Educational, Social, and Political Issues
Educational, Social, and Political Issues is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 746 research works in it since 1950. 10.0% 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 sociological development, global governance, and societal challenges. It includes discussions on sociological theory, development practices, ethnic conflicts, labor laws, environmental ethics, business education, health governance, poverty, and cultural diversity.
- Sociological Theory
- Development
- Global Governance
- Ethnic Conflicts
- Labor Laws
- Environmental Ethics
- Business Education
- Health Governance
- Poverty
- Cultural Diversity
- Research works
- 746 fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 75 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.0% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- +247% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
Nigeria
77% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Which countries lead Educational, Social, and Political Issues research?
By volume, Nigeria and the United States publish the most (274 and 24 works in 2022-now).
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
Nigeria
274 works
- 2
United States
24 works
- 3
India
15 works
- 4
Kenya
11 works
- 5
United Kingdom
7 works
- 6
South Africa
7 works
- 7
Philippines
5 works
- 8 ?? 4 works
- 9
Tanzania
4 works
- 10
Ghana
4 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Educational, Social, and Political Issues research?
By volume in 2022-now, Rivers State University publishes the most Educational, Social, and Political Issues research, followed by University of Ilorin and University of Calabar.
By volume, 2022-now
- 1
Rivers State UniversityNigeria
13 works
- 2
University of IlorinNigeria
13 works
- 3
University of CalabarNigeria
12 works
- 4
University of Port HarcourtNigeria
10 works
- 5
University of UyoNigeria
9 works
- 6
University of NigeriaNigeria
9 works
- 7
Akwa Ibom State UniversityNigeria
9 works
- 8
University of AbujaNigeria
7 works
- 9
University of IbadanNigeria
7 works
- 10
Federal College of Education, KanoNigeria
7 works
Who are the leading researchers in Educational, Social, and Political Issues?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Educational, Social, and Political Issues include Stanton A. Glantz.
- 1
Stanton A. Glantz
United States
41k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Educational, Social, and Political Issues research done?
The largest centres of Educational, Social, and Political Issues research in 2022-now are Port Harcourt (Nigeria), Uyo (Nigeria), Ilorin (Nigeria) and Ado-Ekiti (Nigeria). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Port Harcourt.
Largest cities, 2022-now
Where it is the local speciality
- Port HarcourtNG · 23.4 works152×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Educational, Social, and Political Issues than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Educational, Social, and Political Issues?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Ilorin, Rivers State University and University of Nigeria 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.
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.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of IlorinNigeria |
84.8 | 8.9% | 237.2× | 13 | +101.4% |
| 2 | Rivers State UniversityNigeria |
57.6 | 6.1% | 232.4× | 13 | - |
| 3 | University of NigeriaNigeria |
54.5 | 8.3% | 99.5× | 9 | +199.0% |
| 4 | University of UyoNigeria |
48.0 | 8.9% | 284.6× | 9 | - |
| 5 | Akwa Ibom State UniversityNigeria |
43.9 | 8.5% | 424.0× | 9 | - |
| 6 | University of Port HarcourtNigeria |
43.7 | 8.6% | 172.9× | 10 | - |
| 7 | University of CalabarNigeria |
36.2 | 5.1% | 283.9× | 12 | +655.6% |
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, Social, and Political Issues, country by countryIs Educational, Social, and Political Issues research growing?
Output in 2022-2025 was 247% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Educational, Social, and Political Issues.
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, Social, and Political Issues as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00052% in 2024.
Fractional works of Educational, Social, and Political Issues over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.
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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