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Evolution and Science Education

Evolution and Science Education is a research topic within History and Philosophy of Science. Science Explorer counts 9.3k research works in it since 1950. 10.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the understanding and acceptance of evolutionary theory, including topics such as natural selection, the influence of religion, education strategies, biology knowledge, conceptual change, and the intersection of science and religion. It also delves into the practical application of evolutionary principles in health and medicine.

  • Evolutionary Theory
  • Acceptance
  • Natural Selection
  • Religion
  • Education
  • Biology
  • Conceptual Change
  • Science and Religion
  • Teaching
  • Health
Research works
9.3k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
957
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-1%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
48% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Evolution and Science Education

Which countries lead Evolution and Science Education research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (357 and 107 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 357 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 107 works
  3. 3 France 47 works
  4. 4 Germany 45 works
  5. 5 Canada 38 works
  6. 6 Brazil 33 works
  7. 7 Australia 32 works
  8. 8 Italy 32 works
  9. 9 Poland 31 works
  10. 10 Spain 29 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 States: 47.6%United Kingdom: 14.2%France: 6.2%Germany: 5.9%6 others listed: 26.1%48%largest
United States357 · 47.6%United Kingdom107 · 14.2%France47 · 6.2%Germany45 · 5.9%6 others listed196 · 26.1%

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

Which institutions lead Evolution and Science Education research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of Oxford publishes the most Evolution and Science Education research, followed by University of Geneva and Florida State University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 13 works
  2. 2 University of GenevaSwitzerland 12 works
  3. 3 Florida State UniversityUnited States 10 works
  4. 4 University of LeedsUnited Kingdom 9 works
  5. 5 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 9 works
  6. 6 University of GuelphCanada 7 works
  7. 7 Zygon Center for Religion and ScienceUnited States 7 works
  8. 8 University of AlabamaUnited States 7 works
  9. 9 Nantes UniversitéFrance 6 works
  10. 10 Artistic Realization TechnologiesUnited States 6 works

Who are the leading researchers in Evolution and Science Education?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Evolution and Science Education include Eugene V. Koonin and Michel Foucault.

  1. 1 Eugene V. Koonin United States 217k citations
  2. 2 Michel Foucault France 208k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Evolution and Science Education?

The most cited paper in Evolution and Science Education is "Naturalistic inquiry" (Yvonna S. Lincoln, Egon G. Guba, Joseph J. Pilotta, 1985), with 36,480 citations. Next come "APE: Analyses of Phylogenetics and Evolution in R language" (12,865) and "The spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian paradigm: a critique of the adaptationist programme" (7,845).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Naturalistic inquiry Yvonna S. Lincoln, Egon G. Guba, Joseph J. Pilotta · International Journal of Intercultural Relations 1985 36,480
2 APE: Analyses of Phylogenetics and Evolution in R language Emmanuel Paradis, Julien Claude, Korbinian Strimmer · Bioinformatics Open access 20 Jan 2004 12,865
3 The spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian paradigm: a critique of the adaptationist programme Stephen Jay Gould, Richard C Lewontin · Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences 21 Sep 1979 7,845
4 Accommodation of a scientific conception: Toward a theory of conceptual change George J. Posner, Kenneth A. Strike, Peter W. Hewson et al. · Science Education Apr 1982 5,128
5 PLEIOTROPY, NATURAL SELECTION, AND THE EVOLUTION OF SENESCENCE George Christopher Williams · Evolution Dec 1957 4,343
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Where is Evolution and Science Education research done?

The largest centres of Evolution and Science Education research in 2022-now are Oxford (United Kingdom), London (United Kingdom), New York (United States) and Rome (Italy).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 OxfordUnited Kingdom 15 works
  2. 2 LondonUnited Kingdom 15 works
  3. 3 New YorkUnited States 14 works
  4. 4 RomeItaly 14 works
  5. 5 ParisFrance 13 works
  6. 6 GenevaSwitzerland 12 works
  7. 7 Washington D.C.United States 11 works
  8. 8 TallahasseeUnited States 10 works
  9. 9 MelbourneAustralia 10 works
  10. 10 Mexico CityMexico 10 works
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Where is the best place to study Evolution and Science Education?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Oxford, University of Geneva and University of Leeds 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 8.725%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of OxfordUniversity of LeedsUniversity of GenevaFlorida State Univer…
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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
1University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 88.517.8%10.1×13 +52.4%
2University of GenevaSwitzerland 62.57.3%30.4×12 +198.0%
3University of LeedsUnited Kingdom 50.19.8%17.5×9 +25.0%
4Florida State UniversityUnited States 12.40.0%31.2×10 -1.2%

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 Evolution and Science Education, country by country

Is Evolution and Science Education research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2009.

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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 Evolution and Science Education as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0041% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Evolution and Science Education 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.

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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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