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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. 23.5% 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%
4.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
23.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+25%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Mobile Learning in Education research?

By volume, Indonesia and the United States publish the most (1.2k and 450 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Indonesia 1.2k works
  2. 2 United States 450 works
  3. 3 Malaysia 288 works
  4. 4 India 253 works
  5. 5 China 245 works
  6. 6 Türkiye 174 works
  7. 7 Philippines 127 works
  8. 8 South Africa 115 works
  9. 9 Nigeria 111 works
  10. 10 Spain 91 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: 39.8%United States: 14.6%Malaysia: 9.4%India: 8.2%6 others listed: 28.0%40%largest
Indonesia1,223 · 39.8%United States450 · 14.6%Malaysia288 · 9.4%India253 · 8.2%6 others listed862 · 28.0%

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

Which institutions lead Mobile Learning in Education research?

By volume in 2022–2025, State University of Malang publishes the most Mobile Learning in Education research, followed by Indonesia University of Education and Yogyakarta State University.

Who are the leading researchers in Mobile Learning in Education?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Mobile Learning in Education include Albrecht Schmidt.

  1. 1 Albrecht Schmidt Germany 2.2k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Mobile Learning in Education research done?

The largest centres of Mobile Learning in Education research in 2022–2025 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, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Jakarta Indonesia 110 works
  2. 2 Bandung Indonesia 99 works
  3. 3 Malang Indonesia 94 works
  4. 4 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia 89 works
  5. 5 Yogyakarta Indonesia 88 works
  6. 6 Surabaya Indonesia 72 works
  7. 7 Medan Indonesia 60 works
  8. 8 Semarang Indonesia 60 works
  9. 9 Padang Indonesia 51 works
  10. 10 Makassar Indonesia 47 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. SingarajaID · 24.8 works11×
  2. Johor BahruMY · 24.7 works9.9×
  3. Shah AlamMY · 40.6 works9.2×
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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, State University of Malang, Education University of Hong Kong and Sultan Idris Education 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%60%mean 22.83%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →State University of Malang: 66, 13.4%Education University of Hong Kong: 10, 52.7%Sultan Idris Education University: 32, 15.0%Indonesia University of Education: 56, 11.2%Universitas Negeri Surabaya: 43, 13.5%Universiti Teknologi MARA: 36, 7.7%Yogyakarta State University: 55, 16.8%University of South Africa: 21, 26.5%National Taiwan University of Science and Technology: 10, 45.5%National University of Malaysia: 27, 26.0%Education University…Sultan Idris Educati…State University of …Indonesia University…
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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 State University of MalangIndonesia 67.413.4%14.3×66 +2458.3%
2 Education University of Hong KongHong Kong 66.252.7%14.0×10 +35.0%
3 Sultan Idris Education UniversityMalaysia 64.315.0%32.6×32 +293.6%
4 Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 64.111.2%11.6×56 +3090.0%
5 Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia 63.113.5%11.8×43 +966.7%
6 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 59.37.7%9.8×36 +189.7%
7 Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia 58.416.8%19.8×55
8 University of South AfricaSouth Africa 57.626.5%10.1×21 +69.5%
9 National Taiwan University of Science and TechnologyTaiwan 57.545.5%10.3×10 +3.6%
10 National University of MalaysiaMalaysia 56.926.0%9.2×27 +50.7%

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 Mobile Learning in Education research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% higher than in 2013–2017, 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.

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.