Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation

Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 16k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the implementation and development of competence-based education in higher education, particularly within the context of the European Higher Education Area. It covers topics such as teaching competencies, professional development, learning assessment, and the role of tutoring in fostering competence development. The papers also discuss challenges and strategies for integrating competence-based approaches into university curricula and the implications for educators and students.

Competencias Docentes
Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior
Formación Profesional
Evaluación del Aprendizaje
Tutoría Universitaria
Desarrollo de Competencias
Innovación Educativa
Evaluación Formativa
Aprendizaje Basado en Competencias
Formación del Profesorado

Research works: 16k
In the world top 10%: 1.5k
Top-10% rate: 9.8%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: +9%
Largest producer: Spain

Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation

Which countries lead Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation research?

By volume, Spain and Mexico publish the most (842 and 497 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 Spain 842 works
2 Mexico 497 works
3 Ecuador 269 works
4 Colombia 261 works
5 Chile 223 works
6 Peru 186 works
7 Argentina 142 works
8 Brazil 105 works
9 ?? 101 works
10 Cuba 80 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.

Spain842 · 31.1%Mexico497 · 18.4%Ecuador269 · 9.9%Colombia261 · 9.6%6 others listed837 · 30.9%

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

Which institutions lead Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad César Vallejo publishes the most Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation research, followed by Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador and Ação Educativa.

By volume, 2022-now

1 Universidad César VallejoPeru 61 works
2 Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador 56 works
3 Ação EducativaBrazil 52 works
4 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 42 works
5 Universidad de GranadaSpain 39 works
6 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 37 works
7 Departamento de EducaciónSpain 35 works
8 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 34 works
9 Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo LeónMexico 31 works
10 Universidad de MurciaSpain 29 works

Who are the leading researchers in Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation include Pierre Bourdıeu and Francisco Herrera.

1 Pierre Bourdıeu France 268k citations
2 Francisco Herrera Spain 141k 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 Teaching and Evaluation?

The most cited paper in Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation is "Those Who Understand: Knowledge Growth in Teaching" (Lee S. Shulman, 1986), with 18,456 citations. Next come "Blended Learning in Higher Education: Framework, Principles, and Guidelines." (1,453) and "Assessment as Learning: Using Classroom Assessment to Maximize Student Learning" (823).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	Those Who Understand: Knowledge Growth in Teaching Lee S. Shulman · Educational Researcher Open access	Feb 1986	18,456
2	Blended Learning in Higher Education: Framework, Principles, and Guidelines. Susan Flannery Wainwright · Journal of Physical Therapy Education	2011	1,453
3	Assessment as Learning: Using Classroom Assessment to Maximize Student Learning Lorna M. Earl	7 May 2003	823
4	A review of feedback models and typologies: Towards an integrative model of feedback elements Ernesto Panadero, Anastasiya A. Lipnevich · Educational Research Review Open access	30 Nov 2021	375
5	Díaz-Barriga Arceo, Frida; Hernández Rojas, Gerardo. Estrategias docentes para un aprendizaje significativo, México: Mc Graw Hill, 2002 Ramírez Carbajal, Alfredo Ángel · Tiempo de educar. Revista interinstitucional de investigación educativa	2005	304

All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation research done?

The largest centres of Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation research in 2022-now are Madrid (Spain), Mexico City (Mexico), Bogotá (Colombia) and Santiago (Chile). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Durán and Managua.

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 MadridSpain 136 works
2 Mexico CityMexico 126 works
3 BogotáColombia 104 works
4 SantiagoChile 76 works
5 BarcelonaSpain 72 works
6 ValenciaSpain 70 works
7 TrujilloPeru 69 works
8 LimaPeru 69 works
9 São PauloBrazil 62 works
10 Durán 56 works

Where it is the local speciality

Durán55.8 works195×
ManaguaNI · 25.1 works70×

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

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Where is the best place to study Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad César Vallejo, Universidad de Granada and University of Bío-Bío 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.

