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Research works
30
▲ 47% vs 2018-21
Citations
162
5.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
76%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
zyBooks

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

Which fields of science does zyBooks work in?

In all years, 72% of research at zyBooks is in Physical Sciences, 23% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (49%), Engineering (21%), Social Sciences (10%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 21 fractional works · 71.6% of its workComputer Science: 15 fractional works · 49.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 8 fractional works · 27.8% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 10.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 21.2% of its workMedia Technology: 4 fractional works · 13.3% of its workArchitecture: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 22.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 10.0% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 7.9% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 4.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKzyBooks30fractional works, all years
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences72%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences23%

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 13 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science1549.5%
    2. Engineering621.2%
    3. Mathematics00.9%
    1. Social Sciences310.0%
    2. Psychology14.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities14.6%
    4. Decision Sciences01.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting01.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    1. Neuroscience13.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    1. Health Professions11.8%
    2. Medicine00.4%
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.

Neuroscience: 3.68× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 6.12× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 1.55× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringMathematics: 0.90× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsArts and Humanities: 1.90× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 1.47× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Computer Science, 6.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 9 fields, with their numbers
  1. Computer Science6.12×8 works
  2. Neuroscience3.68×1 works
  3. Arts and Humanities1.90×1 works
  4. Engineering1.55×4 works
  5. Psychology1.47×1 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.36×0 works
  7. Mathematics0.90×0 works
  8. Social Sciences0.74×2 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.49×0 works

Who are the top researchers at zyBooks?

Ranked on the quality score, Alastair Thomson, Martin Good and Chelsea L. Gordon lead among researchers whose main affiliation is zyBooks.

  1. 1 Alastair Thomson United States · #2,563,515 worldwide 7 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Martin Good United States · #2,619,333 worldwide 10 citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Chelsea L. Gordon United States · #4,642,197 worldwide 348 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at zyBooks

What are the most cited papers from zyBooks?

The most cited paper from zyBooks is "Getting Students to Earnestly Do Reading, Studying, and Homework in an Introductory Programming Class" (Alex Edgcomb, Frank Vahid, Roman Lysecky et al., 2017), with 73 citations. Next come "Weekly Programs in a CS1 Class: Experiences with Auto-graded Many-small Programs (MSP)" (42) and "An Analysis of Using Many Small Programs in CS1" (38).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Getting Students to Earnestly Do Reading, Studying, and Homework in an Introductory Programming Class Alex Edgcomb, Frank Vahid, Roman Lysecky et al. Conference paper 7 Mar 2017 73
2 Weekly Programs in a CS1 Class: Experiences with Auto-graded Many-small Programs (MSP) Joe Michael Allen, Frank Vahid, Kelly Downey et al. Conference paperOpen access 10 Sep 2020 42
3 An Analysis of Using Many Small Programs in CS1 Joe Michael Allen, Frank Vahid, Alex Edgcomb et al. Conference paper 22 Feb 2019 38
4 Python Versus C++ Nabeel Alzahrani, Frank Vahid, Alex Edgcomb et al. Conference paper 21 Feb 2018 30
5 The shift from static college textbooks to customizable content: A case study at zyBooks Chelsea L. Gordon, Roman Lysecky, Frank Vahid · 2021 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) Conference paper 13 Oct 2021 14
All 69 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

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-now: Teaching and Learning Programming, Online Learning and Analytics, Experimental Learning in Engineering and Engineering Education and Curriculum Development.

Teaching and Learning Programming: 2 fractional worksOnline Learning and Analytics: 2 fractional worksExperimental Learning in Engineering: 1 fractional worksEngineering Education and Curriculum Development: 1 fractional worksPsychiatry, Mental Health, Neuroscience: 1 fractional worksCybernetics and Technolo…1Cybernetics and Technology in Society: 1 fractional worksEmbodied and Extended Cognition: 1 fractional worksOpen Education and E-Learning: 1 fractional worksEngineering Education and Pedagogy: 0 fractional worksInnovative Teaching Methods: 0 fractional works
Computer Science ApplicationsMedia TechnologyArtificial IntelligenceHistory and Philosophy of Science3 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 Psychiatry, Mental Health, Neuroscience Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  6. 6 Cybernetics and Technology in Society History and Philosophy of Science 1 works
  7. 7 Embodied and Extended Cognition Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  8. 8 Open Education and E-Learning Computer Science Applications 1 works
  9. 9 Engineering Education and Pedagogy Architecture 0 works
  10. 10 Innovative Teaching Methods Education 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has zyBooks's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 47% higher 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 zyBooks as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00014% in 2024.

still counting0.000050%0.00010%0.00015%zyBooks0.000072% in 202520102020

Fractional works of zyBooks over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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