Educational Outcomes and Influences

Educational Outcomes and Influences is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 11k research works in it since 1952. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the various factors influencing academic performance in higher education, including student satisfaction, educational quality, dropout rates, learning habits, socioeconomic factors, student motivation, and cognitive functioning. The research encompasses a wide range of topics related to academic performance and student success in higher education.

Academic Performance
Higher Education
Student Satisfaction
Educational Quality
Dropout Rate
Learning Habits
Socioeconomic Factors
Student Motivation
Cognitive Functioning
Educational Research

Research works: 11k
In the world top 10%: 1k
Top-10% rate: 9.8%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: +4%
Largest producer: Mexico

Educational Outcomes and Influences

Which countries lead Educational Outcomes and Influences research?

By volume, Mexico and Ecuador publish the most (718 and 513 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 Mexico 718 works
2 Ecuador 513 works
3 Peru 373 works
4 Spain 363 works
5 Colombia 266 works
6 Chile 184 works
7 Brazil 117 works
8 Argentina 106 works
9 ?? 73 works
10 United States 72 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.

Mexico718 · 25.8%Ecuador513 · 18.4%Peru373 · 13.4%Spain363 · 13.0%6 others listed818 · 29.4%

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

Which institutions lead Educational Outcomes and Influences research?

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

By volume, 2022-now

1 Ação EducativaBrazil 77 works
2 Universidad César VallejoPeru 76 works
3 Universidad Estatal de MilagroEcuador 57 works
4 National University of San MarcosPeru 44 works
5 Universidad Técnica de AmbatoEcuador 40 works
6 Tecnológico Nacional de MéxicoMexico 40 works
7 Universidad Técnica de ManabíEcuador 38 works
8 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 36 works
9 Universidad de GuadalajaraMexico 34 works
10 Universidad de San Carlos de GuatemalaGuatemala 31 works

Who are the leading researchers in Educational Outcomes and Influences?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Educational Outcomes and Influences include Francisco Herrera, Jean Piaget and Guilherme Luiz Guimaraes Borges.

1 Francisco Herrera Spain 141k citations
2 Jean Piaget Switzerland 104k citations
3 Guilherme Luiz Guimaraes Borges Mexico 98k citations
4 Robert J. Sternberg United States 94k 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 Outcomes and Influences?

The most cited paper in Educational Outcomes and Influences is "Self-Concept: Validation of Construct Interpretations" (Richard J. Shavelson, Judith J. Hubner, George C. Stanton, 1976), with 3,972 citations. Next come "El análisis factorial exploratorio de los ítems: una guía práctica, revisada y actualizada" (1,626) and "Un viaje alrededor de alfa y omega para estimar la fiabilidad de consistencia interna" (706).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	Self-Concept: Validation of Construct Interpretations Richard J. Shavelson, Judith J. Hubner, George C. Stanton · Review of Educational Research Open access	Sep 1976	3,972
2	El análisis factorial exploratorio de los ítems: una guía práctica, revisada y actualizada Susana Lloret-Segura, Adoración Ferreres-Traver, Ana Hernández et al. · Anales de Psicología Open access	12 Sep 2014	1,626
3	Un viaje alrededor de alfa y omega para estimar la fiabilidad de consistencia interna Carme Viladrich, Ariadna Angulo-Brunet, Eduardo Doval · Anales de Psicología Open access	21 Jul 2017	706
4	Self-Efficacy, Satisfaction, and Academic Achievement: The Mediator Role of Students' Expectancy-Value Beliefs Fernando Doménech-Betoret, Laura Abellán Roselló, Amparo Gómez-Artiga · Frontiers in Psychology Open access	18 Jul 2017	430
5	Aproximación al uso del coeficiente alfa de Cronbach Heidi Celina Oviedo, Adalberto Campo‐Arias · Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatría	12 Jan 2005	427

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Where is Educational Outcomes and Influences research done?

The largest centres of Educational Outcomes and Influences research in 2022-now are Mexico City (Mexico), Lima (Peru), Bogotá (Colombia) and Guayaquil (Ecuador). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Manta, La Libertad and Durán.

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 Mexico CityMexico 154 works
2 LimaPeru 143 works
3 BogotáColombia 97 works
4 GuayaquilEcuador 97 works
5 TrujilloPeru 90 works
6 São PauloBrazil 87 works
7 QuitoEcuador 65 works
8 AmbatoEcuador 63 works
9 SantiagoChile 62 works
10 Panama CityPanama 61 works

Where it is the local speciality

MantaEC · 24.0 works102×
La LibertadEC · 20.0 works101×
Durán28.2 works100×

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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Educational Outcomes and Influences than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Educational Outcomes and Influences?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad de La Laguna, Universidad César Vallejo and Universidad de Granada 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.