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.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	Universidad César VallejoPeru	82.5	20.2%	80.1×	61	+588.9%
2	Universidad de GranadaSpain	72.1	18.0%	24.6×	39	-0.8%
3	University of Bío-BíoChile	67.6	24.7%	90.9×	12	+72.3%
4	Universitat de BarcelonaSpain	67.1	11.6%	19.4×	42	+2.9%
5	Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPEEcuador	67.0	28.6%	51.4×	10	+572.4%
6	Universitat de ValènciaSpain	66.2	11.3%	22.5×	34	+18.8%
7	Universidad Metropolitana de Educación, Ciencia y TecnologíaPanama	65.4	21.3%	145.6×	24	-
8	Universidad Técnica de ManabíEcuador	64.8	24.5%	46.0×	18	+75.3%
9	Universidad San Gregorio de PortoviejoEcuador	63.2	23.5%	109.6×	10	+672.0%
10	Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador	61.0	11.0%	254.2×	56	-
11	Universidad de ValladolidSpain	59.8	17.0%	27.9×	23	-37.0%
12	Universidad Internacional De La RiojaSpain	59.6	20.7%	42.4×	15	+52.3%
13	Universidad de MálagaSpain	59.3	19.0%	27.7×	24	-17.9%
14	National Autonomous University of NicaraguaNicaragua	58.8	16.9%	173.0×	19	+325.6%
15	Universidad Estatal de MilagroEcuador	58.1	19.5%	58.6×	18	-
16	Universidad Andrés BelloChile	57.3	16.3%	37.0×	9	+218.3%
17	Universidad de San Carlos de GuatemalaGuatemala	56.6	14.0%	102.2×	22	+533.3%
18	Universidad de SevillaSpain	56.3	10.5%	18.1×	29	-40.3%
19	Universidad Nacional de Educación a DistanciaSpain	56.3	7.3%	48.2×	25	+28.1%
20	Universidad Autónoma de MadridSpain	55.6	17.8%	11.5×	18	-42.6%
21	University of GuayaquilEcuador	55.5	13.8%	50.5×	23	+35.8%
22	Pontificia Universidad Católica de ValparaísoChile	55.1	13.7%	39.3×	10	+28.5%
23	University of the Basque CountrySpain	54.2	12.0%	19.5×	26	-19.6%
24	Instituto Tecnológico Superior de XalapaMexico	52.7	17.9%	51.9×	9	+210.8%
25	Universidad de OviedoSpain	52.6	20.7%	16.0×	11	-11.9%
26	Catholic University of the MauleChile	52.6	14.8%	45.5×	8	+62.0%
27	Universidad de GuadalajaraMexico	52.0	8.3%	29.3×	25	+72.3%
28	Universidad InternacionalMexico	51.8	10.0%	55.2×	9	+48.9%
29	Universidad de MurciaSpain	51.4	8.3%	32.9×	29	-33.2%
30	Universitat Jaume ISpain	51.4	16.9%	34.1×	14	+0.1%
31	Universidad Técnica Estatal de QuevedoEcuador	51.3	19.6%	52.7×	11	+62.7%
32	Universidad Católica de la Santísima ConcepciónChile	50.9	11.5%	70.5×	10	+35.0%
33	Universidad Técnica Particular de LojaEcuador	50.5	15.0%	54.6×	10	+245.2%
34	Universidad de DeustoSpain	50.5	12.8%	44.3×	9	+48.4%
35	Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaSpain	50.1	8.5%	11.9×	21	-45.6%
36	Universidad de HuelvaSpain	49.5	14.8%	36.0×	10	+6.1%
37	Central University of EcuadorEcuador	49.3	16.4%	36.3×	11	+219.9%
38	Universidad Autónoma del Estado de HidalgoMexico	49.2	6.8%	48.7×	23	+115.1%
39	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico	49.1	6.1%	13.5×	37	-16.0%
40	National University of San MarcosPeru	48.3	11.6%	27.3×	19	+117.6%
41	Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo LeónMexico	46.4	2.4%	53.0×	31	+118.4%
42	University of ConcepciónChile	45.1	10.3%	24.9×	10	+38.1%
43	Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaSpain	43.6	3.8%	28.7×	28	-56.8%
44	Universidad del ZuliaVenezuela	38.3	5.1%	71.4×	10	+62.3%
45	Universidad Peruana Cayetano HerediaPeru	28.3	0.3%	44.6×	8	+182.2%

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 Teaching and Evaluation, country by country

Is Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation.

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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 Teaching and Evaluation as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.020% in 2024.

Fractional works of Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation 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.

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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Which countries lead Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation research?

By volume, 2022-now

Who are the leading researchers in Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation?

What are the most cited papers in Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation?

Where is Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where it is the local speciality

Where is the best place to study Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation?

Is Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

Discussion