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Educational theories and practices

Educational theories and practices is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 15k research works in it since 1951. 9.7% 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 qualitative research in education and social sciences, including methodology, teaching strategies, globalization, sociology, communication, and epistemology. It explores the use of qualitative methods to understand learning, teaching, and societal phenomena.

  • Qualitative Research
  • Education
  • Social Sciences
  • Methodology
  • Learning
  • Teaching Strategies
  • Globalization
  • Sociology
  • Communication
  • Epistemology
Research works
15k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
1.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-8%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Spain
23% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Educational theories and practices

Which countries lead Educational theories and practices research?

By volume, Spain and Mexico publish the most (478 and 345 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Spain 478 works
  2. 2 Mexico 345 works
  3. 3 Colombia 331 works
  4. 4 Argentina 202 works
  5. 5 Chile 177 works
  6. 6 Ecuador 172 works
  7. 7 Brazil 133 works
  8. 8 Peru 99 works
  9. 9 Venezuela 74 works
  10. 10 Panama 56 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.

Spain: 23.1%Mexico: 16.7%Colombia: 16.0%Argentina: 9.8%6 others listed: 34.4%23%largest
Spain478 · 23.1%Mexico345 · 16.7%Colombia331 · 16.0%Argentina202 · 9.8%6 others listed711 · 34.4%

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

Which institutions lead Educational theories and practices research?

By volume in 2022-now, Ação Educativa publishes the most Educational theories and practices research, followed by Universidad Metropolitana de Educación, Ciencia y Tecnología and National Pedagogic University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Ação EducativaBrazil 62 works
  2. 2 Universidad Metropolitana de Educación, Ciencia y TecnologíaPanama 36 works
  3. 3 National Pedagogic UniversityMexico 33 works
  4. 4 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 32 works
  5. 5 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 32 works
  6. 6 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 30 works
  7. 7 Departamento de EducaciónSpain 27 works
  8. 8 Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador 26 works
  9. 9 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 26 works
  10. 10 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 23 works

Who are the leading researchers in Educational theories and practices?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Educational theories and practices include Pierre Bourdıeu, Noam Chomsky and Bruno Latour.

  1. 1 Pierre Bourdıeu France 268k citations
  2. 2 Noam Chomsky United States 141k citations
  3. 3 Bruno Latour France 129k citations
  4. 4 Anthony Giddens United States 121k 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 theories and practices?

The most cited paper in Educational theories and practices is "A guide for naming research studies in Psychology" (Ignacio Montero, Orfelio Gerardo León, 2007), with 1,584 citations. Next come "Toward a fuller conception of Machismo: Development of a traditional Machismo and Caballerismo Scale." (685) and "Egocentrism and antisocial behavior: The assessment and training of social perspective-taking skills." (504).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A guide for naming research studies in Psychology Ignacio Montero, Orfelio Gerardo León · DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) Open access 2007 1,584
2 Toward a fuller conception of Machismo: Development of a traditional Machismo and Caballerismo Scale. G. Miguel Arciniega, Thomas C. Anderson, Zoila G. Tovar‐Blank et al. · Journal of Counseling Psychology 2008 685
3 Egocentrism and antisocial behavior: The assessment and training of social perspective-taking skills. Michael J. Chandler · Developmental Psychology Nov 1973 504
4 Scaffolding the development of effective collaboration and learning Sylvia Rojas‐Drummond, Neil Mercer · International Journal of Educational Research 2003 345
5 formal pragmatics and social criticism: the philosophy of language and the critique of ideology in habermas's theory of communicative action James F. Bohman · Philosophy & Social Criticism Oct 1986 255
All 101 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Educational theories and practices research done?

The largest centres of Educational theories and practices research in 2022-now are Bogotá (Colombia), Mexico City (Mexico), Madrid (Spain) and São Paulo (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Durán, Manizales and Caracas.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BogotáColombia 134 works
  2. 2 Mexico CityMexico 131 works
  3. 3 MadridSpain 107 works
  4. 4 São PauloBrazil 77 works
  5. 5 Buenos AiresArgentina 72 works
  6. 6 SantiagoChile 66 works
  7. 7 Panama CityPanama 55 works
  8. 8 MedellínColombia 50 works
  9. 9 LimaPeru 48 works
  10. 10 CaracasVenezuela 42 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Durán25.8 works123×
  2. ManizalesCO · 20.4 works87×
  3. CaracasVE · 42.3 works79×
  4. Panama CityPA · 55.0 works74×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Educational theories and practices than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Educational theories and practices?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad César Vallejo, Universidad de Granada and Universitat de València 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 17.15%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidad César Va…Universidad Técnica …Universidad de GranadaUniversitat de Valèn…
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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
1Universidad César VallejoPeru 81.629.7%40.0×22 +664.0%
2Universidad de GranadaSpain 65.814.4%19.2×22 -7.4%
3Universitat de ValènciaSpain 65.09.4%20.9×24 +32.6%
4Universidad Técnica de ManabíEcuador 64.524.7%50.4×15 +243.0%
5Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 63.56.7%17.4×32 +64.4%
6Universidad Metropolitana de Educación, Ciencia y TecnologíaPanama 63.49.9%299.1×36 +1597.4%
7Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador 60.916.4%160.2×26 -
8Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 58.012.4%11.8×18 -41.7%
9Central University of EcuadorEcuador 57.621.3%52.0×12 +899.3%
10Universidad de ManizalesColombia 56.726.6%140.4×9 +85.5%

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 theories and practices, country by country

Is Educational theories and practices research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024.

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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 theories and practices as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.015% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Educational theories and practices0.012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Educational theories and practices 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 theories and practices9.8% in 2025200020102020

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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