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Libraries and Information Services

Libraries and Information Services is a research topic within Museology. Science Explorer counts 10k research works in it since 1950. 10.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of literature and museum exhibitions, focusing on the materiality of literature, curation practices, narrative spaces, and the role of literature in art and history. It delves into the challenges and strategies of exhibiting literary works, author museums, and the cultural significance of literature in museum contexts.

  • Literature
  • Museum
  • Exhibition
  • Materiality
  • Curation
  • Narrative
  • Art
  • History
  • Authorship
  • Curating
Research works
10k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+68%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Libraries and Information Services research?

By volume, Germany and Switzerland publish the most (1.7k and 159 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Germany 1.7k works
  2. 2 Switzerland 159 works
  3. 3 Austria 153 works
  4. 4 United States 121 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 32 works
  6. 6 France 27 works
  7. 7 Netherlands 21 works
  8. 8 Italy 17 works
  9. 9 Hungary 13 works
  10. 10 Poland 10 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Germany: 75.1%Switzerland: 7.1%Austria: 6.9%United States: 5.5%6 others listed: 5.4%75%largest
Germany1,671 · 75.1%Switzerland159 · 7.1%Austria153 · 6.9%United States121 · 5.5%6 others listed121 · 5.4%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Libraries and Information Services research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin publishes the most Libraries and Information Services research, followed by Freie Universität Berlin and Universität Hamburg.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinGermany 52 works
  2. 2 Freie Universität BerlinGermany 50 works
  3. 3 Universität HamburgGermany 29 works
  4. 4 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany 29 works
  5. 5 University of CologneGermany 28 works
  6. 6 HAW HamburgGermany 28 works
  7. 7 University of ViennaAustria 28 works
  8. 8 Heinrich Heine University DüsseldorfGermany 28 works
  9. 9 University of FreiburgGermany 28 works
  10. 10 Technische Universität BraunschweigGermany 25 works

Where is Libraries and Information Services research done?

The largest centres of Libraries and Information Services research in 2022–2025 are Berlin (Germany), Hamburg (Germany), Vienna (Austria) and Munich (Germany). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Furtwangen im Schwarzwald.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Berlin Germany 203 works
  2. 2 Hamburg Germany 101 works
  3. 3 Vienna Austria 92 works
  4. 4 Munich Germany 78 works
  5. 5 Frankfurt am Main Germany 62 works
  6. 6 Cologne Germany 59 works
  7. 7 Stuttgart Germany 53 works
  8. 8 Zurich Switzerland 50 works
  9. 9 Hanover Germany 39 works
  10. 10 Düsseldorf Germany 38 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Furtwangen im SchwarzwaldDE · 22.8 works396×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Libraries and Information Services than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Libraries and Information Services?

Among universities, judged by research, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, University of Göttingen and University of Vienna score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%10%20%30%mean 10.48%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg: 16, 19.9%University of Göttingen: 11, 21.1%University of Vienna: 28, 9.9%Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin: 52, 8.3%TH Köln - University of Applied Sciences: 10, 26.4%Freie Universität Berlin: 50, 6.7%Universität Hamburg: 29, 3.0%HAW Hamburg: 28, 4.3%University of Zurich: 18, 2.8%University of Cologne: 28, 2.4%University of Göttin…Friedrich-Alexander-…University of ViennaHumboldt-Universität…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-NürnbergGermany 50.619.9%16.0×16 +248.9%
2 University of GöttingenGermany 49.621.1%17.8×11 +306.0%
3 University of ViennaAustria 47.79.9%26.3×28 +904.6%
4 Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinGermany 42.38.3%66.4×52 +58.1%
5 TH Köln - University of Applied SciencesGermany 39.526.4%84.5×10 +14.1%
6 Freie Universität BerlinGermany 38.26.7%57.7×50 +46.7%
7 Universität HamburgGermany 38.23.0%23.6×29 +200.4%
8 HAW HamburgGermany 37.44.3%263.0×28 +194.8%
9 University of ZurichSwitzerland 36.32.8%15.0×18 +446.5%
10 University of CologneGermany 34.62.4%39.9×28 +161.3%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Libraries and Information Services research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 68% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Libraries and Information Services.

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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.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.