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Environmental and sustainability education

Environmental and sustainability education is a research topic within Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Science Explorer counts 4.1k research works in it since 1969. 7.3% 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 environmental education, sustainability, ecological economics, and social responsibility. It explores issues such as climate change, ecosystem management, sustainable development, community engagement, and biodiversity conservation. The papers also discuss the challenges posed by globalization and the importance of integrating environmental education into various fields.

  • Environmental Education
  • Sustainability
  • Ecological Economics
  • Social Responsibility
  • Climate Change
  • Ecosystem Management
  • Sustainable Development
  • Community Engagement
  • Biodiversity Conservation
  • Globalization
Research works
4.1k
fractional, since 1969
In the world top 10%
301
per year above
Top-10% rate
7.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+38%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Environmental and sustainability education research?

By volume, Colombia and Mexico publish the most (214 and 205 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Colombia 214 works
  2. 2 Mexico 205 works
  3. 3 Spain 202 works
  4. 4 Peru 110 works
  5. 5 Ecuador 70 works
  6. 6 Argentina 65 works
  7. 7 Brazil 62 works
  8. 8 Chile 38 works
  9. 9 Venezuela 32 works
  10. 10 Cuba 31 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.

Colombia: 20.8%Mexico: 19.9%Spain: 19.7%Peru: 10.7%6 others listed: 29.0%21%largest
Colombia214 · 20.8%Mexico205 · 19.9%Spain202 · 19.7%Peru110 · 10.7%6 others listed298 · 29.0%

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

Which institutions lead Environmental and sustainability education research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Popular University of Cesar publishes the most Environmental and sustainability education research, followed by Universidad César Vallejo and Ação Educativa.

Where is Environmental and sustainability education research done?

The largest centres of Environmental and sustainability education research in 2022–2025 are Mexico City (Mexico), Bogotá (Colombia), Valledupar (Colombia) and Trujillo (Peru). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Valledupar, Trujillo and Panama City.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Mexico City Mexico 60 works
  2. 2 Bogotá Colombia 60 works
  3. 3 Valledupar Colombia 57 works
  4. 4 Trujillo Peru 40 works
  5. 5 Lima Peru 36 works
  6. 6 Madrid Spain 34 works
  7. 7 Buenos Aires Argentina 25 works
  8. 8 São Paulo Brazil 24 works
  9. 9 Panama City Panama 24 works
  10. 10 Valencia Spain 22 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. ValleduparCO · 56.9 works1779×
  2. TrujilloPE · 39.7 works78×
  3. Panama CityPA · 23.7 works68×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Environmental and sustainability education than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Environmental and sustainability education?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad César Vallejo, Popular University of Cesar 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%10%20%mean 6.08%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidad César Vallejo: 33, 14.8%Popular University of Cesar: 57, 3.8%Universitat de València: 14, 13.0%National Pedagogic University: 16, 7.2%Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México: 10, 7.0%Universidad de Panamá: 9, 10.7%Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México: 15, 2.2%Universidad Veracruzana: 16, 2.1%Universidad Metropolitana de Educación, Ciencia y Tecnología: 11, 0.0%Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo: 8, 0.0%Universidad César Va…Universitat de Valèn…National Pedagogic U…Popular University o…
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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 50.414.8%105.3×33
2 Popular University of CesarColombia 36.13.8%1778.9×57
3 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 35.413.0%23.6×14 +2.3%
4 National Pedagogic UniversityMexico 33.07.2%204.3×16 +106.5%
5 Universidad Autónoma del Estado de MéxicoMexico 31.57.0%54.3×10 +366.7%
6 Universidad de PanamáPanama 29.810.7%75.8×9
7 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 18.52.2%13.9×15 +63.2%
8 Universidad VeracruzanaMexico 18.42.1%72.2×16 +84.4%
9 Universidad Metropolitana de Educación, Ciencia y TecnologíaPanama 8.90.0%164.5×11
10 Universidad Autónoma del Estado de HidalgoMexico 6.20.0%43.0×8

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 Environmental and sustainability education research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 38% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Environmental and sustainability education.

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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.