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Academic Research in Diverse Fields

Academic Research in Diverse Fields is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 37k research works in it since 1951. 4.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to distance education, including the use of video lectures for training, legislation in education, impact of distance learning on healthcare, and the role of digital business. It also addresses issues such as inclusion, research methodologies, and educational policies.

  • Distance Education
  • Training
  • Legislation
  • Research
  • Online Learning
  • E-learning
  • Educational Policy
  • Digital Business
  • Healthcare
  • Inclusion
Research works
37k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
1.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
4.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+96%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Academic Research in Diverse Fields research?

By volume, Brazil and the United States publish the most (9.1k and 529 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Brazil 9.1k works
  2. 2 United States 529 works
  3. 3 Portugal 280 works
  4. 4 ?? 166 works
  5. 5 Spain 144 works
  6. 6 Mexico 97 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 58 works
  8. 8 China 57 works
  9. 9 Uruguay 56 works
  10. 10 France 51 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.

Brazil: 86.3%United States: 5.0%Portugal: 2.7%??: 1.6%6 others listed: 4.4%86%largest
Brazil9,092 · 86.3%United States529 · 5.0%Portugal280 · 2.7%??166 · 1.6%6 others listed463 · 4.4%

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

Which institutions lead Academic Research in Diverse Fields research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidade Federal do Pará publishes the most Academic Research in Diverse Fields research, followed by Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina and Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp).

Who are the leading researchers in Academic Research in Diverse Fields?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Academic Research in Diverse Fields include Diego Augusto Santos Silva and Maria João Silva.

  1. 1 Diego Augusto Santos Silva Brazil 3.5k citations
  2. 2 Maria João Silva Portugal 968 citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Academic Research in Diverse Fields research done?

The largest centres of Academic Research in Diverse Fields research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Brasília (Brazil) and Belo Horizonte (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Criciúma and Caçador.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 1.2k works
  2. 2 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 657 works
  3. 3 Brasília Brazil 365 works
  4. 4 Belo Horizonte Brazil 331 works
  5. 5 Belém Brazil 291 works
  6. 6 Curitiba Brazil 288 works
  7. 7 Recife Brazil 283 works
  8. 8 Fortaleza Brazil 276 works
  9. 9 Manaus Brazil 228 works
  10. 10 Florianópolis Brazil 222 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Criciúma32.4 works90×
  2. CaçadorBR · 47.8 works88×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Academic Research in Diverse Fields than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Academic Research in Diverse Fields?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidade de Brasília, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Sul and Universidade Federal do Pará 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%5%10%mean 7.18%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidade de Brasília: 117, 6.2%Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do Sul: 25, 10.5%Universidade Federal do Pará: 138, 4.6%Centro Universitário Internacional: 12, 9.5%Southwest Bahia State University: 34, 9.2%Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp): 131, 6.1%Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz: 26, 9.6%Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais: 98, 4.9%Universidade Federal de Uberlândia: 64, 7.0%Universidade Federal de Pernambuco: 124, 4.2%Instituto Federal de…Centro Universitário…Universidade de Bras…Universidade Federal…
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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
1 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 73.66.2%19.5×117 +299.5%
2 Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 71.710.5%52.7×25 +688.8%
3 Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil 71.24.6%32.4×138 +345.3%
4 Centro Universitário InternacionalMexico 71.19.5%67.1×12 +573.8%
5 Southwest Bahia State UniversityBrazil 70.59.2%31.5×34 +326.9%
6 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 70.26.1%14.7×131 +127.6%
7 Universidade Estadual de Santa CruzBrazil 70.29.6%30.2×26 +295.7%
8 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 69.64.9%12.8×98 +217.8%
9 Universidade Federal de UberlândiaBrazil 69.67.0%21.5×64 +181.0%
10 Universidade Federal de PernambucoBrazil 69.54.2%23.4×124 +412.4%

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 Academic Research in Diverse Fields research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 96% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Academic Research in Diverse Fields.

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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.