Topic · Developmental and Educational Psychology

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. 9.7% 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.

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Literacy
Technology
Development
Students
Skills
Strategy
Communication

Research works: 14k
In the world top 10%: 1.3k
Top-10% rate: 9.7%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25: +80%
Largest producer: Indonesia

Language Acquisition and Education

Which countries lead Language Acquisition and Education research?

By volume, Indonesia and Uzbekistan publish the most (6.4k and 375 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

1 Indonesia 6.4k works
2 Uzbekistan 375 works
3 Brazil 331 works
4 ?? 217 works
5 United States 197 works
6 Philippines 144 works
7 Malaysia 121 works
8 China 82 works
9 Iraq 79 works
10 India 74 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.

Indonesia6,361 · 79.7%Uzbekistan375 · 4.7%Brazil331 · 4.1%??217 · 2.7%6 others listed698 · 8.7%

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

Which institutions lead Language Acquisition and Education research?

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

By volume, 2022-now

1 State University of MakassarIndonesia 156 works
2 Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia 153 works
3 Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 151 works
4 State University of MedanIndonesia 129 works
5 State University of SemarangIndonesia 128 works
6 Universitas Muhammadiyah Tapanuli SelatanIndonesia 125 works
7 Universitas PGRI SemarangIndonesia 120 works
8 State University of PadangIndonesia 112 works
9 University of HKBP NommensenIndonesia 102 works
10 Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia 94 works

What are the most cited papers in Language Acquisition and Education?

The most cited paper in Language Acquisition and Education is "Current state of knowledge on the prevalence of neurodevelopmental disorders in childhood according to the DSM-5: a systematic review in accordance with the PRISMA criteria" (Lorena Francés, Javier Quintero, Alberto Fernández et al., 2022), with 351 citations. Next come "STUDENTS’ MASTERY IN IDENTIFYING ADVERBS AT GRADE VIII SMP N 2 BATANG TORUTAPANULI SELATAN" (229) and "Pemerolehan Bahasa Pertama pada Anak Usia Dini" (215).

Most cited papers
#	Paper	Released	Citations
1	Current state of knowledge on the prevalence of neurodevelopmental disorders in childhood according to the DSM-5: a systematic review in accordance with the PRISMA criteria Lorena Francés, Javier Quintero, Alberto Fernández et al. · Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health ReviewOpen access	31 Mar 2022	351
2	STUDENTS’ MASTERY IN IDENTIFYING ADVERBS AT GRADE VIII SMP N 2 BATANG TORUTAPANULI SELATAN Ranisa Ranisa, Erawadi Erawadi, Hamka Hamka · English Education English Journal for Teaching and Learning Open access	30 Dec 2018	229
3	Pemerolehan Bahasa Pertama pada Anak Usia Dini Indah Permatasari Suardi, Syahrul Ramadhan, Yasnur Asri · Jurnal Obsesi Jurnal Pendidikan Anak Usia Dini Open access	9 Apr 2019	215
4	Exploring the Benefits and Challenges of AI-Language Learning Tools Roxana Rebolledo Font de la Vall, Fabián Avelino González Araya · The International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities Invention Open access	8 Jan 2023	201
5	Pragmatic language impairment and associated behavioural problems M. Ketelaars, Juliane M. Cuperus, Kino Jansonius et al. · International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders	10 Feb 2010	180

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Where is Language Acquisition and Education research done?

The largest centres of Language Acquisition and Education research in 2022-now 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.

Largest cities, 2022-now

1 MedanIndonesia 554 works
2 JakartaIndonesia 419 works
3 BandungIndonesia 362 works
4 SemarangIndonesia 357 works
5 MakassarIndonesia 323 works
6 YogyakartaIndonesia 286 works
7 SurabayaIndonesia 278 works
8 MalangIndonesia 262 works
9 BengkuluIndonesia 206 works
10 TashkentUzbekistan 204 works

Where it is the local speciality

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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, Institut Agama Islam Negeri Bengkulu, State University of Semarang and Indonesia University of Education 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.

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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.

