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Massey University

In research, Massey University stands highest in Social Sciences (#485 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#732 of 11,982 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#529 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Veterinary, Public Administration and Small Animals — Veterinary is 12.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,234
of 28,054 · #922 all time
Rank in New Zealand
#5
of 71
Research works
29k
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
745k
26.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
34%
world 28%

What is Massey University 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 #485 of 10,521 31.2%1,527 #339
Health SciencesDomain #732 of 11,982 18.9%651 #505
Social SciencesField #529 of 6,365 29.3%728 #295
Business, Management and AccountingField #287 of 2,578 43.0%242 #205
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #408 of 3,409 28.7%417 #177
Physical SciencesDomain #1,642 of 12,888 24.5%855 #1197
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #336 of 2,578 34.1%250 #284
AccountingSubfield #53 of 389 47.4%77 #140
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #273 of 1,775 34.5%154 #398
Food ScienceSubfield #85 of 492 33.7%85 #56

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Massey University 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#339 #485
  2. Health Sciences#505 #732
  3. Social Sciences#295 #529
  4. Business, Management and Accounting#205 #287
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#177 #408
  6. Physical Sciences#1,197 #1,642
  7. Sociology and Political Science#284 #336
  8. Accounting#140 #53
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#398 #273
  10. Food Science#56 #85
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 Massey University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Veterinary takes 12.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. VeterinaryField · 62.2 works12×
  2. Public AdministrationSubfield · 22.6 works11×
  3. Small AnimalsSubfield · 49.8 works11×
  4. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 66.6 works7.6×
  5. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 57.4 works7.0×
  6. Radiological and Ultrasound TechnologySubfield · 20.6 works4.6×
← 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: 2.36× its world share, 417 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.97× its world share, 192 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.84× its world share, 31 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.62× its world share, 38 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.43× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.38× its world share, 22 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.59× its world share, 172 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 54 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.54× its world share, 18 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.42× its world share, 232 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.43× its world share, 264 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 28 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.69× its world share, 30 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.41× its world share, 34 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.19× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.77× its world share, 174 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.52× its world share, 368 worksMedicineNursing: 2.39× its world share, 44 worksNursingVeterinary: 12.32× its world share, 62 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.01× its world share, 108 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.02× its world share, 242 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.02× its world share, 73 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.94× its world share, 154 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.96× its world share, 222 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.55× its world share, 728 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 12.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Massey University?

Ranked on the composite score, John Hodgson, Yusuf Chisti and Janet Sayers lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Massey University.

  1. 1 John Hodgson · #2,291 worldwide 2.1k citations · 180 works
  2. 2 Yusuf Chisti · #3,055 worldwide 2.2k citations · 104 works
  3. 3 Janet Sayers · #7,903 worldwide 542 citations · 80 works
  4. 4 John Griffiths · #14,106 worldwide 375 citations · 107 works
  5. 5 V. Ravindran · #26,372 worldwide 461 citations · 63 works
  6. 6 David Johnston · #26,833 worldwide 484 citations · 82 works
  7. 7 Barbara Burlingame · #29,348 worldwide 466 citations · 39 works
  8. 8 Regina Scheyvens · #43,211 worldwide 385 citations · 38 works
  9. 9 Mohan J. Dutta · #44,349 worldwide 299 citations · 59 works
  10. 10 Jeroen Douwes · #46,166 worldwide 350 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Massey University

Which keywords describe research at Massey University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Resilience, Vulnerability, Risk Management, Sustainability, Globalization, Public Health and Mental Health.

▲ 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. Climate Change213▲ 2.1×91 topics
  2. Sustainability156▲ 1.73×78 topics
  3. Epidemiology138◆ 0.94×104 topics
  4. Globalization128▲ 1.75×79 topics
  5. Public Health111▲ 2.0×52 topics
  6. Mental Health110▲ 2.0×36 topics
  7. Resilience94▲ 5.2×15 topics
  8. Risk Management90▲ 5.0×14 topics
  9. Corporate Governance76▲ 2.8×18 topics
  10. Vulnerability74▲ 8.8×7 topics
  11. Social Capital71▲ 3.6×16 topics
  12. Health Effects60▲ 2.7×22 topics
  13. Biodiversity59▲ 2.1×24 topics
  14. Genetic Diversity51▲ 3.1×18 topics
  15. Risk Perception44▲ 4.4×7 topics
  16. Decolonization43▲ 14×6 topics
  17. Animal Welfare42▲ 13×4 topics
  18. Facilities Management42▲ 15×2 topics
  19. Firm Performance40▲ 5.7×4 topics
  20. Lipid Oxidation36▲ 9.3×2 topics
  21. Community35▲ 8.3×7 topics
  22. Financial Constraints35▲ 8.9×2 topics
  23. Climate Change Adaptation35▲ 5.4×4 topics
  24. Milk Composition34▲ 22×2 topics
  25. Construction Projects34▲ 21×2 topics
  26. Mergers and Acquisitions33▲ 9.8×2 topics
  27. Investor Protection32▲ 11×1 topic
  28. Ownership Structure32▲ 11×1 topic
  29. Risk32▲ 14×2 topics
  30. Emergency Management32▲ 16×2 topics
  31. Disaster31▲ 17×1 topic
  32. Hazard Mitigation31▲ 17×1 topic
  33. Stakeholder Analysis31▲ 13×2 topics
  34. Cost Overruns31▲ 21×1 topic
  35. Project Success31▲ 21×1 topic
  36. Amino Acids30▲ 8.6×3 topics
  37. Livestock Production30▲ 8.6×3 topics
  38. Burnout30▲ 8.9×5 topics
  39. BIM30▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Prefabrication30▲ 13×1 topic

Which research topics does Massey University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Corporate Finance and Governance, Disaster Management and Resilience, Construction Project Management and Performance and BIM and Construction Integration.

Corporate Finance and Go…32Corporate Finance and Governance: 32 fractional worksDisaster Management and …31Disaster Management and Resilience: 31 fractional worksConstruction Project Management and Performance: 31 fractional worksBIM and Construction Int…30BIM and Construction Integration: 30 fractional worksRuminant Nutrition and D…26Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 26 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 25 fractional worksGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestock: 23 fractional worksIndigenous Health, Educa…21Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights: 21 fractional worksProteins in Food Systems: 20 fractional worksOccupational Health and Safety Research: 19 fractional works
AccountingSociology and Political ScienceManagement Science and Operations ResearchBuilding and Construction6 others

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

  1. 1 Corporate Finance and GovernanceAccounting 32 works
  2. 2 Disaster Management and ResilienceSociology and Political Science 31 works
  3. 3 Construction Project Management and PerformanceManagement Science and Operations Research 31 works
  4. 4 BIM and Construction IntegrationBuilding and Construction 30 works
  5. 5 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive PhysiologyAgronomy and Crop Science 26 works
  6. 6 Animal Behavior and Welfare StudiesSmall Animals 25 works
  7. 7 Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestockGenetics 23 works
  8. 8 Indigenous Health, Education, and RightsHealth 21 works
  9. 9 Proteins in Food SystemsFood Science 20 works
  10. 10 Occupational Health and Safety ResearchRadiological and Ultrasound Technology 19 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 available33.8%not open66.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.0%domestic only75.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Massey University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

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