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Geography and Education Methods

Geography and Education Methods is a research topic within Sociology and Political Science. Science Explorer counts 5.1k research works in it since 1951. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of gender, identity, and place within the field of geography education. It delves into topics such as feminist geographies, social movements, critical literacy, globalization, sustainable development, cultural geography, and pedagogy. The papers also examine the concept of territoriality and its implications in understanding the relationship between individuals and their environment.

  • Feminist Geographies
  • Gender Identity
  • Geography Education
  • Social Movements
  • Critical Literacy
  • Globalization
  • Sustainable Development
  • Cultural Geography
  • Pedagogy
  • Territoriality
Research works
5.1k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
500
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+15%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Geography and Education Methods research?

By volume, Spain and Brazil publish the most (284 and 190 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Spain 284 works
  2. 2 Brazil 190 works
  3. 3 Colombia 110 works
  4. 4 Argentina 98 works
  5. 5 Mexico 93 works
  6. 6 Ecuador 53 works
  7. 7 Chile 49 works
  8. 8 United States 46 works
  9. 9 France 27 works
  10. 10 Peru 23 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.

Spain: 29.2%Brazil: 19.5%Colombia: 11.3%Argentina: 10.1%6 others listed: 29.9%29%largest
Spain284 · 29.2%Brazil190 · 19.5%Colombia110 · 11.3%Argentina98 · 10.1%6 others listed291 · 29.9%

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

Which institutions lead Geography and Education Methods research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universitat de València publishes the most Geography and Education Methods research, followed by Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 23 works
  2. 2 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 18 works
  3. 3 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 14 works
  4. 4 Ação EducativaBrazil 14 works
  5. 5 Universidad de ZaragozaSpain 14 works
  6. 6 Universidad de MurciaSpain 13 works
  7. 7 Universidad Nacional de ColombiaColombia 12 works
  8. 8 Universidad de GranadaSpain 12 works
  9. 9 Universidad Distrital Francisco José de CaldasColombia 10 works
  10. 10 University of the Basque CountrySpain 10 works

Where is Geography and Education Methods research done?

The largest centres of Geography and Education Methods research in 2022–2025 are Bogotá (Colombia), Madrid (Spain), Mexico City (Mexico) and São Paulo (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bogotá.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Bogotá Colombia 51 works
  2. 2 Madrid Spain 46 works
  3. 3 Mexico City Mexico 40 works
  4. 4 São Paulo Brazil 37 works
  5. 5 Buenos Aires Argentina 27 works
  6. 6 Valencia Spain 27 works
  7. 7 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 20 works
  8. 8 Santiago Chile 18 works
  9. 9 Panama City Panama 17 works
  10. 10 Zaragoza Spain 14 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BogotáCO · 51.2 works25×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Geography and Education Methods than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Geography and Education Methods?

Among universities, judged by research, Universitat de València, Universidad de Granada and Universidad de Zaragoza 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%20%40%mean 14.49%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universitat de València: 23, 16.9%Universidad de Granada: 12, 27.5%Universidad de Zaragoza: 14, 14.0%University of Alicante: 8, 30.5%Universidad Complutense de Madrid: 14, 15.6%Universidad de Murcia: 13, 13.0%University of the Basque Country: 10, 3.3%Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México: 18, 5.9%Universidad Metropolitana de Educación, Ciencia y Tecnología: 10, 15.5%Universidad Nacional de Colombia: 12, 2.7%University of AlicanteUniversidad de GranadaUniversitat de Valèn…Universidad de Zarag…
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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 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 49.516.9%38.9×23 +106.9%
2 Universidad de GranadaSpain 42.227.5%19.6×12 +21.5%
3 Universidad de ZaragozaSpain 39.014.0%32.1×14 +150.6%
4 University of AlicanteSpain 36.430.5%28.0×8 +14.1%
5 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 31.415.6%16.2×14 +17.3%
6 Universidad de MurciaSpain 30.313.0%38.9×13 +59.7%
7 University of the Basque CountrySpain 25.73.3%20.3×10 +217.5%
8 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 24.85.9%16.8×18 -33.6%
9 Universidad Metropolitana de Educación, Ciencia y TecnologíaPanama 24.115.5%142.9×10 —
10 Universidad Nacional de ColombiaColombia 16.92.7%30.8×12 +9.2%

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 Geography and Education Methods research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Geography and Education Methods.

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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.