#	University	Score	Top 10%	Specialisation	Works	Growth
1	Institut Agama Islam Negeri BengkuluIndonesia	64.8	12.6%	14.5×	153	+133.6%
2	State University of SemarangIndonesia	64.2	11.7%	22.5×	128	+27.1%
3	Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia	62.3	11.2%	20.2×	151	+147.7%
4	Universitas Pendidikan GaneshaIndonesia	60.8	14.1%	23.9×	72	+36.2%
5	University of HKBP NommensenIndonesia	60.5	9.3%	77.3×	102	+195.7%
6	Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia	60.5	12.5%	20.6×	88	+162.9%
7	State University of MakassarIndonesia	59.1	6.9%	26.2×	156	+284.7%
8	Muhammadiyah University of SurakartaIndonesia	58.6	13.1%	15.7×	70	+164.5%
9	State University of PadangIndonesia	58.1	10.3%	13.9×	112	+9.9%
10	Universitas Merdeka PonorogoIndonesia	58.1	28.2%	26.4×	9	+153.3%
11	Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia	57.3	11.0%	16.7×	94	+87.8%
12	Universitas Islam Negeri Sumatera UtaraIndonesia	57.2	10.1%	12.3×	92	+639.5%
13	Universitas Muhammadiyah Prof Dr HamkaIndonesia	57.1	19.5%	20.8×	34	+367.7%
14	Universitas PGRI SemarangIndonesia	56.5	7.4%	34.9×	120	+114.1%
15	Universitas Islam Negeri Maulana Malik IbrahimIndonesia	56.3	10.6%	27.2×	72	+301.9%
16	Universitas Muhammadiyah Tapanuli SelatanIndonesia	55.9	8.8%	38.8×	125	+5.3%
17	State University of MalangIndonesia	55.5	9.7%	10.7×	76	+61.0%
18	Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University JakartaIndonesia	55.4	10.9%	25.9×	65	+67.4%
19	Jambi UniversityIndonesia	54.8	9.1%	14.1×	71	+174.6%
20	Universitas DjuandaIndonesia	54.7	14.8%	30.9×	42	+1191.7%
21	State University of MedanIndonesia	54.4	8.2%	23.6×	129	+12.0%
22	Islamic University of RiauIndonesia	53.7	10.4%	42.9×	62	+718.7%
23	Universitas Ahmad DahlanIndonesia	53.3	12.9%	12.0×	36	+49.8%
24	King Khalid UniversitySaudi Arabia	52.7	23.1%	3.0×	8	-17.8%
25	Tadulako UniversityIndonesia	52.5	9.7%	25.8×	56	+461.8%
26	Universitas Islam Negeri Raden Intan LampungIndonesia	52.1	13.1%	13.9×	38	+511.4%
27	Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University YogyakartaIndonesia	51.3	10.7%	11.7×	43	+140.9%
28	Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa UniversityIndonesia	51.0	12.3%	14.5×	43	+77.8%
29	University of Palangka RayaIndonesia	50.8	16.8%	12.1×	20	+258.1%
30	Universitas Sumatera UtaraIndonesia	50.7	7.7%	14.0×	69	+35.6%
31	Universitas SimalungunIndonesia	50.7	21.8%	35.2×	16	+18.2%
32	State University of JakartaIndonesia	50.4	8.2%	13.2×	52	+24.3%
33	UIN Sunan Ampel SurabayaIndonesia	49.9	9.7%	18.3×	44	+556.9%
34	Universitas Muhammadiyah Sumatera BaratIndonesia	49.9	15.3%	18.3×	23	+264.4%
35	Islamic UniversityBangladesh	49.5	10.0%	18.8×	23	+164.8%
36	University of MataramIndonesia	49.4	7.1%	11.0×	67	+75.2%
37	University of Singaperbangsa KarawangIndonesia	49.2	9.9%	14.0×	42	+190.2%
38	Universitas Muhammadiyah JakartaIndonesia	49.1	15.6%	9.5×	17	+23.2%
39	Muhammadiyah University of MakassarIndonesia	48.3	5.7%	30.5×	64	+261.1%
40	Universitas Muhammadiyah MalangIndonesia	48.1	8.9%	17.0×	42	+123.8%
41	Satya Wacana Christian UniversityIndonesia	47.4	18.2%	6.8×	13	+110.3%
42	National University of UzbekistanUzbekistan	45.4	6.9%	31.2×	35	+454.6%
43	Universitas Wahid HasyimIndonesia	45.3	20.6%	9.7×	10	+146.3%
44	Sanata Dharma UniversityIndonesia	44.5	19.7%	26.3×	24	-27.4%
45	China West Normal UniversityChina	41.0	19.4%	10.1×	9	-
46	National University of MalaysiaMalaysia	40.4	16.0%	3.4×	17	-2.3%
47	Al-Azhar UniversityIndonesia	39.9	8.1%	10.0×	14	+157.2%
48	Sultan Idris Education UniversityMalaysia	38.2	9.4%	8.8×	13	+130.0%
49	University of JordanJordan	34.5	6.8%	4.9×	10	+139.5%
50	International UniversityCambodia	32.6	7.0%	21.5×	9	-
51	Academy of Public AdministrationAzerbaijan	30.8	8.9%	77.9×	10	-
52	Westminster International University in TashkentUzbekistan	26.8	6.5%	42.5×	9	-

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 Language Acquisition and Education, country by country

Is Language Acquisition and Education research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 80% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Language Acquisition and Education.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Language Acquisition and Education as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.019% in 2024.

Fractional works of Language Acquisition and 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.

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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Which countries lead Language Acquisition and Education research?

By volume, 2022-now

How concentrated that is

Which institutions lead Language Acquisition and Education research?

By volume, 2022-now

What are the most cited papers in Language Acquisition and Education?

Where is Language Acquisition and Education research done?

Largest cities, 2022-now

Where it is the local speciality

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

Is Language Acquisition and Education research growing?

Its share of all research

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Which topics inside it are moving

Related research

Discussion