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Education and Vocational Training

Education and Vocational Training is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 4.8k research works in it since 1959. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the role and impact of non-formal education, lifelong learning, and basic education reform in the postmodern era, with a focus on indigenous education, informal learning, educational technology, community development, and MOOCs. It also delves into social research related to educational policy and practices.

  • Non-formal Education
  • Lifelong Learning
  • Basic Education Reform
  • Indigenous Education
  • Informal Learning
  • Educational Technology
  • Community Development
  • MOOCs
  • Social Research
  • Educational Policy
Research works
4.8k
fractional, since 1959
In the world top 10%
476
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.9%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+77%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
China
20% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Education and Vocational Training

Which countries lead Education and Vocational Training research?

By volume, China and Malaysia publish the most (281 and 274 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 China 281 works
  2. 2 Malaysia 274 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 210 works
  4. 4 Philippines 196 works
  5. 5 India 149 works
  6. 6 United States 109 works
  7. 7 Brazil 100 works
  8. 8 Pakistan 39 works
  9. 9 Kenya 38 works
  10. 10 Nepal 25 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.

China: 19.8%Malaysia: 19.3%Indonesia: 14.8%Philippines: 13.8%6 others listed: 32.4%20%largest
China281 · 19.8%Malaysia274 · 19.3%Indonesia210 · 14.8%Philippines196 · 13.8%6 others listed460 · 32.4%

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

Which institutions lead Education and Vocational Training research?

By volume in 2022-now, National University of Malaysia publishes the most Education and Vocational Training research, followed by Sultan Idris Education University and Universiti Teknologi MARA.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 National University of MalaysiaMalaysia 44 works
  2. 2 Sultan Idris Education UniversityMalaysia 27 works
  3. 3 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 27 works
  4. 4 Universiti of Malaysia SabahMalaysia 25 works
  5. 5 University of Technology MalaysiaMalaysia 14 works
  6. 6 University of MalayaMalaysia 14 works
  7. 7 Tribhuvan UniversityNepal 14 works
  8. 8 State University of PadangIndonesia 11 works
  9. 9 Universiti Putra MalaysiaMalaysia 11 works
  10. 10 Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia 11 works

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

The most cited paper in Education and Vocational Training is "Initial trends in enrolment and completion of massive open online courses" (Katy Jordan, 2014), with 873 citations. Next come "E-learning, M-learning and D-learning: Conceptual definition and comparative analysis" (660) and "Cognitive Consequences of Formal and Informal Education" (632).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Initial trends in enrolment and completion of massive open online courses Katy Jordan · The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning Open access 15 Jan 2014 873
2 E-learning, M-learning and D-learning: Conceptual definition and comparative analysis Sujit Kumar Basak, Marguerite Wotto, Paul R. Bélanger · E-Learning and Digital Media Jul 2018 660
3 Cognitive Consequences of Formal and Informal Education Sylvia Scribner, Michael Cole · Science 9 Nov 1973 632
4 The Promises, Challenges, and Futures of Media Literacy Monica Bulger, Patrick Davison · Journal of Media Literacy Education Open access 2018 418
5 Expanding computer science education in schools: understanding teacher experiences and challenges Aman Kumar Yadav, Sarah Gretter, Susanne E. Hambrusch et al. · Computer Science Education 5 Dec 2016 308
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Education and Vocational Training research done?

The largest centres of Education and Vocational Training research in 2022-now are Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Shah Alam (Malaysia), Beijing (China) and Kota Kinabalu (Malaysia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur and Shah Alam.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 Kuala LumpurMalaysia 99 works
  2. 2 Shah AlamMalaysia 32 works
  3. 3 BeijingChina 29 works
  4. 4 Kota KinabaluMalaysia 27 works
  5. 5 YogyakartaIndonesia 20 works
  6. 6 KathmanduNepal 19 works
  7. 7 ManilaPhilippines 19 works
  8. 8 Dar es SalaamTanzania 15 works
  9. 9 Johor BahruMalaysia 15 works
  10. 10 Cebu CityPhilippines 14 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Kota KinabaluMY · 27.0 works66×
  2. Kuala LumpurMY · 99.4 works24×
  3. Shah AlamMY · 32.1 works21×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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

See Education and Vocational Training on the map

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

Among universities, judged by research, National University of Malaysia, Universiti Putra Malaysia and Sultan Idris Education 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%10%20%mean 12.86%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universiti Putra Mal…Universiti Teknologi…Sultan Idris Educati…National University …
above the meannear itbelow it

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.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1National University of MalaysiaMalaysia 73.28.6%43.6×44 +30.0%
2Universiti Putra MalaysiaMalaysia 67.022.7%14.0×11 -2.5%
3Sultan Idris Education UniversityMalaysia 65.510.1%86.7×27 +49.3%
4Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 63.710.9%23.0×27 +43.0%
5University of Technology MalaysiaMalaysia 61.016.8%19.6×14 +1.4%
6Universiti Sains MalaysiaMalaysia 56.812.5%10.1×10 +47.5%
7University of MalayaMalaysia 51.410.1%16.3×14 +91.4%
8State University of PadangIndonesia 51.021.1%6.8×11 +384.1%
9Universiti of Malaysia SabahMalaysia 50.15.3%81.6×25 +25.0%
10Northern University of MalaysiaMalaysia 49.610.5%33.0×9 +10.1%

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 Vocational Training, country by country

Is Education and Vocational Training research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 77% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Education and Vocational 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 Vocational Training as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0057% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Education and Vocational Training0.0095% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Education and Vocational 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 Vocational Training10.1% in 202520102020

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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