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Education, Psychology, and Social Research

Education, Psychology, and Social Research is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 8.3k research works in it since 1950. 5.4% 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 pedagogical and educational research, including methods of pedagogical research, curriculum reform, psychological studies in education, digital education, and student attitudes. It also explores teaching techniques, learning environments, and the impact of teacher competence on the school climate.

  • Pedagogical Research
  • Educational Methods
  • Learning Environments
  • Curriculum Reform
  • Teaching Techniques
  • Psychological Studies
  • Digital Education
  • Student Attitudes
  • School Climate
  • Teacher Competence
Research works
8.3k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
454
per year above
Top-10% rate
5.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-19%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Education, Psychology, and Social Research research?

By volume, the Czechia and Slovakia publish the most (537 and 190 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Czechia 537 works
  2. 2 Slovakia 190 works
  3. 3 Croatia 74 works
  4. 4 United States 68 works
  5. 5 Russia 59 works
  6. 6 Poland 48 works
  7. 7 Slovenia 26 works
  8. 8 Ukraine 21 works
  9. 9 Germany 19 works
  10. 10 Hungary 18 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.

Czechia: 50.7%Slovakia: 17.9%Croatia: 7.0%United States: 6.4%6 others listed: 18.0%51%largest
Czechia537 · 50.7%Slovakia190 · 17.9%Croatia74 · 7.0%United States68 · 6.4%6 others listed191 · 18.0%

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

Which institutions lead Education, Psychology, and Social Research research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Palacký University Olomouc publishes the most Education, Psychology, and Social Research research, followed by Masaryk University and Charles University.

Who are the leading researchers in Education, Psychology, and Social Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Education, Psychology, and Social Research include Michel Foucault and Peter W.F. Wilson.

  1. 1 Michel Foucault Poland 4.6k citations
  2. 2 Peter W.F. Wilson United States 2.7k citations

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

Where is Education, Psychology, and Social Research research done?

The largest centres of Education, Psychology, and Social Research research in 2022–2025 are Prague (Czechia), Brno (Czechia), Olomouc (Czechia) and Bratislava (Slovakia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Karlovac, Trnava and Olomouc.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Prague Czechia 175 works
  2. 2 Brno Czechia 115 works
  3. 3 Olomouc Czechia 85 works
  4. 4 Bratislava Slovakia 73 works
  5. 5 Karlovac Croatia 44 works
  6. 6 Ostrava Czechia 36 works
  7. 7 Trnava Slovakia 29 works
  8. 8 Hradec Králové Czechia 26 works
  9. 9 Pilsen Czechia 23 works
  10. 10 Banská Bystrica Slovakia 20 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. KarlovacHR · 44.0 works1458×
  2. TrnavaSK · 28.9 works400×
  3. OlomoucCZ · 84.7 works347×
  4. Banská BystricaSK · 20.2 works346×
  5. Hradec KrálovéCZ · 25.6 works189×
  6. PilsenCZ · 22.6 works187×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Education, Psychology, and Social Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Education, Psychology, and Social Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Charles University, Comenius University Bratislava and University of Ostrava 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%5%10%mean 5.12%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Charles University: 54, 8.3%Comenius University Bratislava: 18, 8.5%University of Ostrava: 31, 7.5%University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice: 15, 6.4%Karlovac University of Applied Sciences: 38, 2.9%University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava: 20, 4.9%Palacký University Olomouc: 84, 2.2%Masaryk University: 64, 1.6%University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik: 10, 3.4%Matej Bel University: 18, 5.5%Comenius University …Charles UniversityUniversity of OstravaUniversity of South …
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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 Charles UniversityCzechia 53.78.3%101.0×54 -22.5%
2 Comenius University BratislavaSlovakia 53.08.5%75.9×18 +148.5%
3 University of OstravaCzechia 43.97.5%419.1×31 -15.4%
4 University of South Bohemia in České BudějoviceCzechia 41.36.4%208.1×15 +9.6%
5 Karlovac University of Applied SciencesCroatia 39.42.9%2065.5×38 +320.4%
6 University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in TrnavaSlovakia 38.34.9%494.7×20 +141.2%
7 Palacký University OlomoucCzechia 36.52.2%441.6×84 +14.7%
8 Masaryk UniversityCzechia 34.61.6%221.1×64 +48.6%
9 University of Pavol Jozef ŠafárikSlovakia 34.63.4%137.7×10 +244.0%
10 Matej Bel UniversitySlovakia 31.95.5%420.2×18 +12.6%

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, Psychology, and Social Research research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2016. The fastest-growing topics are Education, Psychology, and Social Research.

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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.