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Developmental and Educational Psychology research

Developmental and Educational Psychology is a subfield of Psychology. Science Explorer counts 450k research works in it since 1950. 21.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: scientific study of changes that occur in human beings over the course of their lives.

Research works
450k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
95k
per year above
Top-10% rate
21.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
20
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+40%
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What is Developmental and Educational Psychology research about, and what is growing?

By the world's output in 2019–23, its most used keywords are Motivation, Language Development, Psychological Well-being, Metacognition, Cognitive Development, Educational Technology. Gaining share since 2009–13: Learning, Teaching, Academic Stress, Coping Strategies, Cultural-Historical Theory. Losing share: Social Interaction, Language Development, Dyslexia, Reading Acquisition.

▲ gaining share of this field◆ holding its share▼ losing share

Size is the world's fractional works in 2019–23 in the topics tagged with each word; colour compares the word's share of this field with 2009–13. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Motivation24k◆ 0.89×2 topics
  2. Language Development22k▼ 0.64×4 topics
  3. Psychological Well-being16k▲ 2.8×4 topics
  4. Metacognition16k▼ 0.72×2 topics
  5. Cognitive Development15k◆ 1.13×2 topics
  6. Educational Technology15k▼ 0.75×2 topics
  7. Reading Comprehension14k▼ 0.74×2 topics
  8. Zone of Proximal Development13k▲ 1.49×2 topics
  9. Collaborative Learning13k▼ 0.68×1 topic
  10. Self-Regulation13k▼ 0.68×1 topic
  11. Intrinsic Motivation12k▲ 1.38×2 topics
  12. Student Engagement12k▲ 1.38×2 topics
  13. Social Cognition12k▲ 1.24×2 topics
  14. Bilingualism12k▼ 0.81×2 topics
  15. Game-Based Learning11k▲ 1.38×1 topic
  16. Gamification11k▲ 1.38×1 topic
  17. Educational Psychology11k▼ 0.76×3 topics
  18. Teacher Training10k▲ 3.2×2 topics
  19. Social Interaction9,412▼ 0.59×2 topics
  20. Developmental Coordination Disorder8,857▲ 1.24×1 topic
  21. Motor Skill Competence8,857▲ 1.24×1 topic
  22. Cultural-Historical Theory7,917▲ 4.3×1 topic
  23. Inclusive Education7,917▲ 4.3×1 topic
  24. Dyslexia7,236▼ 0.65×1 topic
  25. Reading Acquisition7,236▼ 0.65×1 topic
  26. Learning6,529▲ 22×1 topic
  27. Teaching6,529▲ 22×1 topic
  28. Gesture6,437◆ 1.00×1 topic
  29. Sign Language6,437◆ 1.00×1 topic
  30. Second Language Learning6,350▼ 0.86×1 topic
  31. Vocabulary Acquisition6,350▼ 0.86×1 topic
  32. Expert Performance5,544◆ 1.15×1 topic
  33. Motor Imagery5,544◆ 1.15×1 topic
  34. Speech and Language Disorder5,164▼ 0.66×1 topic
  35. Statistical Learning5,164▼ 0.66×1 topic
  36. Dynamic Assessment5,158▼ 0.74×1 topic
  37. Vygotskian Praxis5,158▼ 0.74×1 topic
  38. Academic Stress4,901▲ 17×1 topic
  39. Coping Strategies4,901▲ 17×1 topic
  40. Behavioral Interventions4,880▼ 0.67×1 topic

Which countries lead Developmental and Educational Psychology research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, the United States, China and the United Kingdom rank highest in Developmental and Educational Psychology. By volume, the United States and Indonesia publish the most (16k and 16k works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States · #1 all time 22.5% top 10% · 16k works
  2. 2 China · #6 all time 26.7% top 10% · 5.5k works
  3. 3 United Kingdom · #2 all time 26.2% top 10% · 3.8k works
  4. 4 Germany · #5 all time 26.5% top 10% · 3k works
  5. 5 Australia · #4 all time 32.4% top 10% · 2k works
  6. 6 Hong Kong · #11 all time 41.2% top 10% · 742 works
  7. 7 Spain · #8 all time 24.2% top 10% · 2.7k works
  8. 8 Indonesia · #12 all time 6.9% top 10% · 16k works
  9. 9 Canada · #3 all time 22.1% top 10% · 2.2k works
  10. 10 Türkiye · #14 all time 17.7% top 10% · 2.7k works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 61 countries ranked in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Developmental and Educational Psychology

