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Educational Practices and Policies

Educational Practices and Policies is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 17k research works in it since 1950. 12.8% 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, social pedagogy, organizational behavior, and societal challenges in Europe. It includes discussions on teaching practices, professional identity, equal opportunity, school management, inclusive education, and youth development. The papers also address the impact of societal changes on education and the role of educators in addressing these challenges.

  • Education
  • Social Pedagogy
  • Professional Identity
  • Organizational Behavior
  • Equal Opportunity
  • Teaching Practices
  • School Management
  • Inclusive Education
  • Youth Development
  • Societal Challenges
Research works
17k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
12.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-13%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Educational Practices and Policies research?

By volume, Brazil and Spain publish the most (613 and 531 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Brazil 613 works
  2. 2 Spain 531 works
  3. 3 France 340 works
  4. 4 Portugal 182 works
  5. 5 Mexico 165 works
  6. 6 Chile 145 works
  7. 7 Colombia 119 works
  8. 8 United States 114 works
  9. 9 Canada 86 works
  10. 10 Argentina 86 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.

Brazil: 25.7%Spain: 22.3%France: 14.3%Portugal: 7.6%6 others listed: 30.0%26%largest
Brazil613 · 25.7%Spain531 · 22.3%France340 · 14.3%Portugal182 · 7.6%6 others listed714 · 30.0%

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

Which institutions lead Educational Practices and Policies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of the Basque Country publishes the most Educational Practices and Policies research, followed by Universidad de Granada and Ação Educativa.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of the Basque CountrySpain 29 works
  2. 2 Universidad de GranadaSpain 28 works
  3. 3 Ação EducativaBrazil 27 works
  4. 4 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 25 works
  5. 5 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 23 works
  6. 6 Universidade do PortoPortugal 22 works
  7. 7 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 21 works
  8. 8 Universidad de MurciaSpain 21 works
  9. 9 University of LisbonPortugal 19 works
  10. 10 Universidad de MálagaSpain 19 works

Who are the leading researchers in Educational Practices and Policies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Educational Practices and Policies include Émile Durkheim, Linda Darling‐Hammond and Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer.

  1. 1 Émile Durkheim United States 2.5k citations
  2. 2 Linda Darling‐Hammond United States 2.4k citations
  3. 3 Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer Netherlands 2.2k citations

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

Where is Educational Practices and Policies research done?

The largest centres of Educational Practices and Policies research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), Madrid (Spain), Lisbon (Portugal) and Paris (France).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 104 works
  2. 2 Madrid Spain 77 works
  3. 3 Lisbon Portugal 70 works
  4. 4 Paris France 67 works
  5. 5 Santiago Chile 64 works
  6. 6 Mexico City Mexico 59 works
  7. 7 Bogotá Colombia 56 works
  8. 8 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 54 works
  9. 9 Barcelona Spain 33 works
  10. 10 Buenos Aires Argentina 32 works
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Where is the best place to study Educational Practices and Policies?

Among universities, judged by research, Universitat de Barcelona, Universidad de Granada and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 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 24.79%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universitat de Barcelona: 23, 32.5%Universidad de Granada: 28, 24.9%Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona: 18, 27.9%Universidad de Zaragoza: 12, 33.4%University of Minho: 16, 28.3%Universidad de Murcia: 21, 26.1%Universidad Internacional De La Rioja: 10, 25.3%Universidade do Porto: 22, 18.9%University of Lisbon: 19, 13.9%Universidad Autónoma de Madrid: 13, 16.7%Universidad de Zarag…Universitat de Barce…Universitat Autònoma…Universidad de Granada
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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 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 78.432.5%13.5×23 -2.1%
2 Universidad de GranadaSpain 75.324.9%17.4×28 +14.6%
3 Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain 72.427.9%14.1×18 +20.7%
4 Universidad de ZaragozaSpain 71.633.4%10.4×12 +66.6%
5 University of MinhoPortugal 69.928.3%15.3×16 +8.0%
6 Universidad de MurciaSpain 69.826.1%24.0×21 +1.9%
7 Universidad Internacional De La RiojaSpain 68.425.3%24.5×10 +256.9%
8 Universidade do PortoPortugal 65.918.9%12.8×22 -5.5%
9 University of LisbonPortugal 64.213.9%10.4×19 +66.4%
10 Universidad Autónoma de MadridSpain 64.216.7%11.2×13 +150.3%

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 Practices and Policies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Educational Practices and Policies.

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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.