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Mechatronics Education and Applications

Mechatronics Education and Applications is a research topic within Mechanical Engineering. Science Explorer counts 7.1k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the evolution and education of mechatronics engineering, covering interdisciplinary curriculum, project-based learning, control system design, robotics, and cyber-physical systems. It explores innovative approaches to teaching and learning in the field of mechatronics engineering.

  • Mechatronics
  • Education
  • Engineering
  • Interdisciplinary
  • Curriculum
  • Project-Based Learning
  • Control System Design
  • Robotics
  • Cyber-Physical Systems
  • Innovation
Research works
7.1k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
707
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
-30%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
38% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Mechatronics Education and Applications

Which countries lead Mechatronics Education and Applications research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (301 and 169 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 301 works
  2. 2 China 169 works
  3. 3 India 82 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 62 works
  5. 5 Japan 42 works
  6. 6 Germany 40 works
  7. 7 Spain 26 works
  8. 8 Russia 25 works
  9. 9 Brazil 24 works
  10. 10 United Kingdom 24 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: 37.8%China: 21.3%India: 10.3%Indonesia: 7.7%6 others listed: 22.9%38%largest
United States301 · 37.8%China169 · 21.3%India82 · 10.3%Indonesia62 · 7.7%6 others listed182 · 22.9%

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

Which institutions lead Mechatronics Education and Applications research?

By volume in 2022-now, Tecnológico de Monterrey publishes the most Mechatronics Education and Applications research, followed by Purdue University West Lafayette and Beijing Polytechnic.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Tecnológico de MonterreyMexico 11 works
  2. 2 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States 8 works
  3. 3 Beijing PolytechnicChina 6 works
  4. 4 Harbin Institute of TechnologyChina 6 works
  5. 5 Institute of Electrical and Electronics EngineersUnited States 6 works
  6. 6 University of VirginiaUnited States 6 works
  7. 7 Texas A&M UniversityUnited States 5 works
  8. 8 State University of PadangIndonesia 5 works
  9. 9 Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore 5 works
  10. 10 United States Department of DefenseUnited States 5 works

Who are the leading researchers in Mechatronics Education and Applications?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Mechatronics Education and Applications include Takeo Kanade.

  1. 1 Takeo Kanade United States 94k 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 Mechatronics Education and Applications?

The most cited paper in Mechatronics Education and Applications is "What is Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)?" (Matthew J. Koehler, Punya Mishra, William Cain, 2013), with 1,484 citations. Next come "The ABET “Professional Skills” - Can They Be Taught? Can They Be Assessed?" (1,176) and "Current Trends in Remote Laboratories" (516).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 What is Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK)? Matthew J. Koehler, Punya Mishra, William Cain · Journal of Education Open access Oct 2013 1,484
2 The ABET “Professional Skills” - Can They Be Taught? Can They Be Assessed? Larry J. Shuman, Mary Besterfield‐Sacre, Jack McGourty · Journal of Engineering Education 2005 1,176
3 Current Trends in Remote Laboratories Lúıs Gomes, Seta O. Bogosyan · IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics 8 Oct 2009 516
4 The Globally Competent Engineer: Working Effectively with People Who Define Problems Differently Gary Lee Downey, Juan C. Lucena, Barbara Moskal et al. · Journal of Engineering Education Apr 2006 493
5 Robotics in the early childhood classroom: learning outcomes from an 8-week robotics curriculum in pre-kindergarten through second grade Amanda Sullivan, Marina Umaschi Bers · International Journal of Technology and Design Education 21 Mar 2015 457
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Where is Mechatronics Education and Applications research done?

The largest centres of Mechatronics Education and Applications research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Shanghai (China), Monterrey (Mexico) and Tokyo (Japan).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 16 works
  2. 2 ShanghaiChina 13 works
  3. 3 MonterreyMexico 11 works
  4. 4 TokyoJapan 10 works
  5. 5 NanjingChina 10 works
  6. 6 West LafayetteUnited States 8 works
  7. 7 MoscowRussia 8 works
  8. 8 HarbinChina 8 works
  9. 9 Washington D.C.United States 7 works
  10. 10 SingaporeSingapore 7 works
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Where is the best place to study Mechatronics Education and Applications?

Among universities, judged by research, Tecnológico de Monterrey and Purdue University West Lafayette 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.

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 100.012.7%38.5×11 +31.2%
2Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States 0.011.6%8.2×8 -72.2%

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 Mechatronics Education and Applications, country by country

Is Mechatronics Education and Applications research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 30% lower than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2020.

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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 Mechatronics Education and Applications as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0072% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Mechatronics Education and Applications0.0056% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Mechatronics Education and Applications 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%Mechatronics Education and Applications10.7% in 2025200020102020

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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