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Otago Polytechnic

In research, Otago Polytechnic stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,975 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,473
of 22,385 · #10,366 all time
Rank in New Zealand
#24
of 61
Research works
716
▲ 28% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.7k
12.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.88×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Otago Polytechnic

What is Otago Polytechnic known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #5,975 of 9,585 9.0%97 #5123

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Otago 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 Otago Polytechnic work in?

In 2022-now, 56% of research at Otago Polytechnic is in Social Sciences, 19% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (30%), Health Professions (9%), Psychology (9%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 105 fractional works · 55.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 56 fractional works · 29.8% of its workEducation: 20 fractional works · 10.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 14 fractional works · 7.6% of its workHealth: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 17 fractional works · 8.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 13 fractional works · 7.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 9 fractional works · 4.6% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workConservation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 36 fractional works · 19.0% of its workHealth Professions: 17 fractional works · 9.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEquine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 34 fractional works · 18.3% of its workEngineering: 16 fractional works · 8.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 6.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 7.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 4.2% of its workFood Science: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKOtago Polytechnic188fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences56%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5629.8%
    2. Psychology178.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting137.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities94.6%
    5. Decision Sciences52.7%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance52.5%
    1. Health Professions179.0%
    2. Medicine158.1%
    3. Veterinary21.0%
    4. Dentistry10.6%
    5. Nursing00.3%
    1. Engineering168.7%
    2. Computer Science126.3%
    3. Environmental Science42.3%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    5. Materials Science00.2%
    6. Mathematics00.2%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences84.2%
    2. Neuroscience21.2%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.7%
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: 0.89× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.80× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.58× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.45× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.25× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.41× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.42× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 7.43× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.59× its world share, 9 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.17× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.84× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.18× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.91× its world share, 17 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.36× its world share, 56 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 7.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary7.43×2 works
  2. Health Professions3.41×17 works
  3. Psychology2.91×17 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.84×5 works
  5. Social Sciences2.36×56 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting2.17×13 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.59×9 works
  8. Dentistry1.25×1 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.18×5 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.89×8 works
  11. Computer Science0.80×12 works
  12. Neuroscience0.75×2 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.72×1 works
  14. Engineering0.58×16 works
  15. Nursing0.54×0 works
  16. Environmental Science0.45×4 works
  17. Medicine0.42×15 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.29×1 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.20×2 works
  20. Mathematics0.19×0 works
  21. Chemical Engineering0.07×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.07×0 works
  23. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  24. Physics and Astronomy0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Otago Polytechnic?

Ranked on the quality score, S. O. Mann, David Rozado and Émilie Crossley lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Otago Polytechnic.

  1. 1 S. O. Mann New Zealand · #924,902 worldwide 2k citations · 45 works
  2. 2 David Rozado New Zealand · #1,041,130 worldwide 1.7k citations · 83 works
  3. 3 Émilie Crossley New Zealand · #1,314,419 worldwide 391 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Samuel Mann New Zealand · #1,494,185 worldwide 1.2k citations · 104 works
  5. 5 Suzanne Miller New Zealand · #1,589,581 worldwide 278 citations · 34 works
  6. 6 Sally A Baddock New Zealand · #1,762,615 worldwide 755 citations · 39 works
  7. 7 Irihapeti Ramsden New Zealand · #1,794,516 worldwide 818 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Patricia Haden New Zealand · #1,796,118 worldwide 943 citations · 35 works
  9. 9 Adrian Woodhouse New Zealand · #1,819,883 worldwide 337 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Bronwyn Hegarty New Zealand · #2,052,967 worldwide 394 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Otago Polytechnic

What are the most cited papers from Otago Polytechnic?

