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Department of Education

In research, Department of Education stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,055 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,848 of 6,365 worldwide) and Education (#1,270 of 1,892 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Social Psychology and Education — Social Psychology is 8.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,740
of 28,054 · #11,825 all time
Rank in Spain
#410
of 658
Research works
837
▲ 74% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
18.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is Department of Education known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #4,055 of 10,521 12.7%300 #4126
Social SciencesField #2,848 of 6,365 14.0%173 #2896
EducationSubfield #1,270 of 1,892 14.8%92 #1177
PsychologyField #1,909 of 2,181 12.5%69 #2593

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Department of Education 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#4,126 #4,055
  2. Social Sciences#2,896 #2,848
  3. Education#1,177 #1,270
  4. Psychology#2,593 #1,909
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Department of Education specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Social Psychology takes 8.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Social PsychologySubfield · 31.4 works8.8×
  2. EducationSubfield · 91.5 works7.3×
← 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: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.70× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.90× its world share, 28 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 19 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.32× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.38× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.25× its world share, 20 worksMedicineNursing: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.06× its world share, 36 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.78× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.73× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.57× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 5.59× its world share, 69 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.36× its world share, 173 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Department of Education?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Pedagogy, Qualitative Research, Learning, Discourse Analysis, Social Sciences, Special Education and Tacit Knowledge.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Education56▲ 8.0×58 topics
  2. Pedagogy33▲ 17×18 topics
  3. Qualitative Research28▲ 8.0×19 topics
  4. Globalization26▲ 3.3×44 topics
  5. Learning26▲ 22×9 topics
  6. Discourse Analysis24▲ 23×4 topics
  7. Social Sciences23▲ 40×5 topics
  8. Special Education22▲ 96×5 topics
  9. Tacit Knowledge21▲ 112×3 topics
  10. Gender Studies21▲ 34×5 topics
  11. Methodology21▲ 110×2 topics
  12. Quantitative Methods21▲ 356×1 topic
  13. Educational Technology20▲ 4.2×24 topics
  14. Embodiment20▲ 26×5 topics
  15. Mental Health19▲ 3.2×24 topics
  16. Pragmatism17▲ 163×2 topics
  17. Social Science16▲ 109×2 topics
  18. Ethical Guidelines16▲ 73×2 topics
  19. Dementia Care16▲ 324×1 topic
  20. Interactional Expertise16▲ 353×1 topic
  21. Innovation15▲ 3.5×19 topics
  22. Technology Integration15▲ 12×9 topics
  23. Higher Education14▲ 6.6×18 topics
  24. E-Learning14▲ 3.5×17 topics
  25. Social Justice13▲ 5.4×20 topics
  26. Lifelong Learning12▲ 15×10 topics
  27. Online Learning12▲ 3.4×11 topics
  28. Motivation11▲ 6.6×12 topics
  29. Reflective Practice11▲ 15×7 topics
  30. Professional Development11▲ 13×11 topics
  31. Student Engagement11▲ 6.6×13 topics
  32. Well-being11▲ 6.9×13 topics
  33. Teacher Education10▲ 20×8 topics
  34. Academic Achievement10▲ 15×8 topics
  35. Knowledge Management10▲ 4.4×11 topics
  36. Neoliberalism10▲ 6.6×7 topics
  37. Diversity9▲ 13×7 topics
  38. Creativity8▲ 35×2 topics
  39. 21st Century Skills8▲ 6.9×6 topics
  40. Problem-Solving8▲ 18×2 topics

Which research topics does Department of Education publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Social and Educational Sciences, Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research, Design Education and Practice and Global Educational Policies and Reforms.

Social and Educational S…21Social and Educational Sciences: 21 fractional worksEducation, Healthcare an…16Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research: 16 fractional worksDesign Education and Practice: 7 fractional worksGlobal Educational Policies and Reforms: 5 fractional worksOnline and Blended Learning: 4 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 4 fractional worksEducation and Critical Thinking Development: 4 fractional worksArchitecture and Computational Design: 4 fractional worksDigital literacy in education: 4 fractional worksResilience and Mental Health: 4 fractional works
EducationSocial PsychologyMechanical EngineeringPolitical Science and International Relations3 others

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

  1. 1 Social and Educational Sciences Education 21 works
  2. 2 Education, Healthcare and Sociology Research Social Psychology 16 works
  3. 3 Design Education and Practice Mechanical Engineering 7 works
  4. 4 Global Educational Policies and Reforms Political Science and International Relations 5 works
  5. 5 Online and Blended Learning Education 4 works
  6. 6 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 4 works
  7. 7 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 4 works
  8. 8 Architecture and Computational Design Architecture 4 works
  9. 9 Digital literacy in education Information Systems 4 works
  10. 10 Resilience and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 4 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 available54.3%not open45.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors51.6%domestic only48.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Department of Education's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 74% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

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