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Knowledge Management in Higher Education

Knowledge Management in Higher Education is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 2.7k research works in it since 1970. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on knowledge management, education innovation, and the application of socioformation and complex thinking in various fields. It explores topics such as distance learning, medical education, innovation ecosystems, digital transformation, and sustainability. The papers also discuss the impact of these concepts on social development and emphasize the importance of integrating them into educational practices.

  • Knowledge Management
  • Education Innovation
  • Socioformation
  • Complex Thinking
  • Social Development
  • Distance Learning
  • Medical Education
  • Innovation Ecosystems
  • Digital Transformation
  • Sustainability
Research works
2.7k
fractional, since 1970
In the world top 10%
272
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+163%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Mexico
25% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Knowledge Management in Higher Education

Which countries lead Knowledge Management in Higher Education research?

By volume, Mexico and Ecuador publish the most (337 and 233 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Mexico 337 works
  2. 2 Ecuador 233 works
  3. 3 Peru 204 works
  4. 4 Colombia 165 works
  5. 5 Spain 141 works
  6. 6 United States 71 works
  7. 7 Brazil 57 works
  8. 8 Chile 56 works
  9. 9 Venezuela 54 works
  10. 10 Cuba 53 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.

Mexico: 24.6%Ecuador: 17.0%Peru: 14.9%Colombia: 12.0%6 others listed: 31.5%25%largest
Mexico337 · 24.6%Ecuador233 · 17.0%Peru204 · 14.9%Colombia165 · 12.0%6 others listed432 · 31.5%

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

Which institutions lead Knowledge Management in Higher Education research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad César Vallejo publishes the most Knowledge Management in Higher Education research, followed by Universidad Estatal de Milagro and Tecnológico Nacional de México.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad César VallejoPeru 49 works
  2. 2 Universidad Estatal de MilagroEcuador 34 works
  3. 3 Tecnológico Nacional de MéxicoMexico 22 works
  4. 4 University of GuayaquilEcuador 21 works
  5. 5 CHDI FoundationUnited States 21 works
  6. 6 National University of San MarcosPeru 20 works
  7. 7 Ação EducativaBrazil 20 works
  8. 8 Universidad de GuadalajaraMexico 19 works
  9. 9 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 18 works
  10. 10 Universidad VeracruzanaMexico 13 works

What are the most cited papers in Knowledge Management in Higher Education?

The most cited paper in Knowledge Management in Higher Education is "Sustainable Management of Digital Transformation in Higher Education: Global Research Trends" (Emilio Abad‐Segura, Mariana-Daniela González-Zamar, Juan C. Infante-Moro et al., 2020), with 534 citations. Next come "Fundamentos Epistémicos de la Investigación Cualitativa y Cuantitativa: Consensos y Disensos" (427) and "Análisis cualitativo de contenido: una alternativa metodológica alcanzable" (268).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Sustainable Management of Digital Transformation in Higher Education: Global Research Trends Emilio Abad‐Segura, Mariana-Daniela González-Zamar, Juan C. Infante-Moro et al. · Sustainability Open access 9 Mar 2020 534
2 Fundamentos Epistémicos de la Investigación Cualitativa y Cuantitativa: Consensos y Disensos Fabio Anselmo Sánchez Flores · Revista Digital de Investigación en Docencia Universitaria Open access 24 Apr 2019 427
3 Análisis cualitativo de contenido: una alternativa metodológica alcanzable Pablo Cáceres · Psicoperspectivas Individuo y Sociedad Open access 20 Oct 2008 268
4 Content validity by experts judgment: Proposal for a virtual tool Liliana Aidé Galicia Alarcón, Jorge Arturo Balderrama Trápaga, Rubén Edel Navarro · Apertura Open access Oct 2017 234
5 STEAM in education: a bibliometric analysis of performance and co-words in Web of Science José Antonio Marín Marín, Antonio-José Moreno-Guerrero, Pablo Dúo-Terrón et al. · International Journal of STEM Education Open access 25 Jun 2021 224
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Where is Knowledge Management in Higher Education research done?

The largest centres of Knowledge Management in Higher Education research in 2022-now are Lima (Peru), Bogotá (Colombia), Mexico City (Mexico) and Guayaquil (Ecuador). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Trujillo, Guayaquil and Caracas.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LimaPeru 73 works
  2. 2 BogotáColombia 73 works
  3. 3 Mexico CityMexico 70 works
  4. 4 GuayaquilEcuador 67 works
  5. 5 TrujilloPeru 64 works
  6. 6 MadridSpain 36 works
  7. 7 QuitoEcuador 32 works
  8. 8 São PauloBrazil 28 works
  9. 9 San JoséCosta Rica 27 works
  10. 10 Panama CityPanama 27 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. TrujilloPE · 64.2 works82×
  2. GuayaquilEC · 67.2 works69×
  3. CaracasVE · 24.0 works58×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Knowledge Management in Higher Education than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Knowledge Management in Higher Education?

Among universities, judged by research, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Universidad César Vallejo and University of Guayaquil 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 13.32%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Tecnológico de Monte…Universidad César Va…National University …University of Guayaq…
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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
1Tecnológico de MonterreyMexico 75.341.8%30.6×13 +356.2%
2Universidad César VallejoPeru 63.215.2%114.6×49 +827.2%
3University of GuayaquilEcuador 47.49.5%84.5×21 +396.7%
4National University of San MarcosPeru 46.911.5%51.1×20 +429.1%
5Universidad Estatal de MilagroEcuador 46.89.0%189.4×34 -
6Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 45.410.5%11.3×18 +243.3%
7Universidad de GuadalajaraMexico 39.95.9%40.8×19 +295.2%
8Universidad Autónoma del Estado de HidalgoMexico 36.816.6%35.7×10 +208.2%
9Universidad Técnica de ManabíEcuador 33.26.6%58.0×13 +264.4%
10Corporación Universitaria Minuto de DiosColombia 31.96.6%102.7×11 +511.3%

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 Knowledge Management in Higher Education, country by country

Is Knowledge Management in Higher Education research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 163% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Knowledge Management in Higher Education.

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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 Knowledge Management in Higher Education as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0029% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Knowledge Management in Higher Education0.011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Knowledge Management in Higher Education 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.

still counting5%10%15%Knowledge Management in Higher Education10.4% in 20252020

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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