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Open Polytechnic

In research, Open Polytechnic stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,437 of 14,833 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#7,454 of 9,330 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,898
of 22,385 · #16,859 all time
Rank in New Zealand
#46
of 61
Research works
465
▲ 32% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.7k
10.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Open Polytechnic

What is Open Polytechnic known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #6,437 of 14,833 8.4%333
Social SciencesField #7,454 of 9,330 7.7%177

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Open Polytechnic 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Open Polytechnic work in?

In 2022-now, 61% of research at Open Polytechnic is in Social Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (36%), Computer Science (11%), Business, Management and Accounting (8%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 54 fractional works · 60.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 32 fractional works · 35.9% of its workEducation: 12 fractional works · 14.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 4.7% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPublic Administration: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 8.2% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 7.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 5.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 25 fractional works · 27.8% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 10.6% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 7.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 4.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 5.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workALL ITS WORKOpen Polytechnic90fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences61%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences3235.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting78.2%
    3. Psychology77.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities55.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance22.3%
    6. Decision Sciences11.6%
    1. Computer Science1010.6%
    2. Engineering77.5%
    3. Physics and Astronomy44.5%
    4. Environmental Science33.0%
    5. Energy11.1%
    6. Materials Science10.7%
    7. Mathematics00.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    9. Chemistry00.0%
    1. Medicine33.4%
    2. Health Professions22.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences22.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.7%
    3. Neuroscience11.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.37× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.22× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.50× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.61× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.00× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.97× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.82× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.53× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.63× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.07× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.44× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.84× its world share, 32 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences2.84×32 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.53×7 works
  3. Psychology2.44×7 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy2.00×4 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.82×5 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.63×1 works
  7. Computer Science1.37×10 works
  8. Energy1.22×1 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.07×2 works
  10. Health Professions0.97×2 works
  11. Neuroscience0.87×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.61×3 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.53×2 works
  14. Engineering0.50×7 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.31×2 works
  16. Materials Science0.21×1 works
  17. Medicine0.18×3 works
  18. Mathematics0.16×0 works
  19. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.05×0 works
  20. Chemistry0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Open Polytechnic?

Ranked on the quality score, Mark A. Nichols, Neda Salahshour and Amanda Cossham lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Open Polytechnic.

  1. 1 Mark A. Nichols New Zealand · #1,460,982 worldwide 1.7k citations · 94 works
  2. 2 Neda Salahshour New Zealand · #1,473,942 worldwide 266 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 Amanda Cossham New Zealand · #2,195,011 worldwide 219 citations · 44 works
  4. 4 Lois Robertson New Zealand · #2,195,566 worldwide 25 citations · 45 works
  5. 5 Zlatko J. Kovačić New Zealand · #2,543,197 worldwide 672 citations · 62 works
  6. 6 Kerry Purdue New Zealand · #2,702,597 worldwide 194 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Lesley Pitt New Zealand · #3,039,081 worldwide 70 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Ibrahim M. H. Rahman New Zealand · #3,230,717 worldwide 84 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Indujeeva K. Peiris New Zealand · #3,308,644 worldwide 264 citations · 28 works
  10. 10 Elizabeth Polley New Zealand · #3,389,706 worldwide 7 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Open Polytechnic

What are the most cited papers from Open Polytechnic?

The most cited paper from Open Polytechnic is "The Role of Intuition in Strategic Decision Making" (Naresh Khatri, H. Alvin Ng, 2000), with 771 citations. Next come "Concurrent Strength and Endurance Training" (319) and "Early Prediction of Student Success: Mining Students Enrolment Data" (201).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Role of Intuition in Strategic Decision Making Naresh Khatri, H. Alvin Ng · Human Relations 2000 771
2 Concurrent Strength and Endurance Training MICHAEL D. LEVERITT, Peter J. Abernethy, Benjamin K. Barry et al. · Sports Medicine 1999 319
3 Early Prediction of Student Success: Mining Students Enrolment Data Zlatko J. Kovačić · Informing Science and IT Education Conference Conference paperOpen access 2010 201
4 An Investigation of Factors Associated With Student Participation in Study Abroad Stephanie Doyle, Philip J. Gendall, Luanna H. Meyer et al. · Journal of Studies in International Education May 2009 201
5 Bloom's taxonomy for CS assessment Errol Thompson, Andrew Luxton-Reilly, Jacqueline L. Whalley et al. · University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham) Conference paper 2008 188
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Open Polytechnic?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Online Learning, Student Engagement, Cultural Competence, Job Satisfaction, Professional Development, Reflective Practice, Pedagogy and Machine Learning.