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 16k works
  2. 2 Indonesia 16k works
  3. 3 China 5.5k works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 3.8k works
  5. 5 Russia 3.4k works
  6. 6 Brazil 3.2k works
  7. 7 Germany 3k works
  8. 8 Türkiye 2.7k works
  9. 9 Spain 2.7k works
  10. 10 India 2.3k works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 27.6%Indonesia: 27.5%China: 9.3%United Kingdom: 6.4%6 others listed: 29.1%28%largest
United States16k · 27.6%Indonesia16k · 27.5%China5,540 · 9.3%United Kingdom3,807 · 6.4%6 others listed17k · 29.1%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Developmental and Educational Psychology research?

Education University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong) ranks first in Developmental and Educational Psychology on research quality in 2022–2025, followed by University of Hong Kong and Chinese University of Hong Kong.

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Education University of Hong Kong Hong Kong · Tai Po · #36 all time 49.9% top 10% · 174 works
  2. 2 University of Hong Kong Hong Kong · Pok Fu Lam · #25 all time 41.1% top 10% · 187 works
  3. 3 Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong · Hong Kong · #53 all time 40.3% top 10% · 152 works
  4. 4 Beijing Normal University China · Beijing 32.8% top 10% · 225 works
  5. 5 University College London United Kingdom · London · #10 all time 34.8% top 10% · 196 works
  6. 6 Nanyang Technological University Singapore · Singapore · #43 all time 37.6% top 10% · 152 works
  7. 7 Central China Normal University China · Wuhan 35.9% top 10% · 137 works
  8. 8 Monash University Australia · Melbourne · #83 all time 42.9% top 10% · 110 works
  9. 9 University of Auckland New Zealand · Auckland · #28 all time 34.5% top 10% · 119 works
  10. 10 University of Cambridge United Kingdom · Cambridge · #18 all time 35.1% top 10% · 122 works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 261 institutions above the floor of 40 fractional works in Developmental and Educational Psychology.

Top 100 Developmental and Educational Psychology institutions

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Indonesia University of Education Indonesia 484 works
  2. 2 Yogyakarta State University Indonesia 407 works
  3. 3 State University of Padang Indonesia 405 works
  4. 4 State University of Malang Indonesia 391 works
  5. 5 State University of Makassar Indonesia 387 works
  6. 6 Universitas Negeri Surabaya Indonesia 335 works
  7. 7 State University of Semarang Indonesia 317 works
  8. 8 Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu Indonesia 294 works
  9. 9 State University of Medan Indonesia 252 works
  10. 10 Universitas PGRI Semarang Indonesia 242 works

Who are the leading researchers in Developmental and Educational Psychology?

Among the most productive authors in Developmental and Educational Psychology, Steven Long, Herbert A. Simon and Diego Augusto Santos Silva rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 Steven Long United States · #20 worldwide 4.9k citations · 181 works
  2. 2 Herbert A. Simon United States · #65 worldwide 4.2k citations · 188 works
  3. 3 Diego Augusto Santos Silva Brazil · #124 worldwide 3.5k citations · 139 works
  4. 4 Richard M. Ryan United States · #153 worldwide 10k citations · 118 works
  5. 5 Howard Gardner United States · #205 worldwide 3.7k citations · 123 works
  6. 6 Mihály Csíkszentmihályi United States · #346 worldwide 4.1k citations · 107 works
  7. 7 James F. Sallis United States · #427 worldwide 2.5k citations · 136 works
  8. 8 James A. Russell United States · #453 worldwide 5k citations · 104 works
  9. 9 Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer Netherlands · #645 worldwide 2.2k citations · 128 works
  10. 10 Richard E. Mayer United States · #706 worldwide 4.7k citations · 233 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 5,056 highest-output authors in Developmental and Educational Psychology. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Developmental and Educational Psychology researchers

Where is Developmental and Educational Psychology research done?

