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 Germany 1.9k works
- 2 Switzerland 211 works
- 3 Austria 196 works
- 4 United States 47 works
- 5 United Kingdom 18 works
- 6 Denmark 14 works
- 7 China 14 works
- 8 Estonia 14 works
- 9 South Korea 11 works
- 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.
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.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 DIPF | Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in EducationGermany 97 works
- 2 Zurich University of Teacher EducationSwitzerland 60 works
- 3 University of Duisburg-EssenGermany 51 works
- 4 TU Dortmund UniversityGermany 48 works
- 5 University of MünsterGermany 47 works
- 6 Technische Universität DresdenGermany 46 works
- 7 University of CologneGermany 41 works
- 8 Paderborn UniversityGermany 38 works
- 9 Bielefeld UniversityGermany 37 works
- 10 Universität HamburgGermany 30 works
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 Frank Fischer Germany 1.7k citations
- 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
Where it is the local speciality
- Baden bei WienAT · 24.0 works900×
- PaderbornDE · 39.6 works98×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Education Methods and Technologies than the world average.
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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of WuppertalGermany | 62.7 | 25.9% | 51.9× | 18 | +197.0% |
| 2 | Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinGermany | 60.3 | 22.5% | 13.8× | 12 | +211.3% |
| 3 | Philipps University of MarburgGermany | 59.6 | 16.8% | 36.5× | 21 | +195.6% |
| 4 | Bielefeld UniversityGermany | 59.5 | 15.5% | 66.6× | 37 | +123.3% |
| 5 | University of CologneGermany | 59.4 | 13.6% | 53.2× | 41 | +104.9% |
| 6 | Paderborn UniversityGermany | 59.3 | 22.4% | 114.0× | 38 | +68.7% |
| 7 | Martin Luther University Halle-WittenbergGermany | 58.1 | 18.6% | 55.8× | 23 | +120.9% |
| 8 | University of Duisburg-EssenGermany | 58.0 | 17.6% | 67.6× | 50 | +31.7% |
| 9 | Leipzig UniversityGermany | 57.7 | 14.5% | 24.9× | 16 | +196.6% |
| 10 | Universität HamburgGermany | 56.3 | 18.6% | 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.
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.