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Educational and Social Studies

Educational and Social Studies is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 10k research works in it since 1950. 6.0% 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 education, pedagogy, and learning. It includes research on family dynamics, narrative approaches to teaching, inclusive education, qualitative research methods, and the role of emotions in the classroom. The cluster also explores the intersection of education with psychology, sociology, and philosophy.

  • Pedagogy
  • Education
  • Learning
  • Family
  • Research
  • Teaching
  • Narrative
  • Cura
  • Inclusion
  • Qualitative
Research works
10k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
593
per year above
Top-10% rate
6.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+41%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Educational and Social Studies research?

By volume, Italy and the United States publish the most (1.2k and 117 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Italy 1.2k works
  2. 2 United States 117 works
  3. 3 France 111 works
  4. 4 Spain 64 works
  5. 5 Brazil 51 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 30 works
  7. 7 Switzerland 30 works
  8. 8 Germany 26 works
  9. 9 Romania 19 works
  10. 10 Poland 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.

Italy: 72.4%United States: 6.9%France: 6.6%Spain: 3.8%6 others listed: 10.3%72%largest
Italy1,220 · 72.4%United States117 · 6.9%France111 · 6.6%Spain64 · 3.8%6 others listed173 · 10.3%

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

Which institutions lead Educational and Social Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Florence publishes the most Educational and Social Studies research, followed by University of Milan and Ca' Foscari University of Venice.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of FlorenceItaly 103 works
  2. 2 University of MilanItaly 59 works
  3. 3 Ca' Foscari University of VeniceItaly 56 works
  4. 4 University of BolognaItaly 48 works
  5. 5 University of TurinItaly 36 works
  6. 6 Roma Tre UniversityItaly 33 works
  7. 7 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 31 works
  8. 8 University of Milano-BicoccaItaly 26 works
  9. 9 University of CataniaItaly 25 works
  10. 10 University of Bari Aldo MoroItaly 25 works

Where is Educational and Social Studies research done?

The largest centres of Educational and Social Studies research in 2022–2025 are Rome (Italy), Milan (Italy), Florence (Italy) and Venice (Italy). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Venice, Florence and Siena.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Rome Italy 187 works
  2. 2 Milan Italy 141 works
  3. 3 Florence Italy 133 works
  4. 4 Venice Italy 64 works
  5. 5 Bologna Italy 57 works
  6. 6 Naples Italy 51 works
  7. 7 Turin Italy 44 works
  8. 8 Paris France 34 works
  9. 9 Bari Italy 34 works
  10. 10 Siena Italy 27 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. VeniceIT · 63.8 works106×
  2. FlorenceIT · 133.2 works88×
  3. SienaIT · 26.6 works64×
  4. PerugiaIT · 21.1 works47×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Educational and Social Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Educational and Social Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Bologna, University of Turin and University of Florence 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 8.32%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Bologna: 48, 14.5%University of Turin: 36, 7.7%University of Florence: 103, 3.5%University of Perugia: 15, 7.7%University of Salerno: 20, 9.4%University of Pavia: 13, 10.1%University of Messina: 10, 8.2%Sapienza University of Rome: 31, 8.7%University of Urbino: 8, 5.9%University of Pisa: 18, 7.5%University of BolognaUniversity of TurinUniversity of PerugiaUniversity of Florence
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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 BolognaItaly 55.714.5%33.6×48 +80.0%
2 University of TurinItaly 45.77.7%41.0×36 +172.1%
3 University of FlorenceItaly 45.03.5%110.7×103 +185.8%
4 University of PerugiaItaly 40.07.7%40.0×15 +288.1%
5 University of SalernoItaly 38.19.4%36.8×20 +101.0%
6 University of PaviaItaly 38.010.1%27.7×13 +94.2%
7 University of MessinaItaly 35.18.2%23.8×10 +170.1%
8 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 34.98.7%15.7×31 +29.3%
9 University of UrbinoItaly 33.75.9%62.6×8 +208.2%
10 University of PisaItaly 33.17.5%21.5×18 +90.2%

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 Educational and Social Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 41% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Educational and Social Studies.

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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.