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Information Systems Education and Curriculum Development

Information Systems Education and Curriculum Development is a research topic within Information Systems. Science Explorer counts 6.7k 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 focuses on the analysis of information technology (IT) skills, curriculum guidelines for information systems education, job market trends, skill requirements, and the challenges related to IS enrollment. It also explores the impact of soft skills, industry needs, and career choices in IT education and workforce development.

  • IT skills
  • curriculum guidelines
  • information systems
  • job market analysis
  • IS enrollment crisis
  • skill requirements
  • academic programs
  • career choices
  • soft skills
  • industry needs
Research works
6.7k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
676
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+5%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
57% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Information Systems Education and Curriculum Development

Which countries lead Information Systems Education and Curriculum Development research?

By volume, the United States and India publish the most (381 and 59 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 381 works
  2. 2 India 59 works
  3. 3 China 50 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 39 works
  5. 5 Germany 33 works
  6. 6 Australia 26 works
  7. 7 Philippines 22 works
  8. 8 Canada 22 works
  9. 9 Brazil 20 works
  10. 10 Indonesia 19 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.

United States: 56.8%India: 8.8%China: 7.4%United Kingdom: 5.8%6 others listed: 21.1%57%largest
United States381 · 56.8%India59 · 8.8%China50 · 7.4%United Kingdom39 · 5.8%6 others listed142 · 21.1%

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

Which institutions lead Information Systems Education and Curriculum Development research?

By volume in 2022-now, American Society of Genealogists publishes the most Information Systems Education and Curriculum Development research, followed by Purdue University West Lafayette and Georgia Institute of Technology.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 American Society of GenealogistsUnited States 11 works
  2. 2 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States 7 works
  3. 3 Georgia Institute of TechnologyUnited States 5 works
  4. 4 University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States 5 works
  5. 5 Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNorway 5 works
  6. 6 Virginia TechUnited States 5 works
  7. 7 Atlantic International UniversityUnited States 5 works
  8. 8 United States Department of DefenseUnited States 4 works
  9. 9 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States 4 works
  10. 10 Florida State UniversityUnited States 4 works

Who are the leading researchers in Information Systems Education and Curriculum Development?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Information Systems Education and Curriculum Development include Jeffrey L. Cummings.

  1. 1 Jeffrey L. Cummings United States 176k 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 Information Systems Education and Curriculum Development?

The most cited paper in Information Systems Education and Curriculum Development is "The ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2007" (Gail Salaway, Judith Borreson Caruso, 2007), with 995 citations. Next come "Digital Innovation as a Fundamental and Powerful Concept in the Information Systems Curriculum1" (938) and "Critical Skills and Knowledge Requirements of IS Professionals: A Joint Academic/Industry Investigation1" (928).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2007 Gail Salaway, Judith Borreson Caruso 2007 995
2 Digital Innovation as a Fundamental and Powerful Concept in the Information Systems Curriculum1 Robert G. Fichman, Brian L. Dos Santos, Zhiqiang Zheng · MIS Quarterly Jun 2014 938
3 Critical Skills and Knowledge Requirements of IS Professionals: A Joint Academic/Industry Investigation1 Denis M. S. Lee, Eileen M. Trauth, Douglas W. Farwell · MIS Quarterly Sep 1995 928
4 Information Technology Project Management Kathy Schwalbe 7 Sep 1999 660
5 Computing as a discipline Peter J. Denning, Douglas E. Comer, David Gries et al. · Computer Feb 1989 638
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Where is Information Systems Education and Curriculum Development research done?

The largest centres of Information Systems Education and Curriculum Development research in 2022-now are Sharon (United States), Atlanta (United States), New York (United States) and London (United Kingdom).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 SharonUnited States 11 works
  2. 2 AtlantaUnited States 9 works
  3. 3 New YorkUnited States 9 works
  4. 4 LondonUnited Kingdom 9 works
  5. 5 BostonUnited States 7 works
  6. 6 West LafayetteUnited States 7 works
  7. 7 JohannesburgSouth Africa 6 works
  8. 8 TokyoJapan 6 works
  9. 9 Washington D.C.United States 6 works
  10. 10 SeattleUnited States 6 works
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Is Information Systems Education and Curriculum Development research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Information Systems Education and Curriculum Development.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Information Systems Education and Curriculum Development as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0028% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Information Systems Education and Curriculum Development 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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