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Environmental Sustainability and Education

Environmental Sustainability and Education is a research topic within Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Science Explorer counts 46k research works in it since 1950. 4.0% 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, waste management, water resources, biodiversity, renewable energy, public policy, and social participation. It explores the challenges and possibilities for integrating eco-friendly practices into various aspects of society and emphasizes the importance of sustainable development.

  • Environmental Education
  • Sustainability
  • Waste Management
  • Water Resources
  • Biodiversity
  • Renewable Energy
  • Public Policy
  • Social Participation
  • Eco-friendly Practices
  • Sustainable Development
Research works
46k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
4.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+41%
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Which countries lead Environmental Sustainability and Education research?

By volume, Brazil and the United States publish the most (10k and 377 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Brazil 10k works
  2. 2 United States 377 works
  3. 3 Portugal 308 works
  4. 4 Spain 161 works
  5. 5 ?? 105 works
  6. 6 Mexico 98 works
  7. 7 France 77 works
  8. 8 Colombia 75 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 69 works
  10. 10 Italy 49 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.

Brazil: 88.6%United States: 3.2%Portugal: 2.7%Spain: 1.4%6 others listed: 4.1%89%largest
Brazil10k · 88.6%United States377 · 3.2%Portugal308 · 2.7%Spain161 · 1.4%6 others listed473 · 4.1%

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

Which institutions lead Environmental Sustainability and Education research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidade Federal do Pará publishes the most Environmental Sustainability and Education research, followed by Universidade de São Paulo and Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universidade Federal do Pará Brazil 233 works
  2. 2 Universidade de São Paulo Brazil 189 works
  3. 3 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) Brazil 184 works
  4. 4 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Brazil 172 works
  5. 5 Universidade Federal do Paraná Brazil 154 works
  6. 6 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Brazil 151 works
  7. 7 Universidade Federal do Amazonas Brazil 145 works
  8. 8 Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Brazil 138 works
  9. 9 Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná Brazil 137 works
  10. 10 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte Brazil 137 works

Who are the leading researchers in Environmental Sustainability and Education?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Environmental Sustainability and Education include Carlos Fiolhais and Philip M. Fearnside.

  1. 1 Carlos Fiolhais 3.9k citations
  2. 2 Philip M. Fearnside 1.3k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Environmental Sustainability and Education research done?

The largest centres of Environmental Sustainability and Education research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Belém (Brazil) and Curitiba (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tefé, Porto Alegre and Santarém.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 1.2k works
  2. 2 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 762 works
  3. 3 Belém Brazil 424 works
  4. 4 Curitiba Brazil 411 works
  5. 5 Brasília Brazil 355 works
  6. 6 Recife Brazil 336 works
  7. 7 Belo Horizonte Brazil 303 works
  8. 8 Manaus Brazil 291 works
  9. 9 Fortaleza Brazil 272 works
  10. 10 Salvador Brazil 255 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. TeféBR · 33.1 works158×
  2. Porto AlegreBR · 45.7 works122×
  3. SantarémBR · 44.0 works74×
  4. LajeadoBR · 32.9 works71×
  5. Boa VistaBR · 51.0 works71×
  6. ChapecóBR · 87.8 works66×
  7. MacapáBR · 58.0 works65×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Environmental Sustainability and Education than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Environmental Sustainability and Education?

Among universities, judged by research, Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia da Paraíba, Universidade Federal de Viçosa and Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) 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%5%10%mean 4.59%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia da Paraíba: 35, 8.5%Universidade Federal de Viçosa: 40, 7.1%Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP): 97, 3.0%Universidade de Passo Fundo: 30, 5.0%Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul: 61, 3.6%Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará: 44, 3.7%Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso: 62, 5.1%Universidade de Brasília: 137, 4.2%Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul: 104, 2.2%Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco: 61, 3.5%Instituto Federal de…Universidade Federal…Universidade de Pass…Universidade Estadua…
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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
1Instituto Federal de Educação Ciência e Tecnologia da Paraíba Brazil 76.08.5%75.2×35 +185.8%
2Universidade Federal de Viçosa Brazil 68.87.1%13.7×40 +114.2%
3Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) Brazil 65.63.0%11.1×97 +188.7%
4Universidade de Passo Fundo Brazil 64.95.0%36.0×30 +232.9%
5Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul Brazil 64.23.6%63.0×61 +675.2%
6Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará Brazil 63.93.7%73.6×44 +586.6%
7Universidade do Estado de Mato Grosso Brazil 63.65.1%58.5×62 +110.1%
8Universidade de Brasília Brazil 63.44.2%20.9×137 +65.2%
9Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul Brazil 63.42.2%38.8×104 +205.9%
10Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco Brazil 63.43.5%32.4×61 +181.3%

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 Sustainability and Education research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 41% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Environmental Sustainability and 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.