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Educational Tools and Methods

Educational Tools and Methods is a research topic within Safety Research. Science Explorer counts 6.3k research works in it since 1951. 11.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the concept of communities of practice, focusing on promoting and assessing value creation within such communities. It delves into topics such as knowledge sharing, e-learning, digital technologies, educational innovation, social interaction, teacher training, interdisciplinary collaboration, cultural competence, and sustainability education.

  • Communities of Practice
  • Knowledge Sharing
  • E-Learning
  • Digital Technologies
  • Educational Innovation
  • Social Interaction
  • Teacher Training
  • Interdisciplinary Collaboration
  • Cultural Competence
  • Sustainability Education
Research works
6.3k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
689
per year above
Top-10% rate
11.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+10%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
France
27% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Educational Tools and Methods

Which countries lead Educational Tools and Methods research?

By volume, France and Italy publish the most (199 and 140 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 France 199 works
  2. 2 Italy 140 works
  3. 3 United States 116 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 67 works
  5. 5 Canada 54 works
  6. 6 Belgium 40 works
  7. 7 Denmark 36 works
  8. 8 China 32 works
  9. 9 Japan 30 works
  10. 10 Germany 28 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.

France: 26.8%Italy: 18.9%United States: 15.6%Indonesia: 9.0%6 others listed: 29.7%27%largest
France199 · 26.8%Italy140 · 18.9%United States116 · 15.6%Indonesia67 · 9.0%6 others listed221 · 29.7%

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

Which institutions lead Educational Tools and Methods research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Educational Tools and Methods research, followed by University of Mons and Nantes Université.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 43 works
  2. 2 University of MonsBelgium 20 works
  3. 3 Nantes UniversitéFrance 9 works
  4. 4 Aix-Marseille UniversitéFrance 9 works
  5. 5 Université de MontpellierFrance 9 works
  6. 6 Université de SherbrookeCanada 9 works
  7. 7 Université Paris CitéFrance 8 works
  8. 8 University of FlorenceItaly 7 works
  9. 9 University of TurinItaly 7 works
  10. 10 Université du Québec à MontréalCanada 7 works

What are the most cited papers in Educational Tools and Methods?

The most cited paper in Educational Tools and Methods is "The information available in brief visual presentations." (George Sperling, 1960), with 4,074 citations. Next come "Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning" (1,586) and "Digital Storytelling: A Powerful Technology Tool for the 21st Century Classroom" (1,476).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The information available in brief visual presentations. George Sperling · The Psychological Monographs 1960 4,074
2 Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning Richard E. Mayer · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter 15 Aug 2005 1,586
3 Digital Storytelling: A Powerful Technology Tool for the 21st Century Classroom Bernard Robin · Theory Into Practice 26 Jun 2008 1,476
4 TAPping into argumentation: Developments in the application of Toulmin's Argument Pattern for studying science discourse Sibel Erduran, Shirley Simon, Jonathan Osborne · Science Education Open access 4 Oct 2004 1,404
5 The promise of multimedia learning: using the same instructional design methods across different media Richard E. Mayer · Learning and Instruction 4 Mar 2003 1,326
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Educational Tools and Methods research done?

The largest centres of Educational Tools and Methods research in 2022-now are Paris (France), Rome (Italy), Mons (Belgium) and Montpellier (France). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Mons.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 ParisFrance 44 works
  2. 2 RomeItaly 23 works
  3. 3 MonsBelgium 21 works
  4. 4 MontpellierFrance 16 works
  5. 5 MontrealCanada 14 works
  6. 6 AarhusDenmark 13 works
  7. 7 MilanItaly 12 works
  8. 8 FlorenceItaly 12 works
  9. 9 NantesFrance 11 works
  10. 10 CopenhagenDenmark 11 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MonsBE · 20.7 works91×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Educational Tools and Methods than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Educational Tools and Methods?

Among universities, judged by research, Université de Sherbrooke, University of Mons and Université Paris Cité 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%2%4%mean 1.73333%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Université de Sherbr…Université Paris CitéUniversity of MonsUniversité de Montpe…
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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
1Université de SherbrookeCanada 55.53.8%36.5×9 +18.5%
2University of MonsBelgium 49.22.8%104.5×20 +22.9%
3Université Paris CitéFrance 31.63.3%10.2×8 +13.0%
4Université de MontpellierFrance 25.00.3%25.8×9 +269.9%
5Aix-Marseille UniversitéFrance 17.90.0%26.3×9 +26.3%
6Nantes UniversitéFrance 15.20.2%38.4×9 +164.6%

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 Tools and Methods, country by country

Is Educational Tools and Methods research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Educational Tools 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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Educational Tools and Methods as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0055% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Educational Tools and Methods0.0059% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Educational Tools and Methods 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 Tools and Methods10.8% 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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