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Vatican Secret Archives

In research, Vatican Secret Archives stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,933 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,915
of 28,054 · #21,325 all time
Research works
457
▲ 36% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.4k
9.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is Vatican Secret Archives known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #7,933 of 10,521 12.8%72 #6727

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Vatican Secret Archives 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: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.60× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.47× its world share, 8 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 14.27× its world share, 42 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.66× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.95× its world share, 25 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 14.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Vatican Secret Archives?

Ranked on the composite score, Vicente Cárcel Ortí, András Németh and Gianluigi Colalucci lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Vatican Secret Archives.

  1. 1 Vicente Cárcel Ortí Vatican City · #247,376 worldwide 0 citations · 51 works
  2. 2 András Németh Vatican City · #470,598 worldwide 15 citations · 23 works
  3. 3 Gianluigi Colalucci Vatican City · #668,855 worldwide 0 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 G. J. Consolmagno Vatican City · #721,712 worldwide 127 citations · 67 works
  5. 5 M. F. McCarthy Vatican City · #1,288,805 worldwide 14 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Vatican Secret Archives

Which keywords describe research at Vatican Secret Archives?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Religion, Culture, Late Antiquity, Philosophy, Science, Cultural Transmission and Literature.

▲ 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. History11▲ 16×14 topics
  2. Religion8▲ 17×11 topics
  3. Culture7▲ 13×7 topics
  4. Late Antiquity7▲ 131×3 topics
  5. Philosophy7▲ 16×6 topics
  6. Cultural Transmission7▲ 83×3 topics
  7. Innovation7▲ 6.4×7 topics
  8. Science7▲ 27×4 topics
  9. Literature7▲ 12×9 topics
  10. Urban Development6▲ 17×5 topics
  11. Society6▲ 32×4 topics
  12. Medicine6▲ 65×2 topics
  13. Church History5▲ 121×2 topics
  14. Middle Ages5▲ 228×2 topics
  15. Education5▲ 2.8×16 topics
  16. Identity5▲ 6.7×12 topics
  17. Ceremonial5▲ 241×1 topic
  18. Rome5▲ 400×1 topic
  19. Colonialism4▲ 8.6×4 topics
  20. Cultural Heritage4▲ 7.5×10 topics
  21. Gender4▲ 7.7×7 topics
  22. Intellectual History4▲ 144×3 topics
  23. Technology4▲ 7.2×4 topics
  24. Book History4▲ 450×1 topic
  25. Publishing Industry4▲ 450×1 topic
  26. Cultural Exchange3▲ 25×5 topics
  27. Migration3▲ 9.6×6 topics
  28. Biography3▲ 147×1 topic
  29. Nationalism3▲ 6.4×5 topics
  30. Observations3▲ 155×1 topic
  31. Public Policy3▲ 6.0×9 topics
  32. Religious Identity3▲ 46×2 topics
  33. Medieval3▲ 72×3 topics
  34. Philosophy of Science3▲ 77×2 topics
  35. Environmental History2▲ 219×1 topic
  36. Knowledge Production2▲ 98×1 topic
  37. Manuscripts2▲ 106×2 topics
  38. Byzantium2▲ 118×1 topic
  39. Eastern Mediterranean2▲ 118×1 topic
  40. Theology2▲ 23×3 topics

Which research topics does Vatican Secret Archives publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Historical and Religious Studies of Rome, Libraries, Manuscripts, and Books, History of Science and Medicine and Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies.

Historical and Religious Studies of Rome: 5 fractional worksLibraries, Manuscripts, and Books: 4 fractional worksHistory of Science and M…3History of Science and Medicine: 3 fractional worksDiverse Historical and S…2Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies: 2 fractional worksByzantine Studies and History: 2 fractional worksMedieval Literature and History: 2 fractional worksHistorical and Linguisti…2Historical and Linguistic Studies: 2 fractional worksTheology and Canon Law Studies: 2 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 2 fractional worksItalian Fascism and Post-war Society: 1 fractional works
HistoryHistory and Philosophy of ScienceClassicsSociology and Political Science1 others

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

  1. 1 Historical and Religious Studies of Rome History 5 works
  2. 2 Libraries, Manuscripts, and Books History 4 works
  3. 3 History of Science and Medicine History and Philosophy of Science 3 works
  4. 4 Diverse Historical and Scientific Studies History and Philosophy of Science 2 works
  5. 5 Byzantine Studies and History Classics 2 works
  6. 6 Medieval Literature and History Classics 2 works
  7. 7 Historical and Linguistic Studies Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 Theology and Canon Law Studies Religious studies 2 works
  9. 9 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 2 works
  10. 10 Italian Fascism and Post-war Society Sociology and Political Science 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 available56.5%not open43.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors44.3%domestic only55.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Vatican Secret Archives's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 36% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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