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Education and Cultural Studies

Education and Cultural Studies is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 17k research works in it since 1954. 5.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to education, pedagogy, social sciences, and cultural studies in the contemporary context. It includes discussions on lifelong learning, digital innovations in education, media literacy, youth development, ethics, and the impact of globalization on education and society.

  • Education
  • Social Sciences
  • Pedagogy
  • Cultural Studies
  • Media Literacy
  • Youth Development
  • Ethics
  • Digital Innovations
  • Lifelong Learning
  • Globalization
Research works
17k
fractional, since 1954
In the world top 10%
1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
5.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+14%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Education and Cultural Studies research?

By volume, Poland and the United States publish the most (3.1k and 71 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Poland 3.1k works
  2. 2 United States 71 works
  3. 3 Ukraine 38 works
  4. 4 Czechia 33 works
  5. 5 Russia 22 works
  6. 6 Italy 18 works
  7. 7 Germany 17 works
  8. 8 Slovakia 13 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 12 works
  10. 10 Lithuania 10 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.

Poland: 92.9%United States: 2.1%Ukraine: 1.1%Czechia: 1.0%6 others listed: 2.8%93%largest
Poland3,096 · 92.9%United States71 · 2.1%Ukraine38 · 1.1%Czechia33 · 1.0%6 others listed93 · 2.8%

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

Which institutions lead Education and Cultural Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań publishes the most Education and Cultural Studies research, followed by John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin and Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 220 works
  2. 2 John Paul II Catholic University of LublinPoland 196 works
  3. 3 Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in WarsawPoland 169 works
  4. 4 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 152 works
  5. 5 University of WarsawPoland 148 works
  6. 6 Pontifical University of John Paul II in KrakówPoland 137 works
  7. 7 University of ŁódźPoland 122 works
  8. 8 Uniwersytet Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w KrakowiePoland 104 works
  9. 9 Maria Curie-Skłodowska UniversityPoland 93 works
  10. 10 University of Silesia in KatowicePoland 90 works

Where is Education and Cultural Studies research done?

The largest centres of Education and Cultural Studies research in 2022–2025 are Warsaw (Poland), Krakow (Poland), Lublin (Poland) and Poznań (Poland). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bydgoszcz, Zielona Góra and Olsztyn.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Warsaw Poland 610 works
  2. 2 Krakow Poland 515 works
  3. 3 Lublin Poland 323 works
  4. 4 Poznań Poland 244 works
  5. 5 Łódź Poland 164 works
  6. 6 Katowice Poland 153 works
  7. 7 Wrocław Poland 123 works
  8. 8 Gdańsk Poland 107 works
  9. 9 Olsztyn Poland 104 works
  10. 10 Toruń Poland 96 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BydgoszczPL · 95.4 works186×
  2. Zielona GóraPL · 37.7 works140×
  3. OlsztynPL · 103.5 works129×
  4. LublinPL · 323.0 works128×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Education and Cultural Studies than the world average.

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

Among universities, judged by research, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Społeczna Akademia Nauk and University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn 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%10%20%mean 7.16%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin: 196, 7.7%Społeczna Akademia Nauk: 10, 18.7%University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn: 53, 7.1%Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań: 220, 5.2%University of Warsaw: 148, 5.9%Maria Curie-Skłodowska University: 93, 3.0%University of Silesia in Katowice: 90, 5.6%The Maria Grzegorzewska University: 82, 4.1%Jagiellonian University: 152, 6.9%University of Łódź: 122, 7.4%Społeczna Akademia N…John Paul II Catholi…University of Warmia…Adam Mickiewicz Univ…
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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
1 John Paul II Catholic University of LublinPoland 47.97.7%361.3×196 +265.3%
2 Społeczna Akademia NaukPoland 43.318.7%184.3×10 +101.6%
3 University of Warmia and Mazury in OlsztynPoland 38.17.1%89.3×53 +163.9%
4 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 37.65.2%166.3×220 +85.4%
5 University of WarsawPoland 37.45.9%88.6×148 +82.8%
6 Maria Curie-Skłodowska UniversityPoland 36.93.0%147.4×93 +276.0%
7 University of Silesia in KatowicePoland 36.85.6%133.2×90 +111.6%
8 The Maria Grzegorzewska UniversityPoland 36.74.1%632.2×82 +345.7%
9 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 36.26.9%70.0×152 +46.0%
10 University of ŁódźPoland 36.27.4%131.8×122 +71.9%

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 Cultural Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2018. The fastest-growing topics are Education and Cultural 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.

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.