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Universal College of Learning

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Research works
107
▼ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.1k
19.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.0%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
Universal College of Learning

Not ranked overall: Universal College of Learning is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Universal College of Learning work in?

In all years, 39% of research at Universal College of Learning is in Health Sciences, 33% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (23%), Medicine (22%), Health Professions (10%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 42 fractional works · 39.2% of its workMedicine: 24 fractional works · 22.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 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 workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 10.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 7.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 5.5% of its workResearch and Theory: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 36 fractional works · 33.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 25 fractional works · 23.0% of its workEducation: 13 fractional works · 11.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 7.7% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 6.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 18 fractional works · 16.6% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 6.8% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 12 fractional works · 10.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKUniversal Collegeof Learning107fractional works, all years
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences39%Social Sciences33%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2422.4%
    2. Health Professions1110.4%
    3. Nursing65.5%
    4. Veterinary10.8%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences2523.0%
    2. Psychology76.4%
    3. Decision Sciences21.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.9%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.3%
    1. Computer Science76.8%
    2. Environmental Science44.1%
    3. Engineering32.9%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.0%
    5. Mathematics10.9%
    6. Chemistry10.7%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology43.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences33.3%
    3. Neuroscience32.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.5%
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: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.95× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.79× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 1.85× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.05× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.98× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 1.60× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksMedicineVeterinary: 43.79× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.09× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.65× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.35× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 43.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary43.79×1 works
  2. Psychology4.65×2 works
  3. Social Sciences2.35×4 works
  4. Computer Science2.05×2 works
  5. Mathematics1.98×0 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.95×0 works
  7. Chemistry1.85×0 works
  8. Neuroscience1.79×0 works
  9. Dentistry1.60×0 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.09×0 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.72×1 works
  12. Health Professions0.65×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.55×0 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.42×0 works
  15. Engineering0.30×1 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.24×0 works
  17. Medicine0.23×1 works
  18. Materials Science0.22×0 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.22×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Universal College of Learning?

Ranked on the quality score, Wendy Maddocks, Kawtar Tani and Chandra Sharma Poudyal lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universal College of Learning.

  1. 1 Wendy Maddocks New Zealand · #2,880,410 worldwide 343 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Kawtar Tani New Zealand · #3,463,918 worldwide 157 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Chandra Sharma Poudyal New Zealand · #4,139,174 worldwide 32 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Marian Bland New Zealand · #4,552,789 worldwide 172 citations · 22 works
  5. 5 Eleanor O' Neill New Zealand · #7,663,031 worldwide 27 citations · 222 works
All ranked researchers at Universal College of Learning

What are the most cited papers from Universal College of Learning?

