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Education Development Center

In research, Education Development Center stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,104 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,190
of 22,385 · #7,929 all time
Rank in United States
#1,997
of 3,332
Research works
960
▲ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
19k
20.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.91×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
30%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
Education Development Center

What is Education Development Center known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #8,104 of 9,585 10.7%65 #5474

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Education Development Center 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 Education Development Center work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research at Education Development Center is in Social Sciences, 31% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (30%), Computer Science (16%), Psychology (11%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 77 fractional works · 48.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 48 fractional works · 30.1% of its workEducation: 25 fractional works · 16.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workDemography: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLibrary and Information Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 17 fractional works · 10.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 6 fractional works · 4.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 49 fractional works · 30.9% of its workComputer Science: 26 fractional works · 16.2% of its workInformation Systems: 10 fractional works · 6.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 9 fractional works · 5.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 8 fractional works · 5.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 23 fractional works · 14.3% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 8.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 4.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 6.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKEducationDevelopment…158fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences31%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences49%

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 Sciences4830.1%
    2. Psychology1710.7%
    3. Decision Sciences63.5%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance31.7%
    5. Arts and Humanities21.6%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting21.1%
    1. Computer Science2616.2%
    2. Mathematics85.3%
    3. Engineering84.9%
    4. Environmental Science63.7%
    5. Chemistry10.5%
    6. Energy00.2%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine148.8%
    2. Health Professions85.2%
    3. Nursing00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology42.4%
    2. Neuroscience31.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
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: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.45× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.15× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.09× its world share, 26 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.75× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 4.53× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.97× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.46× its world share, 14 worksMedicineNursing: 0.50× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.61× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.82× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.51× its world share, 17 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.38× its world share, 48 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics4.53×8 works
  2. Decision Sciences3.61×6 works
  3. Psychology3.51×17 works
  4. Social Sciences2.38×48 works
  5. Computer Science2.09×26 works
  6. Health Professions1.97×8 works
  7. Neuroscience1.15×3 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.11×1 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.82×3 works
  10. Environmental Science0.75×6 works
  11. Immunology and Microbiology0.63×1 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.54×2 works
  13. Nursing0.50×0 works
  14. Medicine0.46×14 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.45×4 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.35×2 works
  17. Engineering0.32×8 works
  18. Chemistry0.29×1 works
  19. Energy0.23×0 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.16×1 works
  21. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.05×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Education Development Center?

Ranked on the quality score, Ann Stueve, Deborah E. Sellers and Deborah Schifter lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Education Development Center.

  1. 1 Ann Stueve United States · #226,643 worldwide 8.9k citations · 80 works
  2. 2 Deborah E. Sellers United States · #359,066 worldwide 3.3k citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Deborah Schifter United States · #735,468 worldwide 3.9k citations · 49 works
  4. 4 Mildred Z. Solomon United States · #744,273 worldwide 3.7k citations · 95 works
  5. 5 Jessica Mercer Young United States · #761,141 worldwide 638 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Lydia N. O’Donnell United States · #908,420 worldwide 6.7k citations · 112 works
  7. 7 Abigail Jurist Levy United States · #1,095,673 worldwide 2k citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Lynn T. Goldsmith United States · #1,116,099 worldwide 1.9k citations · 49 works
  9. 9 Heather J. Lavigne United States · #1,126,958 worldwide 241 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Shari Kessel Schneider United States · #1,168,954 worldwide 2.3k citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Education Development Center

What are the most cited papers from Education Development Center?

The most cited paper from Education Development Center is "Qualitative Research Design: An Interactive Approach" (Joseph A. Maxwell, 1996), with 11,628 citations. Next come "Inquiry‐based science instruction—what is it and does it matter? Results from a research synthesis years 1984 to 2002" (1,533) and "Suicide and Suicide Risk in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Populations: Review and Recommendations" (1,236).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Qualitative Research Design: An Interactive Approach Joseph A. Maxwell 12 Apr 1996 11,628
2 Inquiry‐based science instruction—what is it and does it matter? Results from a research synthesis years 1984 to 2002 Daphne Minner, Abigail Jurist Levy, Jeanne Century · Journal of Research in Science Teaching 4 Dec 2009 1,533
3 Suicide and Suicide Risk in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Populations: Review and Recommendations Ann Pollinger Haas et al. · Journal of Homosexuality Open access 30 Dec 2010 1,236
4 Epidemiology of mucopolysaccharidoses Shaukat Ali Khan, Hira Peracha, Diana Ballhausen et al. · Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Open access 29 May 2017 1,112
5 Cyberbullying, School Bullying, and Psychological Distress: A Regional Census of High School Students Shari Kessel Schneider, Lydia N. O’Donnell, Ann Stueve et al. · American Journal of Public Health Open access 18 Nov 2011 968
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Education Development Center?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: STEM Education, Learning Analytics, Gender Differences, Child Development, Higher Education, Student Engagement, Educational Technology and Lifelong Learning.

