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The Open University

In research, The Open University stands highest in Social Sciences (#677 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#560 of 5,988 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#1,740 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Public Administration, Computer Science Applications and History (Public Administration is 17.3× its share of world research).

open.ac.ukROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#1,323
of 22,385 · #1,396 all time
Rank in United Kingdom
#88
of 862
Research works
25k
▼ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
649k
25.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.05×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
The Open University

What is The Open University 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 #677 of 9,585 13.3%1,808 #565
Social SciencesField #560 of 5,988 13.3%1,011 #508
Physical SciencesDomain #1,740 of 10,670 10.2%784 #1442
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #462 of 2,526 13.8%322 #505
Arts and HumanitiesField #472 of 1,896 15.8%311 #501
Computer ScienceField #1,102 of 4,417 13.1%248 #869
EducationSubfield #539 of 1,930 11.9%209 #389
PsychologyField #606 of 2,121 11.1%246 #673
Health SciencesDomain #3,002 of 9,902 10.9%259 #3973
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #418 of 1,187 18.6%131 #503

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where The Open University 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#565 #677
  2. Social Sciences#508 #560
  3. Physical Sciences#1,442 #1,740
  4. Sociology and Political Science#505 #462
  5. Arts and Humanities#501 #472
  6. Computer Science#869 #1,102
  7. Education#389 #539
  8. Psychology#673 #606
  9. Health Sciences#3,973 #3,002
  10. Political Science and International Relations#503 #418
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does The Open University work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research at The Open University is in Social Sciences, 26% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (33%), Arts and Humanities (11%), Computer Science (8%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,965 fractional works · 59.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,098 fractional works · 33.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 356 fractional works · 10.8% of its workEducation: 222 fractional works · 6.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 138 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGender Studies: 69 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAnthropology: 42 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSafety Research: 40 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Administration: 31 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 30 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLaw: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLinguistics and Language: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 347 fractional works · 10.5% of its workHistory: 77 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 77 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhilosophy: 48 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 37 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMusic: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 268 fractional works · 8.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 89 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 74 fractional works · 2.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 49 fractional works · 1.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 37 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Psychology: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 112 fractional works · 3.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 29 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 100 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 64 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFinance: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 41 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 21 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 866 fractional works · 26.3% of its workComputer Science: 269 fractional works · 8.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 79 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 60 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 42 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 26 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 20 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 186 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 36 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 33 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 29 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 151 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 105 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInstrumentation: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 94 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 22 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcological Modeling: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 65 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGeophysics: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 19 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPaleontology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 49 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 28 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 17 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 13 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 289 fractional works · 8.8% of its workMedicine: 166 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 41 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEpidemiology: 12 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 69 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 114 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 82 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 8 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 172 fractional works · 5.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 60 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 21 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 18 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 53 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 43 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 51 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 27 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 14 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKThe OpenUniversity3,292fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences26%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences60%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences1,96559.7%
    1. Social Sciences1,09833.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities34710.5%
    3. Psychology2688.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1123.4%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1003.0%
    6. Decision Sciences411.2%
    1. Computer Science2698.2%
    2. Engineering1865.6%
    3. Physics and Astronomy1514.6%
    4. Environmental Science942.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences652.0%
    6. Mathematics491.5%
    7. Materials Science280.8%
    8. Chemistry130.4%
    9. Energy100.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering20.1%
    1. Medicine1665.0%
    2. Health Professions1143.4%
    3. Nursing70.2%
    4. Veterinary20.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences601.8%
    2. Neuroscience531.6%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology511.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology60.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does The Open University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Public Administration takes 17.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Public AdministrationSubfield · 30.6 works17×
  2. Computer Science ApplicationsSubfield · 60.3 works7.4×
  3. HistorySubfield · 77.3 works7.3×
  4. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 105.0 works6.1×
  5. Gender StudiesSubfield · 69.0 works5.8×
← 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: 0.39× its world share, 60 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.29× its world share, 51 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.98× its world share, 53 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.24× its world share, 13 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.05× its world share, 269 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.26× its world share, 65 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.32× its world share, 10 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.38× its world share, 186 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.58× its world share, 94 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.24× its world share, 28 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.27× its world share, 49 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.06× its world share, 151 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.31× its world share, 114 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 166 worksMedicineNursing: 0.42× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.65× its world share, 347 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.05× its world share, 112 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.29× its world share, 41 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.42× its world share, 100 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.67× its world share, 268 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.64× its world share, 1,098 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities3.65×347 works
  2. Psychology2.67×268 works
  3. Social Sciences2.64×1,098 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy2.06×151 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.42×100 works
  6. Health Professions1.31×114 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.29×41 works
  8. Mathematics1.27×49 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.26×65 works
  10. Computer Science1.05×269 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting1.05×112 works
  12. Neuroscience0.98×53 works
  13. Environmental Science0.58×94 works
  14. Veterinary0.51×2 works
  15. Nursing0.42×7 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.39×60 works
  17. Engineering0.38×186 works
  18. Energy0.32×10 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.29×51 works
  20. Medicine0.26×166 works
  21. Chemistry0.24×13 works
  22. Materials Science0.24×28 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.20×6 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.19×2 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.18×2 works

Who are the top researchers at The Open University?

Ranked on the quality score, Chris J. Hawkesworth, Bart Rienties and Mike Widdowson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The Open University.

