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Auckland University of Technology

In research, Auckland University of Technology stands highest in Social Sciences (#522 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#823 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,227 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Visual Arts and Performing Arts and Health — Orthopedics and Sports Medicine is 8.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,481
of 28,054 · #1,941 all time
Rank in New Zealand
#6
of 71
Research works
16k
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
327k
21.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is Auckland University of Technology known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #522 of 10,521 23.4%1,497 #492
Health SciencesDomain #823 of 11,982 19.2%833 #849
MedicineField #1,227 of 10,443 19.1%600 #1230
Social SciencesField #803 of 6,365 21.7%696 #584
EngineeringField #844 of 6,636 18.1%487 #1511
Business, Management and AccountingField #414 of 2,578 32.1%202 #144
PsychologyField #356 of 2,181 22.3%281 #593
Physical SciencesDomain #2,150 of 12,888 20.5%1,104 #3311
Computer ScienceField #884 of 4,667 23.6%330 #1206
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #536 of 2,578 21.8%240 #439

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Auckland University of Technology sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#492 #522
  2. Health Sciences#849 #823
  3. Medicine#1,230 #1,227
  4. Social Sciences#584 #803
  5. Engineering#1,511 #844
  6. Business, Management and Accounting#144 #414
  7. Psychology#593 #356
  8. Physical Sciences#3,311 #2,150
  9. Computer Science#1,206 #884
  10. Sociology and Political Science#439 #536
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Auckland University of Technology specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Orthopedics and Sports Medicine takes 8.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Orthopedics and Sports MedicineSubfield · 76.3 works8.1×
  2. Visual Arts and Performing ArtsSubfield · 36.2 works6.0×
  3. HealthSubfield · 40.1 works3.7×
  4. FinanceSubfield · 39.3 works3.5×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 91 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.39× its world share, 76 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.31× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.15× its world share, 69 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.25× its world share, 14 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.15× its world share, 330 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 34 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.67× its world share, 23 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.88× its world share, 487 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.82× its world share, 151 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 31 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.31× its world share, 14 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.23× its world share, 19 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.88× its world share, 16 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.04× its world share, 198 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.85× its world share, 600 worksMedicineNursing: 0.97× its world share, 18 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.34× its world share, 143 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.70× its world share, 202 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.57× its world share, 56 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.52× its world share, 120 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.50× its world share, 281 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.49× its world share, 696 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Auckland University of Technology?

Ranked on the composite score, Valery L. Feigin, Alice Theadom and Charles Crothers lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Auckland University of Technology.

  1. 1 Valery L. Feigin New Zealand · #390 worldwide 7.9k citations · 101 works
  2. 2 Alice Theadom New Zealand · #7,019 worldwide 1.2k citations · 58 works
  3. 3 Charles Crothers New Zealand · #24,682 worldwide 318 citations · 82 works
  4. 4 Scott Duncan New Zealand · #28,061 worldwide 287 citations · 40 works
  5. 5 Allan Bell New Zealand · #39,191 worldwide 787 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Kathryn McPherson New Zealand · #42,614 worldwide 306 citations · 39 works
  7. 7 Grant Schofield New Zealand · #67,602 worldwide 210 citations · 43 works
  8. 8 Will G. Hopkins New Zealand · #81,216 worldwide 372 citations · 58 works
  9. 9 Patria Hume New Zealand · #102,531 worldwide 219 citations · 49 works
  10. 10 Tony Clear New Zealand · #111,827 worldwide 209 citations · 74 works
All ranked researchers at Auckland University of Technology

Which keywords describe research at Auckland University of Technology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Deep Learning, Epidemiology, Mental Health, Resilience, Vulnerability, Globalization and Injury Prevention.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology182▲ 1.24×102 topics
  2. Deep Learning181▲ 1.44×71 topics
  3. Sustainability174▲ 1.94×88 topics
  4. Mental Health115▲ 2.1×40 topics
  5. Globalization110▲ 1.51×76 topics
  6. Machine Learning109◆ 0.91×78 topics
  7. Climate Change106◆ 1.06×84 topics
  8. Public Health86▲ 1.61×47 topics
  9. Social Media74▲ 1.40×29 topics
  10. Education72◆ 1.14×62 topics
  11. Resilience72▲ 4.0×17 topics
  12. Risk Factors71▲ 1.74×33 topics
  13. Quality of Life67▲ 1.27×50 topics
  14. Neural Networks66▲ 1.17×36 topics
  15. Social Capital57▲ 2.9×15 topics
  16. Vulnerability55▲ 6.6×8 topics
  17. Social Justice54▲ 2.5×27 topics
  18. Well-being54▲ 3.8×14 topics
  19. Corporate Governance50▲ 1.85×17 topics
  20. Identity50▲ 1.86×34 topics
  21. Prevention45▲ 2.9×12 topics
  22. Injury Prevention44▲ 9.8×5 topics
  23. Ethics43▲ 2.4×29 topics
  24. Physical Activity43▲ 2.4×13 topics
  25. Resistance Training43▲ 13×2 topics
  26. High-Intensity Interval Training42▲ 11×2 topics
  27. Decolonization42▲ 14×3 topics
  28. Neuroscience40▲ 3.7×14 topics
  29. Health Equity40▲ 3.9×6 topics
  30. Cultural Studies38▲ 2.7×18 topics
  31. Performance Analysis38▲ 4.7×5 topics
  32. Ethical Considerations37▲ 2.9×14 topics
  33. Athletic Training36▲ 10×3 topics
  34. Physiological Demands34▲ 14×1 topic
  35. Training Load34▲ 14×1 topic
  36. COVID-19 Impact32▲ 5.2×5 topics
  37. Muscle Injuries30▲ 13×1 topic
  38. Sports Injury30▲ 13×1 topic
  39. Creativity24▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Pacific23▲ 33×2 topics

Which research topics does Auckland University of Technology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Sports Performance and Training, Sports injuries and prevention, Island Studies and Pacific Affairs and Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights.

Sports Performance and Training: 34 fractional worksSports injuries and prevention: 30 fractional worksIsland Studies and Pacif…22Island Studies and Pacific Affairs: 22 fractional worksIndigenous Health, Educa…19Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights: 19 fractional worksDiverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 17 fractional worksArtistic and Creative Research: 16 fractional worksDisaster Management and …16Disaster Management and Resilience: 16 fractional worksTraumatic Brain Injury Research: 16 fractional worksCreativity in Education and Neuroscience: 15 fractional worksConstruction Project Man…14Construction Project Management and Performance: 14 fractional works
Orthopedics and Sports MedicineDemographyHealthSociology and Political Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Sports Performance and Training Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 34 works
  2. 2 Sports injuries and prevention Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 30 works
  3. 3 Island Studies and Pacific Affairs Demography 22 works
  4. 4 Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights Health 19 works
  5. 5 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 17 works
  6. 6 Artistic and Creative Research Visual Arts and Performing Arts 16 works
  7. 7 Disaster Management and Resilience Sociology and Political Science 16 works
  8. 8 Traumatic Brain Injury Research Epidemiology 16 works
  9. 9 Creativity in Education and Neuroscience Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 15 works
  10. 10 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 14 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 available45.2%not open54.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.7%domestic only71.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Auckland University of Technology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

Other research institutions in Auckland

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.