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Global Education and Multiculturalism

Global Education and Multiculturalism is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 24k 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 diversity, group identity, and citizenship education in a globalized world. It delves into topics such as global citizenship education, teacher preparation for diversity and equity, cosmopolitanism, multicultural education, and the impact of international experiences on teachers and students. The papers also discuss the challenges and opportunities in promoting global citizenship, social justice, and cultural competence within educational systems.

  • Global Citizenship Education
  • Diversity
  • Teacher Education
  • Cosmopolitanism
  • Social Justice
  • Multicultural Education
  • International Schools
  • Citizenship Curriculum
  • Cultural Competence
  • Globalization
Research works
24k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+21%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
33% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Global Education and Multiculturalism

Which countries lead Global Education and Multiculturalism research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.3k and 610 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 1.3k works
  2. 2 China 610 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 449 works
  4. 4 Australia 317 works
  5. 5 Canada 262 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 240 works
  7. 7 Japan 197 works
  8. 8 Türkiye 197 works
  9. 9 Germany 158 works
  10. 10 India 141 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: 33.0%China: 15.9%United Kingdom: 11.7%Australia: 8.3%6 others listed: 31.1%33%largest
United States1,268 · 33.0%China610 · 15.9%United Kingdom449 · 11.7%Australia317 · 8.3%6 others listed1,194 · 31.1%

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

Which institutions lead Global Education and Multiculturalism research?

By volume in 2022-now, Beijing Normal University publishes the most Global Education and Multiculturalism research, followed by Education University of Hong Kong and University College London.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 48 works
  2. 2 Education University of Hong KongChina 41 works
  3. 3 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 40 works
  4. 4 University of HelsinkiFinland 39 works
  5. 5 Monash UniversityAustralia 33 works
  6. 6 The University of MelbourneAustralia 33 works
  7. 7 University of TorontoCanada 28 works
  8. 8 University of Hong KongChina 24 works
  9. 9 The University of SydneyAustralia 24 works
  10. 10 Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia 23 works

Who are the leading researchers in Global Education and Multiculturalism?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Global Education and Multiculturalism include Florian Fischer.

  1. 1 Florian Fischer Germany 257k 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 Global Education and Multiculturalism?

The most cited paper in Global Education and Multiculturalism is "1. Toward a Theory of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy" (Gloria J Ladson-Billings, 1995), with 7,973 citations. Next come "2. But That’s Just Good Teaching! The Case for Culturally Relevant Pedagogy" (3,485) and "Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy" (3,282).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 1. Toward a Theory of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy Gloria J Ladson-Billings · American Educational Research Journal Sep 1995 7,973
2 2. But That’s Just Good Teaching! The Case for Culturally Relevant Pedagogy Gloria J Ladson-Billings · Theory Into Practice Jun 1995 3,485
3 Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy Django Paris · Educational Researcher Open access 29 Mar 2012 3,282
4 Chapter 3 : Identity as an Analytic Lens for Research in Education James Paul Gee · Review of Research in Education 2000 2,727
5 8. Preparing for Culturally Responsive Teaching Geneva Gay · Journal of Teacher Education Mar 2002 2,663
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Global Education and Multiculturalism research done?

The largest centres of Global Education and Multiculturalism research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Melbourne (Australia) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tai Po.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 125 works
  2. 2 LondonUnited Kingdom 93 works
  3. 3 MelbourneAustralia 88 works
  4. 4 TokyoJapan 75 works
  5. 5 New YorkUnited States 61 works
  6. 6 ShanghaiChina 59 works
  7. 7 BrisbaneAustralia 58 works
  8. 8 TorontoCanada 52 works
  9. 9 SydneyAustralia 51 works
  10. 10 SeoulSouth Korea 50 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Tai PoCN · 41.4 works45×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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

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Where is the best place to study Global Education and Multiculturalism?

Among universities, judged by research, Education University of Hong Kong, The University of Melbourne and University of Manchester 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.

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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
1Education University of Hong KongChina 81.124.5%54.2×41 +29.2%
2The University of MelbourneAustralia 69.119.2%5.6×33 +57.1%
3University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom 68.322.7%4.8×21 +97.3%
4Chinese University of Hong KongChina 67.229.8%4.0×16 +26.5%
5University of Hong KongChina 67.126.3%5.0×24 -5.2%
6University of HelsinkiFinland 65.39.1%10.5×39 +66.8%
7University College LondonUnited Kingdom 65.120.1%4.8×40 -19.4%
8University of OsloNorway 64.425.3%4.7×16 +67.3%
9Monash UniversityAustralia 64.121.2%6.5×33 -2.6%
10Beijing Normal UniversityChina 62.48.1%11.5×48 +34.6%

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 Global Education and Multiculturalism, country by country

Is Global Education and Multiculturalism research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Global Education and Multiculturalism.

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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 Global Education and Multiculturalism as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.025% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Global Education and Multiculturalism 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%Global Education and Multiculturalism10.4% 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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