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Education and Teacher Training

Education and Teacher Training is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 28k research works in it since 1950. 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, quality education, teacher development, and the impact of school culture on student performance. It also explores pedagogical leadership, educational innovation, curriculum design, and the importance of organizational commitment in educational settings. Additionally, it delves into ethical education and its role in shaping the future of education.

  • Educational Leadership
  • Quality Education
  • Teacher Development
  • School Culture
  • Pedagogical Leadership
  • Educational Innovation
  • Student Performance
  • Curriculum Design
  • Organizational Commitment
  • Ethical Education
Research works
28k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+2%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Peru
17% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Education and Teacher Training

Which countries lead Education and Teacher Training research?

By volume, Peru and Mexico publish the most (1.2k and 1.1k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Peru 1.2k works
  2. 2 Mexico 1.1k works
  3. 3 Spain 1.1k works
  4. 4 Ecuador 1.1k works
  5. 5 Chile 837 works
  6. 6 Colombia 722 works
  7. 7 Brazil 367 works
  8. 8 Argentina 315 works
  9. 9 United States 230 works
  10. 10 Panama 214 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.

Peru: 17.2%Mexico: 15.5%Spain: 15.3%Ecuador: 14.8%6 others listed: 37.2%17%largest
Peru1,245 · 17.2%Mexico1,123 · 15.5%Spain1,104 · 15.3%Ecuador1,070 · 14.8%6 others listed2,685 · 37.2%

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

Which institutions lead Education and Teacher Training research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad César Vallejo publishes the most Education and Teacher Training research, followed by Ação Educativa and National University of San Marcos.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad César VallejoPeru 447 works
  2. 2 Ação EducativaBrazil 215 works
  3. 3 National University of San MarcosPeru 151 works
  4. 4 Universidad Metropolitana de Educación, Ciencia y TecnologíaPanama 120 works
  5. 5 Universidad Estatal de MilagroEcuador 103 works
  6. 6 University of GuayaquilEcuador 84 works
  7. 7 Departamento de EducaciónSpain 79 works
  8. 8 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 74 works
  9. 9 Universidad Técnica de ManabíEcuador 73 works
  10. 10 Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador 73 works

Who are the leading researchers in Education and Teacher Training?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Education and Teacher Training include Albert Bandura, Pierre Bourdıeu and Noam Chomsky.

  1. 1 Albert Bandura United States 370k citations
  2. 2 Pierre Bourdıeu France 268k citations
  3. 3 Noam Chomsky United States 141k citations
  4. 4 Francisco Herrera Spain 141k citations
  5. 5 Norman K. Denzin United States 130k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Education and Teacher Training?

The most cited paper in Education and Teacher Training is "Social Learning Theory." (Jackson Kytle, Albert Bandura, 1978), with 25,666 citations. Next come "Those Who Understand: Knowledge Growth in Teaching" (18,456) and "Educational Leadership" (2,903).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Social Learning Theory. Jackson Kytle, Albert Bandura · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews 1978 25,666
2 Those Who Understand: Knowledge Growth in Teaching Lee S. Shulman · Educational Researcher Open access Feb 1986 18,456
3 Educational Leadership Richard B. Gunderman Book chapter 2011 2,903
4 What Do We Know About Teacher Leadership? Findings From Two Decades of Scholarship Jennifer York‐Barr, Karen Duke · Review of Educational Research Sep 2004 1,842
5 Motivation and Organizational Climate Olin W. Smith, Patricia C. Smith, George H. Litwin et al. · The American Journal of Psychology Dec 1969 1,393
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Where is Education and Teacher Training research done?

The largest centres of Education and Teacher Training research in 2022-now are Trujillo (Peru), Lima (Peru), Santiago (Chile) and Mexico City (Mexico). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Azogues, Quito and Trujillo.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 TrujilloPeru 510 works
  2. 2 LimaPeru 421 works
  3. 3 SantiagoChile 350 works
  4. 4 Mexico CityMexico 310 works
  5. 5 BogotáColombia 302 works
  6. 6 GuayaquilEcuador 254 works
  7. 7 São PauloBrazil 239 works
  8. 8 MadridSpain 225 works
  9. 9 Panama CityPanama 212 works
  10. 10 San JoséCosta Rica 147 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Azogues22.4 works222×
  2. Quito22.9 works148×
  3. TrujilloPE · 510.2 works136×
  4. Villa PilarPY · 25.0 works132×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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

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Where is the best place to study Education and Teacher Training?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad César Vallejo, Universidad Diego Portales and University of Tarapacá score highest, combining citation 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%mean 20%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidad EcotecUniversidad Diego Po…University of TarapacáUniversidad César Va…
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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.

Citation 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.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Universidad César VallejoPeru 69.713.7%217.3×447 +122.2%
2Universidad Diego PortalesChile 63.818.4%73.7×31 +71.3%
3University of TarapacáChile 60.516.7%40.2×17 +25.3%
4Universidad EcotecEcuador 59.326.4%83.8×11 +53.3%
5Universidad Andrés BelloChile 58.713.8%55.8×36 +173.0%
6Universidad de ExtremaduraSpain 57.333.6%8.4×12 -15.2%
7University of the Basque CountrySpain 57.123.2%6.3×23 -4.8%
8Universidad Católica de TemucoChile 57.014.7%84.8×32 +17.7%
9University of the AmericasChile 56.721.1%46.8×9 +58.3%
10Universidad de MurciaSpain 56.118.4%17.7×42 -8.8%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Teacher Training, country by country

Is Education and Teacher Training research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Education and Teacher Training.

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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 Teacher Training as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.033% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Education and Teacher Training0.028% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Education and Teacher Training 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.

still counting5%10%15%Education and Teacher Training9.7% in 2025200020102020

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.

Questions people ask

Who researches teacher training?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad César Vallejo publishes the most Education and Teacher Training research, followed by Ação Educativa and National University of San Marcos. By volume, Peru and Mexico publish the most (1.2k and 1.1k works in 2022-now).

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