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Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills

Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills is a research topic within Statistics and Probability. Science Explorer counts 24k research works in it since 1950. 28.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the development of numerical cognition, including topics such as mathematical achievement, working memory, executive functioning, developmental dyscalculia, approximate number system, spatial representation, and early numeracy. The research covers various aspects of cognitive development related to numerical processing and mathematics abilities in children and adults.

  • Numerical Cognition
  • Mathematical Achievement
  • Working Memory
  • Executive Functioning
  • Number Processing
  • Developmental Dyscalculia
  • Approximate Number System
  • Spatial Representation
  • Early Numeracy
  • Cognitive Development
Research works
24k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
6.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
28.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+13%
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Which countries lead Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills research?

By volume, the United States and Indonesia publish the most (933 and 255 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 933 works
  2. 2 Indonesia 255 works
  3. 3 Türkiye 211 works
  4. 4 China 200 works
  5. 5 Germany 186 works
  6. 6 France 147 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 145 works
  8. 8 Italy 133 works
  9. 9 Canada 110 works
  10. 10 Spain 99 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: 38.6%Indonesia: 10.5%Türkiye: 8.7%China: 8.3%6 others listed: 33.9%39%largest
United States933 · 38.6%Indonesia255 · 10.5%Türkiye211 · 8.7%China200 · 8.3%6 others listed821 · 33.9%

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

Which institutions lead Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Beijing Normal University publishes the most Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills research, followed by Indonesia University of Education and The University of Texas at Austin.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 29 works
  2. 2 Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 26 works
  3. 3 The University of Texas at AustinUnited States 23 works
  4. 4 University of HaifaIsrael 20 works
  5. 5 University of PaduaItaly 20 works
  6. 6 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 18 works
  7. 7 KU LeuvenBelgium 18 works
  8. 8 Loughborough UniversityUnited Kingdom 17 works
  9. 9 Education University of Hong KongHong Kong 17 works
  10. 10 Georgia State UniversityUnited States 17 works

Who are the leading researchers in Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills include Richard E. Mayer, Herbert W. Marsh and Robert J. Sternberg.

  1. 1 Richard E. Mayer United States 4.7k citations
  2. 2 Herbert W. Marsh Australia 4.6k citations
  3. 3 Robert J. Sternberg United States 4.4k citations
  4. 4 Ann L. Brown United States 3.5k citations
  5. 5 B. F. Skinner United States 3.2k citations
  6. 6 John Sweller Australia 2.9k citations
  7. 7 Bernard Weiner United States 2.9k citations
  8. 8 Keith F. Widaman United States 2.6k citations

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

Where is Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills research done?

The largest centres of Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Paris (France), Ankara (Türkiye) and Bandung (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Haifa.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 61 works
  2. 2 Paris France 57 works
  3. 3 Ankara Türkiye 46 works
  4. 4 Bandung Indonesia 32 works
  5. 5 New York United States 32 works
  6. 6 London United Kingdom 29 works
  7. 7 Haifa Israel 28 works
  8. 8 Atlanta United States 24 works
  9. 9 Austin United States 23 works
  10. 10 Yogyakarta Indonesia 23 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. HaifaIL · 27.8 works10×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills?

Among universities, judged by research, Education University of Hong Kong, University of Tübingen and University of Delaware 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%60%mean 39.83%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Education University of Hong Kong: 17, 32.6%University of Tübingen: 13, 55.7%University of Delaware: 11, 51.0%Loughborough University: 18, 38.3%University of Trento: 10, 54.7%Beijing Normal University: 29, 25.5%The University of Texas at Austin: 23, 29.6%University of Haifa: 20, 34.5%University of Padua: 20, 44.4%University of Macau: 9, 32.0%University of TübingenUniversity of DelawareLoughborough Univers…Education University…
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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 Education University of Hong KongHong Kong 71.332.6%32.2×17 +137.0%
2 University of TübingenGermany 68.155.7%9.3×13 +25.4%
3 University of DelawareUnited States 66.151.0%10.5×11 +63.7%
4 Loughborough UniversityUnited Kingdom 64.238.3%20.0×18 +0.1%
5 University of TrentoItaly 63.754.7%10.0×10 -3.9%
6 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 63.425.5%11.4×29 +13.8%
7 The University of Texas at AustinUnited States 62.429.6%7.5×23 +136.7%
8 University of HaifaIsrael 61.634.5%24.6×20 -10.2%
9 University of PaduaItaly 58.644.4%6.9×20 -7.9%
10 University of MacauMacau 57.932.0%7.3×9 +166.2%

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 Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills.

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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.