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, publishes its first full edition on Tuesday 15 September at 09:00 UK.

Every figure derives from the open global research record and is checkable at source.