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Global Education Systems and Policies

Global Education Systems and Policies is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 4.2k research works in it since 1950. 14.6% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the challenges and reforms in higher education systems, focusing on topics such as lifelong learning, education reform, e-learning, globalization's impact, sustainable development, teacher training, the knowledge economy, inclusive education, and policy and practice.

  • Higher Education
  • Lifelong Learning
  • Education Reform
  • E-Learning
  • Globalization
  • Sustainable Development
  • Teacher Training
  • Knowledge Economy
  • Inclusive Education
  • Policy and Practice
Research works
4.2k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
621
per year above
Top-10% rate
14.6%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-16%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Global Education Systems and Policies research?

By volume, India and Poland publish the most (255 and 168 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 India 255 works
  2. 2 Poland 168 works
  3. 3 United States 49 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 24 works
  5. 5 Pakistan 18 works
  6. 6 South Africa 15 works
  7. 7 Romania 15 works
  8. 8 Ukraine 13 works
  9. 9 Australia 13 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 9 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.

India: 44.1%Poland: 29.0%United States: 8.5%Indonesia: 4.2%6 others listed: 14.2%44%largest
India255 · 44.1%Poland168 · 29.0%United States49 · 8.5%Indonesia24 · 4.2%6 others listed82 · 14.2%

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

Which institutions lead Global Education Systems and Policies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań publishes the most Global Education Systems and Policies research, followed by Jagiellonian University and University of Łódź.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 9 works
  2. 2 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 8 works
  3. 3 University of ŁódźPoland 8 works
  4. 4 The Maria Grzegorzewska UniversityPoland 8 works
  5. 5 University of GdańskPoland 8 works
  6. 6 Uniwersytet Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w KrakowiePoland 7 works
  7. 7 G.S. Science, Arts And Commerce CollegeIndia 6 works
  8. 8 University of RzeszówPoland 6 works
  9. 9 Department of CommerceAustralia 6 works
  10. 10 Jan Kochanowski UniversityPoland 5 works

Who are the leading researchers in Global Education Systems and Policies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Global Education Systems and Policies include Philip G. Altbach and P. S. Aithal.

  1. 1 Philip G. Altbach United States 1.2k citations
  2. 2 P. S. Aithal India 646 citations

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

Where is Global Education Systems and Policies research done?

The largest centres of Global Education Systems and Policies research in 2022–2025 are Warsaw (Poland), Krakow (Poland), New Delhi (India) and Łódź (Poland). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Krakow.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Warsaw Poland 29 works
  2. 2 Krakow Poland 21 works
  3. 3 New Delhi India 19 works
  4. 4 Łódź Poland 12 works
  5. 5 Poznań Poland 11 works
  6. 6 Gdańsk Poland 10 works
  7. 7 Rzeszów Poland 9 works
  8. 8 Wrocław Poland 9 works
  9. 9 Mumbai India 8 works
  10. 10 Olsztyn Poland 8 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. KrakowPL · 21.4 works17×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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

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Where is the best place to study Global Education Systems and Policies?

Among universities, judged by research, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Jagiellonian University and University of Łódź 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.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Adam Mickiewicz University in PoznańPoland 63.07.8%27.7×9 +57.7%
2 Jagiellonian UniversityPoland 51.86.4%16.3×8 +83.4%
3 University of ŁódźPoland 0.04.1%37.3×8 -14.6%

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 Global Education Systems and Policies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Global Education Systems and Policies.

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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.