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Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning
H-index 5

Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning

0268-0513

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/copl20

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 1071 6 7 5

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 10
Documents by Best Scientists*: 9
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 45
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.85
Impact Factor: 3.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Open Learning: The Journal of Open and Distance Learning?

Open Learning: The Journal of Open and Distance Learning facilitates discussions on Distance education, Pedagogy, Higher education, Open learning and Mathematics education. It focuses on Distance education but the discussions also offer insight into other areas such as Context (language use), Knowledge management, Open education, Teaching method and Educational technology. The research on Educational technology featured in the journal combines topics in other fields like Computer-mediated communication and Multimedia.

Open Learning: The Journal of Open and Distance Learning explores research in Pedagogy and the adjacent study of Medical education. The Higher education study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Public relations. The journal connects the study in Open learning with the closely related area of Experiential learning.

The Mathematics education study tackling the subject of Academic achievement is the focus of Open Learning: The Journal of Open and Distance Learning.

  • Distance education (54.78%)
  • Pedagogy (45.36%)
  • Higher education (28.14%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Higher education's revolving door: confronting the problem of student drop out in US colleges and universities (205 citations)
  • The impact of web-logs (blogs) on student perceptions of isolation and alienation in a web-based distance-learning environment (201 citations)
  • Planning Student Support for Open and Distance Learning (187 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Open Learning: The Journal of Open and Distance Learning:

The published papers facilitate discussions on Distance education, Pedagogy, Educational technology, Higher education and Open learning. The journal papers tackle topics on Distance education, which can potentially contribute to the wider field of Mathematics education. The most cited articles with studies in Pedagogy featured incorporate elements of Context (language use) and Medical education.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Law
  • Education
  • Pedagogy

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The concepts of Distance education, Mathematics education, Higher education, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and Perception are tackled in Open Learning: The Journal of Open and Distance Learning. Most of the works presented in Open Learning: The Journal of Open and Distance Learning deals with Distance education but it intersects with the subject of Medical education. The journal focuses on Medical education but sometimes tackles the closely related topic of Workload which is concerned with Warranty.

Open Learning: The Journal of Open and Distance Learning holds forums on Mathematics education that merges themes from other disciplines such as Interactive learning environment and Reading comprehension. The study of Open learning and how it intertwines with concepts under Quality (business) were explored in the presented Higher education research. The journal explores topics in Perception which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Transactional distance, Context (language use), Context effect, English as a foreign language and Association (psychology).

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Adopting HyFlex in higher education in response to COVID-19: students’ perspectives (6 citations)
  • Computer-assisted language proficiency assessment tools and strategies (5 citations)
  • Transactional distance and learner outcomes in an online EFL context (4 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Open Learning: The Journal of Open and Distance Learning (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Greville Rumble (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Ormond Simpson (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Alan Woodley (7 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Börje Holmberg (5 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Keith Stevenson (5 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Open Learning: The Journal of Open and Distance Learning (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Open University (126 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of Leicester (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of South Africa (9 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Indira Gandhi National Open University (8 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of London (7 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 9.09% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 10.00% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 0.00% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 10.00% of all publications and 80.00% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Top Publications

  • Guidelines and strategies for fostering and enhancing self-directed online learning

    (2022)
    13 Citations
  • Measuring quality, popularity, demand and usage of Repositories of Open Educational Resources (ROER): a study on thirteen popular ROER

    (2022)
    9 Citations
  • Effective usage of learning analytics: what do practitioners want and where should distance learning institutions be going?

    Rienties Bart;Tom Olney;Mark Nichols;Christothea Herodotou

    (2020)
    9 Citations
  • Virtual Microscopes and online learning: Exploring the perceptions of 12 teachers about pedagogy

    (2022)
    8 Citations
  • Open voices on COVID-19: covid challenges and opportunities driving the research agenda

    Denise Whitelock;Christothea Herodotou;Simon Cross;Eileen Scanlon

    (2021)
    8 Citations
  • Experience of an interactive, autism-specific online professional development training and support programme delivered to regional and remote areas

    Genevieve Johnsson;Michelle Lincoln;Anita Bundy;Kim Bulkeley

    (2020)
    5 Citations
  • From high school to community college to ODU to the C-suite: creating a text-book free pathway to a bachelor’s Z-degree

    Darryl Draper;Lisa Mayes;Brian Payne

    (2020)
    3 Citations

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