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Child Development and Education

Child Development and Education is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 27k 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 focuses on the development of early childhood education, emphasizing the use of traditional games for character building, motor skills development, and inclusive education. It also explores the role of parental involvement, cultural values, and multicultural education in shaping social skills and emotional intelligence in young children.

  • Traditional Games
  • Character Building
  • Motor Skills Development
  • Inclusive Education
  • Social Skills
  • Cultural Values
  • Parental Involvement
  • Physical Fitness
  • Multicultural Education
  • Emotional Intelligence
Research works
27k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+81%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Indonesia
92% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Child Development and Education

Which countries lead Child Development and Education research?

By volume, Indonesia and ?? publish the most (15k and 543 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indonesia 15k works
  2. 2 ?? 543 works
  3. 3 United States 173 works
  4. 4 Malaysia 165 works
  5. 5 Philippines 107 works
  6. 6 Iran 70 works
  7. 7 India 67 works
  8. 8 China 60 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 45 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 44 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.

Indonesia: 91.9%??: 3.4%United States: 1.1%Malaysia: 1.0%6 others listed: 2.5%92%largest
Indonesia15k · 91.9%??543 · 3.4%United States173 · 1.1%Malaysia165 · 1.0%6 others listed394 · 2.5%

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

Which institutions lead Child Development and Education research?

By volume in 2022-now, Indonesia University of Education publishes the most Child Development and Education research, followed by State University of Padang and Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 587 works
  2. 2 State University of PadangIndonesia 532 works
  3. 3 Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia 415 works
  4. 4 State University of MakassarIndonesia 334 works
  5. 5 Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia 326 works
  6. 6 Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia 324 works
  7. 7 State University of SemarangIndonesia 317 works
  8. 8 Universitas Muhammadiyah Tapanuli SelatanIndonesia 306 works
  9. 9 State University of MalangIndonesia 296 works
  10. 10 Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera UtaraIndonesia 251 works

Who are the leading researchers in Child Development and Education?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Child Development and Education include Sigmund Freud.

  1. 1 Sigmund Freud Brazil 97k 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 Child Development and Education?

The most cited paper in Child Development and Education is "The Perceptions of Primary School Teachers of Online Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic Period: A Case Study in Indonesia" (Rasmitadila Rasmitadila, Rusi Rusmiati Aliyyah, Reza Rachmadtullah et al., 2020), with 1,151 citations. Next come "Analisis Proses Pembelajaran dalam Jaringan (DARING) Masa Pandemi Covid- 19 Pada Guru Sekolah Dasar" (699) and "The Impact of Covid-19 to Indonesian Education and Its Relation to the Philosophy of “Merdeka Belajar”" (573).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Perceptions of Primary School Teachers of Online Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic Period: A Case Study in Indonesia Rasmitadila Rasmitadila, Rusi Rusmiati Aliyyah, Reza Rachmadtullah et al. · Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies Open access 4 Jul 2020 1,151
2 Analisis Proses Pembelajaran dalam Jaringan (DARING) Masa Pandemi Covid- 19 Pada Guru Sekolah Dasar Hilna Putria, Luthfi Hamdani Maula, Din Azwar Uswatun · Jurnal Basicedu Open access 5 Jul 2020 699
3 The Impact of Covid-19 to Indonesian Education and Its Relation to the Philosophy of “Merdeka Belajar” Azmil Abidah, Hasan Nuurul Hidaayatullaah, Roy Martin Simamora et al. · Studies in Philosophy of Science and Education Open access Apr 2020 573
4 Parents’ Experiences with Remote Education during COVID-19 School Closures Üzeyir Oğurlu, Amber Garbe, Nikki Logan et al. · American Journal of Qualitative Research Open access 9 Aug 2020 562
5 Augmented Reality-assisted Pictorial Storybook: Media to Enhance Discipline Character of Primary School Students Azmil Hasan Lubis, Muhammad Nur Wangid · Mimbar Sekolah Dasar Open access 5 Apr 2019 463
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Where is Child Development and Education research done?

The largest centres of Child Development and Education research in 2022-now are Jakarta (Indonesia), Bandung (Indonesia), Semarang (Indonesia) and Yogyakarta (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Medan, Padangpanjang and Padangsidempuan.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 JakartaIndonesia 1.2k works
  2. 2 BandungIndonesia 1.1k works
  3. 3 SemarangIndonesia 870 works
  4. 4 YogyakartaIndonesia 827 works
  5. 5 MedanIndonesia 826 works
  6. 6 SurabayaIndonesia 823 works
  7. 7 PadangIndonesia 629 works
  8. 8 MakassarIndonesia 586 works
  9. 9 BengkuluIndonesia 583 works
  10. 10 MalangIndonesia 583 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Medan20.4 works201×
  2. PadangpanjangID · 38.5 works57×
  3. PadangsidempuanID · 306.1 works48×
  4. Muara BungoID · 29.7 works43×
  5. BantulID · 37.1 works41×
  6. Kediri40.4 works40×
  7. SingarajaID · 251.3 works36×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Child Development and Education than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Child Development and Education?

Among universities, judged by research, Yogyakarta State University, Indonesia University of Education and Universitas Panji Sakti 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 12.92%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universitas Panji Sa…Yogyakarta State Uni…Muhammadiyah Univers…Indonesia University…
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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
1Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia 67.016.1%41.5×324 +73.8%
2Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 65.612.3%42.9×587 +123.2%
3Universitas Panji SaktiIndonesia 62.419.4%127.8×104 +1258.9%
4Muhammadiyah University of SurakartaIndonesia 61.815.0%22.8×186 +279.0%
5State University of MalangIndonesia 61.513.1%22.6×296 +54.7%
6Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia 60.89.4%21.4×415 +120.0%
7Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia 59.611.0%31.6×326 +100.0%
8State University of JakartaIndonesia 58.412.7%26.8×195 +33.3%
9State University of SemarangIndonesia 58.310.6%30.4×317 +85.0%
10State University of PadangIndonesia 57.59.6%36.0×532 +4.9%

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 Child Development and Education, country by country

Is Child Development and Education research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 81% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Child 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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Child Development and Education as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.068% in 2024.

still counting0.025%0.050%0.075%Child Development and Education0.073% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Child Development and Education 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%Child Development and Education9.8% in 20252020

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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