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Educational Research and Methods

Educational Research and Methods is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 24k research works in it since 1957. 9.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers various research methods in education, including qualitative and quantitative research, mixed methods, curriculum development, teaching strategies, assessment, and the learning process. It also discusses teacher professionalism and its implications for educational research.

  • Research Methods
  • Qualitative Research
  • Quantitative Research
  • Educational Research
  • Teaching Strategies
  • Curriculum Development
  • Mixed Methods
  • Assessment
  • Learning Process
  • Teacher Professionalism
Research works
24k
fractional, since 1957
In the world top 10%
2.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+221%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Indonesia
94% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Educational Research and Methods

Which countries lead Educational Research and Methods research?

By volume, Indonesia and ?? publish the most (14k and 505 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indonesia 14k works
  2. 2 ?? 505 works
  3. 3 Malaysia 121 works
  4. 4 United States 111 works
  5. 5 India 45 works
  6. 6 Singapore 37 works
  7. 7 Philippines 31 works
  8. 8 Sudan 25 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 24 works
  10. 10 Germany 20 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: 94.0%??: 3.3%Malaysia: 0.8%United States: 0.7%6 others listed: 1.2%94%largest
Indonesia14k · 94.0%??505 · 3.3%Malaysia121 · 0.8%United States111 · 0.7%6 others listed181 · 1.2%

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

Which institutions lead Educational Research and Methods research?

By volume in 2022-now, Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu publishes the most Educational Research and Methods research, followed by Indonesia University of Education and State University of Padang.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia 571 works
  2. 2 Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 391 works
  3. 3 State University of PadangIndonesia 375 works
  4. 4 State University of MakassarIndonesia 339 works
  5. 5 State University of MedanIndonesia 335 works
  6. 6 Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera UtaraIndonesia 329 works
  7. 7 Universitas PGRI SemarangIndonesia 297 works
  8. 8 Universitas Muhammadiyah Tapanuli SelatanIndonesia 284 works
  9. 9 Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia 249 works
  10. 10 State University of MalangIndonesia 245 works

Who are the leading researchers in Educational Research and Methods?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Educational Research and Methods include John W. Creswell, Juliet M. Corbin and Sigmund Freud.

  1. 1 John W. Creswell United States 186k citations
  2. 2 Juliet M. Corbin United States 148k citations
  3. 3 Sigmund Freud Brazil 97k 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 Research and Methods?

The most cited paper in Educational Research and Methods is "Evaluasi Program Pembelajaran" (Imam Gunawan, 2011), with 737 citations. Next come "MEDIA PEMBELAJARAN (Kajian terhadap Langkah-langkah Pemilihan Media dan Implementasinya dalam Pembelajaran)" (420) and "MANFAAT MEDIA DALAM PEMBELAJARAN" (384).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Evaluasi Program Pembelajaran Imam Gunawan Jun 2011 737
2 MEDIA PEMBELAJARAN (Kajian terhadap Langkah-langkah Pemilihan Media dan Implementasinya dalam Pembelajaran) Nunu Mahnun · An-Nida Open access 2 Jun 2012 420
3 MANFAAT MEDIA DALAM PEMBELAJARAN Isran Rasyid Karo-Karo, Rohani Rohani · AXIOM Jurnal Pendidikan dan Matematika Open access 29 Jun 2018 384
4 STUDI TENTANG PRESTASI BELAJAR SISWA DALAM BERBAGAI ASPEK DAN FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI Ahmad Syafii, Tri Marfiyanto, Siti Kholidatur Rodiyah · Jurnal Komunikasi Pendidikan Open access 31 Jul 2018 332
5 EFEKTIVITAS STRATEGI BIMBINGAN TEISTIK UNTUK PENGEMBANGAN RELIGIUSITAS REMAJA (Penelitian Kuasi Eksperimen Terhadap Peserta Didik Kelas X SMA Nugraha Bandung Tahun Ajaran 2014/2015) Dea Siti Ruhansih · QUANTA Jurnal Kajian Bimbingan dan Konseling dalam Pendidikan Open access 8 Nov 2017 299
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Educational Research and Methods research done?

The largest centres of Educational Research and Methods research in 2022-now are Medan (Indonesia), Jakarta (Indonesia), Bandung (Indonesia) and Makassar (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Padangsidempuan, Padang and Tasikmalaya.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 MedanIndonesia 1.1k works
  2. 2 JakartaIndonesia 1k works
  3. 3 BandungIndonesia 773 works
  4. 4 MakassarIndonesia 769 works
  5. 5 BengkuluIndonesia 727 works
  6. 6 SemarangIndonesia 694 works
  7. 7 SurabayaIndonesia 633 works
  8. 8 YogyakartaIndonesia 555 works
  9. 9 MalangIndonesia 507 works
  10. 10 PadangIndonesia 494 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. PadangsidempuanID · 284.5 works47×
  2. Padang62.3 works45×
  3. TasikmalayaID · 116.0 works39×
  4. PematangsiantarID · 30.2 works36×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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

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Where is the best place to study Educational Research and Methods?

Among universities, judged by research, Indonesia University of Education, Universitas Bangun Nusantara and Universitas Djuanda 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 16.36%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universitas Bangun N…Universitas DjuandaUniversitas Pendidik…Indonesia University…
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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
1Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 69.914.1%30.3×391 +289.6%
2Universitas Bangun NusantaraIndonesia 67.329.4%30.4×22 +52.4%
3Universitas DjuandaIndonesia 65.917.8%48.9×116 +2026.5%
4Universitas Pendidikan GaneshaIndonesia 65.415.6%34.5×179 +195.6%
5Universitas Islam Negeri Imam Bonjol Padang 64.719.8%48.0×62 +618.3%
6Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera UtaraIndonesia 64.612.4%25.3×329 +1577.3%
7State University of MalangIndonesia 63.913.0%19.8×245 +200.7%
8Sultan Idris Education UniversityMalaysia 63.420.1%10.2×27 +156.7%
9Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia 63.38.8%31.2×571 +315.0%
10Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia 62.412.6%19.0×140 +104.9%

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 Research and Methods, country by country

Is Educational Research and Methods research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 221% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Educational Research and Methods.

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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 Research and Methods as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.12% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%0.15%Educational Research and Methods0.070% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Educational Research and Methods 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 Research and Methods9.5% in 20252020

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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