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Gender and Technology in Education

Gender and Technology in Education is a research topic within Gender Studies. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of gender and information and communication technology (ICT), focusing on topics such as computer anxiety, internet use, self-efficacy, digital divide, technology attitudes in education, and workforce disparities. The research delves into the differences in actual and perceived online skills, gender-specific experiences with ICT, and the impact of cultural factors on ICT usage.

  • Gender
  • ICT
  • Computer Anxiety
  • Internet Use
  • Self-Efficacy
  • Digital Divide
  • Technology Attitudes
  • Education
  • Cultural Differences
  • Workforce
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+30%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
32% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Gender and Technology in Education

Which countries lead Gender and Technology in Education research?

By volume, the United States and Türkiye publish the most (598 and 282 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 598 works
  2. 2 Türkiye 282 works
  3. 3 India 208 works
  4. 4 China 185 works
  5. 5 Nigeria 148 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 109 works
  7. 7 Philippines 92 works
  8. 8 Malaysia 81 works
  9. 9 Germany 78 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 66 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: 32.4%Türkiye: 15.3%India: 11.2%China: 10.0%6 others listed: 31.1%32%largest
United States598 · 32.4%Türkiye282 · 15.3%India208 · 11.2%China185 · 10.0%6 others listed574 · 31.1%

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

Which institutions lead Gender and Technology in Education research?

By volume in 2022-now, Mi̇lli̇ Eği̇ti̇m Bakanliği publishes the most Gender and Technology in Education research, followed by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and National University of Malaysia.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Mi̇lli̇ Eği̇ti̇m BakanliğiTürkiye 14 works
  2. 2 University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States 10 works
  3. 3 National University of MalaysiaMalaysia 10 works
  4. 4 University of South AfricaSouth Africa 10 works
  5. 5 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 10 works
  6. 6 Delta State UniversityNigeria 9 works
  7. 7 Central China Normal UniversityChina 9 works
  8. 8 University of Cape CoastGhana 9 works
  9. 9 Gazi UniversityTürkiye 8 works
  10. 10 The University of Texas at AustinUnited States 8 works

Who are the leading researchers in Gender and Technology in Education?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Gender and Technology in Education include Albert Bandura, Peter John Barnes and Mark Damian Griffiths.

  1. 1 Albert Bandura United States 370k citations
  2. 2 Peter John Barnes United Kingdom 225k citations
  3. 3 Mark Damian Griffiths United Kingdom 133k citations
  4. 4 Herbert W. Marsh Australia 128k 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 Gender and Technology in Education?

The most cited paper in Gender and Technology in Education is "Computer Self-Efficacy: Development of a Measure and Initial Test" (Deborah Compeau, Christopher Alan Higgins, 1995), with 6,397 citations. Next come "Teacher Technology Change" (2,505) and "Teacher pedagogical beliefs: The final frontier in our quest for technology integration?" (2,420).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Computer Self-Efficacy: Development of a Measure and Initial Test Deborah Compeau, Christopher Alan Higgins · MIS Quarterly Jun 1995 6,397
2 Teacher Technology Change Peggy A. Ertmer, Anne Todd Ottenbreit-Leftwich · Journal of Research on Technology in Education Mar 2010 2,505
3 Teacher pedagogical beliefs: The final frontier in our quest for technology integration? Peggy A. Ertmer · Educational Technology Research and Development Dec 2005 2,420
4 Teacher beliefs and technology integration practices: A critical relationship Peggy A. Ertmer, Anne Todd Ottenbreit-Leftwich, Olgun Sadık et al. · Computers & Education Open access 13 Feb 2012 2,109
5 Digital divide research, achievements and shortcomings Jan A. G. M. van Dijk · Poetics Open access 26 Jul 2006 2,016
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Where is Gender and Technology in Education research done?

The largest centres of Gender and Technology in Education research in 2022-now are Ankara (Türkiye), Istanbul (Türkiye), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) and Beijing (China).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 AnkaraTürkiye 40 works
  2. 2 IstanbulTürkiye 30 works
  3. 3 Kuala LumpurMalaysia 29 works
  4. 4 BeijingChina 21 works
  5. 5 Washington D.C.United States 20 works
  6. 6 AtlantaUnited States 19 works
  7. 7 WuhanChina 17 works
  8. 8 PretoriaSouth Africa 16 works
  9. 9 New YorkUnited States 15 works
  10. 10 MelbourneAustralia 14 works
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Where is the best place to study Gender and Technology in Education?

Among universities, judged by research, Central China Normal University, University of South Africa and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 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 7.775%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Central China Normal…University of South …University of Cape C…University of Illino…
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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
1Central China Normal UniversityChina 78.419.6%14.0×9 +56.9%
2University of South AfricaSouth Africa 74.413.5%9.0×10 +235.2%
3University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States 65.67.5%4.7×10 +91.6%
4University of Cape CoastGhana 60.99.4%25.2×9 +139.8%
5National University of MalaysiaMalaysia 57.74.5%5.9×10 +25.2%
6Delta State UniversityNigeria 39.81.4%29.1×9 +425.0%
7Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 39.40.5%5.0×10 +127.2%
8Gazi UniversityTürkiye 18.95.8%6.7×8 -17.5%

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 Gender and Technology in Education, country by country

Is Gender and Technology in Education research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 30% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Gender and Technology in 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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Gender and Technology in Education as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.012% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Gender and Technology in Education0.015% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Gender and Technology in 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.

still counting5%10%15%Gender and Technology in Education10.8% in 2025200020102020

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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