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Academy for Educational Development

In research, Academy for Educational Development stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,244 of 14,833 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,357 of 9,330 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#15,938
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,292
of 7,310
Research works
337
▲ 107% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.6k
25.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
31%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Academy for Educational Development

What is Academy for Educational Development known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #7,244 of 14,833 9.7%196
Social SciencesField #6,357 of 9,330 10.7%133

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Academy for Educational Development sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Academy for Educational Development work in?

In 2022-now, 64% of research at Academy for Educational Development is in Social Sciences, 16% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (41%), Medicine (12%), Psychology (12%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 33 fractional works · 63.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 41.4% of its workEducation: 11 fractional works · 20.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 6.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 12.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 5.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 9 fractional works · 16.4% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 12.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 8 fractional works · 15.7% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 10.5% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 5.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAcademy forEducational…52fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences16%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences64%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2141.4%
    2. Psychology612.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting35.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance12.4%
    5. Decision Sciences12.0%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.6%
    1. Medicine612.1%
    2. Health Professions12.4%
    3. Dentistry11.3%
    4. Veterinary00.4%
    5. Nursing00.2%
    1. Computer Science510.5%
    2. Engineering23.4%
    3. Environmental Science11.2%
    4. Chemical Engineering00.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    6. Energy00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.5%
    3. Neuroscience00.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.45× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 1.35× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceDentistry: 2.64× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.63× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.15× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.60× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.04× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.93× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.27× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology3.93×6 works
  2. Social Sciences3.27×22 works
  3. Veterinary3.15×0 works
  4. Dentistry2.64×1 works
  5. Decision Sciences2.04×1 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting1.60×3 works
  7. Computer Science1.35×6 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.12×1 works
  9. Health Professions0.90×1 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.76×0 works
  11. Medicine0.63×6 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.45×0 works
  13. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.45×0 works
  14. Nursing0.44×0 works
  15. Neuroscience0.34×0 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.32×1 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.31×1 works
  18. Environmental Science0.25×1 works
  19. Engineering0.23×2 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.22×0 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.16×0 works
  22. Energy0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Academy for Educational Development?

Ranked on the quality score, Richard Sawyer, Linda Simkin and Alice Radosh lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Academy for Educational Development.

  1. 1 Richard Sawyer United States · #1,458,965 worldwide 1.5k citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Linda Simkin United States · #1,933,221 worldwide 589 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Alice Radosh United States · #2,106,495 worldwide 638 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Mary Joy Pigozzi United States · #2,428,652 worldwide 354 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Jay S. Ross United States · #2,663,684 worldwide 1k citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Susan Rogers United States · #3,175,298 worldwide 1.5k citations · 49 works
  7. 7 Elayne Clift United States · #4,432,322 worldwide 132 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 V. A. Polyakova United States · #4,437,309 worldwide 4 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Donald Earl Collins United States · #4,471,702 worldwide 201 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Harold B. Gores United States · #4,582,022 worldwide 6 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Academy for Educational Development

What are the most cited papers from Academy for Educational Development?

