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Government institution · Carrickfergus · United Kingdom

Qualifications and Curriculum Authority

Research works
22
▼ 75% vs 2013–17
Citations
673
30.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
0.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
19%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Qualifications and Curriculum Authority is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

Which keywords describe research at Qualifications and Curriculum Authority?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Informal Learning, Vocational Education, Education, Academic Achievement, Student Retention, Training Pathways, Lifelong Learning and Student Achievement.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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 32 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 32 words, with their numbers
  1. Informal Learning3▲ 126×2 topics
  2. Vocational Education3▲ 172×2 topics
  3. Education2▲ 8.2×6 topics
  4. Academic Achievement2▲ 70×3 topics
  5. Lifelong Learning2▲ 66×3 topics
  6. Student Retention2▲ 239×1 topic
  7. Training Pathways2▲ 285×1 topic
  8. Higher Education2▲ 26×2 topics
  9. Student Achievement2▲ 113×3 topics
  10. Learning Outcomes2▲ 38×2 topics
  11. Prior Learning2▲ 339×1 topic
  12. Recognition2▲ 220×1 topic
  13. Student Perception2▲ 175×2 topics
  14. Professional Learning Communities2▲ 167×2 topics
  15. Feedback2▲ 123×1 topic
  16. Formative Assessment2▲ 197×1 topic
  17. STEM Education2▲ 25×4 topics
  18. Student Engagement2▲ 27×3 topics
  19. Education Policy1▲ 101×2 topics
  20. Educational Inequality1▲ 96×2 topics
  21. Neoliberalism1▲ 17×2 topics
  22. Workplace Learning1▲ 313×2 topics
  23. Activity Theory1▲ 392×1 topic
  24. Career Development1▲ 51×2 topics
  25. Communities of Practice1▲ 262×1 topic
  26. Gramsci1▲ 785×1 topic
  27. Hegemony1▲ 165×1 topic
  28. School Engagement1▲ 99×1 topic
  29. Socioeconomic Status1▲ 61×1 topic
  30. Student Perceptions1▲ 32×2 topics
  31. Student-Teacher Relationships1▲ 99×1 topic
  32. Teacher Quality1▲ 222×1 topic

Which research topics does Qualifications and Curriculum Authority publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education Systems and Policy, Occupational health in dentistry, Higher Education Learning Practices and Regional Development and Policy.

  1. 1 Education Systems and Policy Education 0 works
  2. 2 Occupational health in dentistry Medical Laboratory Technology 0 works
  3. 3 Higher Education Learning Practices Education 0 works
  4. 4 Regional Development and Policy Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  5. 5 Workplace Health and Well-being General Health Professions 0 works
  6. 6 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 0 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 available18.8%not open81.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.5%domestic only90.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Qualifications and Curriculum Authority's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 75% 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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