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Educational methodologies and cognitive development

Educational methodologies and cognitive development is a research topic within Developmental and Educational Psychology. Science Explorer counts 7.5k research works in it since 1953. 9.8% 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 research, including teaching methods, innovation in education, environmental education, teacher training, curriculum development, and student achievement. It also explores the use of educational technology and the impact of the learning environment on students' cognitive and social development.

  • Education
  • Research
  • Learning Processes
  • Teaching Methods
  • Innovation
  • Environmental Education
  • Teacher Training
  • Curriculum Development
  • Student Achievement
  • Educational Technology
Research works
7.5k
fractional, since 1953
In the world top 10%
731
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+12%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Ecuador
24% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Educational methodologies and cognitive development

Which countries lead Educational methodologies and cognitive development research?

By volume, Ecuador and Colombia publish the most (535 and 386 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Ecuador 535 works
  2. 2 Colombia 386 works
  3. 3 Spain 313 works
  4. 4 Mexico 282 works
  5. 5 Peru 198 works
  6. 6 Brazil 185 works
  7. 7 Chile 96 works
  8. 8 ?? 92 works
  9. 9 Argentina 87 works
  10. 10 Panama 70 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: 23.8%Colombia: 17.2%Spain: 14.0%Mexico: 12.6%6 others listed: 32.4%24%largest
Ecuador535 · 23.8%Colombia386 · 17.2%Spain313 · 14.0%Mexico282 · 12.6%6 others listed727 · 32.4%

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

Which institutions lead Educational methodologies and cognitive development research?

By volume in 2022-now, Ação Educativa publishes the most Educational methodologies and cognitive development research, followed by Universidad Técnica de Manabí and Universidad Estatal de Milagro.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Ação EducativaBrazil 101 works
  2. 2 Universidad Técnica de ManabíEcuador 67 works
  3. 3 Universidad Estatal de MilagroEcuador 62 works
  4. 4 Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador 57 works
  5. 5 Universidad César VallejoPeru 55 works
  6. 6 Popular University of CesarColombia 44 works
  7. 7 Universidad Metropolitana de Educación, Ciencia y TecnologíaPanama 40 works
  8. 8 Universidad Estatal Península de Santa ElenaEcuador 39 works
  9. 9 University of GuayaquilEcuador 31 works
  10. 10 Central University of EcuadorEcuador 28 works

Who are the leading researchers in Educational methodologies and cognitive development?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Educational methodologies and cognitive development include Ken Takahashi.

  1. 1 Ken Takahashi Japan 114k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Educational methodologies and cognitive development?

The most cited paper in Educational methodologies and cognitive development is "STEAM in education: a bibliometric analysis of performance and co-words in Web of Science" (José Antonio Marín Marín, Antonio-José Moreno-Guerrero, Pablo Dúo-Terrón et al., 2021), with 224 citations. Next come "Analysis of the concept of Meaningful Learning in light of the Ausubel's Theory" (194) and "Aprendizaje basado en problemas" (162).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 STEAM in education: a bibliometric analysis of performance and co-words in Web of Science José Antonio Marín Marín, Antonio-José Moreno-Guerrero, Pablo Dúo-Terrón et al. · International Journal of STEM Education Open access 25 Jun 2021 224
2 Analysis of the concept of Meaningful Learning in light of the Ausubel's Theory Glenda Agra, Nilton Soares Formiga, Patrícia Simplício de Oliveira et al. · Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem Open access Feb 2019 194
3 Aprendizaje basado en problemas Agustín Campos Arenas 2004 162
4 HOISAN 1.2: Programa informático para uso en Metodología Observacional António Hernández-Mendo, José Antonio López López, Julen Castellano et al. · Cuadernos de Psicología del Deporte Open access Jun 2012 156
5 BASE NACIONAL COMUM CURRICULAR Welson Barbosa Santos, Fernanda Monteiro Rigue, Polly Ana Rodrigues Ferreira · Educação em Foco Open access 28 Sep 2023 152
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Where is Educational methodologies and cognitive development research done?

The largest centres of Educational methodologies and cognitive development research in 2022-now are Bogotá (Colombia), São Paulo (Brazil), Guayaquil (Ecuador) and Mexico City (Mexico). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Valledupar, Durán and La Libertad.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BogotáColombia 125 works
  2. 2 São PauloBrazil 122 works
  3. 3 GuayaquilEcuador 111 works
  4. 4 Mexico CityMexico 87 works
  5. 5 PortoviejoEcuador 70 works
  6. 6 Panama CityPanama 70 works
  7. 7 TrujilloPeru 66 works
  8. 8 LimaPeru 62 works
  9. 9 Durán 57 works
  10. 10 MadridSpain 55 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ValleduparCO · 43.9 works625×
  2. Durán57.4 works251×
  3. La LibertadEC · 38.8 works241×
  4. PortoviejoEC · 69.8 works162×
  5. LatacungaEC · 23.8 works160×
  6. MantaEC · 22.7 works119×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Educational methodologies and cognitive development than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Educational methodologies and cognitive development?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad Técnica de Manabí, Catholic University of the Maule and Universidad Estatal de Milagro 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 17.91%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Catholic University …Universidad Técnica …Universidad César Va…Universidad Estatal …
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Universidad Técnica de ManabíEcuador 80.320.6%211.4×67 +253.0%
2Catholic University of the MauleChile 73.026.6%87.6×13 +56.4%
3Universidad Estatal de MilagroEcuador 68.513.0%247.6×62 +1117.9%
4Universidad César VallejoPeru 68.415.2%90.4×55 +102.1%
5Universidad de GranadaSpain 66.322.0%10.8×14 +9.7%
6Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador 65.215.6%327.4×57 -
7Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro de ManabíEcuador 62.419.3%139.9×23 +219.4%
8National Autonomous University of NicaraguaNicaragua 59.617.8%221.4×20 +587.5%
9Universidad Metropolitana de Educación, Ciencia y TecnologíaPanama 59.511.7%305.7×40 +1481.4%
10University of LisbonPortugal 58.317.3%9.0×16 +160.1%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Educational methodologies and cognitive development, country by country

Is Educational methodologies and cognitive development research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Educational methodologies and cognitive development.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Educational methodologies and cognitive development as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0092% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Educational methodologies and cognitive development0.012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Educational methodologies and cognitive development over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Educational methodologies and cognitive development9.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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