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Education, Philosophy, and Society

Education, Philosophy, and Society is a research topic within Philosophy. Science Explorer counts 1.5k research works in it since 1950. 10.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of philosophy, education, and practice, with a focus on the works of Alasdair MacIntyre. It delves into topics such as teaching as a practice, ethics of teaching, educational aims, literature as communication, Aristotelian philosophy, state crimes against democracy, critical inquiry, humanities research, and professional development.

  • MacIntyre
  • Teaching as a Practice
  • Ethics of Teaching
  • Educational Aims
  • Literature as Communication
  • Aristotelian Philosophy
  • Critical Inquiry
  • Humanities Research
  • State Crimes Against Democracy
  • Professional Development
Research works
1.5k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
159
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+56%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
39% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Education, Philosophy, and Society

Which countries lead Education, Philosophy, and Society research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (122 and 49 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 122 works
  2. 2 India 49 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 48 works
  4. 4 China 28 works
  5. 5 Canada 15 works
  6. 6 Australia 14 works
  7. 7 Germany 12 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 10 works
  9. 9 Italy 7 works
  10. 10 Japan 6 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: 39.3%India: 15.9%United Kingdom: 15.4%China: 9.1%6 others listed: 20.4%39%largest
United States122 · 39.3%India49 · 15.9%United Kingdom48 · 15.4%China28 · 9.1%6 others listed63 · 20.4%

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

Which institutions lead Education, Philosophy, and Society research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of Oxford publishes the most Education, Philosophy, and Society research, followed by G.S. Science, Arts And Commerce College and Usak University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 5 works
  2. 2 G.S. Science, Arts And Commerce CollegeIndia 4 works
  3. 3 Usak UniversityTürkiye 4 works
  4. 4 Shanghai Academy of Educational SciencesChina 3 works
  5. 5 University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom 3 works
  6. 6 Emory UniversityUnited States 2 works
  7. 7 University of RedlandsUnited States 2 works
  8. 8 University College DublinIreland 2 works
  9. 9 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 2 works
  10. 10 Princeton UniversityUnited States 2 works

Who are the leading researchers in Education, Philosophy, and Society?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Education, Philosophy, and Society include Kypros H. Nicolaides, Anthony Giddens and James G. March.

  1. 1 Kypros H. Nicolaides United Kingdom 138k citations
  2. 2 Anthony Giddens United States 121k citations
  3. 3 James G. March United States 111k 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, Philosophy, and Society?

The most cited paper in Education, Philosophy, and Society is "WHY “WHAT WORKS” WON’T WORK: EVIDENCE‐BASED PRACTICE AND THE DEMOCRATIC DEFICIT IN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH" (Gert Biesta, 2007), with 1,643 citations. Next come "The Chronicle of Higher Education" (1,580) and "Whose Side Are We On?" (1,570).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 WHY “WHAT WORKS” WON’T WORK: EVIDENCE‐BASED PRACTICE AND THE DEMOCRATIC DEFICIT IN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Gert Biesta · Educational Theory Open access Feb 2007 1,643
2 The Chronicle of Higher Education Gail A. Herndon · Serials Review Apr 1977 1,580
3 Whose Side Are We On? Howard S. Becker · Social Problems 1967 1,570
4 “GOOD‐BYE, TEACHER …”1 Fred S. Keller · Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis Open access Mar 1968 1,141
5 Two Treatises of Government, by John Locke, Peter Laslett Rosalie Littell Colie · Political Science Quarterly Jun 1961 879
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Where is Education, Philosophy, and Society research done?

The largest centres of Education, Philosophy, and Society research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), New York (United States), Beijing (China) and Oxford (United Kingdom).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LondonUnited Kingdom 10 works
  2. 2 New YorkUnited States 8 works
  3. 3 BeijingChina 6 works
  4. 4 OxfordUnited Kingdom 5 works
  5. 5 WuhanChina 5 works
  6. 6 AkolaIndia 4 works
  7. 7 ShanghaiChina 4 works
  8. 8 UşakTürkiye 4 works
  9. 9 TorontoCanada 4 works
  10. 10 Washington D.C.United States 4 works
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Is Education, Philosophy, and Society research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 56% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Education, Philosophy, and Society.

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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, Philosophy, and Society as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00080% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Education, Philosophy, and Society 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.

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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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