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Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology

Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology is a research topic within Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology. Science Explorer counts 7.1k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the use of neuropsychological assessment to understand and support child development, particularly in the context of education. It explores topics such as executive functions, cognitive development, learning disabilities, symbolic play, and pedagogical methods. The cluster also delves into the intersection of neuropsychology with educational psychology and technology.

  • Neuropsychological Assessment
  • Child Development
  • Executive Functions
  • Educational Psychology
  • Cognitive Development
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Symbolic Play
  • Pedagogical Methods
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Educational Technology
Research works
7.1k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
706
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+37%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Spain
27% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology

Which countries lead Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology research?

By volume, Spain and Ecuador publish the most (431 and 331 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Spain 431 works
  2. 2 Ecuador 331 works
  3. 3 Mexico 247 works
  4. 4 Colombia 158 works
  5. 5 Chile 88 works
  6. 6 Peru 86 works
  7. 7 Brazil 86 works
  8. 8 Argentina 79 works
  9. 9 United States 63 works
  10. 10 ?? 50 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.

Spain: 26.6%Ecuador: 20.5%Mexico: 15.3%Colombia: 9.7%6 others listed: 27.9%27%largest
Spain431 · 26.6%Ecuador331 · 20.5%Mexico247 · 15.3%Colombia158 · 9.7%6 others listed451 · 27.9%

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

Which institutions lead Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology research?

By volume in 2022-now, Ação Educativa publishes the most Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology research, followed by Universidad Estatal de Milagro and Universidad Estatal Península de Santa Elena.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Ação EducativaBrazil 47 works
  2. 2 Universidad Estatal de MilagroEcuador 45 works
  3. 3 Universidad Estatal Península de Santa ElenaEcuador 34 works
  4. 4 Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador 31 works
  5. 5 University of GuayaquilEcuador 26 works
  6. 6 Universidad César VallejoPeru 19 works
  7. 7 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 19 works
  8. 8 Universidad de GranadaSpain 19 works
  9. 9 University of the Basque CountrySpain 18 works
  10. 10 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 18 works

Who are the leading researchers in Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology include Simon Baron‐Cohen and Noam Chomsky.

  1. 1 Simon Baron‐Cohen United Kingdom 166k citations
  2. 2 Noam Chomsky United States 141k 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 Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology?

The most cited paper in Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology is "The Organization of Behavior; A Neuropsychological Theory" (Fred Attneave, M. B., D. O. Hebb, 1950), with 4,871 citations. Next come "Intellectual Evolution from Adolescence to Adulthood" (1,889) and "Cerebral dominance and the perception of verbal stimuli." (1,555).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Organization of Behavior; A Neuropsychological Theory Fred Attneave, M. B., D. O. Hebb · The American Journal of Psychology Open access Oct 1950 4,871
2 Intellectual Evolution from Adolescence to Adulthood Jean Piaget · Human Development 18 Dec 2009 1,889
3 Cerebral dominance and the perception of verbal stimuli. Doreen Kimura · Canadian Journal of Psychology/Revue Canadienne de Psychologie 1961 1,555
4 [Learning and memory]. Aguado Aguilar L · PubMed 28 Jun 2001 1,076
5 THE EVALUATION OF AUTONOMIC RESPONSES: TOWARD A GENERAL SOLUTION John Irving Lacey · Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Nov 1956 537
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Where is Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology research done?

The largest centres of Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology research in 2022-now are Guayaquil (Ecuador), Madrid (Spain), Mexico City (Mexico) and Bogotá (Colombia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in La Libertad, Durán and Guayaquil.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 GuayaquilEcuador 83 works
  2. 2 MadridSpain 80 works
  3. 3 Mexico CityMexico 69 works
  4. 4 BogotáColombia 59 works
  5. 5 São PauloBrazil 56 works
  6. 6 Buenos AiresArgentina 43 works
  7. 7 BarcelonaSpain 41 works
  8. 8 LimaPeru 38 works
  9. 9 SantiagoChile 35 works
  10. 10 La LibertadEcuador 34 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. La LibertadEC · 34.4 works287×
  2. Durán30.8 works181×
  3. GuayaquilEC · 83.4 works82×
  4. LojaEC · 20.5 works64×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad Indoamérica, Universidad Estatal de Milagro and University of Guayaquil 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%mean 17.93%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidad Indoamér…Universidad César Va…University of Guayaq…Universidad Estatal …
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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
1Universidad IndoaméricaEcuador 65.043.8%79.7×9 +231.1%
2Universidad Estatal de MilagroEcuador 60.08.8%244.0×45 +1458.6%
3University of GuayaquilEcuador 58.417.0%97.8×26 +457.7%
4Universidad César VallejoPeru 58.024.2%41.6×19 +812.1%
5Universidad Internacional De La RiojaSpain 54.725.5%58.7×12 +18.0%
6Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador 51.314.7%236.8×31 -
7Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 51.34.1%14.8×19 +145.6%
8Universidad Estatal Península de Santa ElenaEcuador 51.09.8%384.4×34 -
9Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 51.015.5%12.4×18 +17.5%
10Universidad Técnica de ManabíEcuador 49.015.9%71.9×17 +1205.0%

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 Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology, country by country

Is Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 37% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology.

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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 Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0074% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology 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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