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Higher Education and Sustainability

Higher Education and Sustainability is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1959. 9.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the concept of University Social Responsibility and its implementation in higher education institutions. It covers topics such as sustainability, social innovation, teacher training, educational management, and sustainable development. The papers also discuss the role of universities in promoting social responsibility, ensuring quality education, and fostering community engagement.

  • Responsabilidad Social Universitaria
  • Educación Superior
  • Sostenibilidad
  • Innovación Social
  • Formación Docente
  • Gestión Educativa
  • Desarrollo Sostenible
  • Competitividad Institucional
  • Extensión Universitaria
  • Aseguramiento de la Calidad
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1959
In the world top 10%
1.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.7%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-18%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Mexico
23% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Higher Education and Sustainability

Which countries lead Higher Education and Sustainability research?

By volume, Mexico and Spain publish the most (568 and 385 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Mexico 568 works
  2. 2 Spain 385 works
  3. 3 Colombia 364 works
  4. 4 Ecuador 293 works
  5. 5 Peru 257 works
  6. 6 Chile 207 works
  7. 7 Argentina 176 works
  8. 8 Brazil 86 works
  9. 9 Venezuela 82 works
  10. 10 Costa Rica 71 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.

Mexico: 22.8%Spain: 15.5%Colombia: 14.6%Ecuador: 11.8%6 others listed: 35.3%23%largest
Mexico568 · 22.8%Spain385 · 15.5%Colombia364 · 14.6%Ecuador293 · 11.8%6 others listed878 · 35.3%

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

Which institutions lead Higher Education and Sustainability research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad César Vallejo publishes the most Higher Education and Sustainability research, followed by Universidad de Guadalajara and Universidad de Costa Rica.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad César VallejoPeru 48 works
  2. 2 Universidad de GuadalajaraMexico 38 works
  3. 3 Universidad de Costa RicaCosta Rica 32 works
  4. 4 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 31 works
  5. 5 Universidad VeracruzanaMexico 28 works
  6. 6 Tecnológico Nacional de MéxicoMexico 26 works
  7. 7 Universidad Autónoma del Estado de MéxicoMexico 25 works
  8. 8 National University of San MarcosPeru 25 works
  9. 9 Universidad Juárez Autónoma de TabascoMexico 23 works
  10. 10 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 21 works

Who are the leading researchers in Higher Education and Sustainability?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Higher Education and Sustainability include Michael E. Porter, Элинор Остром and Noam Chomsky.

  1. 1 Michael E. Porter United States 165k citations
  2. 2 Элинор Остром United States 149k citations
  3. 3 Noam Chomsky United States 141k citations
  4. 4 Carla Sofia e Sá Farinha United States 119k citations
  5. 5 Jeffrey David Sachs United States 84k 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 Higher Education and Sustainability?

The most cited paper in Higher Education and Sustainability is "A review of commitment and implementation of sustainable development in higher education: results from a worldwide survey" (Rodrigo Lozano, Kim Ceulemans, Mar Alonso-Almeida et al., 2014), with 1,148 citations. Next come "Corporate social responsibility in the multinational enterprise: strategic and institutional approaches" (866) and "Sustainable university: what can be the matter?" (845).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A review of commitment and implementation of sustainable development in higher education: results from a worldwide survey Rodrigo Lozano, Kim Ceulemans, Mar Alonso-Almeida et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production 23 Sep 2014 1,148
2 Corporate social responsibility in the multinational enterprise: strategic and institutional approaches Bryan W. Husted, David Bruce Allen · Journal of International Business Studies 7 Sep 2006 866
3 Sustainable university: what can be the matter? Luis E. Velazquez, Nora Munguía, Alberto Platt et al. · Journal of Cleaner Production 2006 845
4 Conceptualization of sustainable higher education institutions, roles, barriers, and challenges for sustainability: An exploratory study in Portugal Ana Marta Aleixo, Susana Cristina Henriques Leal, Ulisses M. Azeiteiro · Journal of Cleaner Production 2 Nov 2016 481
5 Social Competence at School: Relation Between Social Responsibility and Academic Achievement Kathryn R. Wentzel · Review of Educational Research Mar 1991 453
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Higher Education and Sustainability research done?

The largest centres of Higher Education and Sustainability research in 2022-now are Bogotá (Colombia), Mexico City (Mexico), Lima (Peru) and Santiago (Chile). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Maracaibo and Villahermosa.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BogotáColombia 149 works
  2. 2 Mexico CityMexico 118 works
  3. 3 LimaPeru 106 works
  4. 4 SantiagoChile 90 works
  5. 5 MadridSpain 76 works
  6. 6 TrujilloPeru 67 works
  7. 7 Buenos AiresArgentina 61 works
  8. 8 GuayaquilEcuador 55 works
  9. 9 MedellínColombia 49 works
  10. 10 San JoséCosta Rica 43 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MaracaiboVE · 21.6 works100×
  2. VillahermosaMX · 24.0 works87×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

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

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Where is the best place to study Higher Education and Sustainability?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad César Vallejo, University of Tarapacá and Universidad de Guadalajara 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 19.31%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of TarapacáUniversity of the Ba…Universidad César Va…Universidad de Guada…
above the meannear itbelow it

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
1Universidad César VallejoPeru 68.513.9%69.6×48 +204.7%
2University of TarapacáChile 63.934.9%60.5×9 -9.9%
3Universidad de GuadalajaraMexico 59.19.4%49.4×38 +43.2%
4University of the Basque CountrySpain 59.123.7%11.7×14 +5.0%
5Universitat de ValènciaSpain 57.019.5%11.2×16 -30.5%
6Tecnológico de MonterreyMexico 54.827.6%18.8×12 -30.5%
7Universidad Rey Juan CarlosSpain 54.416.1%14.8×10 +32.1%
8Catholic University of the MauleChile 53.118.0%57.4×10 +12.7%
9Universidad de SevillaSpain 51.819.2%8.3×12 -5.6%
10Universidad Estatal de MilagroEcuador 49.710.8%68.6×20 +229.6%

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 Higher Education and Sustainability, country by country

Is Higher Education and Sustainability research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 18% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2020.

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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 Higher Education and Sustainability as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.012% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Higher Education and Sustainability0.010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Higher Education and Sustainability 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%Higher Education and Sustainability9.8% 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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