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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. 8.2% 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%
1.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
8.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-23%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Educational theories and practices research?

By volume, Spain and Mexico publish the most (453 and 328 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Spain 453 works
  2. 2 Mexico 328 works
  3. 3 Colombia 321 works
  4. 4 Argentina 198 works
  5. 5 Chile 171 works
  6. 6 Ecuador 170 works
  7. 7 Brazil 131 works
  8. 8 Peru 98 works
  9. 9 Venezuela 67 works
  10. 10 Panama 55 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: 22.7%Mexico: 16.5%Colombia: 16.1%Argentina: 9.9%6 others listed: 34.7%23%largest
Spain453 · 22.7%Mexico328 · 16.5%Colombia321 · 16.1%Argentina198 · 9.9%6 others listed691 · 34.7%

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

Which institutions lead Educational theories and practices research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Ação Educativa publishes the most Educational theories and practices research, followed by Universidad Metropolitana de Educación, Ciencia y Tecnología and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Ação EducativaBrazil 61 works
  2. 2 Universidad Metropolitana de Educación, Ciencia y TecnologíaPanama 36 works
  3. 3 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 31 works
  4. 4 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 31 works
  5. 5 National Pedagogic UniversityMexico 31 works
  6. 6 Departamento de EducaciónSpain 26 works
  7. 7 Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador?? 26 works
  8. 8 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 25 works
  9. 9 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 22 works
  10. 10 Universidad César VallejoPeru 22 works

Where is Educational theories and practices research done?

The largest centres of Educational theories and practices research in 2022–2025 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, Panama City and Caracas.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Bogotá Colombia 130 works
  2. 2 Mexico City Mexico 124 works
  3. 3 Madrid Spain 102 works
  4. 4 São Paulo Brazil 76 works
  5. 5 Buenos Aires Argentina 70 works
  6. 6 Santiago Chile 64 works
  7. 7 Panama City Panama 54 works
  8. 8 Medellín Colombia 49 works
  9. 9 Lima Peru 47 works
  10. 10 Caracas Venezuela 39 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Durán25.8 works146×
  2. Panama CityPA · 54.3 works80×
  3. CaracasVE · 38.7 works78×
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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 Bolivariana del Ecuador and University of Bío-Bío 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 24.5%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidad César Vallejo: 22, 30.4%Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador: 26, 29.0%University of Bío-Bío: 9, 25.5%University of Guayaquil: 12, 21.8%Universidad de Granada: 20, 26.4%Universidad Estatal de Milagro: 13, 28.9%Universidad Metropolitana de Educación, Ciencia y Tecnología: 36, 19.1%Universidad Técnica de Manabí: 15, 26.7%National Pedagogic University: 30, 15.3%Central University of Ecuador: 12, 21.9%Universidad César Va…Universidad Bolivari…University of Bío-BíoUniversity of Guayaq…
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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
1 Universidad César VallejoPeru 74.130.4%36.3×22 +91.7%
2Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador?? 71.129.0%146.4×26 —
3 University of Bío-BíoChile 68.625.5%90.0×9 +150.5%
4 University of GuayaquilEcuador 68.521.8%33.3×12 +488.7%
5 Universidad de GranadaSpain 66.426.4%16.6×20 -10.9%
6 Universidad Estatal de MilagroEcuador 65.528.9%50.0×13 —
7 Universidad Metropolitana de Educación, Ciencia y TecnologíaPanama 65.219.1%273.4×36 —
8 Universidad Técnica de ManabíEcuador 64.826.7%46.1×15 —
9 National Pedagogic UniversityMexico 61.015.3%198.4×30 +22.0%
10 Central University of EcuadorEcuador 59.421.9%47.5×12 —

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 theories and practices research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Educational theories and practices.

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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.