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Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority

In research, Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority stands highest in Social Sciences (#739 of 6,365 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,276 of 10,521 worldwide) and Education (#383 of 1,892 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education and Psychology — Education is 7.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,657
of 28,054 · #8,781 all time
Rank in Australia
#110
of 391
Research works
1.2k
▲ 60% vs 2013–17
Citations
27k
22.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
39.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesField #739 of 6,365 45.5%150 #971
Social SciencesDomain #1,276 of 10,521 43.9%231 #1365
EducationSubfield #383 of 1,892 50.9%73 #369

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#971 #739
  2. Social Sciences#1,365 #1,276
  3. Education#369 #383
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

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

What does Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 7.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 72.8 works7.5×
  2. PsychologyField · 45.4 works4.7×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.56× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.55× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 15 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.54× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.18× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.67× its world share, 15 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.75× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.11× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.96× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.71× its world share, 45 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.74× its world share, 150 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority?

Ranked on the composite score, Lorraine Graham lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority.

  1. 1 Lorraine Graham Australia · #1,353,480 worldwide 21 citations · 44 works
All ranked researchers at Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority

Which keywords describe research at Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Higher Education, Mental Health, Academic Achievement, Technology Integration, Social Justice, Reflective Practice and Lifelong Learning.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Globalization25▲ 4.0×35 topics
  2. Mental Health20▲ 4.4×25 topics
  3. Higher Education16▲ 9.6×11 topics
  4. Academic Achievement16▲ 29×10 topics
  5. Education15▲ 2.8×29 topics
  6. Technology Integration14▲ 14×9 topics
  7. Social Justice13▲ 7.1×19 topics
  8. Educational Technology13▲ 3.4×16 topics
  9. Lifelong Learning12▲ 19×7 topics
  10. Reflective Practice12▲ 20×6 topics
  11. Self-Regulation12▲ 21×4 topics
  12. Child Development10▲ 7.8×6 topics
  13. Teacher Education10▲ 26×6 topics
  14. Teacher Professional Development10▲ 20×5 topics
  15. Resilience10▲ 6.8×13 topics
  16. Neoliberalism10▲ 9.1×11 topics
  17. Well-being10▲ 8.4×10 topics
  18. Student Engagement10▲ 7.8×13 topics
  19. Citizenship Education9▲ 46×4 topics
  20. Student Perceptions9▲ 15×6 topics
  21. Professional Development9▲ 14×8 topics
  22. Early Childhood Education9▲ 34×2 topics
  23. School Engagement8▲ 58×1 topic
  24. Student-Teacher Relationships8▲ 58×1 topic
  25. Professional Learning Communities8▲ 54×2 topics
  26. Learning Outcomes8▲ 5.5×7 topics
  27. Educational Leadership7▲ 18×2 topics
  28. Qualitative Research Methods7▲ 57×1 topic
  29. Teacher Identity7▲ 58×1 topic
  30. Youth Engagement7▲ 9.3×5 topics
  31. Education Policy6▲ 31×4 topics
  32. Cosmopolitanism6▲ 18×3 topics
  33. Cultural Competence6▲ 15×4 topics
  34. Democratic Education6▲ 69×2 topics
  35. Diversity6▲ 11×5 topics
  36. Coping Strategies6▲ 7.5×4 topics
  37. Positive Emotions6▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Cultural Diversity6▲ 8.4×3 topics
  39. Critical Literacy6▲ 60×2 topics
  40. Multicultural Education6▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Early Childhood Education and Development, Teacher Education and Leadership Studies, Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy and Global Education and Multiculturalism.

Early Childhood Educatio…8Early Childhood Education and Development: 8 fractional worksTeacher Education and Le…7Teacher Education and Leadership Studies: 7 fractional worksEducator Training and Hi…6Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy: 6 fractional worksGlobal Education and Mul…5Global Education and Multiculturalism: 5 fractional worksEducation Systems and Policy: 5 fractional worksGlobal Educational Policies and Reforms: 5 fractional worksYouth Education and Soci…4Youth Education and Societal Dynamics: 4 fractional worksStudent Assessment and Feedback: 4 fractional worksAustralian History and Society: 3 fractional worksPsychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction: 3 fractional works
EducationSociology and Political SciencePolitical Science and International RelationsSocial Psychology

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

  1. 1 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 8 works
  2. 2 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 7 works
  3. 3 Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy Sociology and Political Science 6 works
  4. 4 Global Education and Multiculturalism Education 5 works
  5. 5 Education Systems and Policy Education 5 works
  6. 6 Global Educational Policies and Reforms Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  7. 7 Youth Education and Societal Dynamics Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  8. 8 Student Assessment and Feedback Education 4 works
  9. 9 Australian History and Society Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  10. 10 Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction Social Psychology 3 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 available38.8%not open61.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.1%domestic only77.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 60% higher 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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