The most cited paper from Universal College of Learning is "Relaxed Molecular Clock Provides Evidence for Long-Distance Dispersal of Nothofagus (Southern Beech)" (Michael R. Knapp, Karen Stöckler, David Havell et al., 2004), with 251 citations. Next come "Influence of moderate dehydration on soccer performance: physiological responses to 45 min of outdoor match-play and the immediate subsequent performance of sport-specific and mental concentration tests" (209) and "Exploring reflective thinking in nursing practice" (177).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Relaxed Molecular Clock Provides Evidence for Long-Distance Dispersal of Nothofagus (Southern Beech) Michael R. Knapp, Karen Stöckler, David Havell et al. · PLoS Biology Open access 27 Dec 2004 251
2 Influence of moderate dehydration on soccer performance: physiological responses to 45 min of outdoor match-play and the immediate subsequent performance of sport-specific and mental concentration tests Andrew Mark Edwards, MICHAEL E. MANN, Michael Marfell-Jones et al. · British Journal of Sports Medicine Open access Feb 2007 209
3 Exploring reflective thinking in nursing practice Bert Teekman · Journal of Advanced Nursing May 2000 177
4 An evaluative study of clinical preceptorship Nayer Kaviani, Yvonne Stillwell · Nurse Education Today Apr 2000 157
5 Dehydration Andrew Mark Edwards, Timothy David Noakes · Sports Medicine 19 Dec 2008 153
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Universal College of Learning?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, High-Intensity Interval Training, Clinical Practice, Patient Outcomes, Job Satisfaction, Qualitative Research, Resistance Training and Nursing 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 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 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. Public Health7▲ 4.7×11 topics
  2. High-Intensity Interval Training4▲ 40×2 topics
  3. Mental Health4▲ 3.6×11 topics
  4. Clinical Practice4▲ 27×2 topics
  5. Patient Outcomes4▲ 61×3 topics
  6. Qualitative Research4▲ 6.6×5 topics
  7. Job Satisfaction4▲ 14×3 topics
  8. Resistance Training4▲ 35×2 topics
  9. Nursing Education4▲ 29×3 topics
  10. Social Support4▲ 7.4×5 topics
  11. Health Policy4▲ 21×2 topics
  12. Phenomenology3▲ 26×2 topics
  13. Quality of Life3▲ 2.4×10 topics
  14. Primary Care3▲ 7.2×5 topics
  15. Professional Identity3▲ 42×2 topics
  16. Long-Term Care3▲ 44×2 topics
  17. Health Workforce3▲ 62×2 topics
  18. Healthcare Environment3▲ 147×1 topic
  19. Nursing Staffing3▲ 147×1 topic
  20. Student Engagement3▲ 11×4 topics
  21. Depression3▲ 3.7×5 topics
  22. Performance Analysis3▲ 16×1 topic
  23. Training Load3▲ 48×1 topic
  24. Online Learning3▲ 5.9×2 topics
  25. Higher Education3▲ 6.3×6 topics
  26. Reflective Practice3▲ 14×4 topics
  27. Infectious Diseases2▲ 9.7×4 topics
  28. Meta-Analysis2▲ 4.2×3 topics
  29. Anxiety2▲ 6.0×3 topics
  30. Elderly Care2▲ 15×2 topics
  31. Collaborative Practice2▲ 44×2 topics
  32. Motivation2▲ 6.7×5 topics
  33. Blended Learning2▲ 20×1 topic
  34. Distance Education2▲ 13×1 topic
  35. Nursing Advocacy2▲ 102×1 topic
  36. Nursing Home2▲ 51×1 topic
  37. Political Participation2▲ 23×1 topic
  38. Quality of Care2▲ 25×1 topic
  39. Vulnerability2▲ 12×4 topics
  40. Professional Development2▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does Universal College of Learning publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: COVID-19 and Mental Health, Higher Education Practises and Engagement, LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy and Online and Blended Learning.

COVID-19 and Mental Health1COVID-19 and Mental Health: 1 fractional worksHigher Education Practises and Engagement: 1 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, …0LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 0 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learn…0Online and Blended Learning: 0 fractional worksSoftware Engineering Research: 0 fractional worksSoftware Testing and Debugging Techniques: 0 fractional worksSports Analytics and Per…0Sports Analytics and Performance: 0 fractional worksSports, Gender, and Society: 0 fractional worksEvaluation of Teaching Practices: 0 fractional worksVeterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia: 0 fractional works
Clinical PsychologyEducationSocial PsychologyInformation Systems4 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 1 works
  2. 2 Higher Education Practises and Engagement Education 1 works
  3. 3 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 0 works
  4. 4 Online and Blended Learning Education 0 works
  5. 5 Software Engineering Research Information Systems 0 works
  6. 6 Software Testing and Debugging Techniques Software 0 works
  7. 7 Sports Analytics and Performance Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  8. 8 Sports, Gender, and Society Gender Studies 0 works
  9. 9 Evaluation of Teaching Practices Education 0 works
  10. 10 Veterinary Pharmacology and Anesthesia Small Animals 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 available24.2%not open75.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.6%domestic only75.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Universal College of Learning's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 14% lower 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 Universal College of Learning as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000031% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Universal College of Learning0.000072% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Universal College of Learning over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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