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Art Education and Development

Art Education and Development is a research topic within Visual Arts and Performing Arts. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 27.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of arts education, visual culture, and academic achievement. It delves into topics such as the impact of arts study on academic performance, the role of creativity in education, and the integration of arts into the curriculum to promote cultural understanding and critical thinking.

  • Arts Education
  • Visual Culture
  • Academic Achievement
  • Creative Thinking
  • Cultural Narratives
  • Aesthetic Education
  • Social Justice
  • Curriculum Integration
  • Art Integration
  • Multicultural Art Education
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
3.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
27.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+21%
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Which countries lead Art Education and Development research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (595 and 167 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 595 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 167 works
  3. 3 China 151 works
  4. 4 Türkiye 129 works
  5. 5 Canada 106 works
  6. 6 Australia 93 works
  7. 7 Spain 86 works
  8. 8 India 75 works
  9. 9 Brazil 75 works
  10. 10 Indonesia 71 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: 38.5%United Kingdom: 10.8%China: 9.7%Türkiye: 8.3%6 others listed: 32.7%38%largest
United States595 · 38.5%United Kingdom167 · 10.8%China151 · 9.7%Türkiye129 · 8.3%6 others listed506 · 32.7%

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Which institutions lead Art Education and Development research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Georgia State University publishes the most Art Education and Development research, followed by Universiti Teknologi MARA and Pennsylvania State University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Georgia State UniversityUnited States 17 works
  2. 2 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 11 works
  3. 3 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States 11 works
  4. 4 University of British ColumbiaCanada 11 works
  5. 5 Columbia UniversityUnited States 10 works
  6. 6 Arizona State UniversityUnited States 9 works
  7. 7 Sultan Idris Education UniversityMalaysia 9 works
  8. 8 University of Southern QueenslandAustralia 9 works
  9. 9 University of BaghdadIraq 9 works
  10. 10 Film IndependentUnited States 9 works

Who are the leading researchers in Art Education and Development?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Art Education and Development include Mihály Csíkszentmihályi and Howard Gardner.

  1. 1 Mihály Csíkszentmihályi United States 4.1k citations
  2. 2 Howard Gardner United States 3.7k citations

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

Where is Art Education and Development research done?

The largest centres of Art Education and Development research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), New York (United States), Ankara (Türkiye) and Melbourne (Australia).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 London United Kingdom 44 works
  2. 2 New York United States 40 works
  3. 3 Ankara Türkiye 26 works
  4. 4 Melbourne Australia 20 works
  5. 5 Istanbul Türkiye 20 works
  6. 6 Beijing China 20 works
  7. 7 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 19 works
  8. 8 Atlanta United States 19 works
  9. 9 Madrid Spain 18 works
  10. 10 Toronto Canada 18 works
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Where is the best place to study Art Education and Development?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Southern Queensland, Sultan Idris Education University and Georgia State 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%mean 23.69%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Southern Queensland: 9, 25.4%Sultan Idris Education University: 9, 24.9%Georgia State University: 17, 14.4%Universitat de València: 8, 43.1%Pennsylvania State University: 11, 36.9%Columbia University: 10, 28.4%Universiti Teknologi MARA: 11, 14.4%Arizona State University: 9, 24.1%University of British Columbia: 11, 21.7%University of Baghdad: 9, 3.6%Universitat de Valèn…University of Southe…Sultan Idris Educati…Georgia State Univer…
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#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of Southern QueenslandAustralia 58.425.4%27.6×9 +25.6%
2 Sultan Idris Education UniversityMalaysia 54.524.9%18.2×9 —
3 Georgia State UniversityUnited States 54.414.4%23.1×17 -53.8%
4 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 52.843.1%6.7×8 +89.7%
5 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States 45.736.9%4.7×11 +84.6%
6 Columbia UniversityUnited States 43.128.4%5.2×10 +114.1%
7 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 41.314.4%5.9×11 +379.6%
8 Arizona State UniversityUnited States 34.224.1%5.8×9 +56.0%
9 University of British ColumbiaCanada 31.821.7%4.5×11 -14.2%
10 University of BaghdadIraq 11.73.6%5.2×9 —

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 Art Education and Development research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Art Education and Development.

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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.