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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. 6.1% 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%
553
per year above
Top-10% rate
6.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+61%
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Which countries lead Chemistry Education and Research research?

By volume, Brazil and the United States publish the most (1.9k and 79 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Brazil 1.9k works
  2. 2 United States 79 works
  3. 3 Portugal 44 works
  4. 4 Spain 31 works
  5. 5 Mexico 20 works
  6. 6 ?? 13 works
  7. 7 France 11 works
  8. 8 Colombia 10 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: 89.6%United States: 3.6%Portugal: 2.0%Spain: 1.4%6 others listed: 3.3%90%largest
Brazil1,947 · 89.6%United States79 · 3.6%Portugal44 · 2.0%Spain31 · 1.4%6 others listed73 · 3.3%

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

Which institutions lead Chemistry Education and Research research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) publishes the most Chemistry Education and Research research, followed by Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul and Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná.

Who are the leading researchers in Chemistry Education and Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Chemistry Education and Research include L. H. C. Mattoso and Sérgio Neves Monteiro.

  1. 1 L. H. C. Mattoso Brazil 990 citations
  2. 2 Sérgio Neves Monteiro Brazil 654 citations

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

Where is Chemistry Education and Research research done?

The largest centres of Chemistry Education and Research research in 2022–2025 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, Cuiabá and Palmas.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 226 works
  2. 2 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 110 works
  3. 3 Curitiba Brazil 91 works
  4. 4 Fortaleza Brazil 73 works
  5. 5 Brasília Brazil 65 works
  6. 6 Belém Brazil 61 works
  7. 7 Recife Brazil 59 works
  8. 8 Porto Alegre Brazil 58 works
  9. 9 Manaus Brazil 51 works
  10. 10 Belo Horizonte Brazil 46 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ChapecóBR · 21.6 works86×
  2. CuiabáBR · 33.9 works62×
  3. PalmasBR · 25.1 works59×
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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 Tecnológica Federal do Paraná 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%10%20%mean 8.95%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro: 22, 22.2%Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná: 43, 5.7%Universidade Federal do Pará: 32, 8.2%Universidade de Brasília: 31, 9.3%Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp): 44, 8.6%Universidade Federal do Paraná: 33, 4.6%Universidade Federal do Amazonas: 32, 5.2%Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul: 43, 6.3%Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto: 11, 12.8%Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP): 18, 6.6%Universidade do Esta…Universidade de Bras…Universidade Federal…Universidade Tecnoló…
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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 do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 79.722.2%21.9×22 +157.6%
2 Universidade Tecnológica Federal do ParanáBrazil 69.95.7%77.5×43 +425.9%
3 Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil 69.58.2%36.6×32 +224.3%
4 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 69.49.3%25.4×31 +178.5%
5 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 67.38.6%24.1×44 +106.9%
6 Universidade Federal do ParanáBrazil 65.24.6%29.9×33 +206.6%
7 Universidade Federal do AmazonasBrazil 64.95.2%68.4×32 +1085.1%
8 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 63.16.3%27.8×43 +99.3%
9 Universidade Federal de Ouro PretoBrazil 62.212.8%37.4×11 +250.0%
10 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 62.16.6%10.8×18 +245.5%

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 Chemistry Education and Research research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 61% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Chemistry Education and Research.

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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.