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zyBooks

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Research works
30
▲ 329% vs 2013–17
Citations
162
5.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
76%
world 28%

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

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.

Neuroscience: 1.26× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 6.46× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 1.79× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringMathematics: 1.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsArts and Humanities: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.58× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 1.57× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 6.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at zyBooks?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: STEM Education, Learning Analytics, Online Learning, Engineering Education, Student Engagement, Machine Learning, Educational Technology and Computational Thinking.

▲ 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 28 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 28 words, with their numbers
  1. STEM Education7▲ 81×3 topics
  2. Learning Analytics6▲ 324×2 topics
  3. Online Learning5▲ 38×7 topics
  4. Engineering Education5▲ 161×3 topics
  5. Student Engagement5▲ 60×4 topics
  6. Machine Learning4▲ 7.1×6 topics
  7. Educational Technology4▲ 21×10 topics
  8. Computational Thinking4▲ 471×1 topic
  9. Programming Education4▲ 471×1 topic
  10. Remote Laboratories3▲ 246×1 topic
  11. Virtual Labs3▲ 246×1 topic
  12. Educational Data Mining3▲ 237×1 topic
  13. Massive Open Online Courses3▲ 237×1 topic
  14. Higher Education2▲ 16×6 topics
  15. Curriculum Development2▲ 17×3 topics
  16. Reading Comprehension2▲ 87×2 topics
  17. Digital Textbooks2▲ 464×1 topic
  18. E-Books2▲ 464×1 topic
  19. Instructional Design2▲ 65×3 topics
  20. Educational Practices2▲ 73×2 topics
  21. Learning Object Repositories2▲ 313×1 topic
  22. Open Educational Resources2▲ 313×1 topic
  23. Lifelong Learning1▲ 29×4 topics
  24. Student Performance1▲ 56×2 topics
  25. Active Learning1▲ 35×1 topic
  26. Flipped Classroom1▲ 188×1 topic
  27. E-Learning1▲ 6.3×6 topics
  28. Globalization1▲ 1.86×2 topics

Which research topics does zyBooks publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Teaching and Learning Programming, Online Learning and Analytics, Experimental Learning in Engineering and Engineering Education and Curriculum Development.

Teaching and Learning Pr…2Teaching and Learning Programming: 2 fractional worksOnline Learning and Anal…2Online Learning and Analytics: 2 fractional worksExperimental Learning in Engineering: 1 fractional worksEngineering Education and Curriculum Development: 1 fractional worksOpen Education and E-Learning: 1 fractional worksEngineering Education an…0Engineering Education and Pedagogy: 0 fractional worksInnovative Teaching Methods: 0 fractional worksSoftware Testing and Debugging Techniques: 0 fractional worksSoftware Engineering Research: 0 fractional worksDigital Accessibility for Disabilities: 0 fractional works
Computer Science ApplicationsMedia TechnologyArchitectureEducation3 others

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

  1. 1 Teaching and Learning Programming Computer Science Applications 2 works
  2. 2 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 2 works
  3. 3 Experimental Learning in Engineering Media Technology 1 works
  4. 4 Engineering Education and Curriculum Development Media Technology 1 works
  5. 5 Open Education and E-Learning Computer Science Applications 1 works
  6. 6 Engineering Education and Pedagogy Architecture 0 works
  7. 7 Innovative Teaching Methods Education 0 works
  8. 8 Software Testing and Debugging Techniques Software 0 works
  9. 9 Software Engineering Research Information Systems 0 works
  10. 10 Digital Accessibility for Disabilities Human Factors and Ergonomics 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 available75.7%not open24.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.9%domestic only90.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has zyBooks's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 329% 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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