The largest centres of Developmental and Educational Psychology research in 2022–2025 are Jakarta (Indonesia), Moscow (Russia), Bandung (Indonesia) and Medan (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Seal Beach, Beverly Cove and San Fernando.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Jakarta Indonesia 1.5k works
  2. 2 Moscow Russia 1.3k works
  3. 3 Bandung Indonesia 1.1k works
  4. 4 Medan Indonesia 1k works
  5. 5 Beijing China 1k works
  6. 6 Yogyakarta Indonesia 1k works
  7. 7 Semarang Indonesia 958 works
  8. 8 Surabaya Indonesia 934 works
  9. 9 Malang Indonesia 806 works
  10. 10 Makassar Indonesia 775 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Seal BeachUS · 21.4 works61×
  2. Beverly CoveUS · 26.7 works28×
  3. San FernandoUS · 40.9 works20×
  4. ValleduparCO · 42.2 works16×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Developmental and Educational Psychology than the world average.

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Developmental and Educational Psychology research by country

The best places for Developmental and Educational Psychology research inside each country, with that country's researchers and world standing.

Where is the best place to study Developmental and Educational Psychology?

Among universities, judged by research, Education University of Hong Kong, Yogyakarta State University and National Taiwan Normal University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%60%mean 33.16%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Education University of Hong Kong: 174, 49.9%Yogyakarta State University: 407, 11.3%National Taiwan Normal University: 94, 37.1%Moscow State University of Psychology & Education: 168, 11.0%University of Macau: 79, 39.1%University of Hong Kong: 187, 41.1%German Sport University Cologne: 60, 32.2%Central China Normal University: 137, 35.9%University of Jyväskylä: 109, 33.7%Chinese University of Hong Kong: 152, 40.3%Education University…National Taiwan Norm…Yogyakarta State Uni…Moscow State Univers…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Education University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 76.849.9%12.7×174 +18.8%
2Yogyakarta State University Indonesia 59.511.3%7.5×407 +1094.5%
3National Taiwan Normal University Taiwan 58.637.1%9.1×94 +10.9%
4Moscow State University of Psychology & Education Russia 58.411.0%38.0×168 +595.4%
5University of Macau Macau 57.439.1%2.6×79 +177.0%
6University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 54.941.1%2.3×187 +12.3%
7German Sport University Cologne Germany 54.732.2%11.0×60 +31.8%
8Central China Normal University China 54.435.9%5.7×137 +68.1%
9University of Jyväskylä Finland 53.633.7%6.5×109 +33.6%
10Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 53.540.3%2.3×152 +36.5%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Developmental and Educational Psychology research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 40% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Student Stress and Coping, Language Acquisition and Education and Psychology of Development and Education.

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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.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

  1. Student Stress and Coping+5044%
  2. Language Acquisition and Education+3723%
  3. Psychology of Development and Education+645%
  4. Educational methodologies and cognitive development+333%
  5. Flow Experience in Various Fields+268%
  6. Educational Games and Gamification+248%
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Growth in output from 2005–09 to 2015–19. Every topic is a page of its own.

What does Developmental and Educational Psychology include?

Innovative Teaching and …55kInnovative Teaching and Learning Methods: 55k fractional worksReading and Literacy Dev…39kReading and Literacy Development: 39k fractional worksBehavioral and Psychological Studies: 36k fractional worksEducational Games and Gamification: 36k fractional worksChildren's Physical and Motor Development: 31k fractional worksEducational and Psychological Assessments: 30k fractional worksChild and Animal Learning Development: 28k fractional worksLanguage Development and Disorders: 28k fractional worksHearing Impairment and Communication: 27k fractional worksSecond Language Acquisition and Learning: 24k fractional worksSport Psychology and Performance: 20k fractional worksPsychology of Development and Education: 17k fractional works

Area is fractional works in that topic. Every name below is a page of its own.