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Web and Library Services

Web and Library Services is a research topic within Information Systems. Science Explorer counts 21k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the impact of Web 2.0 technologies, social media, and digital trends on academic libraries, focusing on topics such as Library 2.0, information services, library marketing, and user engagement. It discusses the integration of technology and social networking tools in library settings, as well as the challenges and opportunities presented by the evolving digital landscape.

  • Web 2.0
  • Academic Libraries
  • Social Media
  • Library 2.0
  • Information Services
  • Social Networking
  • Digital Trends
  • Library Marketing
  • User Engagement
  • Technology Integration
Research works
21k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-24%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
42% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Web and Library Services

Which countries lead Web and Library Services research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (492 and 227 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 492 works
  2. 2 India 227 works
  3. 3 Nigeria 84 works
  4. 4 China 81 works
  5. 5 Indonesia 57 works
  6. 6 Russia 50 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 49 works
  8. 8 Germany 49 works
  9. 9 Poland 48 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 47 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.

United States: 41.5%India: 19.2%Nigeria: 7.1%China: 6.8%6 others listed: 25.4%42%largest
United States492 · 41.5%India227 · 19.2%Nigeria84 · 7.1%China81 · 6.8%6 others listed301 · 25.4%

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

Which institutions lead Web and Library Services research?

By volume in 2022-now, G.S. Science, Arts And Commerce College publishes the most Web and Library Services research, followed by African Library and Information Associations and Institutions and Russian State Library.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 G.S. Science, Arts And Commerce CollegeIndia 19 works
  2. 2 African Library and Information Associations and InstitutionsGhana 16 works
  3. 3 Russian State LibraryRussia 10 works
  4. 4 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 8 works
  5. 5 City University of New YorkUnited States 7 works
  6. 6 Indiana UniversityUnited States 7 works
  7. 7 University of ConnecticutUnited States 6 works
  8. 8 University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States 6 works
  9. 9 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 6 works
  10. 10 Association of Research LibrariesUnited States 5 works

What are the most cited papers in Web and Library Services?

The most cited paper in Web and Library Services is "Consumer health information seeking on the Internet: the state of the art" (Rebecca J. Welch Cline, 2001), with 1,743 citations. Next come "Findings on Facebook in higher education: A comparison of college faculty and student uses and perceptions of social networking sites" (1,302) and "Information and digital literacies: a review of concepts" (1,203).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Consumer health information seeking on the Internet: the state of the art Rebecca J. Welch Cline · Health Education Research Dec 2001 1,743
2 Findings on Facebook in higher education: A comparison of college faculty and student uses and perceptions of social networking sites M. D. Roblyer, Michelle R. McDaniel, Marsena Webb et al. · The Internet and Higher Education 25 Mar 2010 1,302
3 Information and digital literacies: a review of concepts David Bawden · Journal of Documentation Open access Apr 2001 1,203
4 Wikis, blogs and podcasts: a new generation of Web-based tools for virtual collaborative clinical practice and education Maged N. Kamel Boulos, Inocencio Daniel Cortes Maramba, Steve Wheeler · BMC Medical Education Open access 15 Aug 2006 1,172
5 Engaging stakeholders through social networking: How nonprofit organizations are using Facebook Richard D. Waters, Emily Burnett, Anna Lamm et al. · Public Relations Review 2 Apr 2009 1,125
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Where is Web and Library Services research done?

The largest centres of Web and Library Services research in 2022-now are Moscow (Russia), Akola (India), New York (United States) and Accra (Ghana).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MoscowRussia 24 works
  2. 2 AkolaIndia 19 works
  3. 3 New YorkUnited States 19 works
  4. 4 AccraGhana 18 works
  5. 5 Washington D.C.United States 16 works
  6. 6 TehranIran 16 works
  7. 7 LondonUnited Kingdom 14 works
  8. 8 BerlinGermany 12 works
  9. 9 ChicagoUnited States 12 works
  10. 10 BeijingChina 11 works
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Where is the best place to study Web and Library Services?

Among universities, judged by research, G.S. Science, Arts And Commerce College 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.

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
1G.S. Science, Arts And Commerce CollegeIndia 5.01.1%75.1×19 -

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 Web and Library Services, country by country

Is Web and Library Services research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 24% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2011.

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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 Web and Library Services as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0073% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Web and Library Services0.0067% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Web and Library Services 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%Web and Library Services10.2% in 2025200020102020

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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