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Critical and Liberation Pedagogy

Critical and Liberation Pedagogy is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 3.8k research works in it since 1953. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores critical pedagogy, particularly influenced by the work of Paulo Freire, and its role in challenging neoliberalism, promoting social justice, empowerment, and democratic education. The papers delve into topics such as cultural politics, liberation education, and the impact of globalization on educational systems.

  • Critical Pedagogy
  • Paulo Freire
  • Neoliberalism
  • Education
  • Social Justice
  • Empowerment
  • Liberation
  • Democratic Education
  • Cultural Politics
  • Globalization
Research works
3.8k
fractional, since 1953
In the world top 10%
377
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+16%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
45% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Critical and Liberation Pedagogy

Which countries lead Critical and Liberation Pedagogy research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (310 and 83 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 310 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 83 works
  3. 3 Canada 67 works
  4. 4 Brazil 43 works
  5. 5 India 42 works
  6. 6 China 38 works
  7. 7 Australia 36 works
  8. 8 South Africa 26 works
  9. 9 Germany 20 works
  10. 10 Pakistan 19 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: 45.3%United Kingdom: 12.1%Canada: 9.9%Brazil: 6.3%6 others listed: 26.5%45%largest
United States310 · 45.3%United Kingdom83 · 12.1%Canada67 · 9.9%Brazil43 · 6.3%6 others listed181 · 26.5%

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

Which institutions lead Critical and Liberation Pedagogy research?

By volume in 2022-now, Columbia University publishes the most Critical and Liberation Pedagogy research, followed by University of Toronto and Pennsylvania State University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Columbia UniversityUnited States 10 works
  2. 2 University of TorontoCanada 8 works
  3. 3 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States 6 works
  4. 4 National University of Ireland, MaynoothIreland 6 works
  5. 5 University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States 5 works
  6. 6 University of British ColumbiaCanada 5 works
  7. 7 City University of New YorkUnited States 5 works
  8. 8 University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States 5 works
  9. 9 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 5 works
  10. 10 Monash UniversityAustralia 5 works

Who are the leading researchers in Critical and Liberation Pedagogy?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Critical and Liberation Pedagogy include Norman K. Denzin, Greg S. Martin and Martha C. Nussbaum.

  1. 1 Norman K. Denzin United States 130k citations
  2. 2 Greg S. Martin United States 73k citations
  3. 3 Martha C. Nussbaum United States 63k 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 Critical and Liberation Pedagogy?

The most cited paper in Critical and Liberation Pedagogy is "Rethinking Critical Theory and Qualitative Research" (Joe L. Kincheloe, Peter L. McLaren, 2011), with 2,560 citations. Next come "Border Crossings: Cultural Workers and the Politics of Education" (2,357) and "The Best of Both Worlds: A Critical Pedagogy of Place" (2,166).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Rethinking Critical Theory and Qualitative Research Joe L. Kincheloe, Peter L. McLaren · SensePublishers eBooks Book chapter 2011 2,560
2 Border Crossings: Cultural Workers and the Politics of Education Henry Armand Giroux, Joe L. Kincheloe · Journal of Education 1992 2,357
3 The Best of Both Worlds: A Critical Pedagogy of Place David A. Gruenewald · Educational Researcher May 2003 2,166
4 Transformative Learning as Discourse Jack Mezirow · Journal of Transformative Education 2003 1,685
5 Theories of Reproduction and Resistance in the New Sociology of Education: A Critical Analysis Henry Armand Giroux · Harvard Educational Review Sep 1983 1,131
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Where is Critical and Liberation Pedagogy research done?

The largest centres of Critical and Liberation Pedagogy research in 2022-now are New York (United States), Toronto (Canada), London (United Kingdom) and Melbourne (Australia).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 New YorkUnited States 19 works
  2. 2 TorontoCanada 16 works
  3. 3 LondonUnited Kingdom 14 works
  4. 4 MelbourneAustralia 9 works
  5. 5 Washington D.C.United States 9 works
  6. 6 MontrealCanada 8 works
  7. 7 São PauloBrazil 8 works
  8. 8 Los AngelesUnited States 7 works
  9. 9 BeijingChina 7 works
  10. 10 ChicagoUnited States 7 works
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Where is the best place to study Critical and Liberation Pedagogy?

Among universities, judged by research, Columbia University 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.

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
1Columbia UniversityUnited States 10.015.8%10.8×10 +25.5%

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 Critical and Liberation Pedagogy, country by country

Is Critical and Liberation Pedagogy research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Critical and Liberation Pedagogy.

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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 Critical and Liberation Pedagogy as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0028% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Critical and Liberation Pedagogy 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.

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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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