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Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University

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World rank, all time
#30,739
of 34,923
Rank in India
#1,462
of 1,754
Research works
130
▲ 71% vs 2018-21
Citations
465
3.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
66%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University

Which fields of science does Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research at Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University is in Social Sciences, 34% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (33%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (12%), Engineering (11%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 31 fractional works · 49.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 20 fractional works · 32.9% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 12.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 8.8% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 6.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 21 fractional works · 33.8% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 11.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 8.2% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 12.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 11.6% of its workPlant Science: 4 fractional works · 5.8% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% 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 workALL ITS WORKVardhamanMahaveer Open…62fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences34%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences49%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2032.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting46.2%
    3. Decision Sciences34.8%
    4. Arts and Humanities22.7%
    5. Psychology11.3%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.2%
    1. Engineering711.1%
    2. Computer Science58.2%
    3. Materials Science23.6%
    4. Environmental Science23.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy22.6%
    6. Mathematics12.0%
    7. Energy11.8%
    8. Chemistry10.9%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences711.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.8%
    3. Neuroscience00.2%
    1. Health Professions12.4%
    2. Medicine11.7%
    3. Nursing00.3%
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: 2.44× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.06× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.99× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.74× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.62× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.04× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.67× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.17× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.93× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.93× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 5.02× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.60× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences5.02×3 works
  2. Social Sciences2.60×20 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.44×7 works
  4. Energy1.99×1 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.93×4 works
  6. Mathematics1.67×1 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy1.17×2 works
  8. Computer Science1.06×5 works
  9. Materials Science1.04×2 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.93×2 works
  11. Health Professions0.90×2 works
  12. Engineering0.74×7 works
  13. Environmental Science0.62×2 works
  14. Chemistry0.57×1 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.56×1 works
  16. Nursing0.55×0 works
  17. Psychology0.44×1 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.34×0 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.16×0 works
  20. Neuroscience0.12×0 works
  21. Medicine0.09×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University?

Ranked on the quality score, Daisy McAdam and Dinesh Kumar Gupta lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University.

  1. 1 Daisy McAdam India · #4,454,034 worldwide 9 citations · 21 works
  2. 2 Dinesh Kumar Gupta India · #5,209,361 worldwide 396 citations · 105 works
All ranked researchers at Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University

What are the most cited papers from Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University?

The most cited paper from Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University is "A systematic review on big data applications and scope for industrial processing and healthcare sectors" (Kumar Rahul, Rohitash Kumar Banyal, Neeraj K. Arora, 2023), with 45 citations. Next come "MARKETING OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES: BUILDING A NEW DISCIPLINE FOR LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE EDUCATION IN ASIA" (43) and "Accelerating Artificial Bee Colony algorithm with adaptive local search" (41).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A systematic review on big data applications and scope for industrial processing and healthcare sectors Kumar Rahul, Rohitash Kumar Banyal, Neeraj K. Arora · Journal Of Big Data ReviewOpen access 27 Aug 2023 45
2 MARKETING OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SERVICES: BUILDING A NEW DISCIPLINE FOR LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE EDUCATION IN ASIA Dinesh Kumar Gupta · Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science Open access Dec 2003 43
3 Accelerating Artificial Bee Colony algorithm with adaptive local search Shimpi Singh Jadon, Jagdish Chand Bansal, Ritu Tiwari et al. · Memetic Computing 24 Feb 2015 41
4 Workflow scheduling using particle swarm optimization and gray wolf optimization algorithm in cloud computing Neeraj K. Arora, Rohitash Kumar Banyal · Concurrency and Computation Practice and Experience 16 Mar 2021 40
5 Artificial bee colony algorithm with global and local neighborhoods Shimpi Singh Jadon, Jagdish Chand Bansal, Ritu Tiwari et al. · International Journal of Systems Assurance Engineering and Management 12 Aug 2014 39
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Which keywords describe research at Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Online Learning, Digital Learning, Islamic Education, Curriculum Development, Vulnerability, Character Education, Sustainability and Learning Outcomes.

