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Institute for Learning and Development

In research, Institute for Learning and Development stands highest in Social Sciences (#1,260 of 14,833 worldwide), Social Sciences (#1,245 of 9,330 worldwide) and Education (#437 of 3,033 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,785
of 22,385 · #3,003 all time
Rank in United States
#2,932
of 3,332
Research works
1.5k
▼ 55% vs 2018-21
Citations
41k
26.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
15%
world 40%
International
11%
world 18%
Institute for Learning and Development

What is Institute for Learning and Development 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 #1,260 of 14,833 13.3%1,123
Social SciencesField #1,245 of 9,330 13.9%689
EducationSubfield #437 of 3,033 14.6%409
Computer ScienceField #1,303 of 6,336 15.5%151
Physical SciencesDomain #4,079 of 17,446 13.6%261
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,033 of 3,511 12.8%166
PsychologyField #1,197 of 3,404 14.0%179

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute for Learning and 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Institute for Learning and Development work in?

In 2022-now, 53% of research at Institute for Learning and Development is in Social Sciences, 24% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (28%), Computer Science (12%), Medicine (11%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 36 fractional works · 52.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 28.2% of its workEducation: 10 fractional works · 14.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 5.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 9.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 5.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 8.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 5.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 16 fractional works · 24.0% of its workComputer Science: 8 fractional works · 12.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 4 fractional works · 5.2% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 8.2% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 13 fractional works · 19.0% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 11.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 6.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKInstitute forLearning and…68fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences53%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences1928.2%
    2. Psychology79.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting68.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities22.6%
    5. Decision Sciences22.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.9%
    1. Computer Science812.5%
    2. Engineering68.2%
    3. Environmental Science11.3%
    4. Mathematics11.2%
    5. Materials Science00.5%
    6. Chemistry00.3%
    1. Medicine811.5%
    2. Health Professions46.1%
    3. Dentistry11.0%
    4. Nursing00.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.7%
    2. Neuroscience11.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology11.0%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.85× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.60× its world share, 8 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.55× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsDentistry: 2.03× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.32× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.60× its world share, 8 worksMedicineNursing: 1.01× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.90× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.75× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.29× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.22× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.23× its world share, 19 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology3.22×7 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.75×6 works
  3. Health Professions2.32×4 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.29×2 works
  5. Social Sciences2.23×19 works
  6. Dentistry2.03×1 works
  7. Computer Science1.60×8 works
  8. Mathematics1.05×1 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology1.03×1 works
  10. Nursing1.01×0 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.90×2 works
  12. Neuroscience0.85×1 works
  13. Medicine0.60×8 works
  14. Engineering0.55×6 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.41×1 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.35×0 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.31×1 works
  18. Environmental Science0.27×1 works
  19. Chemistry0.20×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.14×0 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Institute for Learning and Development?

Ranked on the quality score, Jay Gottlieb, Donna C. Celano and John Bostock lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute for Learning and Development.

  1. 1 Jay Gottlieb United States · #651,847 worldwide 1.6k citations · 63 works
  2. 2 Donna C. Celano United States · #1,644,322 worldwide 865 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 John Bostock United States · #2,259,770 worldwide 1k citations · 200 works
  4. 4 Katherine A. Dougherty Stahl United States · #2,561,500 worldwide 463 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Mark J. Schofield United States · #2,573,374 worldwide 2.4k citations · 140 works
  6. 6 Alan M. Blankstein United States · #3,137,798 worldwide 348 citations · 45 works
  7. 7 Louise Corman United States · #3,378,277 worldwide 216 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Lynn J. Meltzer United States · #3,551,116 worldwide 758 citations · 31 works
  9. 9 Cynthia McCallister United States · #3,582,942 worldwide 38 citations · 46 works
  10. 10 James Moltz Clay United States · #3,772,386 worldwide 70 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Institute for Learning and Development

What are the most cited papers from Institute for Learning and Development?

