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Educational Methods and Psychological Studies

Educational Methods and Psychological Studies is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 5.7k research works in it since 1968. 9.7% 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 mixed method designs, family involvement in child development, instrument validation, inclusive education, teacher evaluation, curriculum development, student learning outcomes, online learning, and educational equity.

  • Mixed Method Designs
  • Education Research
  • Family Involvement
  • Instrument Validation
  • Inclusive Education
  • Teacher Evaluation
  • Curriculum Development
  • Student Learning Outcomes
  • Online Learning
  • Educational Equity
Research works
5.7k
fractional, since 1968
In the world top 10%
552
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+16%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Ecuador
28% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Educational Methods and Psychological Studies

Which countries lead Educational Methods and Psychological Studies research?

By volume, Ecuador and Mexico publish the most (559 and 317 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Ecuador 559 works
  2. 2 Mexico 317 works
  3. 3 Peru 302 works
  4. 4 Spain 227 works
  5. 5 Colombia 173 works
  6. 6 Chile 133 works
  7. 7 Brazil 110 works
  8. 8 Argentina 76 works
  9. 9 ?? 71 works
  10. 10 United States 59 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: 27.6%Mexico: 15.6%Peru: 14.9%Spain: 11.2%6 others listed: 30.7%28%largest
Ecuador559 · 27.6%Mexico317 · 15.6%Peru302 · 14.9%Spain227 · 11.2%6 others listed622 · 30.7%

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

Which institutions lead Educational Methods and Psychological Studies research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad César Vallejo publishes the most Educational Methods and Psychological Studies research, followed by Universidad Estatal de Milagro and Ação Educativa.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad César VallejoPeru 99 works
  2. 2 Universidad Estatal de MilagroEcuador 96 works
  3. 3 Ação EducativaBrazil 81 works
  4. 4 Universidad Técnica de ManabíEcuador 40 works
  5. 5 Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador 35 works
  6. 6 Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro de ManabíEcuador 34 works
  7. 7 Universidad Estatal Península de Santa ElenaEcuador 34 works
  8. 8 National University of San MarcosPeru 32 works
  9. 9 University of GuayaquilEcuador 29 works
  10. 10 Universidad Técnica de AmbatoEcuador 26 works

Who are the leading researchers in Educational Methods and Psychological Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Educational Methods and Psychological Studies include Richard E. Petty.

  1. 1 Richard E. Petty United States 106k 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 Methods and Psychological Studies?

The most cited paper in Educational Methods and Psychological Studies is "Evidencias sobre la Validez de Contenido: Avances Teóricos y Métodos para su Estimación [Content Validity Evidences: Theoretical Advances and Estimation Methods]" (Ignacio Pedrosa, Javier Suárez‐Álvarez, Eduardo Garcı́a-Cueto, 2014), with 288 citations. Next come "Preference for delayed reinforcement: An experimental study of a cultural observation." (257) and "PRECISION TEACHING: DISCOVERIES AND EFFECTS" (218).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Evidencias sobre la Validez de Contenido: Avances Teóricos y Métodos para su Estimación [Content Validity Evidences: Theoretical Advances and Estimation Methods] Ignacio Pedrosa, Javier Suárez‐Álvarez, Eduardo Garcı́a-Cueto · Acción Psicológica Open access 6 Jun 2014 288
2 Preference for delayed reinforcement: An experimental study of a cultural observation. Walter Mischel · Journal of Abnormal & Social Psychology 1958 257
3 PRECISION TEACHING: DISCOVERIES AND EFFECTS Ogden R. Lindsley · Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis Open access Mar 1992 218
4 Gender differences in emotional intelligence: The mediating effect of age. Pablo Fernández‐Berrocal, Rosario Cabello, Ruth Castillo et al. 2012 201
5 Emotional intelligence and social and academic adaptation to school. José Miguel Mestre Navas, Rocío Guil Bozal, Paulo Nuno Lopes et al. · PubMed 2006 188
All 101 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Educational Methods and Psychological Studies research done?

The largest centres of Educational Methods and Psychological Studies research in 2022-now are Guayaquil (Ecuador), Trujillo (Peru), Lima (Peru) and São Paulo (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in La Libertad, Manta and Durán.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 GuayaquilEcuador 142 works
  2. 2 TrujilloPeru 112 works
  3. 3 LimaPeru 97 works
  4. 4 São PauloBrazil 87 works
  5. 5 Mexico CityMexico 74 works
  6. 6 BogotáColombia 65 works
  7. 7 QuitoEcuador 56 works
  8. 8 MadridSpain 47 works
  9. 9 PortoviejoEcuador 47 works
  10. 10 AmbatoEcuador 45 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. La LibertadEC · 33.7 works227×
  2. MantaEC · 33.9 works193×
  3. Durán35.3 works167×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Educational Methods and Psychological Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Educational Methods and Psychological Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad César Vallejo, Politecnica Salesiana University and Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo 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 14.17%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Politecnica Salesian…Universidad Nacional…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 César VallejoPeru 73.712.7%176.4×99 +124.1%
2Politecnica Salesiana UniversityEcuador 70.123.3%83.7×12 +321.4%
3Universidad Nacional de ChimborazoEcuador 64.918.2%102.0×16 +250.1%
4Universidad Estatal de MilagroEcuador 64.47.4%417.4×96 +489.6%
5Universidad IndoaméricaEcuador 60.920.4%69.6×10 +42.8%
6Universidad de GranadaSpain 57.815.6%11.9×14 -30.5%
7Universidad Metropolitana de Educación, Ciencia y TecnologíaPanama 56.911.9%211.1×25 +756.1%
8Central University of EcuadorEcuador 56.511.2%87.8×20 +96.8%
9University of GuayaquilEcuador 55.79.4%87.0×29 +26.6%
10Universidad Nacional de LojaEcuador 55.711.6%177.5×21 +318.2%

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 Methods and Psychological Studies, country by country

Is Educational Methods and Psychological Studies research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 16% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Educational Methods and Psychological 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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Educational Methods and Psychological Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0055% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Educational Methods and Psychological Studies0.0097% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Educational Methods and Psychological Studies 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 Methods and Psychological Studies10.0% in 202520102020

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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