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Education Development Center

In research, Education Development Center stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,612 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Education — Education is 5.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#18,209
of 28,054 · #17,655 all time
Rank in United States
#2,623
of 4,192
Research works
960
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
19k
20.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
30%
world 28%

What is Education Development Center 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 #8,612 of 10,521 19.6%65 #5545

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Education Development Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Education takes 5.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EducationSubfield · 21.8 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: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.48× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.19× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.29× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.21× its world share, 23 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.73× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 4.94× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.96× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.44× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.36× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.95× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.30× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.43× its world share, 42 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 4.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Education Development Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Joyce Malyn‐Smith and Daniel Light lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Education Development Center.

  1. 1 Joyce Malyn‐Smith United States · #481,463 worldwide 46 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Daniel Light United States · #547,112 worldwide 54 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Education Development Center

Which keywords describe research at Education Development Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: STEM Education, Learning Analytics, Child Development, Gender Differences, Higher Education, Educational Technology, Lifelong Learning and Psychological Impact.

▲ 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. STEM Education9▲ 15×8 topics
  2. Education8▲ 3.5×19 topics
  3. Educational Technology8▲ 4.8×14 topics
  4. Learning Analytics8▲ 47×2 topics
  5. Child Development7▲ 12×5 topics
  6. Gender Differences7▲ 14×6 topics
  7. Higher Education6▲ 8.8×6 topics
  8. Risk Factors6▲ 4.3×7 topics
  9. Lifelong Learning6▲ 22×6 topics
  10. Psychological Impact6▲ 13×4 topics
  11. E-Learning6▲ 4.2×10 topics
  12. Student Engagement6▲ 11×8 topics
  13. Prevalence6▲ 10×3 topics
  14. Computational Thinking5▲ 121×1 topic
  15. Mental Health5▲ 2.7×18 topics
  16. Programming Education5▲ 121×1 topic
  17. Mortality Risk5▲ 16×4 topics
  18. Online Learning5▲ 4.6×8 topics
  19. Teaching Methods5▲ 25×4 topics
  20. Intervention5▲ 84×2 topics
  21. Technology Integration5▲ 11×6 topics
  22. Elder Abuse4▲ 273×1 topic
  23. Neglect4▲ 273×1 topic
  24. Internet Use4▲ 39×2 topics
  25. Academic Achievement4▲ 17×4 topics
  26. Digital Technology4▲ 28×2 topics
  27. Family Relationships4▲ 44×2 topics
  28. Distance Learning4▲ 8.3×6 topics
  29. Mobile Learning4▲ 7.9×2 topics
  30. Early Childhood4▲ 52×1 topic
  31. Parental Mediation4▲ 52×1 topic
  32. Engineering Education4▲ 30×3 topics
  33. Collaborative Learning4▲ 35×2 topics
  34. Assessment Methods3▲ 23×3 topics
  35. Student Perspectives3▲ 74×1 topic
  36. Teaching Performance3▲ 98×1 topic
  37. Self-Regulation3▲ 12×3 topics
  38. Executive Functioning3▲ 17×3 topics
  39. Critical Thinking3▲ 21×4 topics
  40. Online Education3▲ 9.9×3 topics

Which research topics does Education Development Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Teaching and Learning Programming, Elder Abuse and Neglect, Child Development and Digital Technology and Mobile Learning in Education.

Teaching and Learning Programming: 5 fractional worksElder Abuse and Neglect: 4 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: 2 fractional worksOnline Learning and Analytics: 2 fractional worksStatistics Education and…2Statistics Education and Methodologies: 2 fractional worksGenetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research: 2 fractional worksEngineering Education and Curriculum Development: 2 fractional worksEvaluation and Performance Assessment: 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 5 works
  2. 2 Elder Abuse and Neglect Demography 4 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 2 works
  6. 6 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 2 works
  7. 7 Statistics Education and Methodologies Statistics and Probability 2 works
  8. 8 Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research Molecular Biology 2 works
  9. 9 Engineering Education and Curriculum Development Media Technology 2 works
  10. 10 Evaluation and Performance Assessment Management Science and Operations Research 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Education Development Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% 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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