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Ministry of Education

In research, Ministry of Education stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,768 of 12,888 worldwide), Life Sciences (#2,026 of 7,800 worldwide) and Engineering (#2,780 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Civil and Structural Engineering, Organic Chemistry and Chemistry — Civil and Structural Engineering is 6.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,165
of 28,054 · #4,661 all time
Rank in New Zealand
#8
of 71
Research works
1.2k
▲ 99% vs 2013–17
Citations
33k
27.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
31.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
29%
world 28%

What is Ministry of Education 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
Physical SciencesDomain #1,768 of 12,888 28.1%301 #3590
Life SciencesDomain #2,026 of 7,800 37.8%130 #4547
EngineeringField #2,780 of 6,636 23.7%129 #4163
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,635 of 3,579 37.4%79 #3872

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ministry of Education 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. Physical Sciences#3,590 #1,768
  2. Life Sciences#4,547 #2,026
  3. Engineering#4,163 #2,780
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#3,872 #1,635
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 Ministry of Education specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Civil and Structural Engineering takes 6.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 38.8 works6.6×
  2. Organic ChemistrySubfield · 23.1 works6.1×
  3. ChemistryField · 42.6 works5.4×
← 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: 0.98× its world share, 23 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.94× its world share, 79 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.78× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.69× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.01× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 5.88× its world share, 10 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 5.41× its world share, 43 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.91× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.72× its world share, 129 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.35× its world share, 34 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.22× its world share, 56 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.38× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.57× its world share, 56 worksMedicineNursing: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.55× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.27× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ministry of Education?

Ranked on the composite score, Xia lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ministry of Education.

  1. 1 Xia New Zealand · #1,279,197 worldwide 14 citations · 126 works
All ranked researchers at Ministry of Education

Which keywords describe research at Ministry of Education?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Catalysis, Biomedical Applications, Drug Delivery, Nanoparticles, Heterogeneous Catalysis, Metal-Organic Frameworks, Cancer Therapy and Cancer.

▲ 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. Catalysis32▲ 9.7×24 topics
  2. Biomedical Applications25▲ 4.3×34 topics
  3. Nanoparticles24▲ 3.8×26 topics
  4. Drug Delivery19▲ 7.0×14 topics
  5. Cancer17▲ 2.6×37 topics
  6. Inflammation15▲ 1.46×58 topics
  7. Nanomaterials15▲ 2.9×17 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress15▲ 1.80×45 topics
  9. Nanocomposites14▲ 3.4×18 topics
  10. Cancer Therapy13▲ 4.6×18 topics
  11. Mechanical Properties12▲ 2.5×25 topics
  12. Metal-Organic Frameworks12▲ 5.9×6 topics
  13. Heterogeneous Catalysis11▲ 12×5 topics
  14. Reactive Oxygen Species10▲ 5.0×14 topics
  15. Methane Storage10▲ 15×2 topics
  16. CO2 Capture9▲ 12×5 topics
  17. Synthesis9▲ 4.8×24 topics
  18. Tissue Engineering9▲ 2.8×13 topics
  19. Chemical Sensors9▲ 7.2×3 topics
  20. Toxicity9▲ 3.9×14 topics
  21. Ionic Liquids8▲ 5.9×8 topics
  22. Tumor Targeting8▲ 9.2×3 topics
  23. Medicinal Chemistry8▲ 5.8×12 topics
  24. Oxidation8▲ 9.8×3 topics
  25. Dynamic Interaction7▲ 22×2 topics
  26. Nonlinear Dynamics7▲ 6.5×4 topics
  27. Drug Discovery7▲ 6.2×11 topics
  28. Crystal Engineering7▲ 12×3 topics
  29. Finite Element Analysis7▲ 5.8×6 topics
  30. Photodynamic Therapy7▲ 6.1×3 topics
  31. Hydrogenation7▲ 7.7×5 topics
  32. Ceria7▲ 11×1 topic
  33. Gold7▲ 11×1 topic
  34. Anticancer Agents6▲ 8.0×10 topics
  35. Gas Adsorption6▲ 16×1 topic
  36. Hydrogen Storage6▲ 10×3 topics
  37. Porous Materials6▲ 14×2 topics
  38. Durability Performance6▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Construction6▲ 8.3×1 topic
  40. Fiber-Reinforced Polymer Composites6▲ 18×1 topic

Which research topics does Ministry of Education publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications, Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete and Structural Health Monitoring Techniques.

Catalytic Processes in M…7Catalytic Processes in Materials Science: 7 fractional worksMetal-Organic Frameworks…6Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications: 6 fractional worksStructural Behavior of R…6Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete: 6 fractional worksStructural Health Monito…5Structural Health Monitoring Techniques: 5 fractional worksNanoplatforms for cancer theranostics: 5 fractional worksStructural Engineering and Vibration Analysis: 4 fractional worksCovalent Organic Framewo…4Covalent Organic Framework Applications: 4 fractional worksInnovative concrete reinforcement materials: 4 fractional worksSynthesis and biological activity: 4 fractional worksStructural Load-Bearing …3Structural Load-Bearing Analysis: 3 fractional works
Materials ChemistryInorganic ChemistryBuilding and ConstructionCivil and Structural Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 7 works
  2. 2 Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications Inorganic Chemistry 6 works
  3. 3 Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Building and Construction 6 works
  4. 4 Structural Health Monitoring Techniques Civil and Structural Engineering 5 works
  5. 5 Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics Biomedical Engineering 5 works
  6. 6 Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 4 works
  7. 7 Covalent Organic Framework Applications Materials Chemistry 4 works
  8. 8 Innovative concrete reinforcement materials Civil and Structural Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 Synthesis and biological activity Organic Chemistry 4 works
  10. 10 Structural Load-Bearing Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 3 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 available29.0%not open71.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors86.3%domestic only13.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ministry of Education's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 99% higher than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
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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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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.