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Chemistry Education and Research

Chemistry Education and Research is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 9k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% 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 science education and pedagogy research, including environmentalism, experimental methods, sustainability, the use of cinema in education, soft law, metaheuristics, research mentorship, and social practices. The papers explore various aspects of teaching and learning in the fields of science and technology.

  • Science Education
  • Pedagogy
  • Environmentalism
  • Experimental Methods
  • Sustainability
  • Cinema in Education
  • Soft Law
  • Metaheuristics
  • Research Mentorship
  • Social Practices
Research works
9k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
888
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-19%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Brazil
89% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Chemistry Education and Research

Which countries lead Chemistry Education and Research research?

By volume, Brazil and the United States publish the most (2.1k and 89 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Brazil 2.1k works
  2. 2 United States 89 works
  3. 3 Portugal 52 works
  4. 4 Spain 34 works
  5. 5 Mexico 25 works
  6. 6 ?? 15 works
  7. 7 Colombia 12 works
  8. 8 France 11 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 10 works
  10. 10 Argentina 9 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: 89.2%United States: 3.7%Portugal: 2.2%Spain: 1.4%6 others listed: 3.5%89%largest
Brazil2,138 · 89.2%United States89 · 3.7%Portugal52 · 2.2%Spain34 · 1.4%6 others listed83 · 3.5%

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

Which institutions lead Chemistry Education and Research research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul publishes the most Chemistry Education and Research research, followed by Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) and Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 49 works
  2. 2 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 48 works
  3. 3 Universidade Tecnológica Federal do ParanáBrazil 45 works
  4. 4 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 37 works
  5. 5 Universidade Federal do ParanáBrazil 36 works
  6. 6 Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil 35 works
  7. 7 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 34 works
  8. 8 Universidade Federal do AmazonasBrazil 33 works
  9. 9 Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil 32 works
  10. 10 Universidade Estadual de MaringáBrazil 31 works

Who are the leading researchers in Chemistry Education and Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Chemistry Education and Research include Michael Farries Ashby and E. Longo.

  1. 1 Michael Farries Ashby United Kingdom 77k citations
  2. 2 E. Longo Brazil 60k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Chemistry Education and Research?

The most cited paper in Chemistry Education and Research is "Reclamation and recycling of waste rubber" (Basudam Adhikari, 2000), with 817 citations. Next come "What are we talking about when we talk about STEM education? A review of literature" (567) and "Pressupostos para a elaboração de relato de experiência como conhecimento científico" (563).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Reclamation and recycling of waste rubber Basudam Adhikari · Progress in Polymer Science Sep 2000 817
2 What are we talking about when we talk about STEM education? A review of literature Tobías Martín Páez, David Aguilera, Francisco Javier Perales Palacios et al. · Science Education 8 Apr 2019 567
3 Pressupostos para a elaboração de relato de experiência como conhecimento científico Ricardo Franklin de Freitas Mussi, Fábio Fernandes Flores, Cláudio Bispo de Almeida · Práxis Educacional Open access Sep 2021 563
4 BASE NACIONAL COMUM CURRICULAR: V. Fagundes, Rosânia Campos, Melissa Daiane Hans Sasson · Cadernos de Pesquisa Open access 15 Nov 2023 531
5 Procedimentos metodológicos na construção do conhecimento científico: a pesquisa bibliográfica Telma Cristiane Sasso de Lima, Regina Célia Tamaso Mioto · Revista Katálysis Open access 2007 465
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Chemistry Education and Research research done?

The largest centres of Chemistry Education and Research research in 2022-now are São Paulo (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Curitiba (Brazil) and Fortaleza (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Chapecó, Bagé and Cuiabá.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 São PauloBrazil 244 works
  2. 2 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 126 works
  3. 3 CuritibaBrazil 97 works
  4. 4 FortalezaBrazil 82 works
  5. 5 BrasíliaBrazil 71 works
  6. 6 BelémBrazil 71 works
  7. 7 Porto AlegreBrazil 65 works
  8. 8 RecifeBrazil 64 works
  9. 9 ManausBrazil 55 works
  10. 10 Belo HorizonteBrazil 53 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ChapecóBR · 23.5 works88×
  2. BagéBR · 20.7 works80×
  3. CuiabáBR · 35.9 works59×
  4. PalmasBR · 27.2 works59×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Chemistry Education and Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Chemistry Education and Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais and Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 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%10%20%30%mean 13.04%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidade do Esta…Universidade Federal…Universidade de Bras…Universidade Federal…
above the meannear itbelow it

One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 79.924.2%24.8×24 +13.0%
2Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 74.413.7%16.8×26 -5.3%
3Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 73.010.6%29.5×49 -35.5%
4Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 69.712.3%28.1×34 -4.4%
5Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil 69.412.2%23.1×32 -27.2%
6Universidade de São PauloBrazil 65.49.2%8.7×37 -43.0%
7Universidade Estadual de Santa CruzBrazil 64.314.7%96.7×16 -26.0%
8Universidade Federal Rural de PernambucoBrazil 64.014.2%76.0×26 -6.4%
9Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 63.58.9%27.5×48 -25.5%
10Universidade Federal do CearáBrazil 61.610.4%26.0×24 +19.9%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Chemistry Education and Research, country by country

Is Chemistry Education and Research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2020.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Chemistry Education and Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0096% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Chemistry Education and Research0.0087% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Chemistry Education and Research 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.

still counting5%10%15%Chemistry Education and Research10.1% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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