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BSCS Science Learning

In research, BSCS Science Learning stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,251 of 14,833 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,903 of 9,330 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education (Education is 9.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#13,904
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#2,871
of 7,310
Research works
312
▲ 51% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.6k
14.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.19×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
BSCS Science Learning

What is BSCS Science Learning 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 #8,251 of 14,833 11.5%185
Social SciencesField #6,903 of 9,330 12.1%129

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where BSCS Science Learning 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 BSCS Science Learning work in?

In 2022-now, 62% of research at BSCS Science Learning is in Social Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (43%), Computer Science (15%), Psychology (10%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 48 fractional works · 62.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 33 fractional works · 43.0% of its workEducation: 23 fractional works · 30.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 10.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 6.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 4.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Sciences: 20 fractional works · 26.5% of its workComputer Science: 11 fractional works · 14.8% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 6.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 5.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 5 fractional works · 6.1% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 5.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKBSCS ScienceLearning77fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences62%

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 Sciences3343.0%
    2. Psychology810.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities34.4%
    4. Decision Sciences22.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting22.0%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.5%
    1. Computer Science1114.8%
    2. Engineering45.3%
    3. Mathematics11.9%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.3%
    5. Environmental Science11.2%
    6. Materials Science11.0%
    7. Chemistry00.5%
    8. Energy00.4%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    1. Medicine34.3%
    2. Health Professions11.4%
    3. Veterinary00.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology22.4%
    2. Neuroscience11.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does BSCS Science Learning specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 9.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 23.3 works9.9×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.62× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.91× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.58× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksMedicineVeterinary: 3.19× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.53× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.18× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.39× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.40× its world share, 33 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences3.40×33 works
  2. Psychology3.39×8 works
  3. Veterinary3.19×0 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.18×2 works
  5. Computer Science1.91×11 works
  6. Mathematics1.58×1 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.53×3 works
  8. Neuroscience0.89×1 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.83×1 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.62×0 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.61×2 works
  12. Health Professions0.52×1 works
  13. Energy0.47×0 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.45×2 works
  15. Engineering0.35×4 works
  16. Chemistry0.30×0 works
  17. Materials Science0.28×1 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.25×0 works
  19. Environmental Science0.24×1 works
  20. Medicine0.22×3 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.21×0 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.20×1 works

Who are the top researchers at BSCS Science Learning?

Ranked on the quality score, Brian Donovan, Molly A. M. Stuhlsatz and Christopher D. H. Wilson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is BSCS Science Learning.

  1. 1 Brian Donovan United States · #126,076 worldwide 1.4k citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Molly A. M. Stuhlsatz United States · #401,022 worldwide 1k citations · 43 works
  3. 3 Christopher D. H. Wilson United States · #668,277 worldwide 1.8k citations · 62 works
  4. 4 Rodger W. Bybee United States · #681,854 worldwide 8.9k citations · 196 works
  5. 5 Zoë Buck Bracey United States · #727,872 worldwide 544 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 Monica Weindling United States · #901,074 worldwide 291 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 April L. Gardner United States · #1,051,076 worldwide 2.2k citations · 36 works
  8. 8 Susan M. Kowalski United States · #1,295,625 worldwide 668 citations · 21 works
  9. 9 Lindsey Mohan United States · #1,461,484 worldwide 804 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Audrey Mohan United States · #2,402,322 worldwide 301 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at BSCS Science Learning

What are the most cited papers from BSCS Science Learning?

