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The Open Group

In research, The Open Group stands highest in Social Sciences (#10,131 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#23,218
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,215
of 1,844
Research works
256
▲ 32% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.6k
21.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.85×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
The Open Group

What is The Open Group 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 #10,131 of 14,833 11.2%137

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where The Open Group 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 The Open Group work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research at The Open Group is in Social Sciences, 33% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (24%), Social Sciences (17%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (12%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 27 fractional works · 43.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 16.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 11.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 7 fractional works · 11.5% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 6.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 4.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 21 fractional works · 33.4% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 24.5% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 8.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 5.5% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 9 fractional works · 14.7% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 5.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 5.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 5 fractional works · 8.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 6.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKThe Open Group62fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences33%Social Sciences43%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1016.5%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance711.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting46.9%
    4. Psychology34.6%
    5. Arts and Humanities11.6%
    6. Decision Sciences11.6%
    1. Medicine1524.5%
    2. Health Professions58.6%
    3. Veterinary00.2%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Computer Science45.8%
    2. Engineering35.3%
    3. Mathematics11.6%
    4. Environmental Science11.3%
    5. Energy00.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology46.3%
    2. Neuroscience11.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.17× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.74× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.80× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.93× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.75× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.36× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 3.28× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.27× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.31× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.55× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.15× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.64× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.56× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.52× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.30× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance5.56×7 works
  2. Health Professions3.28×5 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.15×4 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.64×1 works
  5. Psychology1.52×3 works
  6. Mathematics1.36×1 works
  7. Veterinary1.31×0 works
  8. Social Sciences1.30×10 works
  9. Medicine1.27×15 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.17×4 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.93×0 works
  12. Neuroscience0.80×1 works
  13. Computer Science0.75×4 works
  14. Immunology and Microbiology0.74×0 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.55×1 works
  16. Energy0.36×0 works
  17. Engineering0.35×3 works
  18. Nursing0.26×0 works
  19. Environmental Science0.25×1 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.14×0 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at The Open Group?

Ranked on the quality score, Rance DeLong, Catherine J. Bottomley and V. A. Ekimenko lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The Open Group.

  1. 1 Rance DeLong United Kingdom · #1,792,407 worldwide 166 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Catherine J. Bottomley United Kingdom · #3,040,115 worldwide 211 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 V. A. Ekimenko United Kingdom · #4,857,987 worldwide 21 citations · 13 works
All ranked researchers at The Open Group

What are the most cited papers from The Open Group?

The most cited paper from The Open Group is "Valgrind" (Nicholas Nethercote, Julian Seward, 2007), with 2,261 citations. Next come "Valgrind" (710) and "ACCORD (ACcurate COnsensus Reporting Document): A reporting guideline for consensus methods in biomedicine developed via a modified Delphi" (663).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Valgrind Nicholas Nethercote, Julian Seward Conference paper 10 Jun 2007 2,261
2 Valgrind Nicholas Nethercote, Julian Seward · ACM SIGPLAN Notices 10 Jun 2007 710
3 ACCORD (ACcurate COnsensus Reporting Document): A reporting guideline for consensus methods in biomedicine developed via a modified Delphi William T Gattrell, Patrícia Logullo, Esther J van Zuuren et al. · PLoS Medicine Open access 23 Jan 2024 663
4 FAIR Principles: Interpretations and Implementation Considerations Annika Jacobsen et al. · Data Intelligence Open access Nov 2019 478
5 A Systematic Review of Medical Costs Associated with Heart Failure in the USA (2014–2020) Michael Urbich, Gary A. Globe, Krystallia Pantiri et al. · PharmacoEconomics ReviewOpen access 19 Aug 2020 407
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at The Open Group?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cost-effectiveness Analysis, Health Utility Measures, Quality of Life, Job Satisfaction, Organizational Culture, Employee Performance, Leadership and Motivation.

▲ 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. Quality of Life4▲ 4.7×10 topics
  2. Cost-effectiveness Analysis4▲ 72×1 topic
  3. Health Utility Measures4▲ 72×1 topic
  4. Epidemiology3▲ 1.31×28 topics
  5. Job Satisfaction3▲ 12×3 topics
  6. Organizational Culture3▲ 13×3 topics
  7. Employee Performance2▲ 31×2 topics
  8. Leadership2▲ 6.8×4 topics
  9. Motivation2▲ 7.4×2 topics
  10. Data Sharing2▲ 90×2 topics
  11. Employee Engagement2▲ 17×1 topic
  12. Leadership Style2▲ 21×1 topic
  13. Organizational Performance2▲ 9.7×2 topics
  14. Civic Engagement2▲ 16×3 topics
  15. Pedagogy2▲ 4.9×3 topics
  16. Social Capital2▲ 4.6×5 topics
  17. Knowledge Sharing1▲ 14×2 topics
  18. Primary Care1▲ 6.2×6 topics
  19. Innovation Capability1▲ 32×1 topic
  20. Patient Engagement1▲ 16×3 topics
  21. Skills1▲ 21×1 topic
  22. Community Engagement1▲ 5.7×1 topic
  23. Psychiatric Disorders1▲ 15×2 topics
  24. Service-Learning1▲ 130×1 topic
  25. Alcohol Dependence1▲ 41×1 topic
  26. Ethical Issues1▲ 16×2 topics
  27. Genetic Variants1▲ 9.4×2 topics
  28. Research Methodology1▲ 29×2 topics
  29. Substance Use Disorders1▲ 23×1 topic
  30. Biochemical Genetics1▲ 48×1 topic
  31. Causal Inference1▲ 46×1 topic
  32. Clinical Genomics1▲ 41×1 topic
  33. Human Resource Management1▲ 10×1 topic
  34. Marketing Research1▲ 34×1 topic
  35. Metabolic Disorders1▲ 13×1 topic
  36. Organizational Change1▲ 20×2 topics
  37. Propensity Score1▲ 80×1 topic
  38. Qualitative Data1▲ 290×1 topic
  39. Secondary Analysis1▲ 290×1 topic
  40. Systematic Review1▲ 32×2 topics

Which research topics does The Open Group publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Employee Performance and Management, Employee Performance and Leadership and Service-Learning and Community Engagement.

Health Systems, Economic…4Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 4 fractional worksEmployee Performance and Management: 2 fractional worksEmployee Performance and Leadership: 1 fractional worksService-Learning and Community Engagement: 1 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksData Analysis and Archiving: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Causal Inferenc…1Advanced Causal Inference Techniques: 1 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases: 1 fractional worksEmployee Performance and Motivation: 1 fractional worksMetabolism and Genetic D…1Metabolism and Genetic Disorders: 1 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsHuman Factors and ErgonomicsOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementEducation5 others

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

  1. 1 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  2. 2 Employee Performance and Management Human Factors and Ergonomics 2 works
  3. 3 Employee Performance and Leadership Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1 works
  4. 4 Service-Learning and Community Engagement Education 1 works
  5. 5 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 1 works
  6. 6 Data Analysis and Archiving Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  7. 7 Advanced Causal Inference Techniques Statistics and Probability 1 works
  8. 8 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 1 works
  9. 9 Employee Performance and Motivation Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1 works
  10. 10 Metabolism and Genetic Disorders Clinical Biochemistry 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 available36.1%not open63.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.6%domestic only71.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has The Open Group's research output changed?

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

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is The Open Group as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00032% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%The Open Group0.00029% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of The Open Group over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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