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The Institute for Education Research

In research, The Institute for Education Research stands highest in Social Sciences (#8,317 of 10,521 worldwide), Computer Science (#4,131 of 4,667 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,784 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Developmental and Educational Psychology and Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition — Developmental and Educational Psychology is 11.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,993
of 28,054 · #40,226 all time
Rank in ??
#442
of 692
Research works
500
▲ 295% vs 2013–17
Citations
720
1.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
2.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
2%
world 28%

What is The Institute for Education Research 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 #8,317 of 10,521 3.5%225 #16045
Computer ScienceField #4,131 of 4,667 2.5%119 #6852
Social SciencesField #5,784 of 6,365 3.8%108 —
Physical SciencesDomain #11,881 of 12,888 2.7%209 #21225
EngineeringField #6,367 of 6,636 3.8%69 —
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #2,568 of 2,578 1.4%67 —

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where The Institute for Education Research 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#16,045 #8,317
  2. Computer Science#6,852 #4,131
  3. Physical Sciences#21,225 #11,881
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 The Institute for Education Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Developmental and Educational Psychology takes 11.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Developmental and Educational PsychologySubfield · 24.4 works11×
  2. Computer Vision and Pattern RecognitionSubfield · 36.5 works6.0×
← 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: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.89× its world share, 7 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 3.18× its world share, 119 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.95× its world share, 69 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.14× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.60× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.79× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 19 worksMedicineNursing: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.30× its world share, 32 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.14× its world share, 18 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.62× its world share, 12 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.90× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.20× its world share, 47 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.77× its world share, 108 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.

Who are the top researchers at The Institute for Education Research?

Ranked on the composite score, Newton Lee lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The Institute for Education Research.

  1. 1 Newton Lee ?? · #1,319,052 worldwide 6 citations · 49 works
All ranked researchers at The Institute for Education Research

Which keywords describe research at The Institute for Education Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Social Interaction, Video Games, Esports, Online Gaming, Learning Outcomes, Student Engagement, Motivation and Intrinsic Motivation.

▲ 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. Social Interaction52▲ 27×5 topics
  2. Video Games49▲ 191×2 topics
  3. Esports48▲ 261×1 topic
  4. Online Gaming48▲ 261×1 topic
  5. Education27▲ 3.3×16 topics
  6. Machine Learning27▲ 1.71×31 topics
  7. Artificial Intelligence26▲ 3.9×21 topics
  8. Deep Learning25▲ 1.53×30 topics
  9. Learning Outcomes24▲ 11×5 topics
  10. Student Engagement22▲ 12×6 topics
  11. Motivation20▲ 10×3 topics
  12. Intrinsic Motivation20▲ 34×2 topics
  13. Game-Based Learning20▲ 72×1 topic
  14. Gamification20▲ 26×1 topic
  15. Virtual Reality19▲ 8.0×11 topics
  16. Technology19▲ 7.5×5 topics
  17. Big Data17▲ 4.0×13 topics
  18. Applications16▲ 12×2 topics
  19. User Experience14▲ 37×3 topics
  20. Globalization14▲ 1.53×28 topics
  21. Surgery14▲ 8.3×3 topics
  22. Human-Computer Interaction14▲ 16×7 topics
  23. Training14▲ 13×3 topics
  24. Immersive Simulations13▲ 57×1 topic
  25. Maintenance13▲ 33×1 topic
  26. Monte Carlo Tree Search12▲ 205×1 topic
  27. Procedural Content Generation12▲ 205×1 topic
  28. Gesture Recognition10▲ 27×3 topics
  29. Mobile Health9▲ 13×3 topics
  30. Customer Experience8▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Simulation8▲ 6.5×9 topics
  32. Business Models8▲ 23×2 topics
  33. Technology Innovation8▲ 53×2 topics
  34. Omni-Channel Strategy8▲ 74×1 topic
  35. Interactive Evolutionary Computation7▲ 67×1 topic
  36. Music Generation7▲ 67×1 topic
  37. Character Animation7▲ 97×1 topic
  38. Motion Synthesis7▲ 97×1 topic
  39. User Interaction7▲ 45×2 topics
  40. Interdisciplinary Collaboration6▲ 19×4 topics

Which research topics does The Institute for Education Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Digital Games and Media, Educational Games and Gamification, Augmented Reality Applications and Artificial Intelligence in Games.

Digital Games and Media48Digital Games and Media: 48 fractional worksEducational Games and Gamification: 20 fractional worksAugmented Reality Applications: 13 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Games: 12 fractional worksDigital Innovation in In…8Digital Innovation in Industries: 8 fractional worksMusic Technology and Sound Studies: 7 fractional worksHuman Motion and Animation: 7 fractional worksArt, Technology, and Culture: 5 fractional worksManufacturing Process and Optimization: 5 fractional works3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications: 5 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyComputer Vision and Pattern RecognitionArtificial Intelligence5 others

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

  1. 1 Digital Games and Media Sociology and Political Science 48 works
  2. 2 Educational Games and Gamification Developmental and Educational Psychology 20 works
  3. 3 Augmented Reality Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 13 works
  4. 4 Artificial Intelligence in Games Artificial Intelligence 12 works
  5. 5 Digital Innovation in Industries Management of Technology and Innovation 8 works
  6. 6 Music Technology and Sound Studies Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 7 works
  7. 7 Human Motion and Animation Control and Systems Engineering 7 works
  8. 8 Art, Technology, and Culture Visual Arts and Performing Arts 5 works
  9. 9 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 5 works
  10. 10 3D Modeling in Geospatial Applications Building and Construction 5 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 available2.4%not open97.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors0.7%domestic only99.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has The Institute for Education Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 295% higher than in 2013–2017.

201020152020
grewheldshrank

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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