Education and Communication Studies

Education and Communication Studies is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 18k research works in it since 1952. 9.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on educational leadership and management in schools, addressing topics such as instructional leadership, teacher readiness for technology integration, school quality improvement, the principal's role in 21st century learning, digital education, educational technology, teacher professional development, and student motivation.

Instructional Leadership
Teacher Readiness
Technology Integration
School Quality Improvement
Principal's Role
21st Century Learning
Digital Education
Educational Technology
Teacher Professional Development
Student Motivation

Research works: 18k
In the world top 10%: 1.7k
Top-10% rate: 9.7%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: +76%
Largest producer: Indonesia

Education and Communication Studies

Which countries lead Education and Communication Studies research?

By volume, Indonesia and the Philippines publish the most (8.1k and 373 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 Indonesia 8.1k works
2 Philippines 373 works
3 ?? 286 works
4 Malaysia 273 works
5 United States 181 works
6 India 74 works
7 Pakistan 72 works
8 Türkiye 66 works
9 Thailand 61 works
10 China 60 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.

Indonesia8,080 · 84.8%Philippines373 · 3.9%??286 · 3.0%Malaysia273 · 2.9%6 others listed513 · 5.4%

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

Which institutions lead Education and Communication Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu publishes the most Education and Communication Studies research, followed by State University of Padang and State University of Malang.

By volume, 2022-now

1 Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia 237 works
2 State University of PadangIndonesia 196 works
3 State University of MalangIndonesia 187 works
4 Universitas PGRI SemarangIndonesia 177 works
5 Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 175 works
6 Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera UtaraIndonesia 174 works
7 Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia 154 works
8 Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia 151 works
9 State University of MakassarIndonesia 148 works
10 State University of MedanIndonesia 127 works

What are the most cited papers in Education and Communication Studies?

The most cited paper in Education and Communication Studies is "Teaching and Learning with Technology: Effectiveness of ICT Integration in Schools" (Simin Ghavifekr, Wan Athirah Wan Rosdy, 2015), with 1,164 citations. Next come "The Nature and Effects of Transformational School Leadership" (599) and "COVID 19 – school leadership in disruptive times" (598).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	Teaching and Learning with Technology: Effectiveness of ICT Integration in Schools Simin Ghavifekr, Wan Athirah Wan Rosdy · International Journal of Research in Education and Science Open access	2 Mar 2015	1,164
2	The Nature and Effects of Transformational School Leadership Kenneth A. Leithwood, Jingping Sun · Educational Administration Quarterly	17 Feb 2012	599
3	COVID 19 – school leadership in disruptive times Alma Harris, Michelle Suzette Jones · School Leadership and Management Open access	7 Aug 2020	598
4	EFL Classes Must Go Online! Teaching Activities and Challenges during COVID-19 Pandemic in Indonesia Arief Eko Priyo Atmojo, Arif Nugroho · Register Journal Open access	28 May 2020	582
5	A systematic review of studies on leadership models in educational research from 1980 to 2014 Sedat Gümüş, Mehmet Şükrü Bellibaş, Murat Esen et al. · Educational Management Administration & Leadership Review	22 Sep 2016	538

All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Education and Communication Studies research done?

The largest centres of Education and Communication Studies research in 2022-now are Jakarta (Indonesia), Bandung (Indonesia), Medan (Indonesia) and Yogyakarta (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Dapitan, Santa Cruz and Bireun.

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 JakartaIndonesia 750 works
2 BandungIndonesia 557 works
3 MedanIndonesia 543 works
4 YogyakartaIndonesia 455 works
5 SemarangIndonesia 401 works
6 MakassarIndonesia 400 works
7 SurabayaIndonesia 385 works
8 MalangIndonesia 373 works
9 BengkuluIndonesia 324 works
10 PadangIndonesia 270 works

Where it is the local speciality

DapitanPH · 34.5 works117×
Santa CruzPH · 29.2 works63×
BireunID · 22.2 works53×
Cagayan de OroPH · 21.7 works49×
Palembang79.4 works32×
Davao CityPH · 35.5 works31×

