Engineering Education and Pedagogy

Engineering Education and Pedagogy is a research topic within Architecture. Science Explorer counts 14k research works in it since 1950. 9.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on innovations in engineering education, curriculum development, and the integration of entrepreneurship, hands-on learning, and project-based experiences. It emphasizes assessment strategies, multidisciplinary approaches, and the cultivation of innovation, invention, teamwork, and leadership skills among engineering students.

Engineering Education
Curriculum Development
Entrepreneurship
Hands-On Learning
Integrated First-Year Curriculum
Project-Based Learning
Assessment Strategies
Multidisciplinary Experiences
Innovation and Invention
Teamwork and Leadership

Research works: 14k
In the world top 10%: 1.3k
Top-10% rate: 9.9%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: -61%
Largest producer: United States

Engineering Education and Pedagogy

Which countries lead Engineering Education and Pedagogy research?

By volume, the United States and Canada publish the most (1.4k and 61 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 United States 1.4k works
2 Canada 61 works
3 India 42 works
4 United Kingdom 40 works
5 Germany 31 works
6 China 28 works
7 Spain 28 works
8 Mexico 28 works
9 Australia 28 works
10 Indonesia 23 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.

United States1,439 · 82.4%Canada61 · 3.5%India42 · 2.4%United Kingdom40 · 2.3%6 others listed166 · 9.5%

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

Which institutions lead Engineering Education and Pedagogy research?

By volume in 2022-now, Pennsylvania State University publishes the most Engineering Education and Pedagogy research, followed by Purdue University West Lafayette and Virginia Tech.

By volume, 2022-now

1 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States 36 works
2 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States 35 works
3 Virginia TechUnited States 24 works
4 The Ohio State UniversityUnited States 20 works
5 Texas A&M University SystemUnited States 17 works
6 Texas A&M UniversityUnited States 17 works
7 United States Department of DefenseUnited States 17 works
8 North Carolina State UniversityUnited States 16 works
9 University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States 15 works
10 University of MichiganUnited States 15 works

What are the most cited papers in Engineering Education and Pedagogy?

The most cited paper in Engineering Education and Pedagogy is "Engineering design — A systematic approach" (Kevin L. Edwards, 1995), with 2,132 citations. Next come "Mathematics in Science and Engineering" (1,987) and "The Role of the Laboratory in Undergraduate Engineering Education" (1,651).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	Engineering design — A systematic approach Kevin L. Edwards · Materials & Design (1980-2015)	1995	2,132
2	Mathematics in Science and Engineering W.F. Ames · Mathematics in Science and Engineering/Mathematics in science and engineering Book chapter	1999	1,987
3	The Role of the Laboratory in Undergraduate Engineering Education Lyle Dean Feisel, Albert J. Rosa · Journal of Engineering Education	2005	1,651
4	Defining Computational Thinking for Mathematics and Science Classrooms David Weintrop, Elham Hosseini‐Beheshti, Michael Horn et al. · Journal of Science Education and Technology	8 Oct 2015	1,609
5	Planning Early for Careers in Science Robert H. Tai, Christine Qi Liu, Adam Vincent Maltese et al. · Science	26 May 2006	1,103

All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Engineering Education and Pedagogy research done?

The largest centres of Engineering Education and Pedagogy research in 2022-now are State College (United States), West Lafayette (United States), Washington D.C. (United States) and Blacksburg (United States).

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 State CollegeUnited States 35 works
2 West LafayetteUnited States 35 works
3 Washington D.C.United States 31 works
4 BlacksburgUnited States 24 works
5 ColumbusUnited States 21 works
6 BostonUnited States 18 works
7 BoulderUnited States 18 works
8 BaltimoreUnited States 18 works
9 AtlantaUnited States 17 works
10 PittsburghUnited States 17 works

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Where is the best place to study Engineering Education and Pedagogy?

Among universities, judged by research, Purdue University West Lafayette, Tecnológico de Monterrey and Pennsylvania State 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.

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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.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States	62.2	13.5%	20.8×	35	-78.1%
2	Tecnológico de MonterreyMexico	61.1	15.0%	25.5×	12	+81.3%
3	Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States	59.6	12.0%	18.5×	36	-67.7%
4	North Carolina State UniversityUnited States	54.2	14.6%	16.5×	16	-67.0%
5	Virginia TechUnited States	54.1	10.3%	24.1×	24	-64.1%
6	Arizona State UniversityUnited States	52.6	17.3%	12.7×	15	-82.8%
7	University of WashingtonUnited States	50.2	23.5%	4.5×	9	-63.4%
8	The Ohio State UniversityUnited States	49.5	14.1%	9.3×	20	-52.2%
9	University of OklahomaUnited States	47.2	21.8%	17.1×	11	-51.6%
10	The University of Texas at AustinUnited States	45.5	13.9%	9.3×	14	-50.8%
11	University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States	44.8	11.0%	9.8×	15	-42.5%
12	Texas A&M UniversityUnited States	44.6	10.2%	11.8×	17	-64.4%
13	University of TorontoCanada	43.4	22.8%	2.7×	10	-31.0%
14	University of MichiganUnited States	42.3	14.1%	5.5×	15	-57.9%
15	Georgia Institute of TechnologyUnited States	40.5	10.8%	12.1×	13	-74.8%
16	Rowan UniversityUnited States	40.5	18.3%	40.8×	10	-82.9%
17	University of PittsburghUnited States	38.3	12.4%	8.5×	12	-67.3%
18	University at Buffalo, State University of New YorkUnited States	38.1	11.0%	12.3×	9	+33.9%
19	University of VirginiaUnited States	36.3	8.2%	13.4×	15	-59.0%
20	University of Arkansas at FayettevilleUnited States	35.0	13.0%	32.7×	13	-35.2%
21	University of Colorado BoulderUnited States	34.9	5.1%	12.0×	10	-40.9%
22	Clemson UniversityUnited States	33.1	6.4%	19.8×	10	-67.7%
23	West Virginia UniversityUnited States	30.9	8.1%	21.6×	12	-51.5%
24	California Polytechnic State UniversityUnited States	29.6	5.8%	113.6×	14	-71.0%
25	Texas A&M University SystemUnited States	28.4	1.1%	38.4×	17	-27.0%
26	University of Colorado SystemUnited States	26.6	9.6%	50.1×	8	-42.7%
27	University of FloridaUnited States	25.2	7.3%	5.7×	11	-52.7%
28	University of Nebraska–LincolnUnited States	23.7	6.6%	21.0×	10	-20.0%
29	Wentworth Institute of TechnologyUnited States	23.7	3.6%	360.5×	9	+44.2%
30	Cornell UniversityUnited States	20.7	9.2%	3.8×	9	-26.0%
31	University of British ColumbiaCanada	18.2	0.3%	3.8×	8	-4.2%
32	City University of New YorkUnited States	17.8	4.5%	9.0×	9	-47.1%
33	The University of Texas at San AntonioUnited States	16.6	1.3%	16.2×	9	-28.4%

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 Engineering Education and Pedagogy, country by country

Is Engineering Education and Pedagogy research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 61% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2020.

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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 Engineering Education and Pedagogy as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.019% in 2024.

Fractional works of Engineering Education and Pedagogy 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.

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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Which countries lead Engineering Education and Pedagogy research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Engineering Education and Pedagogy research?

By volume, 2022-now

What are the most cited papers in Engineering Education and Pedagogy?

Where is Engineering Education and Pedagogy research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where is the best place to study Engineering Education and Pedagogy?

Is Engineering Education and Pedagogy research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

Discussion