1 works
  2. 2 Libraries, Manuscripts, and Books History 1 works
  3. 3 Library Science and Information Systems Information Systems 1 works
  4. 4 Byzantine Studies and History Classics 0 works
  5. 5 Digital and Cyber Forensics Information Systems 0 works
  6. 6 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 0 works
  7. 7 Digital Platforms and Economics Strategy and Management 0 works
  8. 8 Historical and Religious Studies of Rome History 0 works
  9. 9 Polish Historical and Cultural Studies Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  10. 10 Historical and Cultural Studies of Poland History 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 available49.1%not open50.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.6%domestic only79.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Vatican Apostolic Library's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 505% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.