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Open University of Israel

In research, Open University of Israel stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,286 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,103 of 6,365 worldwide) and Sociology and Political Science (#1,451 of 2,578 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cognitive Neuroscience — Cognitive Neuroscience is 5.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,526
of 28,054 · #5,136 all time
Rank in Israel
#26
of 106
Research works
2.8k
▲ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
59k
21.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
35%
world 28%

What is Open University of Israel 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 #2,286 of 10,521 28.8%288 #1332
Social SciencesField #2,103 of 6,365 30.4%169 #1041
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #1,451 of 2,578 24.4%66 #1249
Physical SciencesDomain #7,646 of 12,888 18.9%168 #4723
Computer ScienceField #4,065 of 4,667 16.8%69 #1143

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Open University of Israel 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#1,332 #2,286
  2. Social Sciences#1,041 #2,103
  3. Sociology and Political Science#1,249 #1,451
  4. Physical Sciences#4,723 #7,646
  5. Computer Science#1,143 #4,065
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 Open University of Israel specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cognitive Neuroscience takes 5.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 20.5 works5.3×
← 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: 0.23× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.59× its world share, 16 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.41× its world share, 29 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.95× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.68× its world share, 69 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 9 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.48× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.05× its world share, 19 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.57× its world share, 30 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.26× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.15× its world share, 15 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.42× its world share, 37 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.05× its world share, 18 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.58× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.97× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.85× its world share, 46 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.52× its world share, 169 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Open University of Israel?

Ranked on the composite score, Tal Hassner, Iacopo Masi and Yagil Levy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Open University of Israel.

  1. 1 Tal Hassner Israel · #24,179 worldwide 814 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Iacopo Masi Israel · #33,789 worldwide 723 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Yagil Levy Israel · #169,354 worldwide 58 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Jonathan Granot Israel · #194,758 worldwide 374 citations · 72 works
  5. 5 David H. Lorenz Israel · #213,889 worldwide 115 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Manor Mendel Israel · #258,608 worldwide 134 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 Izhak Berkovich Israel · #263,580 worldwide 105 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Aviad Heifetz Israel · #268,999 worldwide 215 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 Sarah Guri‐Rosenblit Israel · #279,352 worldwide 151 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Tamir Tassa Israel · #342,223 worldwide 158 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at Open University of Israel

Which keywords describe research at Open University of Israel?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Nationalism, Occupation, Israel, Palestine, Discrimination, Ethnic Identity and Segregation.

▲ 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. Human Rights26▲ 4.8×16 topics
  2. Globalization24▲ 2.4×39 topics
  3. Nationalism20▲ 8.3×10 topics
  4. Occupation20▲ 56×3 topics
  5. Israel19▲ 102×2 topics
  6. Palestine18▲ 59×2 topics
  7. Discrimination17▲ 16×3 topics
  8. Education16▲ 1.81×31 topics
  9. Ethnic Identity16▲ 27×2 topics
  10. Segregation16▲ 37×1 topic
  11. Settler Colonialism16▲ 71×1 topic
  12. Mental Health15▲ 1.90×20 topics
  13. Educational Technology14▲ 2.2×14 topics
  14. Social Media14▲ 1.83×15 topics
  15. Technology Integration10▲ 6.5×8 topics
  16. Approximation Algorithms10▲ 27×4 topics
  17. Politics10▲ 7.0×6 topics
  18. Leadership10▲ 3.9×11 topics
  19. Ethics10▲ 3.8×13 topics
  20. Well-being9▲ 4.6×12 topics
  21. Algorithmic Applications9▲ 48×2 topics
  22. Emotion9▲ 7.9×10 topics
  23. Complexity Theory8▲ 32×3 topics
  24. Global Governance8▲ 6.9×8 topics
  25. Stress8▲ 4.1×10 topics
  26. Teacher Professional Development8▲ 9.3×4 topics
  27. Governance8▲ 4.5×6 topics
  28. Online Communication8▲ 9.5×3 topics
  29. Self-Regulation7▲ 7.7×5 topics
  30. Refugees7▲ 10×3 topics
  31. Combinatorial Optimization7▲ 91×1 topic
  32. Graph Algorithms7▲ 91×1 topic
  33. Sovereignty7▲ 13×3 topics
  34. Gravitational Waves6▲ 22×2 topics
  35. Supernovae6▲ 14×2 topics
  36. Civil War6▲ 38×2 topics
  37. Academic Achievement6▲ 6.9×6 topics
  38. Educational Leadership6▲ 9.1×3 topics
  39. Professional Learning Communities6▲ 25×2 topics
  40. School Improvement6▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Open University of Israel publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies, Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs, Teacher Education and Leadership Studies and Middle East Politics and Society.

Jewish and Middle Easter…16Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies: 16 fractional worksComplexity and Algorithm…7Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs: 7 fractional worksTeacher Education and Le…5Teacher Education and Leadership Studies: 5 fractional worksMiddle East Politics and Society: 5 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics: 4 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Memory and Neural Computing: 4 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brain function: 4 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learning: 4 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 3 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceComputational Theory and MathematicsEducationCommunication4 others

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

  1. 1 Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies Sociology and Political Science 16 works
  2. 2 Complexity and Algorithms in Graphs Computational Theory and Mathematics 7 works
  3. 3 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 5 works
  4. 4 Middle East Politics and Society Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  5. 5 Social Media and Politics Communication 4 works
  6. 6 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works
  7. 7 Advanced Memory and Neural Computing Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  8. 8 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  9. 9 Online and Blended Learning Education 4 works
  10. 10 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 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 available34.8%not open65.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.2%domestic only81.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Open University of Israel's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% 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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