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Education and Critical Thinking Development

Education and Critical Thinking Development is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 64k research works in it since 1950. 23.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the impact of instructional interventions on critical thinking skills in various educational contexts, including nursing education. It includes meta-analyses, literature reviews, and studies on teaching strategies to promote higher-order thinking and 21st-century skills. The papers also delve into the relationship between critical thinking dispositions and skills, as well as the challenges and methods for assessing and fostering critical thinking abilities.

  • Instructional Interventions
  • Critical Thinking Skills
  • Education
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Teaching Strategies
  • Nursing Education
  • 21st Century Skills
  • Higher-Order Thinking
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Pedagogical Paradigm
Research works
64k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
15k
per year above
Top-10% rate
23.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+84%
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Which countries lead Education and Critical Thinking Development research?

By volume, Indonesia and the United States publish the most (6.3k and 2.2k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Indonesia 6.3k works
  2. 2 United States 2.2k works
  3. 3 Türkiye 751 works
  4. 4 China 583 works
  5. 5 Malaysia 548 works
  6. 6 India 537 works
  7. 7 Philippines 471 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 366 works
  9. 9 Pakistan 350 works
  10. 10 Nigeria 331 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: 50.5%United States: 18.0%Türkiye: 6.0%China: 4.7%6 others listed: 20.8%50%largest
Indonesia6,304 · 50.5%United States2,250 · 18.0%Türkiye751 · 6.0%China583 · 4.7%6 others listed2,602 · 20.8%

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Which institutions lead Education and Critical Thinking Development research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Indonesia University of Education publishes the most Education and Critical Thinking Development research, followed by Yogyakarta State University and State University of Malang.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Indonesia University of Education Indonesia 289 works
  2. 2 Yogyakarta State University Indonesia 276 works
  3. 3 State University of Malang Indonesia 270 works
  4. 4 Universitas Negeri Surabaya Indonesia 262 works
  5. 5 State University of Padang Indonesia 208 works
  6. 6 State University of Semarang Indonesia 174 works
  7. 7 State University of Medan Indonesia 164 works
  8. 8 Sebelas Maret University Indonesia 156 works
  9. 9 State University of Makassar Indonesia 149 works
  10. 10 University of Mataram Indonesia 130 works

Who are the leading researchers in Education and Critical Thinking Development?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Education and Critical Thinking Development include Yvonna S. Lincoln, Richard E. Mayer and Robert J. Sternberg.

  1. 1 Yvonna S. Lincoln 9.6k citations
  2. 2 Richard E. Mayer 4.7k citations
  3. 3 Robert J. Sternberg 4.4k citations

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

Where is Education and Critical Thinking Development research done?

The largest centres of Education and Critical Thinking Development research in 2022–2025 are Yogyakarta (Indonesia), Bandung (Indonesia), Malang (Indonesia) and Jakarta (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Dapitan and Santa Cruz.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Yogyakarta Indonesia 469 works
  2. 2 Bandung Indonesia 419 works
  3. 3 Malang Indonesia 406 works
  4. 4 Jakarta Indonesia 363 works
  5. 5 Surabaya Indonesia 353 works
  6. 6 Medan Indonesia 337 works
  7. 7 Semarang Indonesia 335 works
  8. 8 Makassar Indonesia 258 works
  9. 9 Padang Indonesia 250 works
  10. 10 Surakarta Indonesia 244 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. DapitanPH · 27.7 works63×
  2. Santa CruzPH · 36.4 works41×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Education and Critical Thinking Development than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Education and Critical Thinking Development?

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

0%20%40%60%mean 30.1%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Yogyakarta State University: 276, 28.1%Indonesia University of Education: 289, 22.9%Sebelas Maret University: 156, 31.7%State University of Malang: 270, 22.6%Universitas Negeri Surabaya: 262, 23.2%State University of Semarang: 174, 24.7%University of Rwanda: 24, 51.0%State University of Padang: 208, 21.8%Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha: 114, 27.1%University of Cape Coast: 19, 47.9%Sebelas Maret Univer…Yogyakarta State Uni…Indonesia University…State University of …
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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
1Yogyakarta State University Indonesia 74.928.1%27.6×276 +1593.1%
2Indonesia University of Education Indonesia 72.222.9%16.5×289 +2816.6%
3Sebelas Maret University Indonesia 72.231.7%9.5×156 +645.1%
4State University of Malang Indonesia 72.022.6%16.1×270 +1378.3%
5Universitas Negeri Surabaya Indonesia 71.923.2%19.8×262 +992.9%
6State University of Semarang Indonesia 70.524.7%13.0×174 +458.8%
7University of Rwanda Rwanda 70.551.0%18.0×24 —
8State University of Padang Indonesia 69.721.8%11.0×208 +5303.6%
9Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha Indonesia 68.827.1%16.3×114 +1007.4%
10University of Cape Coast Ghana 68.447.9%8.2×19 +307.1%

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 Critical Thinking Development research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 84% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Education and Critical Thinking Development.

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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.