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Education and Character Development

Education and Character Development is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 82k research works in it since 1950. 15.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on character education, particularly in the context of religious and Islamic values, within various educational settings. It explores the influence of school environments, pedagogical methods, and cultural integration on student development and learning outcomes. The cluster also emphasizes the use of qualitative research and digital learning environments in promoting character education.

  • Character Education
  • Religious Values
  • Islamic Education
  • School Environment
  • Learning Outcomes
  • Qualitative Research
  • Digital Learning
  • Pedagogical Methods
  • Cultural Integration
  • Student Development
Research works
82k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
12k
per year above
Top-10% rate
15.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+374%
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Which countries lead Education and Character Development research?

By volume, Indonesia and ?? publish the most (39k and 1.8k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Indonesia 39k works
  2. 2 ?? 1.8k works
  3. 3 Malaysia 471 works
  4. 4 United States 307 works
  5. 5 India 124 works
  6. 6 Bangladesh 116 works
  7. 7 Pakistan 89 works
  8. 8 Singapore 81 works
  9. 9 Türkiye 75 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 70 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: 92.6%??: 4.3%Malaysia: 1.1%United States: 0.7%6 others listed: 1.3%93%largest
Indonesia39k · 92.6%??1,799 · 4.3%Malaysia471 · 1.1%United States307 · 0.7%6 others listed554 · 1.3%

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

Which institutions lead Education and Character Development research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu publishes the most Education and Character Development research, followed by Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara and Indonesia University of Education.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu Indonesia 2.8k works
  2. 2 Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara Indonesia 1.2k works
  3. 3 Indonesia University of Education Indonesia 1.1k works
  4. 4 State University of Padang Indonesia 975 works
  5. 5 Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University Yogyakarta Indonesia 925 works
  6. 6 Sunan Gunung Djati State Islamic University Bandung Indonesia 584 works
  7. 7 State University of Malang Indonesia 578 works
  8. 8 State University of Makassar Indonesia 578 works
  9. 9 Jambi University Indonesia 542 works
  10. 10 Universitas Islam Negeri Raden Intan Lampung Indonesia 522 works

Who are the leading researchers in Education and Character Development?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Education and Character Development include Sugiyono Sugiyono and Burhan Nurgiyantoro.

  1. 1 Sugiyono Sugiyono 3.2k citations
  2. 2 Burhan Nurgiyantoro 552 citations

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

Where is Education and Character Development research done?

The largest centres of Education and Character Development research in 2022–2025 are Bengkulu (Indonesia), Medan (Indonesia), Bandung (Indonesia) and Jakarta (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Mojokerto, Curup and Gresik.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Bengkulu Indonesia 3.1k works
  2. 2 Medan Indonesia 2.9k works
  3. 3 Bandung Indonesia 2.6k works
  4. 4 Jakarta Indonesia 2.6k works
  5. 5 Yogyakarta Indonesia 2.4k works
  6. 6 Malang Indonesia 1.8k works
  7. 7 Surabaya Indonesia 1.8k works
  8. 8 Semarang Indonesia 1.6k works
  9. 9 Makassar Indonesia 1.5k works
  10. 10 Padang Indonesia 1.2k works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Mojokerto33.6 works88×
  2. Curup81.1 works87×
  3. Gresik29.7 works84×
  4. Demak26.9 works81×
  5. Padang237.2 works57×
  6. Purwokerto159.3 works53×
  7. WonosoboID · 286.9 works53×
  8. Palangkaraya26.7 works46×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Education and Character Development than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Education and Character Development?

Among universities, judged by research, Indonesia University of Education, Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu and Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta 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%25%50%75%mean 22.88%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Indonesia University of Education: 1,077, 20.7%Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu: 2,800, 13.3%Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta: 487, 23.0%Institut Agama Kristen Negeri Palangka Raya: 27, 63.6%Yogyakarta State University: 444, 21.4%Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University Yogyakarta: 925, 15.1%Universitas Negeri Surabaya: 442, 19.3%State University of Malang: 578, 16.6%Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha: 289, 23.0%State University of Padang: 975, 12.8%Institut Agama Krist…Muhammadiyah Univers…Indonesia University…Institut Agama Islam…
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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 66.720.7%26.2×1,077 +1089.1%
2Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu Indonesia 66.613.3%48.1×2,800 +1138.6%
3Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta Indonesia 65.023.0%19.9×487 +901.2%
4Institut Agama Kristen Negeri Palangka Raya ?? 64.363.6%45.8×27 —
5Yogyakarta State University Indonesia 64.121.4%18.9×444 +394.1%
6Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University Yogyakarta Indonesia 63.715.1%45.4×925 +734.8%
7Universitas Negeri Surabaya Indonesia 63.019.3%14.3×442 +281.0%
8State University of Malang Indonesia 62.916.6%14.7×578 +1314.2%
9Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha Indonesia 62.923.0%17.5×289 +3003.2%
10State University of Padang Indonesia 62.612.8%21.9×975 +629.8%

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 Education and Character Development research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 374% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Education and Character Development.

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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.