What drives The Open University's research
Ask where The Open University's research energy goes and the open scholarly record gives a precise answer: 12,284 co-authored works in five years, built with partners in 78 countries.
Its most distinctive research concentrations include Astro and Planetary Science; Planetary Science and Exploration; Geological and Geochemical Analysis.
The work's field-weighted citation impact is 3.44, against a world average of 1.0.
The Research Collaboration Index, the first global account of how universities actually collaborate, published its first full edition on 15 September 2026. The full results are public.
Every figure derives from the open global research record and is checkable at source.
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