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Education for Peace and Conflict Resolution

Education for Peace and Conflict Resolution is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 2.1k research works in it since 1966. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to peace and conflict studies, including peacebuilding, conflict resolution, mediation, social education, violence, civilization, negotiation, intercultural mediation, human rights, and social cohesion. The papers explore theoretical frameworks, practical strategies, and case studies related to promoting peace and resolving conflicts at various levels of society.

  • Peace
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Mediation
  • Social Education
  • Violence
  • Civilization
  • Negotiation
  • Intercultural Mediation
  • Human Rights
  • Social Cohesion
Research works
2.1k
fractional, since 1966
In the world top 10%
206
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+32%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Colombia
27% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Education for Peace and Conflict Resolution

Which countries lead Education for Peace and Conflict Resolution research?

By volume, Colombia and Mexico publish the most (166 and 141 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Colombia 166 works
  2. 2 Mexico 141 works
  3. 3 Spain 105 works
  4. 4 Brazil 61 works
  5. 5 Ecuador 36 works
  6. 6 Peru 25 works
  7. 7 United States 22 works
  8. 8 Argentina 21 works
  9. 9 Chile 18 works
  10. 10 Panama 15 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.

Colombia: 27.3%Mexico: 23.0%Spain: 17.2%Brazil: 10.0%6 others listed: 22.5%27%largest
Colombia166 · 27.3%Mexico141 · 23.0%Spain105 · 17.2%Brazil61 · 10.0%6 others listed137 · 22.5%

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

Which institutions lead Education for Peace and Conflict Resolution research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León publishes the most Education for Peace and Conflict Resolution research, followed by Ação Educativa and Universidad Metropolitana de Educación, Ciencia y Tecnología.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo LeónMexico 26 works
  2. 2 Ação EducativaBrazil 11 works
  3. 3 Universidad Metropolitana de Educación, Ciencia y TecnologíaPanama 10 works
  4. 4 Universidad de GuadalajaraMexico 10 works
  5. 5 Corporación Universitaria Minuto de DiosColombia 9 works
  6. 6 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 9 works
  7. 7 Universidad César VallejoPeru 8 works
  8. 8 Ibero American UniversityMexico 8 works
  9. 9 Universidad de GranadaSpain 8 works
  10. 10 Universidad de AntioquiaColombia 7 works

Who are the leading researchers in Education for Peace and Conflict Resolution?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Education for Peace and Conflict Resolution include Immanuel Kant and Juan Pablo.

  1. 1 Immanuel Kant United States 59k citations
  2. 2 Juan Pablo United States 49k 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 for Peace and Conflict Resolution?

The most cited paper in Education for Peace and Conflict Resolution is "Violence, Peace, and Peace Research" (Johan Galtung, 1969), with 8,096 citations. Next come "Peace Education in Societies Involved in Intractable Conflicts: Direct and Indirect Models" (219) and "Convivencia Escolar: Una revisión del concepto" (152).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Violence, Peace, and Peace Research Johan Galtung · Journal of Peace Research Sep 1969 8,096
2 Peace Education in Societies Involved in Intractable Conflicts: Direct and Indirect Models Daniel Bar‐Tal, Yigal Rosen · Review of Educational Research 25 Feb 2009 219
3 Convivencia Escolar: Una revisión del concepto Cecilia Fierro-Evans, Patricia Carbajal-Padilla · Psicoperspectivas Individuo y Sociedad Open access 11 Mar 2019 152
4 Etapas del conflicto armado en Colombia: hacia el posconflicto Jonathan Calderón Rojas · Latinoamérica Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos Open access 2016 97
5 Formación Docente en la Resolución Pacífica de Conflictos: Diagnóstico de una Necesidad Curricular en Colombia Alex Orlando Velásquez Torres, Gladys González Bautista, Mariangely Neira Vera et al. · Estudios y Perspectivas Revista Científica y Académica Open access 23 Jul 2025 78
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Where is Education for Peace and Conflict Resolution research done?

The largest centres of Education for Peace and Conflict Resolution research in 2022-now are Bogotá (Colombia), Madrid (Spain), Mexico City (Mexico) and San Nicolás de los Garza (Mexico). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in San Nicolás de los Garza, Bogotá and Medellín.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BogotáColombia 77 works
  2. 2 MadridSpain 28 works
  3. 3 Mexico CityMexico 27 works
  4. 4 San Nicolás de los GarzaMexico 26 works
  5. 5 MedellínColombia 21 works
  6. 6 São PauloBrazil 17 works
  7. 7 Panama CityPanama 15 works
  8. 8 Buenos AiresArgentina 12 works
  9. 9 ManizalesColombia 12 works
  10. 10 LimaPeru 12 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. San Nicolás de los GarzaMX · 25.6 works170×
  2. BogotáCO · 76.9 works64×
  3. MedellínCO · 21.0 works51×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Education for Peace and Conflict Resolution than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Education for Peace and Conflict Resolution?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios 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 15.6333%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Corporación Universi…Universidad Complute…Universidad Autónoma…Universidad de Guada…
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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.

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 Autónoma de Nuevo LeónMexico 68.715.1%198.8×26 +40.6%
2Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 60.320.0%16.5×9 +31.1%
3Corporación Universitaria Minuto de DiosColombia 57.421.5%221.1×9 +19.3%
4Universidad de GuadalajaraMexico 24.212.4%52.9×10 +550.7%
5Universidad Metropolitana de Educación, Ciencia y TecnologíaPanama 24.013.5%283.7×10 -
6Universidad César VallejoPeru 5.011.3%48.9×8 -

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 for Peace and Conflict Resolution, country by country

Is Education for Peace and Conflict Resolution research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 32% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Education for Peace and Conflict Resolution.

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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 for Peace and Conflict Resolution as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0025% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Education for Peace and Conflict Resolution0.0040% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Education for Peace and Conflict Resolution 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 for Peace and Conflict Resolution10.6% 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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