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Educational Leadership and Innovation

Educational Leadership and Innovation is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 7.7k research works in it since 1953. 18.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores heutagogy, a learning theory focused on self-determined learning, and its application in lifelong learning, digital leadership, and the development of 21st-century skills. It also delves into the intersection of heutagogy with pedagogy, andragogy, complexity theory, and systems biology, as well as the role of educational technology in facilitating self-directed learning.

  • Heutagogy
  • Self-determined Learning
  • Digital Leadership
  • Lifelong Learning
  • 21st Century Skills
  • Systems Biology
  • Pedagogy
  • Andragogy
  • Complexity Theory
  • Educational Technology
Research works
7.7k
fractional, since 1953
In the world top 10%
1.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
18.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+150%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Educational Leadership and Innovation research?

By volume, Indonesia and the United States publish the most (495 and 410 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Indonesia 495 works
  2. 2 United States 410 works
  3. 3 India 223 works
  4. 4 Malaysia 150 works
  5. 5 China 144 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 125 works
  7. 7 South Africa 91 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 82 works
  9. 9 Australia 75 works
  10. 10 Germany 73 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: 26.5%United States: 22.0%India: 11.9%Malaysia: 8.1%6 others listed: 31.6%26%largest
Indonesia495 · 26.5%United States410 · 22.0%India223 · 11.9%Malaysia150 · 8.1%6 others listed591 · 31.6%

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

Which institutions lead Educational Leadership and Innovation research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Johannesburg publishes the most Educational Leadership and Innovation research, followed by State University of Malang and National University of Malaysia.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 21 works
  2. 2 State University of MalangIndonesia 18 works
  3. 3 National University of MalaysiaMalaysia 17 works
  4. 4 University of South AfricaSouth Africa 17 works
  5. 5 Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia 16 works
  6. 6 Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 15 works
  7. 7 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 15 works
  8. 8 Binus UniversityIndonesia 14 works
  9. 9 State University of PadangIndonesia 12 works
  10. 10 State University of MakassarIndonesia 12 works

Where is Educational Leadership and Innovation research done?

The largest centres of Educational Leadership and Innovation research in 2022–2025 are Jakarta (Indonesia), Bandung (Indonesia), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) and Yogyakarta (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Johannesburg and Kuala Lumpur.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Jakarta Indonesia 72 works
  2. 2 Bandung Indonesia 52 works
  3. 3 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 49 works
  4. 4 Yogyakarta Indonesia 39 works
  5. 5 Surabaya Indonesia 33 works
  6. 6 Makassar Indonesia 33 works
  7. 7 Malang Indonesia 29 works
  8. 8 London United Kingdom 29 works
  9. 9 Johannesburg South Africa 25 works
  10. 10 Pretoria South Africa 24 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. JohannesburgZA · 24.8 works6.6×
  2. Kuala LumpurMY · 48.6 works6.5×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Educational Leadership and Innovation than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Educational Leadership and Innovation?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Johannesburg, National University of Malaysia and Sultan Idris Education University 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%mean 25.91%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Johannesburg: 21, 37.8%National University of Malaysia: 17, 34.3%Sultan Idris Education University: 9, 31.5%University of South Africa: 17, 19.2%University of Malaya: 11, 31.0%Yogyakarta State University: 16, 16.8%University of Technology Malaysia: 9, 31.5%Binus University: 14, 17.1%State University of Malang: 18, 22.2%Universiti Teknologi MARA: 15, 17.7%University of Johann…National University …Sultan Idris Educati…University 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 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 89.637.8%11.0×21 —
2 National University of MalaysiaMalaysia 86.134.3%9.1×17 +120.9%
3 Sultan Idris Education UniversityMalaysia 64.531.5%14.4×9 —
4 University of South AfricaSouth Africa 61.019.2%12.7×17 +56.2%
5 University of MalayaMalaysia 58.331.0%6.6×11 —
6 Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia 57.516.8%9.3×16 —
7 University of Technology MalaysiaMalaysia 54.431.5%6.5×9 —
8 Binus UniversityIndonesia 52.417.1%8.5×14 —
9 State University of MalangIndonesia 52.022.2%6.1×18 —
10 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 48.117.7%6.2×15 —

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 Leadership and Innovation research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 150% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Educational Leadership and Innovation.

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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.