Educational Strategies and Epistemologies
Educational Strategies and Epistemologies is a research topic within Developmental and Educational Psychology. Science Explorer counts 15k research works in it since 1950. 37.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers explores the development, dimensions, and influences of personal epistemological beliefs, metacognition, and information literacy in various educational contexts. It investigates topics such as source evaluation, cognitive engagement, multiple text comprehension, and the role of epistemic beliefs in self-regulated learning. The research contributes to understanding how individuals form and adapt their beliefs about knowledge and knowing, particularly in the context of online research and learning.
- Epistemological Beliefs
- Metacognition
- Information Literacy
- Online Research
- Cognitive Engagement
- Source Evaluation
- Multiple Text Comprehension
- Educational Psychology
- Self-Regulated Learning
- Critical Thinking
- Research works
- 15k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 5.7k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 37.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +25% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Educational Strategies and Epistemologies research?
By volume, the United States and Türkiye publish the most (742 and 243 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 742 works
- 2 Türkiye 243 works
- 3 Germany 226 works
- 4 China 138 works
- 5 Indonesia 131 works
- 6 United Kingdom 92 works
- 7 Canada 77 works
- 8 Spain 63 works
- 9 Norway 63 works
- 10 Australia 56 works
How concentrated that is
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Which institutions lead Educational Strategies and Epistemologies research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Pennsylvania State University publishes the most Educational Strategies and Epistemologies research, followed by University of Oslo and State University of Malang.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States 18 works
- 2 University of OsloNorway 16 works
- 3 State University of MalangIndonesia 15 works
- 4 Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 13 works
- 5 Mi̇lli̇ Eği̇ti̇m BakanliğiTürkiye 13 works
- 6 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 13 works
- 7 Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore 12 works
- 8 Education University of Hong KongHong Kong 11 works
- 9 University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States 11 works
- 10 University of MichiganUnited States 11 works
Who are the leading researchers in Educational Strategies and Epistemologies?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Educational Strategies and Epistemologies include Richard E. Mayer, Herbert W. Marsh and Walter Kintsch.
- 1 Richard E. Mayer United States 4.7k citations
- 2 Herbert W. Marsh Australia 4.6k citations
- 3 Walter Kintsch United States 2.6k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Educational Strategies and Epistemologies research done?
The largest centres of Educational Strategies and Epistemologies research in 2022–2025 are Ankara (Türkiye), Istanbul (Türkiye), Beijing (China) and Oslo (Norway).
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where is the best place to study Educational Strategies and Epistemologies?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Oslo, Education University of Hong Kong and National Taiwan Normal University 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 table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of OsloNorway | 79.4 | 56.7% | 12.0× | 16 | +15.6% |
| 2 | Education University of Hong KongHong Kong | 70.1 | 59.8% | 26.8× | 11 | +5.8% |
| 3 | National Taiwan Normal UniversityTaiwan | 64.2 | 52.2% | 33.5× | 10 | +29.6% |
| 4 | Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States | 63.3 | 36.2% | 6.6× | 18 | +90.5% |
| 5 | University of GeorgiaUnited States | 62.1 | 61.9% | 8.4× | 10 | +17.1% |
| 6 | Beijing Normal UniversityChina | 55.6 | 45.1% | 6.5× | 13 | +52.6% |
| 7 | University of Maryland, College ParkUnited States | 51.0 | 66.4% | 5.7× | 9 | +9.6% |
| 8 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany | 48.3 | 49.5% | 4.6× | 8 | +105.0% |
| 9 | Arizona State UniversityUnited States | 43.8 | 47.9% | 5.4× | 10 | +18.0% |
| 10 | University of HelsinkiFinland | 43.7 | 42.4% | 6.0× | 10 | +11.5% |
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 Strategies and Epistemologies research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 25% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2023. The fastest-growing topics are Educational Strategies and Epistemologies.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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