▲ 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-now 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. Machine Learning6▲ 2.0×12 topics
  2. Online Learning5▲ 6.5×4 topics
  3. Student Engagement4▲ 12×7 topics
  4. Cultural Competence4▲ 35×2 topics
  5. Job Satisfaction4▲ 10×3 topics
  6. Professional Development4▲ 21×4 topics
  7. Education4▲ 2.3×13 topics
  8. Reflective Practice3▲ 20×3 topics
  9. Social Media3▲ 2.8×8 topics
  10. Renewable Energy3▲ 2.5×7 topics
  11. Pedagogy3▲ 7.0×6 topics
  12. E-Learning3▲ 3.6×3 topics
  13. Digital Divide3▲ 12×5 topics
  14. Learning Analytics3▲ 25×2 topics
  15. Academic Achievement3▲ 17×6 topics
  16. Evidence-Based Practice3▲ 22×2 topics
  17. MOOCs3▲ 32×2 topics
  18. Burnout2▲ 31×1 topic
  19. Ethics2▲ 5.4×4 topics
  20. Retention2▲ 170×1 topic
  21. Social Justice2▲ 4.4×8 topics
  22. Blended Learning2▲ 19×1 topic
  23. Distance Education2▲ 13×1 topic
  24. Educational Data Mining2▲ 30×1 topic
  25. Massive Open Online Courses2▲ 30×1 topic
  26. Career Development2▲ 20×4 topics
  27. Cuprate Superconductors2▲ 71×1 topic
  28. High-Temperature Superconductivity2▲ 71×1 topic
  29. Critical Current Density2▲ 96×2 topics
  30. Social Capital2▲ 4.5×7 topics
  31. Social Interaction2▲ 5.9×3 topics
  32. Well-being2▲ 6.1×8 topics
  33. Academic Libraries2▲ 103×2 topics
  34. Diversity2▲ 13×3 topics
  35. STEM Education2▲ 4.8×4 topics
  36. Neoliberalism2▲ 5.7×5 topics
  37. Organizational Performance2▲ 7.9×2 topics
  38. Technology Integration2▲ 6.5×4 topics
  39. Library Services2▲ 160×1 topic
  40. Self-Regulation2▲ 9.4×3 topics

Which research topics does Open Polytechnic publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Social Work Education and Practice, Online and Blended Learning, Online Learning and Analytics and Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism.

Social Work Education an…2Social Work Education and Practice: 2 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learn…2Online and Blended Learning: 2 fractional worksOnline Learning and Anal…2Online Learning and Analytics: 2 fractional worksPhysics of Superconducti…2Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism: 2 fractional worksLibrary Science and Administration: 2 fractional worksEducation Systems and Policy: 1 fractional worksLibrary Science and Info…1Library Science and Information Literacy: 1 fractional worksSuperconducting Materials and Applications: 1 fractional worksWorkplace Spirituality and Leadership: 1 fractional worksAutism Spectrum Disorder…1Autism Spectrum Disorder Research: 1 fractional works
Public AdministrationEducationComputer Science ApplicationsCondensed Matter Physics4 others

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

  1. 1 Social Work Education and Practice Public Administration 2 works
  2. 2 Online and Blended Learning Education 2 works
  3. 3 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 2 works
  4. 4 Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism Condensed Matter Physics 2 works
  5. 5 Library Science and Administration Library and Information Sciences 2 works
  6. 6 Education Systems and Policy Education 1 works
  7. 7 Library Science and Information Literacy Library and Information Sciences 1 works
  8. 8 Superconducting Materials and Applications Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Workplace Spirituality and Leadership Demography 1 works
  10. 10 Autism Spectrum Disorder Research Cognitive Neuroscience 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 available42.3%not open57.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.7%domestic only84.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Open Polytechnic's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 32% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Open Polytechnic as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00023% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Open Polytechnic0.00038% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Open Polytechnic 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, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Open Polytechnic5.5% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.4% in 2012.

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