The most cited paper from Otago Polytechnic is "Sociology of diagnosis: a preliminary review" (Annemarie Jutel, 2009), with 647 citations. Next come "Cultural Safety in Nursing: the New Zealand Experience" (599) and "Blended learning via distance in pre-registration nursing education: A scoping review" (351).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Sociology of diagnosis: a preliminary review Annemarie Jutel · Sociology of Health & Illness Open access 11 Feb 2009 647
2 Cultural Safety in Nursing: the New Zealand Experience Elaine Papps, Irihapeti Ramsden · International Journal for Quality in Health Care 1996 599
3 Blended learning via distance in pre-registration nursing education: A scoping review Tanisha Jowsey, Gail Foster, Pauline Cooper-Ioelu et al. · Nurse Education in Practice Open access Mar 2020 351
4 Artificial unintelligence: how computers misunderstand the world Sanjay Sharma · Labour & Industry a journal of the social and economic relations of work 17 Feb 2019 302
5 Entrepreneurial orientation and SME international performance: The mediating role of networking capability and experiential learning Masoud Karami, Jintong Tang · International Small Business Journal Researching Entrepreneurship 27 Feb 2019 278
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Otago Polytechnic?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Higher Education, Sustainability, Student Perceptions, Mental Health, Innovation, Risk Management, Reflective Practice 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-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. Sustainability13▲ 2.8×19 topics
  2. Higher Education12▲ 11×11 topics
  3. Mental Health10▲ 3.8×19 topics
  4. Education8▲ 2.4×22 topics
  5. Globalization8▲ 2.0×16 topics
  6. Student Perceptions8▲ 22×5 topics
  7. Climate Change7▲ 1.36×22 topics
  8. Innovation7▲ 3.5×15 topics
  9. Quality of Life6▲ 2.2×14 topics
  10. Identity5▲ 3.9×7 topics
  11. Risk Management5▲ 5.8×4 topics
  12. Social Capital5▲ 5.0×9 topics
  13. Social Justice5▲ 4.1×11 topics
  14. Reflective Practice4▲ 13×7 topics
  15. Pedagogy4▲ 4.3×7 topics
  16. Resilience4▲ 4.2×10 topics
  17. Food Tourism4▲ 64×1 topic
  18. Gastronomy4▲ 64×1 topic
  19. Entrepreneurship4▲ 4.9×6 topics
  20. Student Voice4▲ 69×2 topics
  21. Student Participation4▲ 61×2 topics
  22. Professional Development4▲ 9.0×7 topics
  23. Co-Creation of Curriculum3▲ 113×1 topic
  24. Primary Care3▲ 4.8×7 topics
  25. Student-Staff Partnerships3▲ 113×1 topic
  26. Career Development3▲ 15×5 topics
  27. Health Equity3▲ 6.0×5 topics
  28. Teacher Education3▲ 14×3 topics
  29. Engineering Education3▲ 20×3 topics
  30. Economic Crisis3▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Employability3▲ 38×2 topics
  32. Lifelong Learning3▲ 7.4×2 topics
  33. Organizational Performance3▲ 6.0×5 topics
  34. Soft Skills3▲ 29×2 topics
  35. Creativity3▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Assessment Methods3▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Electronic Portfolios3▲ 78×1 topic
  38. Graduate Attributes3▲ 43×1 topic
  39. Journal Writing3▲ 78×1 topic
  40. Work-integrated Learning3▲ 43×1 topic

Which research topics does Otago Polytechnic publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Culinary Culture and Tourism, Higher Education Practises and Engagement, Higher Education and Employability and Reflective Practices in Education.

Culinary Culture and Tou…4Culinary Culture and Tourism: 4 fractional worksHigher Education Practis…3Higher Education Practises and Engagement: 3 fractional worksHigher Education and Emp…3Higher Education and Employability: 3 fractional worksReflective Practices in …3Reflective Practices in Education: 3 fractional worksEngineering Education and Curriculum Development: 2 fractional worksConstruction Project Management and Performance: 2 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare S…2Employment and Welfare Studies: 2 fractional worksOccupational Health and Safety Research: 2 fractional worksBIM and Construction Integration: 2 fractional worksCultural Industries and …2Cultural Industries and Urban Development: 2 fractional works
Food ScienceEducationMedia TechnologyManagement Science and Operations Research4 others

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

  1. 1 Culinary Culture and Tourism Food Science 4 works
  2. 2 Higher Education Practises and Engagement Education 3 works
  3. 3 Higher Education and Employability Education 3 works
  4. 4 Reflective Practices in Education Education 3 works
  5. 5 Engineering Education and Curriculum Development Media Technology 2 works
  6. 6 Construction Project Management and Performance Management Science and Operations Research 2 works
  7. 7 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 2 works
  8. 8 Occupational Health and Safety Research Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 2 works
  9. 9 BIM and Construction Integration Building and Construction 2 works
  10. 10 Cultural Industries and Urban Development Urban Studies 2 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 available41.3%not open58.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.4%domestic only85.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Otago Polytechnic's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 28% 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 Otago Polytechnic as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00084% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Otago Polytechnic0.00052% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Otago 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%Otago Polytechnic10.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.2% in 2020.

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