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Vermont Folklife Center

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Research works
5
▲ 30% vs 2018-21
Citations
28
5.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
20%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Vermont Folklife Center

Not ranked overall: Vermont Folklife Center is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Vermont Folklife Center work in?

In all years, 53% of research at Vermont Folklife Center is in Social Sciences, 34% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (38%), Medicine (30%), Social Sciences (16%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 3 fractional works · 53.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 37.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 28.1% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 9.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 15.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 15.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 34.3% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 29.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 18.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 12.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 9.4% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 9.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workALL ITS WORKVermont FolklifeCenter5fractional works, all years
Life Sciences13%Health Sciences34%Social Sciences53%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 3 domains and 6 fields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities237.5%
    2. Social Sciences115.6%
    1. Medicine229.6%
    2. Health Professions04.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology09.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences03.2%
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.

Who are the top researchers at Vermont Folklife Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Nicholas R. Spitzer and Jane C. Beck lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Vermont Folklife Center.

  1. 1 Nicholas R. Spitzer United States · #3,889,673 worldwide 81 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Jane C. Beck United States · #4,289,426 worldwide 88 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Vermont Folklife Center

What are the most cited papers from Vermont Folklife Center?

The most cited paper from Vermont Folklife Center is "Reported cardiac phenotypes in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia emphasize burdens from arrhythmias, anemia and its treatments, but suggest reduced rates of myocardial infarction" (Claire L. Shovlin, Iman Awan, Zhen Cahilog et al., 2016), with 21 citations. Next come "Using chiles and comics to address the physical and emotional wellbeing of farmworkers in Vermont’s borderlands" (10) and "Public Folklore." (0).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Reported cardiac phenotypes in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia emphasize burdens from arrhythmias, anemia and its treatments, but suggest reduced rates of myocardial infarction Claire L. Shovlin, Iman Awan, Zhen Cahilog et al. · International Journal of Cardiology Open access 10 Apr 2016 21
2 Using chiles and comics to address the physical and emotional wellbeing of farmworkers in Vermont’s borderlands Teresa Mares, Naomi Wolcott-MacCausland, Julia Doucet et al. · Agriculture and Human Values 20 Jun 2019 10
3 Public Folklore. Jane C. Beck, Robert Alan Baron, Nicholas R. Spitzer · Journal of American History Dec 1994 0
4 Gregory Lew Sharrow (1950–2018) Andy Kolovos, Jane C. Beck · Journal of American Folklore 29 Mar 2019 0
All 4 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Vermont Folklife Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Comics and Graphic Narratives, Participatory Visual Research Methods, Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods and Digital Games and Media.

Comics and Graphic Narra…0Comics and Graphic Narratives: 0 fractional worksParticipatory Visual Research Methods: 0 fractional worksFocus Groups and Qualitative Methods: 0 fractional worksDigital Games and Media0Digital Games and Media: 0 fractional worksDigital Storytelling and…0Digital Storytelling and Education: 0 fractional worksOvarian function and disorders: 0 fractional worksMenopause: Health Impacts and Treatments: 0 fractional worksHypothalamic control of reproductive hormones: 0 fractional works
Visual Arts and Performing ArtsSociology and Political ScienceSpeech and HearingReproductive Medicine1 others

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

  1. 1 Comics and Graphic Narratives Visual Arts and Performing Arts 0 works
  2. 2 Participatory Visual Research Methods Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  3. 3 Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  4. 4 Digital Games and Media Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  5. 5 Digital Storytelling and Education Speech and Hearing 0 works
  6. 6 Ovarian function and disorders Reproductive Medicine 0 works
  7. 7 Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 0 works
  8. 8 Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones Reproductive Medicine 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 available20.2%not open79.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.8%domestic only89.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Vermont Folklife Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 30% higher than in 2018-2021.

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