▲ 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. STEM Education10▲ 14×8 topics
  2. Education9▲ 3.4×23 topics
  3. Learning Analytics8▲ 45×2 topics
  4. Educational Technology8▲ 4.5×15 topics
  5. Gender Differences8▲ 14×6 topics
  6. Child Development8▲ 12×5 topics
  7. Higher Education7▲ 8.2×8 topics
  8. Risk Factors7▲ 3.9×8 topics
  9. Student Engagement7▲ 11×9 topics
  10. Lifelong Learning6▲ 20×6 topics
  11. Mental Health6▲ 2.8×22 topics
  12. Computational Thinking6▲ 114×1 topic
  13. Programming Education6▲ 114×1 topic
  14. E-Learning6▲ 4.0×10 topics
  15. Psychological Impact6▲ 12×4 topics
  16. Online Learning6▲ 4.4×9 topics
  17. Prevalence6▲ 9.0×3 topics
  18. Teaching Methods6▲ 22×6 topics
  19. Mortality Risk5▲ 14×4 topics
  20. Academic Achievement5▲ 18×8 topics
  21. Internet Use5▲ 37×2 topics
  22. Technology Integration5▲ 9.6×6 topics
  23. Intervention5▲ 72×2 topics
  24. Elder Abuse5▲ 227×1 topic
  25. Neglect5▲ 227×1 topic
  26. Digital Technology4▲ 28×2 topics
  27. Family Relationships4▲ 46×2 topics
  28. Early Childhood4▲ 54×1 topic
  29. Parental Mediation4▲ 54×1 topic
  30. Distance Learning4▲ 7.6×7 topics
  31. Assessment Methods4▲ 24×3 topics
  32. Mobile Learning4▲ 7.4×2 topics
  33. Engineering Education4▲ 29×3 topics
  34. Collaborative Learning4▲ 31×2 topics
  35. Student Achievement3▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Self-Regulation3▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Teaching Strategies3▲ 7.4×4 topics
  38. Student Perspectives3▲ 63×1 topic
  39. Teaching Performance3▲ 89×1 topic
  40. Educational Interventions3▲ 20×2 topics

Which research topics does Education Development Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Teaching and Learning Programming, Elder Abuse and Neglect, Child Development and Digital Technology and Mobile Learning in Education.

Teaching and Learning Programming: 6 fractional worksElder Abuse and Neglect: 5 fractional worksChild Development and Di…4Child Development and Digital Technology: 4 fractional worksMobile Learning in Educa…3Mobile Learning in Education: 3 fractional worksEarly Childhood Education and Development: 3 fractional worksStatistics Education and Methodologies: 3 fractional worksOnline Learning and Anal…2Online Learning and Analytics: 2 fractional worksEducational Assessment and Improvement: 2 fractional worksEngineering Education and Curriculum Development: 2 fractional worksGenetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research: 2 fractional works
Computer Science ApplicationsDemographyEducationInformation Systems4 others

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

  1. 1 Teaching and Learning Programming Computer Science Applications 6 works
  2. 2 Elder Abuse and Neglect Demography 5 works
  3. 3 Child Development and Digital Technology Education 4 works
  4. 4 Mobile Learning in Education Information Systems 3 works
  5. 5 Early Childhood Education and Development Education 3 works
  6. 6 Statistics Education and Methodologies Statistics and Probability 3 works
  7. 7 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 2 works
  8. 8 Educational Assessment and Improvement Information Systems and Management 2 works
  9. 9 Engineering Education and Curriculum Development Media Technology 2 works
  10. 10 Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research Molecular Biology 2 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 available29.6%not open70.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.3%domestic only80.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Education Development Center's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% 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 Education Development Center as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00067% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Education Development Center0.00058% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Education Development Center over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Education Development Center11.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.7% in 2005.

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