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Educational Innovations and Technology

Educational Innovations and Technology is a research topic within Information Systems. Science Explorer counts 31k research works in it since 1967. 13.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in education, with a focus on distance learning, virtual teaching, and the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. It addresses topics such as the digital divide, e-learning, pedagogical strategies for online education, and the development of digital competence among educators and students.

  • ICT
  • Education
  • Distance Learning
  • COVID-19
  • Virtual Teaching
  • Digital Divide
  • E-learning
  • Pedagogy
  • Online Education
  • Digital Competence
Research works
31k
fractional, since 1967
In the world top 10%
4.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
13.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+164%
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Which countries lead Educational Innovations and Technology research?

By volume, Ecuador and Mexico publish the most (1.9k and 1.8k works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Ecuador 1.9k works
  2. 2 Mexico 1.8k works
  3. 3 Spain 1.6k works
  4. 4 Peru 1.4k works
  5. 5 Colombia 984 works
  6. 6 Brazil 562 works
  7. 7 Chile 477 works
  8. 8 Argentina 381 works
  9. 9 ?? 348 works
  10. 10 United States 258 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.

Ecuador: 19.5%Mexico: 18.6%Spain: 16.6%Peru: 14.3%6 others listed: 30.9%20%largest
Ecuador1,906 · 19.5%Mexico1,819 · 18.6%Spain1,624 · 16.6%Peru1,397 · 14.3%6 others listed3,011 · 30.9%

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

Which institutions lead Educational Innovations and Technology research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidad César Vallejo publishes the most Educational Innovations and Technology research, followed by Ação Educativa and Universidad Técnica de Manabí.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universidad César VallejoPeru 459 works
  2. 2 Ação EducativaBrazil 341 works
  3. 3 Universidad Técnica de ManabíEcuador 171 works
  4. 4 Universidad Estatal de MilagroEcuador 171 works
  5. 5 University of GuayaquilEcuador 170 works
  6. 6 Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador?? 165 works
  7. 7 Universidad Metropolitana de Educación, Ciencia y TecnologíaPanama 141 works
  8. 8 National University of San MarcosPeru 131 works
  9. 9 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 122 works
  10. 10 Departamento de EducaciónSpain 99 works

Who are the leading researchers in Educational Innovations and Technology?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Educational Innovations and Technology include Francisco José García‐Peñalvo.

  1. 1 Francisco José García‐Peñalvo Spain 1k citations

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

Where is Educational Innovations and Technology research done?

The largest centres of Educational Innovations and Technology research in 2022–2025 are Trujillo (Peru), Lima (Peru), Mexico City (Mexico) and Guayaquil (Ecuador). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Quito, Azogues and Durán.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Trujillo Peru 525 works
  2. 2 Lima Peru 495 works
  3. 3 Mexico City Mexico 468 works
  4. 4 Guayaquil Ecuador 427 works
  5. 5 São Paulo Brazil 381 works
  6. 6 Bogotá Colombia 366 works
  7. 7 Madrid Spain 280 works
  8. 8 Panama City Panama 254 works
  9. 9 Quito Ecuador 244 works
  10. 10 Portoviejo Ecuador 192 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Quito48.4 works257×
  2. Azogues29.6 works218×
  3. Durán164.9 works183×
  4. GuarandaEC · 40.6 works118×
  5. EsmeraldasEC · 41.5 works115×
  6. La LibertadEC · 66.2 works107×
  7. BabahoyoEC · 39.6 works106×
  8. TrujilloPE · 524.8 works104×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Educational Innovations and Technology than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Educational Innovations and Technology?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad César Vallejo, Universidad de Granada and Universitat Rovira i Virgili 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%20%40%60%mean 28.1%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidad César Vallejo: 459, 18.2%Universidad de Granada: 74, 30.1%Universitat Rovira i Virgili: 19, 46.0%University of Guayaquil: 170, 14.1%Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador: 68, 21.9%Universidad Autónoma de Chile: 13, 28.7%Universidad de Salamanca: 46, 27.7%Universidad de Zaragoza: 38, 29.1%Universidad Estatal de Milagro: 171, 13.8%Catholic University of Ávila: 10, 51.4%Universitat Rovira i…Universidad de GranadaUniversidad César Va…University of Guayaq…
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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 Universidad César VallejoPeru 71.318.2%147.2×459 +1033.2%
2 Universidad de GranadaSpain 69.130.1%12.3×74 +151.3%
3 Universitat Rovira i VirgiliSpain 67.246.0%11.6×19 +69.8%
4 University of GuayaquilEcuador 65.914.1%92.4×170 +3496.3%
5 Pontificia Universidad Católica del EcuadorEcuador 65.721.9%50.4×68 +3028.3%
6 Universidad Autónoma de ChileChile 65.728.7%19.5×13 +276.9%
7 Universidad de SalamancaSpain 65.027.7%13.4×46 +156.2%
8 Universidad de ZaragozaSpain 64.829.1%9.0×38 +310.1%
9 Universidad Estatal de MilagroEcuador 64.613.8%133.2×171 +957.5%
10 Catholic University of ÁvilaSpain 64.551.4%44.0×10 —

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 Innovations and Technology research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 164% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2021. The fastest-growing topics are Educational Innovations and Technology.

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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.