Publication in leading journals

The researchers selected the top 20 leading journals in the field and counted the number of contributions for each institution in the period 2005-2014. The Open University of the Netherlands takes the 8^th place with 81 articles. (Number 7, the National Taiwan University also contributed 81 articles. The British Open University is the only European institution that did better (4^th place).

Contributions in the Handbook

Another criterion that the researchers used was the representation in the Handbook of Educational Communications Technology, which is the American standard handbook in the field. With 5 contributions the Open University of the Netherlands has done as well as the Brigham Young University and they take place 4 and 5 in the ranking. In this case the KULeuven is the only European institution that does better (3^rd place).

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Richard E. West, Rebecca A. Thomas, Robert Bodily, Casey Wright, Jered Borup, An analysis of instructional design and technology departments, In Educational Technology Research and Development.