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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.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	Universidad de La LagunaSpain	70.1	18.4%	25.8×	15	+26.3%
2	Universidad César VallejoPeru	65.4	10.5%	101.2×	76	+84.3%
3	Universidad de GranadaSpain	64.7	21.9%	16.9×	26	-19.0%
4	Universidad Estatal de MilagroEcuador	63.6	10.5%	184.1×	57	+442.9%
5	Universidad de SalamancaSpain	63.4	22.4%	10.7×	10	+23.1%
6	University of ConcepciónChile	62.7	27.8%	27.7×	11	-48.5%
7	Universidad IndoaméricaEcuador	61.3	26.3%	54.8×	11	+114.2%
8	Universidad de OviedoSpain	60.7	21.4%	20.6×	14	-16.1%
9	Universidad Católica de la Santísima ConcepciónChile	59.8	24.8%	68.6×	10	+1.6%
10	Universidad Técnica de ManabíEcuador	59.4	12.1%	97.7×	38	+25.8%
11	Universidad Técnica de AmbatoEcuador	59.3	11.2%	99.4×	40	+230.7%
12	National University of San MarcosPeru	57.0	7.9%	64.7×	44	+23.3%
13	Universidad Nacional de ChimborazoEcuador	56.9	15.8%	95.9×	21	+127.3%
14	Universidad Nacional de San Agustin de ArequipaPeru	55.9	18.1%	60.3×	8	+55.7%
15	Central University of EcuadorEcuador	55.7	14.9%	64.1×	19	+115.9%
16	Universidad de MálagaSpain	54.7	18.8%	10.6×	9	+43.3%
17	Universidad Técnica "Luis Vargas Torres"Ecuador	53.5	18.5%	128.0×	11	+441.6%
18	Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo LeónMexico	52.8	7.4%	48.7×	28	+58.5%
19	Pontificia Universidad Católica del EcuadorEcuador	51.9	16.6%	76.2×	24	-35.0%
20	Universidad Técnica de CotopaxiEcuador	51.2	22.4%	54.2×	8	+46.5%
21	Universidad Nacional de Educación a DistanciaSpain	50.5	12.3%	22.9×	12	+31.3%
22	Pontificia Universidad Católica de ValparaísoChile	49.6	16.2%	33.0×	8	-4.3%
23	Universidad Autónoma del CarmenMexico	49.5	16.5%	266.2×	12	+27.9%
24	University of LisbonPortugal	49.5	13.4%	4.8×	10	+609.4%
25	Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador	48.4	10.5%	130.7×	28	-
26	Universidad Autónoma del Estado de MéxicoMexico	48.1	5.4%	59.7×	25	+49.5%
27	Universidad de GuadalajaraMexico	47.7	6.6%	40.7×	34	+3.8%
28	Universidad Estatal Península de Santa ElenaEcuador	47.6	9.2%	135.1×	20	+1446.3%
29	Universidad Católica de CuencaEcuador	46.7	22.3%	21.4×	12	-17.0%
30	Universidad Técnica Estatal de QuevedoEcuador	46.3	6.9%	106.0×	22	+576.3%
31	Universidad Estatal de BolívarEcuador	46.3	10.8%	161.8×	13	+423.0%
32	Universidad Metropolitana de Educación, Ciencia y TecnologíaPanama	46.0	8.2%	134.2×	22	+1121.7%
33	Universidad VeracruzanaMexico	45.9	3.6%	57.3×	30	+68.9%
34	Universidad Nacional del AltiplanoPeru	45.7	8.3%	107.3×	18	+38.4%
35	Universidad Tecnica de MachalaEcuador	45.7	14.0%	46.4×	11	+39.3%
36	Corporación Universitaria Minuto de DiosColombia	45.3	16.6%	78.5×	15	-13.4%
37	Universidad de MurciaSpain	45.3	9.1%	12.9×	11	-36.3%
38	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico	44.8	8.0%	13.1×	36	-25.4%
39	Universidad de San Carlos de GuatemalaGuatemala	44.8	3.3%	150.0×	31	+125.5%
40	University of GuayaquilEcuador	44.5	14.9%	47.6×	21	-27.1%
41	Ibero American UniversityMexico	44.2	6.5%	53.2×	11	+43.4%
42	Instituto Tecnológico Superior de XalapaMexico	37.7	1.4%	63.8×	11	+94.8%
43	Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain	36.1	19.0%	4.6×	8	-38.0%
44	Tecnológico de MonterreyMexico	30.1	7.5%	11.6×	8	-13.1%

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 Outcomes and Influences, country by country

Is Educational Outcomes and Influences research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Educational Outcomes and Influences.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Educational Outcomes and Influences as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.014% in 2024.

Fractional works of Educational Outcomes and Influences 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.

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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Which countries lead Educational Outcomes and Influences research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Educational Outcomes and Influences research?

By volume, 2022-now

Who are the leading researchers in Educational Outcomes and Influences?

What are the most cited papers in Educational Outcomes and Influences?

Where is Educational Outcomes and Influences research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where it is the local speciality

Where is the best place to study Educational Outcomes and Influences?

Is Educational Outcomes and Influences research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

Discussion