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Education during COVID-19 pandemic

Education during COVID-19 pandemic is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1954. 9.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the transition from emergency remote teaching to networked digital education during the COVID-19 pandemic. It covers topics such as the challenges and opportunities of remote education, the impact on different social groups, use of technology in education, and epidemiological aspects of the pandemic.

  • Remote Education
  • Pandemic
  • Digital Learning
  • COVID-19
  • Epidemiology
  • Online Teaching
  • Health Surveillance
  • Educational Technology
  • Social Inequality
  • Virtual Learning Environments
Research works
13k
fractional, since 1954
In the world top 10%
1.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+15%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Brazil
86% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Education during COVID-19 pandemic

Which countries lead Education during COVID-19 pandemic research?

By volume, Brazil and the United States publish the most (5.3k and 239 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Brazil 5.3k works
  2. 2 United States 239 works
  3. 3 Portugal 194 works
  4. 4 Spain 105 works
  5. 5 Mexico 98 works
  6. 6 ?? 65 works
  7. 7 Paraguay 39 works
  8. 8 Argentina 35 works
  9. 9 Peru 34 works
  10. 10 Colombia 32 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.

Brazil: 86.2%United States: 3.9%Portugal: 3.2%Spain: 1.7%6 others listed: 4.9%86%largest
Brazil5,254 · 86.2%United States239 · 3.9%Portugal194 · 3.2%Spain105 · 1.7%6 others listed301 · 4.9%

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

Which institutions lead Education during COVID-19 pandemic research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul publishes the most Education during COVID-19 pandemic research, followed by Universidade de São Paulo and Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 101 works
  2. 2 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 97 works
  3. 3 Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil 78 works
  4. 4 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 76 works
  5. 5 Universidade Federal do CearáBrazil 75 works
  6. 6 Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil 72 works
  7. 7 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 68 works
  8. 8 Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 66 works
  9. 9 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 64 works
  10. 10 Universidade Federal de Santa MariaBrazil 63 works

Who are the leading researchers in Education during COVID-19 pandemic?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Education during COVID-19 pandemic include Déborah Carvalho Malta, André Faro and Antônio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro.

  1. 1 Déborah Carvalho Malta Brazil 192k citations
  2. 2 André Faro Brazil 155k citations
  3. 3 Antônio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro Brazil 144k citations
  4. 4 Cesar Gomes Victora Brazil 131k citations
  5. 5 Ione Jayce Ceola Schneider Brazil 120k 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 during COVID-19 pandemic?

The most cited paper in Education during COVID-19 pandemic is "Como o Brasil pode deter a COVID-19" (Wanderson Kleber de Oliveira, Elisete Duarte, Giovanny Vinícius Araújo de França et al., 2020), with 699 citations. Next come "Medidas de distanciamento social no controle da pandemia de COVID-19: potenciais impactos e desafios no Brasil" (486) and "APRENDIZAGEM MEDIADA PELA TECNOLOGIA" (456).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Como o Brasil pode deter a COVID-19 Wanderson Kleber de Oliveira, Elisete Duarte, Giovanny Vinícius Araújo de França et al. · Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde Open access May 2020 699
2 Medidas de distanciamento social no controle da pandemia de COVID-19: potenciais impactos e desafios no Brasil Júlia Moreira Pescarini, Estela M. L. Aquino, Ismael Henrique da Silveira et al. PreprintOpen access 29 Apr 2020 486
3 APRENDIZAGEM MEDIADA PELA TECNOLOGIA Vani Moreira Kenski · Revista Diálogo Educacional Open access 17 Jul 2003 456
4 A pandemia da COVID-19 e as mudanças no estilo de vida dos brasileiros adultos: um estudo transversal, 2020 Deborah Carvalho Malta, Célia Landmann Szwarcwald, Marilisa Berti de Azevedo Barros et al. · Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde Open access 2020 455
5 Relato de tristeza/depressão, nervosismo/ansiedade e problemas de sono na população adulta brasileira durante a pandemia de COVID-19 Marilisa Berti de Azevedo Barros, Margareth Guimarães Lima, Déborah Carvalho Malta et al. · Epidemiologia e Serviços de Saúde Open access 2020 388
All 101 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Education during COVID-19 pandemic research done?

The largest centres of Education during COVID-19 pandemic research in 2022-now are São Paulo (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Fortaleza (Brazil) and Brasília (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Cáceres.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 São PauloBrazil 655 works
  2. 2 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 434 works
  3. 3 FortalezaBrazil 178 works
  4. 4 BrasíliaBrazil 175 works
  5. 5 Belo HorizonteBrazil 174 works
  6. 6 CuritibaBrazil 158 works
  7. 7 RecifeBrazil 153 works
  8. 8 SalvadorBrazil 144 works
  9. 9 Porto AlegreBrazil 137 works
  10. 10 BelémBrazil 120 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. CáceresBR · 35.7 works65×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Education during COVID-19 pandemic than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Education during COVID-19 pandemic?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidade de São Paulo, Universidade Federal de São Paulo and Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais 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%10%20%mean 15.36%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidade Federal…Universidade Federal…Universidade de São …Universidade Federal…
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.

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
1Universidade de São PauloBrazil 76.811.1%8.8×97 +22.0%
2Universidade Federal de São PauloBrazil 75.217.6%16.6×39 +67.8%
3Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 70.313.8%15.3×62 +15.8%
4Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 66.39.9%23.6×101 -1.3%
5Universidade Federal do CearáBrazil 66.211.6%31.2×75 +21.5%
6Universidade BrasilBrazil 66.017.3%20.1×12 +83.5%
7Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia da ParaíbaBrazil 65.823.0%65.7×14 +25.8%
8Universidade Federal de Mato GrossoBrazil 65.515.3%41.4×40 +41.5%
9Universidade Federal de PelotasBrazil 65.215.9%28.4×39 +15.0%
10Universidad InternacionalMexico 64.618.1%27.9×9 +340.2%

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 during COVID-19 pandemic, country by country

Is Education during COVID-19 pandemic research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Education during COVID-19 pandemic.

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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 during COVID-19 pandemic as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.019% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%0.060%Education during COVID-19 pandemic0.016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Education during COVID-19 pandemic 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 during COVID-19 pandemic9.6% 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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