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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. 11.1% 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%
3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
11.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+402%
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Which countries lead Child Development and Education research?

By volume, Indonesia and ?? publish the most (13k and 491 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Indonesia 13k works
  2. 2 ?? 491 works
  3. 3 Malaysia 156 works
  4. 4 United States 150 works
  5. 5 Philippines 75 works
  6. 6 Iran 70 works
  7. 7 India 59 works
  8. 8 China 53 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 41 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 41 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: 92.0%??: 3.5%Malaysia: 1.1%United States: 1.1%6 others listed: 2.4%92%largest
Indonesia13k · 92.0%??491 · 3.5%Malaysia156 · 1.1%United States150 · 1.1%6 others listed338 · 2.4%

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

Which institutions lead Child Development and Education research?

By volume in 2022–2025, 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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Indonesia University of Education Indonesia 513 works
  2. 2 State University of Padang Indonesia 483 works
  3. 3 Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu Indonesia 370 works
  4. 4 State University of Makassar Indonesia 291 works
  5. 5 Universitas Negeri Surabaya Indonesia 284 works
  6. 6 Yogyakarta State University Indonesia 282 works
  7. 7 Universitas Muhammadiyah Tapanuli Selatan Indonesia 273 works
  8. 8 State University of Malang Indonesia 270 works
  9. 9 State University of Semarang Indonesia 261 works
  10. 10 Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara Indonesia 229 works

Who are the leading researchers in Child Development and Education?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Child Development and Education include Juho Hamari.

  1. 1 Juho Hamari 1.3k citations

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

Where is Child Development and Education research done?

The largest centres of Child Development and Education research in 2022–2025 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 Padangpanjang, Padangsidempuan and Muara Bungo.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Jakarta Indonesia 1.1k works
  2. 2 Bandung Indonesia 955 works
  3. 3 Semarang Indonesia 754 works
  4. 4 Yogyakarta Indonesia 750 works
  5. 5 Medan Indonesia 745 works
  6. 6 Surabaya Indonesia 723 works
  7. 7 Padang Indonesia 573 works
  8. 8 Makassar Indonesia 522 works
  9. 9 Bengkulu Indonesia 522 works
  10. 10 Malang Indonesia 521 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. PadangpanjangID · 37.6 works59×
  2. PadangsidempuanID · 273.2 works45×
  3. Muara BungoID · 28.3 works44×
  4. Kediri38.8 works40×
  5. BantulID · 35.0 works40×
  6. SingarajaID · 222.6 works35×
  7. BangkinangID · 28.9 works28×
  8. Palembang101.7 works27×
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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, Indonesia University of Education, Yogyakarta State University and State University of Padang 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 12.29%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Indonesia University of Education: 513, 12.4%Yogyakarta State University: 282, 15.1%State University of Padang: 483, 10.2%State University of Malang: 270, 12.0%Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu: 370, 10.5%Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta: 172, 14.3%Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University Yogyakarta: 127, 16.0%Universitas Negeri Surabaya: 284, 10.9%State University of Semarang: 261, 10.1%State University of Jakarta: 182, 11.4%Yogyakarta State Uni…Indonesia University…State University of …State University of …
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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
1Indonesia University of Education Indonesia 70.212.4%36.9×513 +1733.9%
2Yogyakarta State University Indonesia 69.815.1%35.6×282 +462.1%
3State University of Padang Indonesia 68.110.2%32.1×483 +1028.0%
4State University of Malang Indonesia 67.312.0%20.3×270 +712.7%
5Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu Indonesia 67.110.5%18.8×370 +2516.7%
6Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta Indonesia 66.514.3%20.7×172 +590.9%
7Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University Yogyakarta Indonesia 66.516.0%18.4×127 +3116.7%
8Universitas Negeri Surabaya Indonesia 66.410.9%27.1×284 +815.8%
9State University of Semarang Indonesia 65.410.1%24.6×261 +271.1%
10State University of Jakarta Indonesia 64.411.4%24.7×182 +364.8%

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 Child Development and Education research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 402% higher than in 2013–2017, 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.

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.