Environmental Education and Sustainability
Environmental Education and Sustainability is a research topic within Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Science Explorer counts 32k research works in it since 1950. 43.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the factors influencing pro-environmental behavior, including environmental attitudes, social norms, energy conservation, the theory of planned behavior, environmental education, sustainable behavior, the norm activation model, household energy use, and value orientations.
- Pro-environmental Behavior
- Environmental Attitudes
- Social Norms
- Energy Conservation
- Theory of Planned Behavior
- Environmental Education
- Sustainable Behavior
- Norm Activation Model
- Household Energy Use
- Value Orientations
- Research works
- 32k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 14k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 43.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +74% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Environmental Education and Sustainability research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.3k and 979 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.3k works
- 2 China 979 works
- 3 Indonesia 597 works
- 4 Türkiye 533 works
- 5 United Kingdom 519 works
- 6 Germany 444 works
- 7 India 435 works
- 8 Spain 358 works
- 9 Australia 303 works
- 10 Malaysia 294 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Environmental Education and Sustainability research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Indonesia University of Education publishes the most Environmental Education and Sustainability research, followed by The University of Queensland and Universiti Teknologi MARA.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 49 works
- 2 The University of QueenslandAustralia 33 works
- 3 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 28 works
- 4 University of GroningenNetherlands 28 works
- 5 National University of MalaysiaMalaysia 27 works
- 6 Universiti Putra MalaysiaMalaysia 27 works
- 7 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 26 works
- 8 Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands 23 works
- 9 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 23 works
- 10 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 23 works
Who are the leading researchers in Environmental Education and Sustainability?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Environmental Education and Sustainability include Benjamin K. Sovacool.
- 1 Benjamin K. Sovacool Denmark 2.9k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Environmental Education and Sustainability research done?
The largest centres of Environmental Education and Sustainability research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Ankara (Türkiye) and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia).
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where is the best place to study Environmental Education and Sustainability?
Among universities, judged by research, Karlstad University, The University of Queensland and Wageningen University & Research 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karlstad UniversitySweden | 71.5 | 74.7% | 16.0× | 10 | +109.6% |
| 2 | The University of QueenslandAustralia | 65.4 | 65.5% | 3.9× | 33 | +100.6% |
| 3 | Wageningen University & ResearchNetherlands | 64.4 | 61.6% | 6.2× | 23 | +57.7% |
| 4 | Sunway UniversityMalaysia | 63.7 | 57.0% | 9.8× | 10 | — |
| 5 | University of GroningenNetherlands | 62.2 | 58.0% | 5.6× | 28 | +47.1% |
| 6 | Taylor's UniversityMalaysia | 61.5 | 67.7% | 9.1× | 8 | — |
| 7 | University of BernSwitzerland | 61.2 | 61.7% | 3.6× | 15 | +437.1% |
| 8 | University of KasselGermany | 60.2 | 54.2% | 7.1× | 12 | +331.7% |
| 9 | Education University of Hong KongHong Kong | 60.2 | 60.9% | 6.0× | 9 | +186.1% |
| 10 | University of Economics Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam | 59.0 | 60.4% | 10.6× | 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 Education and Sustainability research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 74% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Environmental Education and Sustainability.
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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.