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Language Acquisition and Education

Language Acquisition and Education is a research topic within Developmental and Educational Psychology. Science Explorer counts 14k research works in it since 1965. 9.0% 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, learning strategies, language acquisition, and the use of technology in teaching. It includes research on improving students' skills, literacy development, and the impact of various teaching methods on learning outcomes.

  • Learning
  • Teaching
  • Language
  • Literacy
  • Technology
  • Development
  • Students
  • Skills
  • Strategy
  • Communication
Research works
14k
fractional, since 1965
In the world top 10%
1.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+546%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Language Acquisition and Education research?

By volume, Indonesia and Brazil publish the most (5.1k and 287 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Indonesia 5.1k works
  2. 2 Brazil 287 works
  3. 3 ?? 167 works
  4. 4 Uzbekistan 138 works
  5. 5 United States 106 works
  6. 6 Malaysia 100 works
  7. 7 Iraq 69 works
  8. 8 Philippines 63 works
  9. 9 China 57 works
  10. 10 India 56 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.

Indonesia: 83.0%Brazil: 4.7%??: 2.7%Uzbekistan: 2.2%6 others listed: 7.3%83%largest
Indonesia5,105 · 83.0%Brazil287 · 4.7%??167 · 2.7%Uzbekistan138 · 2.2%6 others listed451 · 7.3%

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

Which institutions lead Language Acquisition and Education research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu publishes the most Language Acquisition and Education research, followed by State University of Makassar and Indonesia University of Education.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu Indonesia 127 works
  2. 2 State University of Makassar Indonesia 117 works
  3. 3 Indonesia University of Education Indonesia 114 works
  4. 4 Universitas Muhammadiyah Tapanuli Selatan Indonesia 101 works
  5. 5 State University of Medan Indonesia 99 works
  6. 6 Universitas PGRI Semarang Indonesia 95 works
  7. 7 State University of Semarang Indonesia 83 works
  8. 8 State University of Padang Indonesia 79 works
  9. 9 University of HKBP Nommensen Indonesia 74 works
  10. 10 Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera Utara Indonesia 71 works

Where is Language Acquisition and Education research done?

The largest centres of Language Acquisition and Education research in 2022–2025 are Medan (Indonesia), Jakarta (Indonesia), Bandung (Indonesia) and Semarang (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Padangsidempuan, Jombang and Tasikmalaya.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Medan Indonesia 434 works
  2. 2 Jakarta Indonesia 353 works
  3. 3 Bandung Indonesia 293 works
  4. 4 Semarang Indonesia 271 works
  5. 5 Makassar Indonesia 250 works
  6. 6 Yogyakarta Indonesia 235 works
  7. 7 Surabaya Indonesia 225 works
  8. 8 Malang Indonesia 214 works
  9. 9 Bengkulu Indonesia 170 works
  10. 10 Denpasar Indonesia 163 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. PadangsidempuanID · 101.1 works36×
  2. JombangID · 28.8 works29×
  3. TasikmalayaID · 35.9 works26×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Language Acquisition and Education than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Language Acquisition and Education?

Among universities, judged by research, State University of Semarang, Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta and State University of Makassar 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%10%20%mean 10.84%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →State University of Semarang: 83, 14.7%Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta: 62, 16.4%State University of Makassar: 117, 9.0%Yogyakarta State University: 68, 10.8%Universitas Negeri Surabaya: 70, 9.7%State University of Padang: 79, 9.0%Universitas PGRI Semarang: 95, 7.8%State University of Medan: 99, 7.1%Sebelas Maret University: 60, 9.4%Sanata Dharma University: 23, 14.5%Muhammadiyah Univers…State University of …Yogyakarta State Uni…State University of …
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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
1State University of Semarang Indonesia 77.014.7%16.9×83 +250.1%
2Muhammadiyah University of Surakarta Indonesia 76.916.4%16.1×62 +1367.8%
3State University of Makassar Indonesia 71.69.0%22.8×117 +1500.0%
4Yogyakarta State University Indonesia 70.510.8%18.3×68 +586.3%
5Universitas Negeri Surabaya Indonesia 69.29.7%14.4×70 +428.6%
6State University of Padang Indonesia 68.89.0%11.4×79 +1296.9%
7Universitas PGRI Semarang Indonesia 68.57.8%32.0×95 +850.4%
8State University of Medan Indonesia 67.77.1%21.0×99 +1279.6%
9Sebelas Maret University Indonesia 67.79.4%10.0×60 +2147.7%
10Sanata Dharma University Indonesia 67.614.5%29.0×23 +2066.7%

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 Language Acquisition and Education research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 546% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Language Acquisition and Education.

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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.