Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
Education, Achievement, and Giftedness is a research topic within Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Science Explorer counts 15k research works in it since 1950. 30.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the psychology of achievement motivation and learning, focusing on topics such as self-efficacy, goal orientation, academic emotions, gender differences, interest development, math anxiety, teacher expectations, student engagement, and motivational interventions in educational contexts.
- Achievement Motivation
- Self-Efficacy
- Goal Orientation
- Academic Emotions
- Gender Differences
- Interest Development
- Math Anxiety
- Teacher Expectations
- Student Engagement
- Motivational Interventions
- Research works
- 15k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 4.6k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 30.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +34% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Education, Achievement, and Giftedness research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (723 and 350 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 723 works
- 2 China 350 works
- 3 Germany 220 works
- 4 Türkiye 166 works
- 5 United Kingdom 98 works
- 6 Indonesia 97 works
- 7 Spain 92 works
- 8 Australia 78 works
- 9 Canada 71 works
- 10 India 66 works
How concentrated that is
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Which institutions lead Education, Achievement, and Giftedness research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Beijing Normal University publishes the most Education, Achievement, and Giftedness research, followed by Education University of Hong Kong and University of Hong Kong.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 33 works
- 2 Education University of Hong KongHong Kong 20 works
- 3 University of Hong KongHong Kong 18 works
- 4 East China Normal UniversityChina 16 works
- 5 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States 14 works
- 6 Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong 12 works
- 7 UNSW SydneyAustralia 12 works
- 8 Mi̇lli̇ Eği̇ti̇m BakanliğiTürkiye 12 works
- 9 University of HelsinkiFinland 11 works
- 10 University of PittsburghUnited States 11 works
Who are the leading researchers in Education, Achievement, and Giftedness?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Education, Achievement, and Giftedness include Albert Bandura, Richard M. Ryan and Edward L. Deci.
- 1 Albert Bandura United States 14k citations
- 2 Richard M. Ryan United States 10k citations
- 3 Edward L. Deci United States 7.3k citations
- 4 Herbert W. Marsh Australia 4.6k citations
- 5 Robert J. Sternberg United States 4.4k citations
- 6 Jacquelynne S. Eccles United States 3.6k citations
- 7 Adrian Furnham United Kingdom 3k citations
- 8 Bernard Weiner United States 2.9k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Education, Achievement, and Giftedness research done?
The largest centres of Education, Achievement, and Giftedness research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Ankara (Türkiye) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tai Po.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- Tai PoCN · 20.3 works42×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Education, Achievement, and Giftedness than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Education, Achievement, and Giftedness?
Among universities, judged by research, Education University of Hong Kong, Beijing Normal University and East China Normal 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.
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| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Education University of Hong KongHong Kong | 72.4 | 53.9% | 42.9× | 20 | +10.4% |
| 2 | Beijing Normal UniversityChina | 70.4 | 43.6% | 15.2× | 33 | +5.4% |
| 3 | East China Normal UniversityChina | 68.2 | 36.5% | 10.6× | 16 | +417.3% |
| 4 | TU Dortmund UniversityGermany | 60.2 | 38.0% | 11.0× | 9 | +357.0% |
| 5 | Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong | 56.6 | 64.1% | 5.6× | 12 | +4.2% |
| 6 | University of Hong KongHong Kong | 56.4 | 49.5% | 6.5× | 18 | -29.4% |
| 7 | University of PittsburghUnited States | 51.5 | 58.1% | 4.6× | 11 | +171.0% |
| 8 | University of SzegedHungary | 51.3 | 33.0% | 12.4× | 10 | +72.9% |
| 9 | UNSW SydneyAustralia | 44.3 | 35.4% | 4.7× | 12 | +157.3% |
| 10 | University of AucklandNew Zealand | 44.0 | 40.3% | 5.7× | 9 | +125.2% |
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 Education, Achievement, and Giftedness research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 34% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Education, Achievement, and Giftedness.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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