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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. 11.5% 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
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
11.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-16%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation research?

By volume, Spain and Mexico publish the most (766 and 473 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Spain 766 works
  2. 2 Mexico 473 works
  3. 3 Ecuador 257 works
  4. 4 Colombia 251 works
  5. 5 Chile 214 works
  6. 6 Peru 179 works
  7. 7 Argentina 138 works
  8. 8 Brazil 103 works
  9. 9 ?? 99 works
  10. 10 Cuba 77 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: 30.0%Mexico: 18.5%Ecuador: 10.0%Colombia: 9.8%6 others listed: 31.6%30%largest
Spain766 · 30.0%Mexico473 · 18.5%Ecuador257 · 10.0%Colombia251 · 9.8%6 others listed809 · 31.6%

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

Which institutions lead Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidad César Vallejo publishes the most Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation research, followed by Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador and Ação Educativa.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universidad César VallejoPeru 59 works
  2. 2 Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador?? 55 works
  3. 3 Ação EducativaBrazil 51 works
  4. 4 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 39 works
  5. 5 Universidad de GranadaSpain 35 works
  6. 6 Departamento de EducaciónSpain 34 works
  7. 7 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 34 works
  8. 8 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 33 works
  9. 9 Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo LeónMexico 31 works
  10. 10 Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaSpain 28 works

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

The most-cited researchers publishing on Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation include Juan Ramón De La Fuente.

  1. 1 Juan Ramón De La Fuente Mexico 1.5k citations

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

Where is Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation research done?

The largest centres of Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation research in 2022–2025 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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Madrid Spain 126 works
  2. 2 Mexico City Mexico 119 works
  3. 3 Bogotá Colombia 101 works
  4. 4 Santiago Chile 73 works
  5. 5 Valencia Spain 67 works
  6. 6 Trujillo Peru 67 works
  7. 7 Barcelona Spain 67 works
  8. 8 Lima Peru 65 works
  9. 9 São Paulo Brazil 61 works
  10. 10 Durán ?? 55 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Durán54.5 works231×
  2. ManaguaNI · 24.6 works76×
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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, University of Guayaquil 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.

0%20%40%mean 24.24%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidad César Vallejo: 59, 25.8%University of Guayaquil: 22, 20.6%University of Bío-Bío: 10, 45.1%Universidad Técnica de Manabí: 18, 35.3%Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador: 54, 19.1%Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León: 31, 10.4%Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPE: 9, 36.7%Universidad Andrés Bello: 9, 23.0%Universidad de Granada: 35, 21.8%Universitat Politècnica de València: 28, 4.6%University of Bío-BíoUniversidad Técnica …Universidad César Va…University of Guayaq…
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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 Universidad César VallejoPeru 68.825.8%72.4×59 —
2 University of GuayaquilEcuador 66.720.6%45.1×22 +803.3%
3 University of Bío-BíoChile 64.545.1%74.8×10 -15.8%
4 Universidad Técnica de ManabíEcuador 64.135.3%42.1×18 —
5Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador?? 62.919.1%230.8×54 —
6 Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo LeónMexico 62.410.4%48.2×31 +249.8%
7 Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas ESPEEcuador 60.536.7%47.0×9 —
8 Universidad Andrés BelloChile 60.423.0%33.7×9 +161.8%
9 Universidad de GranadaSpain 60.221.8%22.3×35 -22.2%
10 Universitat Politècnica de ValènciaSpain 59.84.6%26.6×28 +191.9%

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 Higher Education Teaching and Evaluation research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 16% lower than in 2013–2017, 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.

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.