Library Science and Administration
Library Science and Administration is a research topic within Library and Information Sciences. Science Explorer counts 18k 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 role of public libraries in promoting social inclusion and providing information services to immigrant and refugee communities. It delves into topics such as information practices, digital divide, diversity, and cultural competence within library settings. The papers also examine the impact of public libraries on community building and refugee integration.
- Library Services
- Social Inclusion
- Information Practices
- Immigrant Communities
- Public Libraries
- Diversity
- Digital Divide
- Community Building
- Refugee Integration
- Cultural Competence
- Research works
- 18k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 1.8k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.3% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- -14% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
United States
55% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Which countries lead Library Science and Administration research?
By volume, the United States and Nigeria publish the most (1.1k and 166 works in 2022-now).
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
United States
1.1k works
- 2
Nigeria
166 works
- 3
India
152 works
- 4
Canada
127 works
- 5
United Kingdom
89 works
- 6
Australia
88 works
- 7
Indonesia
74 works
- 8
China
56 works
- 9
Ghana
51 works
- 10
Russia
50 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Library Science and Administration research?
By volume in 2022-now, African Library and Information Associations and Institutions publishes the most Library Science and Administration research, followed by East Carolina University and Charles Sturt University.
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
African Library and Information Associations and InstitutionsGhana
39 works
- 2
East Carolina UniversityUnited States
21 works
- 3
Charles Sturt UniversityAustralia
21 works
- 4
University of TorontoCanada
17 works
- 5
San Jose State UniversityUnited States
16 works
- 6
University of South CarolinaUnited States
16 works
- 7
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States
16 works
- 8
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States
15 works
- 9
Association of Research LibrariesUnited States
15 works
- 10
Syracuse UniversityUnited States
15 works
Who are the leading researchers in Library Science and Administration?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Library Science and Administration include Bruce Thompson and Robert K. Yin.
- 1
Bruce Thompson
United States
120k citations
- 2
Robert K. Yin
United States
120k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Library Science and Administration research done?
The largest centres of Library Science and Administration research in 2022-now are Accra (Ghana), New York (United States), Chicago (United States) and Washington D.C. (United States). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bathurst, Greenville and Accra.
Largest cities, 2022-now
- 1
AccraGhana
47 works
- 2
New YorkUnited States
39 works
- 3
ChicagoUnited States
38 works
- 4
Washington D.C.United States
30 works
- 5
LondonUnited Kingdom
28 works
- 6
TorontoCanada
23 works
- 7
AtlantaUnited States
22 works
- 8
GreenvilleUnited States
21 works
- 9
BathurstAustralia
21 works
- 10
MoscowRussia
20 works
Where it is the local speciality
- BathurstAU · 20.6 works63×
- GreenvilleUS · 20.6 works59×
- AccraGH · 46.5 works35×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Library Science and Administration than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Library Science and Administration?
Among universities, judged by research, Charles Sturt University, University of Toronto and San Jose State University 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.
One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.
Every institution in Library Science and Administration, country by countryIs Library Science and Administration research growing?
Output in 2022-2025 was 14% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2019.
The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Its share of all research
Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Library Science and Administration as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0091% in 2024.
Fractional works of Library Science and Administration over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.
How much of it reaches the world top 10%
Year by year.
Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.
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.
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