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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Education and Communication Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Education and Communication Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, State University of Malang, Yogyakarta State University and Indonesia University of Education 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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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.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	State University of MalangIndonesia	68.1	11.4%	22.9×	187	+31.6%
2	Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia	66.8	12.1%	31.1×	151	+60.5%
3	Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia	66.0	12.1%	20.5×	175	+38.0%
4	Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia	65.1	10.2%	19.6×	237	+102.2%
5	National University of MalaysiaMalaysia	64.4	14.7%	9.8×	55	+113.0%
6	Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia	62.9	11.2%	23.9×	154	+83.2%
7	University of MindanaoPhilippines	62.6	21.8%	51.6×	24	+948.6%
8	State University of PadangIndonesia	61.3	8.7%	21.2×	196	+41.8%
9	Universitas Pendidikan GaneshaIndonesia	61.3	13.3%	27.0×	92	+14.6%
10	State University of MakassarIndonesia	60.5	9.6%	21.7×	148	+152.7%
11	Universiti Sains MalaysiaMalaysia	59.6	28.3%	2.1×	12	+98.6%
12	Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera UtaraIndonesia	58.0	7.7%	20.3×	174	+726.7%
13	Universitas PGRI SemarangIndonesia	57.6	7.4%	44.9×	177	+248.1%
14	Pakuan UniversityIndonesia	57.5	12.4%	55.3×	61	+52.0%
15	Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik IbrahimIndonesia	57.2	14.0%	17.4×	52	+229.4%
16	Sultan Idris Education UniversityMalaysia	56.6	11.7%	20.1×	35	+41.3%
17	Jambi UniversityIndonesia	55.9	8.1%	18.3×	105	+166.6%
18	Universitas Merdeka PonorogoIndonesia	55.3	23.1%	23.2×	9	+95.8%
19	Lambung Mangkurat UniversityIndonesia	54.5	8.4%	24.3×	101	+128.4%
20	Islamic UniversityBangladesh	54.3	10.3%	19.2×	26	+139.5%
21	State University of SemarangIndonesia	54.2	8.7%	16.7×	109	+26.6%
22	Universitas Ahmad DahlanIndonesia	53.6	8.4%	22.7×	78	+39.8%
23	University of MalayaMalaysia	53.1	16.1%	3.6×	17	+40.0%
24	Muhammadiyah University of SurakartaIndonesia	53.0	8.7%	13.4×	68	+230.1%
25	State University of MedanIndonesia	52.8	6.2%	20.4×	127	+56.7%
26	Universitas Islam MalangIndonesia	52.6	13.3%	21.9×	29	+234.7%
27	Universitas Islam Negeri Raden Intan LampungIndonesia	52.5	9.4%	18.4×	58	+147.6%
28	Universitas Syiah KualaIndonesia	52.3	12.6%	12.0×	44	+27.7%
29	Hasanuddin UniversityIndonesia	52.0	11.0%	9.0×	51	+210.1%
30	State University of JakartaIndonesia	51.9	6.9%	27.3×	124	+7.6%
31	Universitas Islam NusantaraIndonesia	51.9	9.2%	56.5×	52	+312.6%
32	Universitas Muhammadiyah Sumatera UtaraIndonesia	51.5	9.2%	25.6×	50	+78.3%
33	Universitas DjuandaIndonesia	51.2	16.7%	11.7×	18	+160.4%
34	Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University YogyakartaIndonesia	50.3	9.5%	10.3×	43	+65.5%
35	Universitas Muhammadiyah Tapanuli SelatanIndonesia	50.2	9.1%	23.7×	88	+2.0%
36	Indonesia Open UniversityIndonesia	50.2	8.5%	26.8×	60	+279.5%
37	Lampung UniversityIndonesia	50.1	9.0%	12.4×	59	+118.7%
38	Universitas Patria ArthaIndonesia	50.0	5.3%	12.4×	83	+52.2%
39	Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University JakartaIndonesia	49.8	7.2%	18.9×	54	+169.5%
40	Mulawarman UniversityIndonesia	49.5	6.6%	18.3×	64	+103.6%
41	Universitas Islam Negeri Antasari Banjarmasin	48.8	15.7%	25.3×	10	+306.2%
42	Sultan Agung Islamic UniversityIndonesia	48.8	20.1%	5.8×	10	+39.6%
43	Northern University of MalaysiaMalaysia	47.9	20.5%	8.6×	13	-19.5%
44	Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia	47.1	15.0%	2.9×	19	+97.5%
45	Universiti Putra MalaysiaMalaysia	40.3	17.5%	2.3×	10	+43.4%
46	Universitas KanjuruhanIndonesia	38.6	20.0%	18.6×	9	-37.4%
47	Al-Azhar UniversityIndonesia	29.1	5.1%	5.2×	8	+296.7%
48	Yarmouk UniversityJordan	27.7	2.7%	13.5×	13	-
49	Universiti of Malaysia SabahMalaysia	27.7	9.7%	6.1×	10	-25.2%

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 Education and Communication Studies, country by country

Is Education and Communication Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 76% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Education and Communication Studies.

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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 Education and Communication Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.042% in 2024.

Fractional works of Education and Communication Studies 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.

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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Which countries lead Education and Communication Studies research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Education and Communication Studies research?

By volume, 2022-now

What are the most cited papers in Education and Communication Studies?

Where is Education and Communication Studies research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where it is the local speciality

Where is the best place to study Education and Communication Studies?

Is Education and Communication Studies research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

Discussion