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Literacy and Educational Practices

Literacy and Educational Practices is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 14k 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 explores reading habits, literacy education, and the impact of digital learning on student achievement. It delves into topics such as booktubers, informal learning trends, metacognitive strategies for reading comprehension, and the promotion of literature. The papers also discuss the influence of educational technology on youth reading trends and the development of digital literacy skills.

  • Reading Habits
  • Literacy Education
  • Digital Learning
  • Booktubers
  • Student Achievement
  • Informal Learning
  • Metacognitive Strategies
  • Literature Promotion
  • Educational Technology
  • Youth Reading Trends
Research works
14k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.5k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+19%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Literacy and Educational Practices research?

By volume, Spain and Ecuador publish the most (897 and 411 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Spain 897 works
  2. 2 Ecuador 411 works
  3. 3 Mexico 335 works
  4. 4 Colombia 287 works
  5. 5 Brazil 203 works
  6. 6 Argentina 200 works
  7. 7 Peru 200 works
  8. 8 Chile 194 works
  9. 9 United States 115 works
  10. 10 ?? 85 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.

Spain: 30.6%Ecuador: 14.0%Mexico: 11.4%Colombia: 9.8%6 others listed: 34.1%31%largest
Spain897 · 30.6%Ecuador411 · 14.0%Mexico335 · 11.4%Colombia287 · 9.8%6 others listed998 · 34.1%

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

Which institutions lead Literacy and Educational Practices research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Ação Educativa publishes the most Literacy and Educational Practices research, followed by Universidad César Vallejo and Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Ação EducativaBrazil 104 works
  2. 2 Universidad César VallejoPeru 53 works
  3. 3 Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador?? 51 works
  4. 4 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 50 works
  5. 5 Universidad Estatal de MilagroEcuador 49 works
  6. 6 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 47 works
  7. 7 Universidad de GranadaSpain 45 works
  8. 8 National University of San MarcosPeru 40 works
  9. 9 Universidad Metropolitana de Educación, Ciencia y TecnologíaPanama 38 works
  10. 10 University of AlicanteSpain 37 works

Where is Literacy and Educational Practices research done?

The largest centres of Literacy and Educational Practices research in 2022–2025 are Madrid (Spain), São Paulo (Brazil), Bogotá (Colombia) and Mexico City (Mexico). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Durán, Latacunga and La Libertad.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Madrid Spain 151 works
  2. 2 São Paulo Brazil 119 works
  3. 3 Bogotá Colombia 102 works
  4. 4 Mexico City Mexico 100 works
  5. 5 Guayaquil Ecuador 87 works
  6. 6 Lima Peru 85 works
  7. 7 Santiago Chile 77 works
  8. 8 Buenos Aires Argentina 75 works
  9. 9 Panama City Panama 62 works
  10. 10 Valencia Spain 61 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Durán51.3 works196×
  2. LatacungaEC · 25.2 works135×
  3. La LibertadEC · 21.1 works117×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Literacy and Educational Practices than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Literacy and Educational Practices?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Alicante, Universitat de València and Universidad Indoamérica 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 23.67%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Alicante: 37, 26.3%Universitat de València: 50, 21.4%Universidad Indoamérica: 14, 43.5%Universidad César Vallejo: 53, 28.4%Universidad de Cádiz: 30, 16.1%Universidad de Málaga: 31, 17.4%Central University of Ecuador: 26, 18.0%Universidad Estatal de Milagro: 49, 24.4%Universidad Internacional De La Rioja: 14, 24.1%Universidad de Granada: 45, 17.1%Universidad Indoamér…Universidad César Va…University of AlicanteUniversitat de Valèn…
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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
1 University of AlicanteSpain 73.226.3%42.9×37 +340.3%
2 Universitat de ValènciaSpain 70.421.4%29.9×50 +160.7%
3 Universidad IndoaméricaEcuador 66.843.5%59.6×14 —
4 Universidad César VallejoPeru 66.028.4%58.6×53 —
5 Universidad de CádizSpain 65.016.1%53.2×30 +550.8%
6 Universidad de MálagaSpain 64.717.4%30.1×31 +186.4%
7 Central University of EcuadorEcuador 64.718.0%71.4×26 +444.4%
8 Universidad Estatal de MilagroEcuador 63.524.4%131.3×49 —
9 Universidad Internacional De La RiojaSpain 63.324.1%32.0×14 +805.3%
10 Universidad de GranadaSpain 62.317.1%25.7×45 +80.3%

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 Literacy and Educational Practices research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 19% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Literacy and Educational Practices.

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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.