  1. 1 Chris J. Hawkesworth United Kingdom · #11,715 worldwide 39k citations · 362 works
  2. 2 Bart Rienties United Kingdom · #25,884 worldwide 11k citations · 326 works
  3. 3 Mike Widdowson United Kingdom · #52,553 worldwide 6.8k citations · 291 works
  4. 4 Nigel Harris United Kingdom · #52,898 worldwide 29k citations · 256 works
  5. 5 Robert A. Spicer United Kingdom · #63,617 worldwide 15k citations · 265 works
  6. 6 Stephen Self United Kingdom · #67,723 worldwide 21k citations · 284 works
  7. 7 Heather Whitaker United Kingdom · #139,524 worldwide 6k citations · 161 works
  8. 8 David Broadhurst #158,930 worldwide 10k citations · 85 works
  9. 9 Neil Robert Edwards United Kingdom · #163,803 worldwide 10k citations · 238 works
  10. 10 Philip F. Sexton #181,623 worldwide 4.5k citations · 156 works
All ranked researchers at The Open University

What are the most cited papers from The Open University?

The most cited paper from The Open University is "Trace Element Discrimination Diagrams for the Tectonic Interpretation of Granitic Rocks" (Julian A. Pearce, Nigel Harris, A. G. Tindle, 1984), with 8,648 citations. Next come "The Gaia mission" (7,118) and "The Genome Sequence of Drosophila melanogaster" (6,049).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Trace Element Discrimination Diagrams for the Tectonic Interpretation of Granitic Rocks Julian A. Pearce, Nigel Harris, A. G. Tindle · Journal of Petrology Open access Nov 1984 8,648
2 The Gaia mission T. Prusti et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access625 authors 15 Sep 2016 7,118
3 The Genome Sequence of Drosophila melanogaster Mark D. Adams et al. · Science 195 authors 24 Mar 2000 6,049
4 Stomach contents analysis—a review of methods and their application Eric J. Hyslop · Journal of Fish Biology Oct 1980 4,422
5 Eta squared and partial eta squared as measures of effect size in educational research John T. E. Richardson · Educational Research Review 2011 3,494
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at The Open University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Higher Education, Gender, Neoliberalism, Identity, Nationalism, History and Mental Health.

▲ 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. Globalization210▲ 3.2×96 topics
  2. Mental Health105▲ 2.2×38 topics
  3. Identity93▲ 3.9×47 topics
  4. Higher Education90▲ 5.1×17 topics
  5. Gender88▲ 5.0×40 topics
  6. History83▲ 3.6×37 topics
  7. Education82▲ 1.46×72 topics
  8. Social Media78▲ 1.73×30 topics
  9. Online Learning78▲ 2.9×16 topics
  10. Nationalism77▲ 5.2×24 topics
  11. Neoliberalism76▲ 6.5×24 topics
  12. Innovation70▲ 2.1×43 topics
  13. Colonialism67▲ 4.3×33 topics
  14. Ethics66▲ 4.0×38 topics
  15. Literature66▲ 3.7×37 topics
  16. Human Rights65▲ 1.94×46 topics
  17. Social Justice56▲ 2.9×35 topics
  18. Feminism56▲ 5.8×20 topics
  19. Religion55▲ 3.6×30 topics
  20. Student Engagement54▲ 4.1×13 topics
  21. Social Interaction48▲ 3.7×11 topics
  22. Student Perceptions46▲ 7.8×7 topics
  23. Reflective Practice44▲ 7.0×7 topics
  24. Professional Development43▲ 6.3×12 topics
  25. Politics41▲ 4.7×14 topics
  26. Informal Learning41▲ 9.6×6 topics
  27. Learning Analytics37▲ 9.4×2 topics
  28. Instructional Design37▲ 15×3 topics
  29. Intersectionality37▲ 5.9×11 topics
  30. National Identity36▲ 9.6×6 topics
  31. Student Satisfaction35▲ 5.7×3 topics
  32. Language Policy34▲ 7.5×5 topics
  33. Solar System Abundances34▲ 21×1 topic
  34. Terrestrial Planets34▲ 21×1 topic
  35. Bilingual Education34▲ 8.8×3 topics
  36. MOOCs31▲ 10×2 topics
  37. Educational Data Mining31▲ 11×1 topic
  38. Massive Open Online Courses31▲ 11×1 topic
  39. Cognitive Engagement31▲ 13×2 topics
  40. Virtual Learning Environments31▲ 10×3 topics

Which research topics does The Open University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Astro and Planetary Science, Online Learning and Analytics, Online and Blended Learning and Planetary Science and Exploration.

Astro and Planetary Scie…34Astro and Planetary Science: 34 fractional worksOnline Learning and Anal…31Online Learning and Analytics: 31 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learn…29Online and Blended Learning: 29 fractional worksPlanetary Science and Ex…26Planetary Science and Exploration: 26 fractional worksSecond Language Learning and Teaching: 20 fractional worksScottish History and National Identity: 18 fractional worksSocial Work Education an…18Social Work Education and Practice: 18 fractional worksHigher Education Practises and Engagement: 17 fractional worksDesign Education and Practice: 15 fractional worksHigher Education Learnin…15Higher Education Learning Practices: 15 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsComputer Science ApplicationsEducationLiterature and Literary Theory3 others

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

  1. 1 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 34 works
  2. 2 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 31 works
  3. 3 Online and Blended Learning Education 29 works
  4. 4 Planetary Science and Exploration Astronomy and Astrophysics 26 works
  5. 5 Second Language Learning and Teaching Literature and Literary Theory 20 works
  6. 6 Scottish History and National Identity History 18 works
  7. 7 Social Work Education and Practice Public Administration 18 works
  8. 8 Higher Education Practises and Engagement Education 17 works
  9. 9 Design Education and Practice Mechanical Engineering 15 works
  10. 10 Higher Education Learning Practices Education 15 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 available28.0%not open72.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.4%domestic only79.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has The Open University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% lower 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 The Open University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.014% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%The Open University0.011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of The Open University 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 counting10%20%30%The Open University11.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.7% in 2006.

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