top-cited scientists

Top-cited scientists at The Open University

2025 single-year list · 71 listed authors · United Kingdom

71 researchers at The Open University ( United Kingdom) are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the top 2% scientists list. 44 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). By listed authors it is 687th of 28,577 institutions worldwide and 46th in the United Kingdom.

Listed authors
71
46th in the United Kingdom
In the global top 100,000
44
62.0% of its listed authors
Rank worldwide
#687
of 28,577 institutions by listed authors
Highest-ranked
#2,300
Law, John

Top fields

  1. Social Sciences2434%
  2. Public Health & Health Services710%
  3. Earth & Environmental Sciences68%
  4. Mathematics & Statistics46%
  5. Information & Communication Technologies46%
  6. Psychology & Cognitive Sciences34%
  7. Built Environment & Design34%
  8. Economics & Business34%
  9. Communication & Textual Studies34%
  10. Physics & Astronomy34%

Top subfields

  1. Education1115%
  2. Geography68%
  3. Geochemistry & Geophysics57%
  4. Statistics & Probability46%
  5. Political Science & Public Administration46%
  6. Social Psychology34%
  7. Design Practice & Management34%
  8. Languages & Linguistics34%
  9. Nursing34%
  10. History34%

71 listed scientists at The Open University

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