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Information Technology and Learning

Information Technology and Learning is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 4.2k research works in it since 1950. 7.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to education, technology, and territorial intelligence. It includes discussions on e-learning, virtual communities, knowledge management, distance learning, scenario writing, digital preservation, and the impact of globalization on education. The papers also explore the use of technology in educational settings and its implications for territorial development.

  • Education
  • Technology
  • Territorial Intelligence
  • E-learning
  • Virtual Communities
  • Knowledge Management
  • Distance Learning
  • Scenario Writing
  • Digital Preservation
  • Globalization
Research works
4.2k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
296
per year above
Top-10% rate
7.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+14%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Information Technology and Learning research?

By volume, France and ?? publish the most (471 and 48 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 France 471 works
  2. 2 ?? 48 works
  3. 3 Canada 38 works
  4. 4 Spain 37 works
  5. 5 Belgium 33 works
  6. 6 Morocco 27 works
  7. 7 Côte d'Ivoire 19 works
  8. 8 Switzerland 17 works
  9. 9 United States 17 works
  10. 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 11 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: 65.7%??: 6.7%Canada: 5.3%Spain: 5.1%6 others listed: 17.2%66%largest
France471 · 65.7%??48 · 6.7%Canada38 · 5.3%Spain37 · 5.1%6 others listed124 · 17.2%

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

Which institutions lead Information Technology and Learning research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of Mons publishes the most Information Technology and Learning research, followed by Aix-Marseille Université and Nantes Université.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of Mons Belgium 23 works
  2. 2 Aix-Marseille Université France 10 works
  3. 3 Nantes Université France 10 works
  4. 4 Université Alassane Ouattara Côte d'Ivoire 9 works
  5. 5 Université de Lille France 8 works
  6. 6 Université de Lorraine France 8 works
  7. 7 Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique France 8 works
  8. 8 Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherche Normand en Education et Formation ?? 7 works
  9. 9 CY Cergy Paris Université France 6 works
  10. 10 Centre de recherche sur l’éducation, les apprentissages et la didactique France 6 works

Where is Information Technology and Learning research done?

The largest centres of Information Technology and Learning research in 2022–2025 are Paris (France), Montpellier (France), Lyon (France) and Mons (Belgium). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Mons and Montpellier.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Paris France 96 works
  2. 2 Montpellier France 28 works
  3. 3 Lyon France 23 works
  4. 4 Mons Belgium 23 works
  5. 5 Toulouse France 21 works
  6. 6 Nantes France 19 works
  7. 7 Rennes France 18 works
  8. 8 Marseille France 14 works
  9. 9 Lille France 14 works
  10. 10 Montreal Canada 13 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MonsBE · 22.6 works140×
  2. MontpellierFR · 27.8 works44×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Information Technology and Learning than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Information Technology and Learning?

Among universities, judged by research, Université Alassane Ouattara, Aix-Marseille Université and University of Mons 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%2%4%mean 1.85%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Université Alassane Ouattara: 9, 1.9%Aix-Marseille Université: 10, 3.4%University of Mons: 23, 1.5%Université de Lorraine: 8, 2.1%Université de Lille: 8, 2.2%Nantes Université: 10, 0.0%Aix-Marseille Univer…Université de LorraineUniversité Alassane …University of Mons
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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
1Université Alassane Ouattara Côte d'Ivoire 43.41.9%256.8×9 +255.6%
2Aix-Marseille Université France 38.93.4%40.2×10 +11.7%
3University of Mons Belgium 38.31.5%147.2×23 -28.3%
4Université de Lorraine France 25.22.1%38.0×8 +19.2%
5Université de Lille France 25.12.2%31.7×8 +43.7%
6Nantes Université France 8.70.0%71.9×10 +37.0%

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 Information Technology and Learning research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Information Technology and Learning.

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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.