The most cited paper from Academy for Educational Development is "Early exclusive breastfeeding reduces the risk of postnatal HIV-1 transmission and increases HIV-free survival" (Peter Iliff, Ellen Piwoz, Naume V. Tavengwa et al., 2005), with 577 citations. Next come "Feasibility and Preliminary Outcomes of a School-Based Mindfulness Intervention for Urban Youth" (541) and "Measuring Household Food Insecurity: Why It's So Important and Yet So Difficult to Do" (534).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Early exclusive breastfeeding reduces the risk of postnatal HIV-1 transmission and increases HIV-free survival Peter Iliff, Ellen Piwoz, Naume V. Tavengwa et al. · AIDS 8 Apr 2005 577
2 Feasibility and Preliminary Outcomes of a School-Based Mindfulness Intervention for Urban Youth Tamar Mendelson, Mark T. Greenberg, Jacinda K. Dariotis et al. · Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology 3 May 2010 541
3 Measuring Household Food Insecurity: Why It's So Important and Yet So Difficult to Do Patrick M. Webb, Jennifer Coates, Edward A. Frongillo et al. · Journal of Nutrition Open access May 2006 534
4 Friends: The Role of Peer Influence Across Adolescent Risk Behaviors Kimberly A. Maxwell · Journal of Youth and Adolescence Aug 2002 515
5 Development of a Universally Applicable Household Food Insecurity Measurement Tool: Process, Current Status, and Outstanding Issues Anne Swindale, Paula Bilinsky · Journal of Nutrition Open access May 2006 435
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Which keywords describe research at Academy for Educational Development?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Lifelong Learning, Educational Technology, E-Learning, Informal Learning, Higher Education, Pedagogy and Competency-Based Education.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Education5▲ 5.8×17 topics
  2. Educational Technology4▲ 6.7×14 topics
  3. Lifelong Learning4▲ 37×6 topics
  4. E-Learning4▲ 7.3×10 topics
  5. Globalization3▲ 3.2×15 topics
  6. Higher Education3▲ 9.9×5 topics
  7. Informal Learning3▲ 41×4 topics
  8. Online Learning3▲ 6.0×7 topics
  9. Pedagogy2▲ 9.5×7 topics
  10. Competency-Based Education2▲ 53×2 topics
  11. Mental Health2▲ 3.3×11 topics
  12. Healthcare2▲ 3.8×9 topics
  13. Adult Education2▲ 118×2 topics
  14. Prior Learning2▲ 140×1 topic
  15. Recognition2▲ 98×1 topic
  16. Teacher Training2▲ 5.8×6 topics
  17. Innovation2▲ 3.2×11 topics
  18. Inclusive Education2▲ 8.6×6 topics
  19. Meta-Analysis2▲ 5.3×4 topics
  20. Distance Education2▲ 15×3 topics
  21. Ethnicity2▲ 7.7×5 topics
  22. Gender Differences2▲ 7.6×4 topics
  23. Knowledge Management2▲ 5.0×6 topics
  24. 21st Century Skills1▲ 9.7×3 topics
  25. Curriculum Development1▲ 4.0×4 topics
  26. Online Education1▲ 14×3 topics
  27. Technology1▲ 5.1×5 topics
  28. Distance Learning1▲ 7.2×4 topics
  29. Professional Development1▲ 12×5 topics
  30. Tacit Knowledge1▲ 56×2 topics
  31. Teaching Strategies1▲ 8.0×2 topics
  32. Assessment Methods1▲ 20×3 topics
  33. Student Perceptions1▲ 12×4 topics
  34. Teacher Professional Development1▲ 13×4 topics
  35. Technology Integration1▲ 6.8×4 topics
  36. Training1▲ 10×3 topics
  37. Workplace Learning1▲ 88×2 topics
  38. Critical Thinking Skills1▲ 11×1 topic
  39. Instructional Interventions1▲ 25×1 topic
  40. Legal Regulation1▲ 8.6×3 topics

Which research topics does Academy for Educational Development publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Higher Education Learning Practices, Education and Critical Thinking Development, Intimate Partner and Family Violence and Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research.

Higher Education Learnin…2Higher Education Learning Practices: 2 fractional worksEducation and Critical Thinking Development: 1 fractional worksIntimate Partner and Fam…1Intimate Partner and Family Violence: 1 fractional worksEducation, Healthcare an…1Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research: 1 fractional worksConsumer Retail Behavior Studies: 1 fractional worksDeath Anxiety and Social Exclusion: 1 fractional worksGenetics, Bioinformatics…1Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research: 1 fractional worksOnline Learning and Analytics: 1 fractional worksHigher Education and Employability: 1 fractional worksCompetency Development a…1Competency Development and Evaluation: 1 fractional works
EducationHealthSocial PsychologyMarketing2 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Higher Education Learning Practices Education 2 works
  2. 2 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 1 works
  3. 3 Intimate Partner and Family Violence Health 1 works
  4. 4 Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research Social Psychology 1 works
  5. 5 Consumer Retail Behavior Studies Marketing 1 works
  6. 6 Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion Social Psychology 1 works
  7. 7 Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research Molecular Biology 1 works
  8. 8 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 1 works
  9. 9 Higher Education and Employability Education 1 works
  10. 10 Competency Development and Evaluation Social Psychology 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available31.3%not open68.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.1%domestic only75.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Academy for Educational Development's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 107% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Academy for Educational Development as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00019% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Academy for Educational Development0.00021% in 202519801990200020102020

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