Education and Professional Development
Education and Professional Development is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 10k research works in it since 1950. 7.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores trends in higher education, focusing on digitalization, pedagogical innovation, professional development, educational technology, sustainability, entrepreneurship, student-centered learning, e-learning, and educational management.
- Digitalization
- Pedagogical
- Innovation
- Professional Development
- Educational Technology
- Sustainability
- Entrepreneurship
- Student-Centered Learning
- E-learning
- Educational Management
- Research works
- 10k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 762 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 7.4% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +308% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Education and Professional Development research?
By volume, Russia and Ukraine publish the most (1.7k and 928 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Russia 1.7k works
- 2 Ukraine 928 works
- 3 Uzbekistan 155 works
- 4 Kazakhstan 144 works
- 5 United States 138 works
- 6 Mozambique 47 works
- 7 ?? 46 works
- 8 Kyrgyzstan 42 works
- 9 China 31 works
- 10 Belarus 31 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Education and Professional Development research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Moscow State Pedagogical University publishes the most Education and Professional Development research, followed by Pedagogical University and Weatherford College.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Moscow State Pedagogical UniversityRussia 67 works
- 2 Pedagogical UniversityMozambique 47 works
- 3 Weatherford CollegeUnited States 43 works
- 4 Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical UniversityRussia 42 works
- 5 Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan UniversityUkraine 38 works
- 6 Moscow State University of Psychology & EducationRussia 33 works
- 7 Kazan Federal UniversityRussia 29 works
- 8 Herzen UniversityRussia 28 works
- 9 National Academy of Educational Sciences of UkraineUkraine 27 works
- 10 Financial UniversityRussia 27 works
Where is Education and Professional Development research done?
The largest centres of Education and Professional Development research in 2022–2025 are Moscow (Russia), Kyiv (Ukraine), Kharkiv (Ukraine) and Saint Petersburg (Russia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Kamianets-Podilskyi and Uman.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Moscow Russia 514 works
- 2 Kyiv Ukraine 227 works
- 3 Kharkiv Ukraine 119 works
- 4 Saint Petersburg Russia 106 works
- 5 Tashkent Uzbekistan 70 works
- 6 Nizhny Novgorod Russia 64 works
- 7 Almaty Kazakhstan 56 works
- 8 Yekaterinburg Russia 53 works
- 9 Kazan’ Russia 52 works
- 10 Rostov-on-Don Russia 48 works
Where it is the local speciality
- Kamianets-PodilskyiUA · 20.1 works154×
- UmanUA · 22.0 works94×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Education and Professional Development than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Education and Professional Development?
Among universities, judged by research, Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University, Moscow State University of Psychology & Education and Pedagogical 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical UniversityRussia | 77.0 | 28.8% | 270.4× | 42 | — |
| 2 | Moscow State University of Psychology & EducationRussia | 70.1 | 15.5% | 199.3× | 33 | +615.7% |
| 3 | Pedagogical UniversityMozambique | 66.9 | 3.2% | 131.4× | 46 | +1539.3% |
| 4 | Kuban State UniversityRussia | 66.7 | 17.1% | 73.3× | 20 | +443.3% |
| 5 | Moscow State Pedagogical UniversityRussia | 65.7 | 5.1% | 191.5× | 67 | +496.9% |
| 6 | Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan UniversityUkraine | 64.8 | 9.1% | 122.9× | 38 | +1117.6% |
| 7 | Dragomanov Ukrainian State UniversityUkraine | 60.2 | 8.1% | 121.3× | 26 | +1742.4% |
| 8 | State University of ManagementRussia | 60.1 | 10.0% | 82.5× | 21 | +567.8% |
| 9 | Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical UniversityKazakhstan | 58.3 | 9.2% | 105.8× | 22 | +158.1% |
| 10 | L. N. Gumilyov Eurasian National UniversityKazakhstan | 57.4 | 10.3% | 22.9× | 12 | +221.4% |
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 Professional Development research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 308% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Education and Professional Development.
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.