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Education Methods and Technologies

Education Methods and Technologies is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 14.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the concept of competence in education and training, covering topics such as teaching and learning methods, teacher education, e-learning, qualitative content analysis, and the impact of digital technologies on education. It also delves into the evaluation and improvement of educational quality, as well as the development of curricula to enhance learning outcomes.

  • Competence
  • Education
  • Learning
  • Teaching
  • Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse
  • E-Learning
  • Teacher Education
  • Didactics
  • Digital Learning
  • Curriculum
Research works
13k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
14.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+27%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Education Methods and Technologies research?

By volume, Germany and Switzerland publish the most (1.9k and 211 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Germany 1.9k works
  2. 2 Switzerland 211 works
  3. 3 Austria 196 works
  4. 4 United States 47 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 18 works
  6. 6 Denmark 14 works
  7. 7 China 14 works
  8. 8 Estonia 14 works
  9. 9 South Korea 11 works
  10. 10 Netherlands 10 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.

Germany: 77.6%Switzerland: 8.8%Austria: 8.2%United States: 2.0%6 others listed: 3.4%78%largest
Germany1,857 · 77.6%Switzerland211 · 8.8%Austria196 · 8.2%United States47 · 2.0%6 others listed81 · 3.4%

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

Which institutions lead Education Methods and Technologies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education publishes the most Education Methods and Technologies research, followed by Zurich University of Teacher Education and University of Duisburg-Essen.

Who are the leading researchers in Education Methods and Technologies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Education Methods and Technologies include Frank Fischer and Reinhard Pekrun.

  1. 1 Frank Fischer Germany 1.7k citations
  2. 2 Reinhard Pekrun Germany 1.3k citations

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

Where is Education Methods and Technologies research done?

The largest centres of Education Methods and Technologies research in 2022–2025 are Frankfurt am Main (Germany), Berlin (Germany), Zurich (Switzerland) and Vienna (Austria). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Baden bei Wien and Paderborn.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Frankfurt am Main Germany 126 works
  2. 2 Berlin Germany 97 works
  3. 3 Zurich Switzerland 94 works
  4. 4 Vienna Austria 85 works
  5. 5 Munich Germany 79 works
  6. 6 Hamburg Germany 79 works
  7. 7 Cologne Germany 79 works
  8. 8 Essen Germany 70 works
  9. 9 Münster Germany 56 works
  10. 10 Dresden Germany 55 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Baden bei WienAT · 24.0 works900×
  2. PaderbornDE · 39.6 works98×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Education Methods and Technologies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Education Methods and Technologies?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Wuppertal, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Philipps University of Marburg 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%30%mean 18.6%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Wuppertal: 18, 25.9%Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin: 12, 22.5%Philipps University of Marburg: 21, 16.8%Bielefeld University: 37, 15.5%University of Cologne: 41, 13.6%Paderborn University: 38, 22.4%Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg: 23, 18.6%University of Duisburg-Essen: 50, 17.6%Leipzig University: 16, 14.5%Universität Hamburg: 30, 18.6%University of Wupper…Humboldt-Universität…Philipps University …Bielefeld 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 WuppertalGermany 62.725.9%51.9×18 +197.0%
2 Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinGermany 60.322.5%13.8×12 +211.3%
3 Philipps University of MarburgGermany 59.616.8%36.5×21 +195.6%
4 Bielefeld UniversityGermany 59.515.5%66.6×37 +123.3%
5 University of CologneGermany 59.413.6%53.2×41 +104.9%
6 Paderborn UniversityGermany 59.322.4%114.0×38 +68.7%
7 Martin Luther University Halle-WittenbergGermany 58.118.6%55.8×23 +120.9%
8 University of Duisburg-EssenGermany 58.017.6%67.6×50 +31.7%
9 Leipzig UniversityGermany 57.714.5%24.9×16 +196.6%
10 Universität HamburgGermany 56.318.6%22.5×30 +48.6%

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 Methods and Technologies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 27% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Education Methods and Technologies.

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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.

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.