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Library Science and Information

Library Science and Information is a research topic within Information Systems. Science Explorer counts 4.6k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the formation and development of a common digital space for scientific knowledge, focusing on digital libraries, scientific communication, information space, library science, knowledge management, bibliometrics, digital transformation, open access, research libraries, and scientific publications. The papers discuss the challenges and opportunities in creating a unified platform for accessing and sharing scientific knowledge in the digital age.

  • Digital Libraries
  • Scientific Communication
  • Information Space
  • Library Science
  • Knowledge Management
  • Bibliometrics
  • Digital Transformation
  • Open Access
  • Research Libraries
  • Scientific Publications
Research works
4.6k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
460
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+13%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Russia
63% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Library Science and Information

Which countries lead Library Science and Information research?

By volume, Russia and Ukraine publish the most (883 and 214 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russia 883 works
  2. 2 Ukraine 214 works
  3. 3 United States 95 works
  4. 4 Uzbekistan 57 works
  5. 5 China 41 works
  6. 6 India 30 works
  7. 7 Belarus 24 works
  8. 8 Kazakhstan 21 works
  9. 9 Azerbaijan 19 works
  10. 10 Poland 17 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.

Russia: 63.0%Ukraine: 15.3%United States: 6.8%Uzbekistan: 4.1%6 others listed: 10.9%63%largest
Russia883 · 63.0%Ukraine214 · 15.3%United States95 · 6.8%Uzbekistan57 · 4.1%6 others listed153 · 10.9%

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

Which institutions lead Library Science and Information research?

By volume in 2022-now, Russian Academy of Sciences publishes the most Library Science and Information research, followed by Russian State Library and Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 203 works
  2. 2 Russian State LibraryRussia 106 works
  3. 3 Russian National Public Library for Science and TechnologyRussia 40 works
  4. 4 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 37 works
  5. 5 Vernadsky National Library of UkraineUkraine 26 works
  6. 6 National Library of RussiaRussia 23 works
  7. 7 Saint Petersburg State University of Culture and ArtsRussia 19 works
  8. 8 Moscow State Institute of CultureRussia 17 works
  9. 9 Kyiv National University of Culture and ArtsUkraine 14 works
  10. 10 Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 14 works

What are the most cited papers in Library Science and Information?

The most cited paper in Library Science and Information is "The Literature of Bibliometrics, Scientometrics, and Informetrics" (William W. Hood, Concepción Shimizu Wilson, 2001), with 978 citations. Next come "The need for a faceted classification as the basis of all methods of information retrieval" (183) and "Boosting research productivity in top Russian universities: the circumstances of breakthrough" (97).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Literature of Bibliometrics, Scientometrics, and Informetrics William W. Hood, Concepción Shimizu Wilson · Scientometrics Oct 2001 978
2 The need for a faceted classification as the basis of all methods of information retrieval Vanda Broughton · Aslib Journal of Information Management 2006 183
3 Boosting research productivity in top Russian universities: the circumstances of breakthrough Andrey E. Guskov, Denis V. Kosyakov, Irina Selivanova · Scientometrics 11 Aug 2018 97
4 Citation networks in information science Irina V. Marshakova · Scientometrics 1981 82
5 Literature Review of Data Mining Applications in Academic Libraries Lorena Sigüenza-Guzmán, Víctor Saquicela, Elina Avila-Ordóñez et al. · The Journal of Academic Librarianship Open access 25 Jun 2015 74
All 105 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Library Science and Information research done?

The largest centres of Library Science and Information research in 2022-now are Moscow (Russia), Novosibirsk (Russia), Saint Petersburg (Russia) and Kyiv (Ukraine). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Novosibirsk, Minsk and Saint Petersburg.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MoscowRussia 362 works
  2. 2 NovosibirskRussia 123 works
  3. 3 Saint PetersburgRussia 101 works
  4. 4 KyivUkraine 99 works
  5. 5 WeatherfordUnited States 37 works
  6. 6 KharkivUkraine 24 works
  7. 7 TashkentUzbekistan 23 works
  8. 8 MinskBelarus 23 works
  9. 9 YekaterinburgRussia 23 works
  10. 10 Kazan’Russia 19 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. NovosibirskRU · 122.9 works70×
  2. MinskBY · 22.7 works27×
  3. Saint PetersburgRU · 100.9 works24×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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

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Where is the best place to study Library Science and Information?

Among universities, judged by research, Moscow State Linguistic University, Weatherford College and Baku 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.

0%20%40%mean 13.9%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Moscow State Linguis…Baku State UniversityKyiv National Univer…Weatherford College
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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.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Moscow State Linguistic UniversityRussia 58.629.3%208.5×12 +42.5%
2Weatherford CollegeUnited States 55.29.3%20.1×37 +267.4%
3Baku State UniversityAzerbaijan 53.620.8%142.8×14 +403.0%
4Kyiv National University of Culture and ArtsUkraine 52.618.2%164.7×14 +66.9%
5Moscow State Institute of CultureRussia 51.215.9%1836.3×17 +67.6%
6Moscow State UniversityTajikistan 46.29.5%34.9×13 +115.8%
7Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan UniversityUkraine 39.716.6%99.8×12 +27.7%
8Siberian Federal UniversityRussia 38.29.1%75.2×10 +21.1%
9Saint Petersburg State University of Culture and ArtsRussia 32.56.6%2222.2×19 -8.3%
10Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityRussia 31.33.7%12.1×14 +15.2%

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 Information, country by country

Is Library Science and Information research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Library Science and Information.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Library Science and Information as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0064% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Library Science and Information0.0053% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Library Science and Information 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.

still counting5%10%15%Library Science and Information10.7% in 202520102020

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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