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Historical Education Studies Worldwide

Historical Education Studies Worldwide is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 5.4k 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 history of education, focusing on progressive education, educational networks, international education, pedagogical history, teacher training, educational policy, schooling practices, global citizenship, educational philosophy, and gender in education. It delves into the evolution of educational systems, the influence of cultural and societal factors on schooling, and the development of teaching methodologies. The papers also examine the role of international organizations in shaping educational agendas and the impact of historical events on educational practices.

  • Progressive Education
  • Educational Networks
  • International Education
  • Pedagogical History
  • Teacher Training
  • Educational Policy
  • Schooling Practices
  • Global Citizenship
  • Educational Philosophy
  • Gender in Education
Research works
5.4k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
541
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-13%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
France
19% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Historical Education Studies Worldwide

Which countries lead Historical Education Studies Worldwide research?

By volume, France and the United States publish the most (109 and 108 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 France 109 works
  2. 2 United States 108 works
  3. 3 Brazil 82 works
  4. 4 Germany 63 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 54 works
  6. 6 Denmark 36 works
  7. 7 Netherlands 32 works
  8. 8 Italy 28 works
  9. 9 Sweden 26 works
  10. 10 Switzerland 23 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.

France: 19.3%United States: 19.2%Brazil: 14.6%Germany: 11.2%6 others listed: 35.7%19%largest
France109 · 19.3%United States108 · 19.2%Brazil82 · 14.6%Germany63 · 11.2%6 others listed201 · 35.7%

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

Which institutions lead Historical Education Studies Worldwide research?

By volume in 2022-now, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique publishes the most Historical Education Studies Worldwide research, followed by Leibniz Association and University of Groningen.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 25 works
  2. 2 Leibniz AssociationGermany 6 works
  3. 3 University of GroningenNetherlands 6 works
  4. 4 ZHAW Zurich University of Applied SciencesSwitzerland 6 works
  5. 5 Sino-Danish Centre for Education and ResearchChina 6 works
  6. 6 KU LeuvenBelgium 5 works
  7. 7 Université de LyonFrance 5 works
  8. 8 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 5 works
  9. 9 Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y TécnicasArgentina 5 works
  10. 10 University of PassauGermany 5 works

Who are the leading researchers in Historical Education Studies Worldwide?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Historical Education Studies Worldwide include Didier Raoult, Ian J. Deary and Jean Piaget.

  1. 1 Didier Raoult France 232k citations
  2. 2 Ian J. Deary United Kingdom 176k citations
  3. 3 Jean Piaget Switzerland 104k 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 Historical Education Studies Worldwide?

The most cited paper in Historical Education Studies Worldwide is "Contexts which shape and reshape new teachers’ identities: A multi-perspective study" (María Assunção Flores, Christopher W. Day, 2005), with 1,600 citations. Next come "Teacher professional identity: competing discourses, competing outcomes" (900) and "The micropolitics of teacher induction. A narrative-biographical study on teacher socialisation" (776).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Contexts which shape and reshape new teachers’ identities: A multi-perspective study María Assunção Flores, Christopher W. Day · Teaching and Teacher Education Open access 11 Oct 2005 1,600
2 Teacher professional identity: competing discourses, competing outcomes Judyth Sachs · Journal of Education Policy Mar 2001 900
3 The micropolitics of teacher induction. A narrative-biographical study on teacher socialisation Geert Kelchtermans, Katrijn Ballet · Teaching and Teacher Education 2002 776
4 Getting the story, understanding the lives: From career stories to teachers' professional development Geert Kelchtermans · Teaching and Teacher Education Oct 1993 481
5 Restrained Teaching: The Common Core of Didaktik Stefan Hopmann · European Educational Research Journal Open access 29 May 2007 407
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Where is Historical Education Studies Worldwide research done?

The largest centres of Historical Education Studies Worldwide research in 2022-now are Paris (France), São Paulo (Brazil), Copenhagen (Denmark) and London (United Kingdom).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 ParisFrance 30 works
  2. 2 São PauloBrazil 18 works
  3. 3 CopenhagenDenmark 14 works
  4. 4 LondonUnited Kingdom 13 works
  5. 5 BeijingChina 11 works
  6. 6 ZurichSwitzerland 10 works
  7. 7 BerlinGermany 9 works
  8. 8 AarhusDenmark 9 works
  9. 9 OsloNorway 8 works
  10. 10 UtrechtNetherlands 8 works
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Is Historical Education Studies Worldwide research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2019.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Historical Education Studies Worldwide as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0034% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Historical Education Studies Worldwide 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.

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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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