▲ 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. Online Learning4▲ 8.5×6 topics
  2. Climate Change4▲ 2.2×9 topics
  3. Sustainability4▲ 2.5×9 topics
  4. Machine Learning3▲ 1.57×10 topics
  5. Digital Learning3▲ 9.8×3 topics
  6. Curriculum Development3▲ 6.1×6 topics
  7. Islamic Education2▲ 12×3 topics
  8. Character Education2▲ 7.5×3 topics
  9. E-commerce2▲ 6.1×3 topics
  10. Qualitative Research2▲ 4.2×3 topics
  11. Vulnerability2▲ 15×3 topics
  12. Learning Outcomes2▲ 8.2×2 topics
  13. Student Engagement2▲ 8.4×2 topics
  14. Digital Divide2▲ 13×3 topics
  15. Heat Transfer2▲ 6.7×5 topics
  16. Medicinal Plants2▲ 7.8×7 topics
  17. Blended Learning2▲ 22×3 topics
  18. Environmental Management2▲ 7.3×5 topics
  19. MOOCs2▲ 30×2 topics
  20. Online Shopping2▲ 17×2 topics
  21. Religious Values2▲ 16×1 topic
  22. School Environment2▲ 16×1 topic
  23. Technology Acceptance Model2▲ 19×2 topics
  24. Food Security2▲ 5.2×4 topics
  25. Social Capital2▲ 5.2×4 topics
  26. Climate Change Adaptation2▲ 14×3 topics
  27. Gender2▲ 4.7×3 topics
  28. Structural Equation Modeling2▲ 13×2 topics
  29. Agriculture2▲ 6.3×3 topics
  30. Information Systems2▲ 14×1 topic
  31. Partial Least Squares2▲ 25×1 topic
  32. Herbal Medicine1▲ 7.5×3 topics
  33. Informal Learning1▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Lifelong Learning1▲ 10×2 topics
  35. Social Impact Assessment1▲ 63×2 topics
  36. Community Development1▲ 11×3 topics
  37. Distance Education1▲ 9.7×1 topic
  38. Experimental Investigation1▲ 19×2 topics
  39. Library Services1▲ 179×1 topic
  40. Social Inclusion1▲ 61×1 topic

Which research topics does Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Education and Character Development, Technology Adoption and User Behaviour, Library Science and Administration and Online and Blended Learning.

Education and Character …2Education and Character Development: 2 fractional worksTechnology Adoption and …2Technology Adoption and User Behaviour: 2 fractional worksLibrary Science and Administration: 1 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learning: 1 fractional worksOnline Learning and Analytics: 1 fractional worksEthnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies: 1 fractional worksArabic Language Education Studies: 1 fractional worksHistorical Gender and Fe…1Historical Gender and Feminism Studies: 1 fractional worksscientometrics and bibliometrics research: 1 fractional worksDisaster Management and Resilience: 1 fractional works
EducationInformation Systems and ManagementLibrary and Information SciencesComputer Science Applications3 others

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

  1. 1 Education and Character Development Education 2 works
  2. 2 Technology Adoption and User Behaviour Information Systems and Management 2 works
  3. 3 Library Science and Administration Library and Information Sciences 1 works
  4. 4 Online and Blended Learning Education 1 works
  5. 5 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 1 works
  6. 6 Ethnobotanical and Medicinal Plants Studies Plant Science 1 works
  7. 7 Arabic Language Education Studies Education 1 works
  8. 8 Historical Gender and Feminism Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  9. 9 scientometrics and bibliometrics research Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 1 works
  10. 10 Disaster Management and Resilience Sociology and Political Science 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 available66.3%not open33.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.2%domestic only87.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 71% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00040% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University0.00019% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Vardhaman Mahaveer Open University over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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