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Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning

Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning is a research topic within Artificial Intelligence. Science Explorer counts 21k 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 effectiveness and impact of intelligent tutoring systems, exploring topics such as cognitive-affective interaction, meta-cognitive skills, knowledge tracing, student modeling, and adaptive learning environments. It also delves into the use of educational agents, Bayesian networks, and pedagogical strategies to enhance learning outcomes.

  • Intelligent Tutoring Systems
  • Affective States
  • Cognitive-Affective Interaction
  • Meta-cognitive Skills
  • Knowledge Tracing
  • Student Modeling
  • Adaptive Learning Environments
  • Educational Agents
  • Bayesian Networks
  • Pedagogical Strategies
Research works
21k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
2.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+126%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
29% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning

Which countries lead Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.4k and 1.3k works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 1.4k works
  2. 2 China 1.3k works
  3. 3 India 844 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 279 works
  5. 5 Germany 255 works
  6. 6 United Kingdom 191 works
  7. 7 Japan 189 works
  8. 8 Canada 161 works
  9. 9 Australia 145 works
  10. 10 Türkiye 128 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: 28.5%China: 26.2%India: 17.4%Indonesia: 5.8%6 others listed: 22.1%29%largest
United States1,381 · 28.5%China1,266 · 26.2%India844 · 17.4%Indonesia279 · 5.8%6 others listed1,070 · 22.1%

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

Which institutions lead Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning research?

By volume in 2022-now, Central China Normal University publishes the most Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning research, followed by Carnegie Mellon University and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Central China Normal UniversityChina 55 works
  2. 2 Carnegie Mellon UniversityUnited States 42 works
  3. 3 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 33 works
  4. 4 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 27 works
  5. 5 East China Normal UniversityChina 27 works
  6. 6 South China Normal UniversityChina 25 works
  7. 7 North Carolina State UniversityUnited States 24 works
  8. 8 Arizona State UniversityUnited States 22 works
  9. 9 University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States 22 works
  10. 10 Binus UniversityIndonesia 22 works

Who are the leading researchers in Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning include Yoshua Bengio and Vladimir N. Vapnik.

  1. 1 Yoshua Bengio Canada 476k citations
  2. 2 Vladimir N. Vapnik United States 227k 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 Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning?

The most cited paper in Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning is "Cognitive Load During Problem Solving: Effects on Learning" (John Sweller, 1988), with 9,446 citations. Next come "Systematic review of research on artificial intelligence applications in higher education – where are the educators?" (6,707) and "Encoding specificity and retrieval processes in episodic memory." (4,600).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cognitive Load During Problem Solving: Effects on Learning John Sweller · Cognitive Science Apr 1988 9,446
2 Systematic review of research on artificial intelligence applications in higher education – where are the educators? Olaf Zawacki‐Richter, Victoria I. Marín, Melissa Bond et al. · International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education ReviewOpen access 27 Oct 2019 6,707
3 Encoding specificity and retrieval processes in episodic memory. Endel Tulving, Donald M. Thomson · Psychological Review Sep 1973 4,600
4 Case-Based Reasoning Janet L. Kolodner · Cambridge University Press eBooks Book chapter 24 Apr 2005 4,251
5 Depth of processing and the retention of words in episodic memory. Fergus I. M. Craik, Endel Tulving · Journal of Experimental Psychology General Sep 1975 3,990
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Where is Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning research done?

The largest centres of Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Wuhan (China), Guangzhou (China) and Chennai (India).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 175 works
  2. 2 WuhanChina 94 works
  3. 3 GuangzhouChina 84 works
  4. 4 ChennaiIndia 83 works
  5. 5 ShanghaiChina 82 works
  6. 6 TokyoJapan 63 works
  7. 7 PuneIndia 63 works
  8. 8 BengaluruIndia 61 works
  9. 9 SingaporeSingapore 53 works
  10. 10 PittsburghUnited States 52 works
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Where is the best place to study Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning?

Among universities, judged by research, Education University of Hong Kong, Central China Normal University and Nanyang Technological University 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 23.89%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Education University…Nanyang Technologica…University of Scienc…Central China Normal…
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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.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Education University of Hong KongChina 79.143.2%19.6×18 +547.0%
2Central China Normal UniversityChina 67.915.4%33.9×55 +367.9%
3Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore 62.731.7%3.6×18 +267.7%
4University of Science and Technology of ChinaChina 61.129.5%2.6×19 +126.5%
5Carnegie Mellon UniversityUnited States 59.716.0%15.8×42 -16.7%
6Monash UniversityAustralia 58.032.5%2.5×16 +81.2%
7University of Hong KongChina 55.118.3%3.2×19 +481.9%
8University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States 54.514.2%4.0×22 +47.1%
9Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina 54.325.2%2.8×16 +595.5%
10East China Normal UniversityChina 53.212.9%8.7×27 +622.7%

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 Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning, country by country

Is Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 126% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive 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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.026% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Adaptive Learning 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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