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Open Polytechnic

In research, Open Polytechnic stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,107 of 16,945 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,132 of 10,206 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#21,168
of 28,054 · #18,144 all time
Rank in New Zealand
#53
of 71
Research works
465
▼ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.7k
10.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

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 #3,107 of 16,945 23.4%333
Social SciencesField #2,132 of 10,206 23.7%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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.94× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.38× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.45× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.73× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.82× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.09× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.70× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.85× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.85× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.27× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.79× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.19× its world share, 30 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Open Polytechnic?

Ranked on the composite score, Alan H. Cadwallader, Alison Fields and Luke Strongman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Open Polytechnic.

  1. 1 Alan H. Cadwallader New Zealand · #453,503 worldwide 8 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Alison Fields New Zealand · #780,709 worldwide 2 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Luke Strongman New Zealand · #882,296 worldwide 4 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Mark Nichols New Zealand · #1,125,703 worldwide 43 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Muhammad Arslan New Zealand · #1,504,460 worldwide 15 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Open Polytechnic

Which keywords describe research at Open Polytechnic?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Online Learning, Professional Development, Job Satisfaction, Student Engagement, Cultural Competence, 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 2022–2025 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. Machine Learning5▲ 2.1×12 topics
  2. Online Learning4▲ 7.1×4 topics
  3. Professional Development4▲ 26×4 topics
  4. Job Satisfaction4▲ 12×3 topics
  5. Cultural Competence4▲ 39×2 topics
  6. Student Engagement4▲ 12×7 topics
  7. Education3▲ 2.6×12 topics
  8. Reflective Practice3▲ 24×3 topics
  9. Pedagogy3▲ 8.6×6 topics
  10. E-Learning3▲ 4.1×3 topics
  11. Social Media3▲ 2.9×8 topics
  12. Academic Achievement3▲ 20×6 topics
  13. Renewable Energy3▲ 2.4×6 topics
  14. Burnout2▲ 37×1 topic
  15. Ethics2▲ 6.8×4 topics
  16. Retention2▲ 204×1 topic
  17. Blended Learning2▲ 22×1 topic
  18. Digital Divide2▲ 12×5 topics
  19. Distance Education2▲ 15×1 topic
  20. Learning Analytics2▲ 25×2 topics
  21. Social Justice2▲ 5.1×7 topics
  22. Social Capital2▲ 5.2×7 topics
  23. Social Interaction2▲ 6.8×3 topics
  24. Career Development2▲ 23×4 topics
  25. Corporate Governance2▲ 3.5×6 topics
  26. Educational Data Mining2▲ 29×1 topic
  27. Massive Open Online Courses2▲ 29×1 topic
  28. STEM Education2▲ 5.7×4 topics
  29. Neoliberalism2▲ 6.8×5 topics
  30. Diversity2▲ 13×3 topics
  31. Well-being2▲ 5.5×6 topics
  32. Organizational Performance2▲ 8.1×2 topics
  33. Self-Regulation2▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Tacit Knowledge2▲ 42×2 topics
  35. Technology Integration2▲ 6.5×4 topics
  36. Training Pathways1▲ 70×1 topic
  37. Vocational Education1▲ 21×1 topic
  38. Corpus Linguistics1▲ 7.9×2 topics
  39. Intrinsic Motivation1▲ 15×3 topics
  40. Institutional Theory1▲ 17×2 topics

Which research topics does Open Polytechnic publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Social Work Education and Practice, Online and Blended Learning, Online Learning and Analytics and Education Systems and Policy.

Social Work Education and Practice: 2 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learning: 2 fractional worksOnline Learning and Anal…2Online Learning and Analytics: 2 fractional worksEducation Systems and Po…1Education Systems and Policy: 1 fractional worksEarly Childhood Education and Development: 1 fractional worksLibrary Science and Administration: 1 fractional worksDiscourse Analysis in La…1Discourse Analysis in Language Studies: 1 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 1 fractional worksQualitative Research Methods and Ethics: 1 fractional worksManagement and Organizat…1Management and Organizational Studies: 1 fractional works
Public AdministrationEducationComputer Science ApplicationsLibrary and Information Sciences4 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 Education Systems and Policy Education 1 works
  5. 5 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 1 works
  6. 6 Library Science and Administration Library and Information Sciences 1 works
  7. 7 Discourse Analysis in Language Studies Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  8. 8 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 1 works
  9. 9 Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 Management and Organizational Studies Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Open Polytechnic's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% lower 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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