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Educational Curriculum and Learning Methods

Educational Curriculum and Learning Methods is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 61k research works in it since 1952. 16.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the implementation and development of the Merdeka Belajar (Independent Learning) curriculum, emphasizing the Kampus Merdeka (Independent Campus) concept. It explores topics such as curriculum development, character education, educational policy, 21st century skills, teacher competency, local wisdom integration, social studies learning models, and the application of neuroscience in education.

  • Merdeka Belajar
  • Kampus Merdeka
  • Curriculum Development
  • Character Education
  • Educational Policy
  • 21st Century Skills
  • Teacher Competency
  • Local Wisdom
  • Social Studies Learning Model
  • Neuroscience in Education
Research works
61k
fractional, since 1952
In the world top 10%
9.7k
per year above
Top-10% rate
16.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+589%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Educational Curriculum and Learning Methods research?

By volume, Indonesia and ?? publish the most (30k and 1k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Indonesia 30k works
  2. 2 ?? 1k works
  3. 3 United States 232 works
  4. 4 Malaysia 212 works
  5. 5 Philippines 116 works
  6. 6 India 95 works
  7. 7 Singapore 94 works
  8. 8 Thailand 69 works
  9. 9 Sudan 60 works
  10. 10 Bangladesh 56 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.

Indonesia: 93.9%??: 3.2%United States: 0.7%Malaysia: 0.7%6 others listed: 1.5%94%largest
Indonesia30k · 93.9%??1,012 · 3.2%United States232 · 0.7%Malaysia212 · 0.7%6 others listed490 · 1.5%

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

Which institutions lead Educational Curriculum and Learning Methods research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu publishes the most Educational Curriculum and Learning Methods research, followed by State University of Padang and Indonesia University of Education.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia 1.1k works
  2. 2 State University of PadangIndonesia 1k works
  3. 3 Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 1k works
  4. 4 State University of MakassarIndonesia 672 works
  5. 5 State University of MalangIndonesia 653 works
  6. 6 State University of MedanIndonesia 604 works
  7. 7 Universitas Muhammadiyah Tapanuli SelatanIndonesia 598 works
  8. 8 Universitas PGRI SemarangIndonesia 592 works
  9. 9 Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia 563 works
  10. 10 Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera UtaraIndonesia 560 works

Who are the leading researchers in Educational Curriculum and Learning Methods?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Educational Curriculum and Learning Methods include Agus Purwanto and Imam Gunawan.

  1. 1 Agus Purwanto Indonesia 348 citations
  2. 2 Imam Gunawan Indonesia 328 citations

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

Where is Educational Curriculum and Learning Methods research done?

The largest centres of Educational Curriculum and Learning Methods research in 2022–2025 are Jakarta (Indonesia), Medan (Indonesia), Bandung (Indonesia) and Yogyakarta (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Curup, Padangsidempuan and Purworejo.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Jakarta Indonesia 2.1k works
  2. 2 Medan Indonesia 2k works
  3. 3 Bandung Indonesia 1.8k works
  4. 4 Yogyakarta Indonesia 1.6k works
  5. 5 Semarang Indonesia 1.5k works
  6. 6 Bengkulu Indonesia 1.5k works
  7. 7 Malang Indonesia 1.3k works
  8. 8 Makassar Indonesia 1.3k works
  9. 9 Padang Indonesia 1.3k works
  10. 10 Surabaya Indonesia 1.3k works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Curup43.6 works62×
  2. PadangsidempuanID · 597.6 works45×
  3. PurworejoID · 65.1 works34×
  4. Purwokerto75.1 works33×
  5. Kelurahan TounsaruID · 238.3 works31×
  6. Padang94.2 works30×
  7. SingarajaID · 428.4 works30×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Educational Curriculum and Learning Methods than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Educational Curriculum and Learning Methods?

Among universities, judged by research, Indonesia University of Education, Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha and Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta 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 19.02%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Indonesia University of Education: 1,004, 21.7%Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha: 387, 24.4%Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta: 367, 24.0%Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu: 1,149, 14.9%Yogyakarta State University: 513, 19.4%State University of Padang: 1,050, 14.6%State University of Malang: 654, 16.7%Universitas Negeri Surabaya: 563, 18.0%State University of Semarang: 528, 17.1%Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University Yogyakarta: 365, 19.4%Universitas Pendidik…Muhammadiyah Univers…Indonesia University…Institut Agama Islam…
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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 Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 72.021.7%32.4×1,004 +1409.5%
2 Universitas Pendidikan GaneshaIndonesia 69.424.4%31.1×387 +3718.5%
3 Muhammadiyah University of SurakartaIndonesia 69.324.0%19.9×367 +1077.1%
4 Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia 68.714.9%26.2×1,149 +2326.5%
5 Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia 68.219.4%29.0×513 +416.9%
6 State University of PadangIndonesia 68.114.6%31.3×1,050 +926.8%
7 State University of MalangIndonesia 67.816.7%22.0×654 +1983.1%
8 Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia 67.718.0%24.1×563 +395.4%
9 State University of SemarangIndonesia 67.017.1%22.3×528 +383.0%
10 Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University YogyakartaIndonesia 66.719.4%23.8×365 +642.2%

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 Curriculum and Learning Methods research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 589% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Educational Curriculum and Learning Methods.

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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.