The most cited paper from Institute for Learning and Development is "Communities of practice learning, meaning, and identity" (Étienne Wenger, 1999), with 28,509 citations. Next come "Situated Cognition and the Culture of Learning" (13,078) and "Organizational Learning and Communities-of-Practice: Toward a Unified View of Working, Learning, and Innovation" (8,411).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Communities of practice learning, meaning, and identity Étienne Wenger 1999 28,509
2 Situated Cognition and the Culture of Learning John Seely Brown, Allan Collins, Paul Duguid · Educational Researcher Open access 1989 13,078
3 Organizational Learning and Communities-of-Practice: Toward a Unified View of Working, Learning, and Innovation John Seely Brown, Paul Duguid · Organization Science Feb 1991 8,411
4 Self-explanations: How students study and use examples in learning to solve problems M Chi · Cognitive Science Jun 1989 2,297
5 Misconceptions Reconceived: A Constructivist Analysis of Knowledge in Transition John P. Smith, Andrea A. diSessa, Jeremy Roschelle · Journal of the Learning Sciences Apr 1994 1,705
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Institute for Learning and Development?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Information Technology, Educational Technology, Decision Making, Risk Assessment, Online Learning, Operations Research, Production Management and Student Engagement.

▲ 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. Educational Technology5▲ 5.9×15 topics
  2. Information Technology4▲ 13×5 topics
  3. Online Learning4▲ 7.1×8 topics
  4. Decision Making4▲ 20×2 topics
  5. Risk Assessment4▲ 8.8×2 topics
  6. Machine Learning4▲ 1.62×12 topics
  7. Supply Chain Management4▲ 6.1×2 topics
  8. Operations Research4▲ 33×1 topic
  9. Production Management4▲ 39×1 topic
  10. Student Engagement4▲ 13×8 topics
  11. Education4▲ 3.0×18 topics
  12. Self-Regulation3▲ 24×2 topics
  13. Higher Education3▲ 7.7×11 topics
  14. Metacognition3▲ 25×3 topics
  15. Motivation3▲ 9.4×3 topics
  16. Human Rights2▲ 3.6×5 topics
  17. Globalization2▲ 1.83×10 topics
  18. Learning Analytics2▲ 29×2 topics
  19. Collaborative Learning2▲ 44×1 topic
  20. E-Learning2▲ 3.2×10 topics
  21. Reflective Practice2▲ 16×4 topics
  22. Scaffolding2▲ 65×1 topic
  23. Educational Data Mining2▲ 33×1 topic
  24. Massive Open Online Courses2▲ 33×1 topic
  25. Instructional Design2▲ 36×3 topics
  26. Lifelong Learning2▲ 11×5 topics
  27. Professional Development2▲ 11×7 topics
  28. Teaching Strategies2▲ 8.1×4 topics
  29. Child Development1▲ 5.1×4 topics
  30. STEM Education1▲ 4.7×8 topics
  31. Equality1▲ 33×2 topics
  32. Patient Safety1▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Public-Private Partnerships1▲ 26×2 topics
  34. Active Learning1▲ 10×3 topics
  35. Assessment Methods1▲ 17×3 topics
  36. Geotechnical Engineering1▲ 25×1 topic
  37. Quality Assurance1▲ 10×2 topics
  38. Road Construction1▲ 39×1 topic
  39. Student Perceptions1▲ 10×5 topics
  40. Academic Achievement1▲ 9.6×5 topics

Which research topics does Institute for Learning and Development publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Management and Optimization Techniques, Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods, Online Learning and Analytics and Geotechnical and construction materials studies.

Management and Optimizat…4Management and Optimization Techniques: 4 fractional worksInnovative Teaching and Learning Methods: 2 fractional worksOnline Learning and Analytics: 2 fractional worksGeotechnical and construction materials studies: 1 fractional worksGlobal Educational Policies and Reforms: 1 fractional worksOpen Education and E-Learning: 1 fractional worksLegal Issues in South Africa: 1 fractional worksInnovations in Medical Education: 1 fractional worksIntelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning: 1 fractional worksSimulation-Based Education in Healthcare: 1 fractional works
Strategy and ManagementDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyComputer Science ApplicationsCivil and Structural Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Management and Optimization Techniques Strategy and Management 4 works
  2. 2 Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods Developmental and Educational Psychology 2 works
  3. 3 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 2 works
  4. 4 Geotechnical and construction materials studies Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Global Educational Policies and Reforms Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  6. 6 Open Education and E-Learning Computer Science Applications 1 works
  7. 7 Legal Issues in South Africa Law 1 works
  8. 8 Innovations in Medical Education Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  9. 9 Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  10. 10 Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare Physiology 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 available14.9%not open85.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.3%domestic only88.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Institute for Learning and Development's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 55% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Institute for Learning and Development as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00027% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Institute for Learning and Development0.00031% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Institute for Learning and Development 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.

10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2021Institute for Learning and Development5.6% in 2021200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 23.9% in 1993.

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