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Education Discipline and Inequality

Education Discipline and Inequality is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 6.8k research works in it since 1950. 38.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the impact of school discipline policies on students, with a focus on disproportionality, zero tolerance policies, racial disparities, special education, restorative practices, and their implications for the juvenile justice system. It examines factors such as student behavior, suspension rates, and the importance of cultural responsiveness in addressing these issues.

  • School Discipline
  • Disproportionality
  • Zero Tolerance Policies
  • Racial Disparities
  • Special Education
  • Restorative Practices
  • Juvenile Justice System
  • Student Behavior
  • Suspension Rates
  • Cultural Responsiveness
Research works
6.8k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
38.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+50%
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Which countries lead Education Discipline and Inequality research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (1k and 88 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1k works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 88 works
  3. 3 Canada 49 works
  4. 4 Australia 36 works
  5. 5 China 20 works
  6. 6 South Africa 17 works
  7. 7 Spain 15 works
  8. 8 Germany 13 works
  9. 9 Indonesia 12 works
  10. 10 Sweden 11 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.

United States: 80.1%United Kingdom: 6.7%Canada: 3.7%Australia: 2.7%6 others listed: 6.7%80%largest
United States1,049 · 80.1%United Kingdom88 · 6.7%Canada49 · 3.7%Australia36 · 2.7%6 others listed88 · 6.7%

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Which institutions lead Education Discipline and Inequality research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill publishes the most Education Discipline and Inequality research, followed by University of Virginia and University of Wisconsin–Madison.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 20 works
  2. 2 University of VirginiaUnited States 16 works
  3. 3 University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States 13 works
  4. 4 New York UniversityUnited States 13 works
  5. 5 The University of Texas at AustinUnited States 12 works
  6. 6 Texas A&M UniversityUnited States 11 works
  7. 7 Arizona State UniversityUnited States 11 works
  8. 8 University of California, Los AngelesUnited States 11 works
  9. 9 University of MissouriUnited States 11 works
  10. 10 Vanderbilt UniversityUnited States 10 works

Who are the leading researchers in Education Discipline and Inequality?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Education Discipline and Inequality include Peter K. Smith.

  1. 1 Peter K. Smith United Kingdom 1.3k citations

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

Where is Education Discipline and Inequality research done?

The largest centres of Education Discipline and Inequality research in 2022–2025 are New York (United States), Chicago (United States), Los Angeles (United States) and Washington D.C. (United States).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 New York United States 48 works
  2. 2 Chicago United States 28 works
  3. 3 Los Angeles United States 28 works
  4. 4 Washington D.C. United States 26 works
  5. 5 Boston United States 22 works
  6. 6 Chapel Hill United States 20 works
  7. 7 Charlottesville United States 16 works
  8. 8 Baltimore United States 16 works
  9. 9 London United Kingdom 15 works
  10. 10 Madison United States 14 works
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Where is the best place to study Education Discipline and Inequality?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Wisconsin–Madison, University of Missouri and New York 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%25%50%75%mean 51.97%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Wisconsin–Madison: 13, 58.0%University of Missouri: 10, 58.6%New York University: 13, 48.6%Michigan State University: 8, 67.5%University of Virginia: 16, 44.8%The University of Texas at Austin: 12, 48.7%University of California, Los Angeles: 11, 43.1%Vanderbilt University: 10, 60.2%Virginia Commonwealth University: 9, 41.4%University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: 10, 48.8%Michigan State Unive…University of MissouriUniversity of Wiscon…New York University
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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 University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States 76.358.0%10.1×13 +147.7%
2 University of MissouriUnited States 71.558.6%19.7×10 +136.6%
3 New York UniversityUnited States 67.748.6%11.6×13 +64.2%
4 Michigan State UniversityUnited States 66.067.5%8.1×8 +179.0%
5 University of VirginiaUnited States 65.244.8%21.0×16 +51.7%
6 The University of Texas at AustinUnited States 64.648.7%10.7×12 +73.1%
7 University of California, Los AngelesUnited States 62.343.1%8.7×11 +174.3%
8 Vanderbilt UniversityUnited States 62.060.2%18.6×10 +14.4%
9 Virginia Commonwealth UniversityUnited States 60.541.4%20.0×9 +284.4%
10 University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States 57.148.8%8.4×10 +120.3%

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 Discipline and Inequality research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 50% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Education Discipline and Inequality.

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Which topics inside it are moving

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