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Education and Early Childhood Development

In research, Education and Early Childhood Development stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,232 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,528 of 6,365 worldwide) and Education (#1,249 of 1,892 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education and Psychology — Education is 11.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#15,822
of 28,054 · #26,922 all time
Rank in Canada
#247
of 403
Research works
1.2k
▼ 41% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.5k
5.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
38%
world 28%

What is Education and Early Childhood Development 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 #3,232 of 10,521 15.3%216 #5662
Social SciencesField #3,528 of 6,365 14.5%151 #4190
EducationSubfield #1,249 of 1,892 16.3%102 #1488

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Education and Early Childhood 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 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#5,662 #3,232
  2. Social Sciences#4,190 #3,528
  3. Education#1,488 #1,249
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 Education and Early Childhood Development specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 11.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 101.6 works12×
  2. PsychologyField · 45.0 works5.2×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.78× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.03× its world share, 23 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.33× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.19× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.59× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 1.67× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.69× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.71× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 5.18× its world share, 45 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.18× its world share, 151 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Education and Early Childhood Development?

Ranked on the composite score, Jan Fook, Amanda Fulford and Mary E. Leeper lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Education and Early Childhood Development.

  1. 1 Jan Fook Canada · #100,574 worldwide 181 citations · 30 works
  2. 2 Amanda Fulford Canada · #721,044 worldwide 8 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Mary E. Leeper Canada · #818,327 worldwide 1 citations · 48 works
  4. 4 Jonathan Glazzard Canada · #1,155,043 worldwide 34 citations · 150 works
  5. 5 Sietske Dijkstra Canada · #1,426,692 worldwide 5 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Helen Hanna Canada · #1,428,918 worldwide 5 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Theodora Papatheodorou Canada · #1,490,159 worldwide 6 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Jonathan Doherty Canada · #1,493,314 worldwide 6 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Education and Early Childhood Development

Which keywords describe research at Education and Early Childhood Development?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Child Development, Educational Technology, Academic Achievement, Self-Regulation, Technology Integration, Early Childhood Education and Educational Interventions.

▲ 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. Education34▲ 6.9×39 topics
  2. Child Development29▲ 24×8 topics
  3. Educational Technology23▲ 6.8×22 topics
  4. Academic Achievement19▲ 40×6 topics
  5. Self-Regulation16▲ 32×4 topics
  6. Technology Integration16▲ 18×8 topics
  7. Early Childhood Education15▲ 64×3 topics
  8. Educational Interventions14▲ 55×2 topics
  9. Globalization14▲ 2.6×18 topics
  10. School Engagement14▲ 109×1 topic
  11. Student-Teacher Relationships14▲ 109×1 topic
  12. E-Learning13▲ 4.5×16 topics
  13. Online Learning13▲ 5.4×14 topics
  14. Curriculum Development12▲ 6.1×14 topics
  15. Learning Outcomes11▲ 9.2×7 topics
  16. Pedagogy11▲ 7.8×10 topics
  17. Student Engagement10▲ 9.2×11 topics
  18. Professional Development10▲ 18×9 topics
  19. Teacher Education10▲ 28×8 topics
  20. Teacher Training10▲ 5.6×17 topics
  21. Qualitative Research10▲ 4.0×16 topics
  22. 21st Century Skills10▲ 11×5 topics
  23. Reflective Practice10▲ 18×6 topics
  24. Family Relationships9▲ 51×2 topics
  25. Meta-Analysis9▲ 5.5×8 topics
  26. STEM Education9▲ 7.2×14 topics
  27. Digital Learning9▲ 5.8×9 topics
  28. Internet Use9▲ 39×2 topics
  29. Media Literacy9▲ 5.3×4 topics
  30. Social Justice9▲ 5.2×12 topics
  31. Teacher Professional Development9▲ 19×5 topics
  32. Digital Technology9▲ 30×4 topics
  33. Parental Involvement8▲ 17×5 topics
  34. Coping Strategies8▲ 12×5 topics
  35. Early Childhood8▲ 54×1 topic
  36. Parental Mediation8▲ 54×1 topic
  37. Resilience8▲ 5.8×6 topics
  38. Motivation8▲ 6.6×7 topics
  39. Teaching Strategies8▲ 9.2×5 topics
  40. Inclusive Education7▲ 7.4×11 topics

Which research topics does Education and Early Childhood Development publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Early Childhood Education and Development, Child Development and Digital Technology, Education and Critical Thinking Development and Family and Disability Support Research.

Early Childhood Educatio…14Early Childhood Education and Development: 14 fractional worksChild Development and Digital Technology: 8 fractional worksEducation and Critical Thinking Development: 6 fractional worksFamily and Disability Support Research: 6 fractional worksEducation Systems and Policy: 5 fractional worksTeacher Education and Leadership Studies: 5 fractional worksEducation and Technology…4Education and Technology Integration: 4 fractional worksPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare: 4 fractional worksEducation and Character Development: 4 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 3 fractional works
EducationClinical PsychologySafety Research

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

  1. 1 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 14 works
  2. 2 Child Development and Digital Technology Education 8 works
  3. 3 Education and Critical Thinking Development Education 6 works
  4. 4 Family and Disability Support Research Clinical Psychology 6 works
  5. 5 Education Systems and Policy Education 5 works
  6. 6 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 5 works
  7. 7 Education and Technology Integration Education 4 works
  8. 8 Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare Safety Research 4 works
  9. 9 Education and Character Development Education 4 works
  10. 10 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 3 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 available38.5%not open61.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.3%domestic only63.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Education and Early Childhood Development's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 41% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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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