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Mobile Learning in Education

Mobile Learning in Education is a research topic within Information Systems. Science Explorer counts 21k research works in it since 1952. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the use of mobile technologies, such as cellphones, smartphones, and tablets, in higher education. It explores topics such as student perspectives on learning, the design of personalized mobile technologies for lifelong learning, integrating mobile devices with teaching and learning, mobile learning readiness, and the effects of mobile technology on student attitudes and performance. The cluster also delves into areas like language learning, collaborative learning, and the impact of ubiquitous computing on education.

  • Mobile Learning
  • Higher Education
  • Technology Integration
  • Student Perspectives
  • Lifelong Learning
  • Teaching Performance
  • Educational Applications
  • Language Learning
  • Collaborative Learning
  • Ubiquitous Computing
Research works
21k
fractional, since 1952
In the world top 10%
2.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+4%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Indonesia
38% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Mobile Learning in Education

Which countries lead Mobile Learning in Education research?

By volume, Indonesia and the United States publish the most (1.3k and 485 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Indonesia 1.3k works
  2. 2 United States 485 works
  3. 3 China 313 works
  4. 4 Malaysia 306 works
  5. 5 India 290 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 181 works
  7. 7 Philippines 141 works
  8. 8 Nigeria 121 works
  9. 9 South Africa 120 works
  10. 10 Germany 98 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: 38.2%United States: 14.6%China: 9.4%Malaysia: 9.2%6 others listed: 28.6%38%largest
Indonesia1,273 · 38.2%United States485 · 14.6%China313 · 9.4%Malaysia306 · 9.2%6 others listed951 · 28.6%

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

Which institutions lead Mobile Learning in Education research?

By volume in 2022-now, State University of Malang publishes the most Mobile Learning in Education research, followed by Indonesia University of Education and Yogyakarta State University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 State University of MalangIndonesia 69 works
  2. 2 Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 58 works
  3. 3 Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia 57 works
  4. 4 State University of PadangIndonesia 45 works
  5. 5 Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia 44 works
  6. 6 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 39 works
  7. 7 State University of JakartaIndonesia 37 works
  8. 8 Sultan Idris Education UniversityMalaysia 33 works
  9. 9 State University of SemarangIndonesia 31 works
  10. 10 State University of MedanIndonesia 30 works

Who are the leading researchers in Mobile Learning in Education?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Mobile Learning in Education include David Alan Bennett and Masayuki P. Yamamoto.

  1. 1 David Alan Bennett United States 190k citations
  2. 2 Masayuki P. Yamamoto Japan 162k 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 Mobile Learning in Education?

The most cited paper in Mobile Learning in Education is "Current status, opportunities and challenges of augmented reality in education" (Hsin‐Kai Wu, Silvia Wen‐Yu Lee, Hsin‐Yi Chang et al., 2012), with 2,503 citations. Next come "Design-based research and technology-enhanced learning environments" (2,228) and "Advantages and challenges associated with augmented reality for education: A systematic review of the literature" (2,165).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Current status, opportunities and challenges of augmented reality in education Hsin‐Kai Wu, Silvia Wen‐Yu Lee, Hsin‐Yi Chang et al. · Computers & Education 6 Nov 2012 2,503
2 Design-based research and technology-enhanced learning environments Feng Wang, Michael J. Hannafin · Educational Technology Research and Development Dec 2005 2,228
3 Advantages and challenges associated with augmented reality for education: A systematic review of the literature Murat Akçayır, Gökçe Akçayır · Educational Research Review Review 5 Nov 2016 2,165
4 Design-Based Research Terry D. Anderson, Julie Shattuck · Educational Researcher 2012 2,132
5 Bringing computational thinking to K-12 Valerie Barr, Chris G. Stephenson · ACM Inroads 25 Feb 2011 1,682
All 100 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Mobile Learning in Education research done?

The largest centres of Mobile Learning in Education research in 2022-now are Jakarta (Indonesia), Bandung (Indonesia), Malang (Indonesia) and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Singaraja, Johor Bahru and Shah Alam.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 JakartaIndonesia 114 works
  2. 2 BandungIndonesia 103 works
  3. 3 MalangIndonesia 99 works
  4. 4 Kuala LumpurMalaysia 94 works
  5. 5 YogyakartaIndonesia 93 works
  6. 6 SurabayaIndonesia 74 works
  7. 7 SemarangIndonesia 63 works
  8. 8 MedanIndonesia 63 works
  9. 9 PadangIndonesia 53 works
  10. 10 MakassarIndonesia 50 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. SingarajaID · 25.1 works11×
  2. Johor BahruMY · 25.5 works9.7×
  3. Shah AlamMY · 43.8 works9.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Mobile Learning in Education than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Mobile Learning in Education?

Among universities, judged by research, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, State University of Malang and Yogyakarta State University 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 15.84%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →National Taiwan Univ…State University of …Yogyakarta State Uni…State University of …
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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
1National Taiwan University of Science and TechnologyTaiwan 57.445.1%11.3×10 -35.5%
2State University of MalangIndonesia 54.73.8%15.8×69 +37.8%
3Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia 50.35.5%21.6×57 +7.9%
4State University of PadangIndonesia 50.38.1%9.2×45 +42.1%
5University of Technology MalaysiaMalaysia 49.38.0%11.1×24 +21.4%
6University of MalayaMalaysia 49.321.5%5.4×14 +40.7%
7Sultan Idris Education UniversityMalaysia 48.85.1%35.6×33 +29.7%
8Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia 48.24.2%12.9×44 +97.4%
9University of Hong KongChina 47.544.0%2.0×9 -11.1%
10University of South AfricaSouth Africa 47.213.1%11.2×22 +65.2%

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 Mobile Learning in Education, country by country

Is Mobile Learning in Education research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Mobile Learning in 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 Mobile Learning in Education as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.028% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%0.030%Mobile Learning in Education0.021% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Mobile Learning in 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%Mobile Learning in Education10.3% 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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