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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. 7.7% 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%
1.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
7.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+118%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Educational Research and Methods research?

By volume, Indonesia and ?? publish the most (14k and 504 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Indonesia 14k works
  2. 2 ?? 504 works
  3. 3 Malaysia 120 works
  4. 4 United States 109 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 22 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%??504 · 3.3%Malaysia120 · 0.8%United States109 · 0.7%6 others listed179 · 1.2%

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

Which institutions lead Educational Research and Methods research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu publishes the most Educational Research and Methods research, followed by Indonesia University of Education and State University of Padang.

Who are the leading researchers in Educational Research and Methods?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Educational Research and Methods include Sugiyono Sugiyono and Saifuddin Azwar.

  1. 1 Sugiyono Sugiyono Indonesia 3.2k citations
  2. 2 Saifuddin Azwar Indonesia 694 citations

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

Where is Educational Research and Methods research done?

The largest centres of Educational Research and Methods research in 2022–2025 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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Medan Indonesia 1.1k works
  2. 2 Jakarta Indonesia 1k works
  3. 3 Bandung Indonesia 768 works
  4. 4 Makassar Indonesia 762 works
  5. 5 Bengkulu Indonesia 725 works
  6. 6 Semarang Indonesia 688 works
  7. 7 Surabaya Indonesia 630 works
  8. 8 Yogyakarta Indonesia 551 works
  9. 9 Malang Indonesia 499 works
  10. 10 Padang Indonesia 492 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. PadangsidempuanID · 281.9 works45×
  2. Padang62.3 works43×
  3. TasikmalayaID · 115.3 works37×
  4. PematangsiantarID · 30.2 works34×
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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, Universitas Islam Negeri Imam Bonjol Padang, Indonesia University of Education and Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha 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 11.2%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universitas Islam Negeri Imam Bonjol Padang: 62, 16.4%Indonesia University of Education: 388, 9.7%Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha: 176, 12.0%Universitas Bangun Nusantara: 22, 17.8%UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya: 72, 14.1%Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu: 569, 6.9%State University of Malang: 238, 9.0%Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta: 133, 10.4%State University of Padang: 373, 6.4%Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University Yogyakarta: 110, 9.3%Universitas Bangun N…Universitas Islam Ne…Universitas Pendidik…Indonesia University…
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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
1Universitas Islam Negeri Imam Bonjol Padang?? 74.616.4%42.6×62 +483.3%
2 Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 73.49.7%26.6×388 +535.6%
3 Universitas Pendidikan GaneshaIndonesia 72.712.0%30.2×176 +600.7%
4 Universitas Bangun NusantaraIndonesia 71.717.8%26.6×22 +953.8%
5 UIN Sunan Ampel SurabayaIndonesia 71.414.1%15.5×72 +188.1%
6 Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia 70.96.9%27.6×569 +974.5%
7 State University of MalangIndonesia 70.59.0%17.1×238 +531.0%
8 Muhammadiyah University of SurakartaIndonesia 69.410.4%15.4×133 +380.7%
9 State University of PadangIndonesia 68.16.4%23.7×373 +326.4%
10 Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University YogyakartaIndonesia 67.09.3%15.3×110 +372.9%

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 Research and Methods research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 118% higher than in 2013–2017, 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.

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.