The most cited paper from BSCS Science Learning is "Interplay between Two Epigenetic Marks" (Lianna M. Johnson, Xiaofeng Cao, Steven E. Jacobsen, 2002), with 473 citations. Next come "The Refined Consensus Model of Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Science Education" (402) and "Videobased lesson analysis: Effective science PD for teacher and student learning" (365).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Interplay between Two Epigenetic Marks Lianna M. Johnson, Xiaofeng Cao, Steven E. Jacobsen · Current Biology Open access Aug 2002 473
2 The Refined Consensus Model of Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Science Education Janet Carlson et al. Book chapter 2019 402
3 Videobased lesson analysis: Effective science PD for teacher and student learning Kathleen J. Roth, Helen Garnier, Catherine Chen et al. · Journal of Research in Science Teaching 4 Jan 2011 365
4 Teacher pedagogical content knowledge, practice, and student achievement Julie Gess‐Newsome, Joseph A. Taylor, Janet Carlson et al. · International Journal of Science Education 9 Jan 2017 362
5 NLRP3 (NALP3, Cryopyrin) Facilitates In Vivo Caspase-1 Activation, Necrosis, and HMGB1 Release via Inflammasome-Dependent and -Independent Pathways Stephen B. Willingham, Irving C. Allen, Dan T. Bergstralh et al. · The Journal of Immunology Open access 9 Jul 2009 353
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at BSCS Science Learning?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Educational Technology, STEM Education, Teacher Preparation, Technology Integration, Information Literacy, Metacognition and Higher 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. Education8▲ 6.0×21 topics
  2. Educational Technology6▲ 7.0×10 topics
  3. STEM Education6▲ 16×5 topics
  4. Teacher Preparation5▲ 93×3 topics
  5. Technology Integration5▲ 20×8 topics
  6. Information Literacy4▲ 21×3 topics
  7. Curriculum Development4▲ 7.6×8 topics
  8. Higher Education4▲ 9.8×8 topics
  9. Metacognition4▲ 34×3 topics
  10. E-Learning4▲ 5.1×6 topics
  11. Professional Development4▲ 24×6 topics
  12. Inquiry-Based Teaching4▲ 179×1 topic
  13. Scientific Literacy4▲ 179×1 topic
  14. Reflective Practice4▲ 24×4 topics
  15. Digital Literacy3▲ 7.6×4 topics
  16. Student Engagement3▲ 11×10 topics
  17. Teacher Training3▲ 6.9×10 topics
  18. Teaching Strategies3▲ 14×3 topics
  19. Experiential Learning3▲ 75×3 topics
  20. Lifelong Learning3▲ 19×6 topics
  21. Collaborative Learning3▲ 51×2 topics
  22. Media Literacy3▲ 7.0×3 topics
  23. Pedagogy3▲ 7.3×6 topics
  24. 21st Century Skills2▲ 11×4 topics
  25. Active Learning2▲ 18×5 topics
  26. Adult Education2▲ 101×2 topics
  27. Identity2▲ 4.4×5 topics
  28. Motivation2▲ 7.4×2 topics
  29. Self-Regulation2▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Cognitive Engagement2▲ 40×2 topics
  31. Self-Regulated Learning2▲ 84×2 topics
  32. Teacher Professional Development2▲ 17×2 topics
  33. Professional Learning Communities2▲ 53×2 topics
  34. Student Perception2▲ 36×3 topics
  35. Cognitive Apprenticeship2▲ 52×1 topic
  36. Critical Thinking2▲ 21×3 topics
  37. Educational Psychology2▲ 49×2 topics
  38. Informal Learning2▲ 19×3 topics
  39. Scaffolding2▲ 52×1 topic
  40. Teacher Education2▲ 19×4 topics

Which research topics does BSCS Science Learning publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Science Education and Pedagogy, Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods, Teacher Education and Leadership Studies and Educational Strategies and Epistemologies.

Science Education and Pe…4Science Education and Pedagogy: 4 fractional worksInnovative Teaching and Learning Methods: 2 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 2 fractional worksEducational Strategies and Epistemologies: 2 fractional worksEducation and Islamic Studies: 2 fractional worksEducation and Critical Thinking Development: 2 fractional worksEducational Methods and …2Educational Methods and Media Use: 2 fractional worksHigher Education Learning Practices: 1 fractional worksParental Involvement in Education: 1 fractional worksEFL/ESL Teaching and Lea…1EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning: 1 fractional works
EducationDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyInformation SystemsLanguage and Linguistics

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

  1. 1 Science Education and Pedagogy Education 4 works
  2. 2 Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods Developmental and Educational Psychology 2 works
  3. 3 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 2 works
  4. 4 Educational Strategies and Epistemologies Developmental and Educational Psychology 2 works
  5. 5 Education and Islamic Studies Education 2 works
  6. 6 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 2 works
  7. 7 Educational Methods and Media Use Information Systems 2 works
  8. 8 Higher Education Learning Practices Education 1 works
  9. 9 Parental Involvement in Education Education 1 works
  10. 10 EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning Language and Linguistics 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 available30.2%not open69.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.1%domestic only86.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has BSCS Science Learning's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 51% higher than in 2018-2021.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is BSCS Science Learning as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00029% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%BSCS Science Learning0.00039% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of BSCS Science Learning over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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