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NSW Department of Education

In research, NSW Department of Education stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,924 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education — Education is 5.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,608
of 28,054 · #17,531 all time
Rank in Australia
#271
of 391
Research works
509
▲ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
11k
20.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
32%
world 28%

What is NSW Department 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
Social SciencesDomain #5,924 of 10,521 32.9%66 #4966

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where NSW Department 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).

What does NSW Department of Education specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 5.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 20.0 works5.7×
← 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: 0.41× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.13× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.50× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.63× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.23× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.37× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 5.21× its world share, 18 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.72× its world share, 39 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at NSW Department of Education?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Higher Education, Student Engagement, Academic Achievement, Technology Integration, Well-being, Educational Technology and Education.

▲ 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. Mental Health7▲ 4.1×20 topics
  2. Education5▲ 2.6×18 topics
  3. Educational Technology5▲ 3.4×16 topics
  4. Globalization5▲ 2.1×13 topics
  5. Higher Education4▲ 7.0×9 topics
  6. Student Engagement4▲ 8.4×6 topics
  7. Academic Achievement4▲ 19×8 topics
  8. Online Learning4▲ 3.7×7 topics
  9. Technology Integration4▲ 10.0×8 topics
  10. Well-being3▲ 7.5×9 topics
  11. E-Learning3▲ 2.5×7 topics
  12. Lifelong Learning3▲ 11×6 topics
  13. Social Justice3▲ 4.1×10 topics
  14. Reflective Practice3▲ 12×6 topics
  15. Child Development2▲ 5.2×5 topics
  16. Neoliberalism2▲ 6.1×5 topics
  17. Informal Learning2▲ 16×4 topics
  18. Motivation2▲ 4.9×6 topics
  19. Resilience2▲ 4.2×7 topics
  20. Cultural Intelligence2▲ 92×1 topic
  21. Gender Differences2▲ 5.1×7 topics
  22. Intercultural Competence2▲ 54×1 topic
  23. Physical Activity2▲ 4.0×7 topics
  24. Student Achievement2▲ 23×4 topics
  25. Student Perceptions2▲ 11×5 topics
  26. Learning Outcomes2▲ 4.4×4 topics
  27. Teacher Professional Development2▲ 11×4 topics
  28. Physical Education2▲ 14×3 topics
  29. Youth Engagement2▲ 7.7×5 topics
  30. Professional Learning Communities2▲ 37×2 topics
  31. Self-Efficacy2▲ 6.2×7 topics
  32. Parental Involvement2▲ 8.8×5 topics
  33. Positive Emotions2▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Career Development2▲ 13×5 topics
  35. Diversity2▲ 8.5×4 topics
  36. Early Childhood Education2▲ 19×2 topics
  37. Intrinsic Motivation2▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Student Satisfaction2▲ 7.8×2 topics
  39. Educational Psychology2▲ 28×3 topics
  40. Language Development2▲ 12×3 topics

Which research topics does NSW Department of Education publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: International Student and Expatriate Challenges, Education Systems and Policy, Teacher Education and Leadership Studies and Education, Achievement, and Giftedness.

International Student an…2International Student and Expatriate Challenges: 2 fractional worksEducation Systems and Po…2Education Systems and Policy: 2 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 1 fractional worksEducation, Achievement, and Giftedness: 1 fractional worksEducational Technology and Pedagogy: 1 fractional worksEducational and Psychological Assessments: 1 fractional worksInnovative Education and Learning Practices: 1 fractional worksResilience and Mental He…1Resilience and Mental Health: 1 fractional worksMathematics and Applications: 1 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learning: 1 fractional works
CommunicationEducationExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyArtificial Intelligence4 others

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

  1. 1 International Student and Expatriate Challenges Communication 2 works
  2. 2 Education Systems and Policy Education 2 works
  3. 3 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 1 works
  4. 4 Education, Achievement, and Giftedness Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1 works
  5. 5 Educational Technology and Pedagogy Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  6. 6 Educational and Psychological Assessments Developmental and Educational Psychology 1 works
  7. 7 Innovative Education and Learning Practices Human Factors and Ergonomics 1 works
  8. 8 Resilience and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 1 works
  9. 9 Mathematics and Applications Geometry and Topology 1 works
  10. 10 Online and Blended Learning Education 1 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 available31.6%not open68.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.6%domestic only75.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has NSW Department of Education's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% 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.

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