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Parental Involvement in Education

Parental Involvement in Education is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 23k research works in it since 1950. 42.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the influence of parental involvement, socioeconomic factors, and family engagement on student achievement. It delves into topics such as the impact of homework, school-community partnerships, cultural capital, and urban education on academic performance. The research emphasizes the significance of parental engagement in shaping educational outcomes.

  • Parental Involvement
  • Student Achievement
  • Family Engagement
  • Education
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • Homework
  • School-Community Partnerships
  • Cultural Capital
  • Urban Education
  • Academic Performance
Research works
23k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
9.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
42.4%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+22%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Parental Involvement in Education research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.4k and 360 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.4k works
  2. 2 China 360 works
  3. 3 Türkiye 223 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 192 works
  5. 5 Australia 145 works
  6. 6 Canada 144 works
  7. 7 Indonesia 137 works
  8. 8 Germany 107 works
  9. 9 Philippines 103 works
  10. 10 Spain 90 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: 49.0%China: 12.2%Türkiye: 7.6%United Kingdom: 6.5%6 others listed: 24.7%49%largest
United States1,443 · 49.0%China360 · 12.2%Türkiye223 · 7.6%United Kingdom192 · 6.5%6 others listed727 · 24.7%

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

Which institutions lead Parental Involvement in Education research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Beijing Normal University publishes the most Parental Involvement in Education research, followed by Education University of Hong Kong and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing Normal University China 32 works
  2. 2 Education University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 29 works
  3. 3 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States 27 works
  4. 4 University of Virginia United States 24 works
  5. 5 University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 20 works
  6. 6 Mi̇lli̇ Eği̇ti̇m Bakanliği Türkiye 18 works
  7. 7 The Ohio State University United States 17 works
  8. 8 Georgia State University United States 17 works
  9. 9 The University of Texas at Austin United States 17 works
  10. 10 East China Normal University China 17 works

Who are the leading researchers in Parental Involvement in Education?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Parental Involvement in Education include Herbert W. Marsh, Jacquelynne S. Eccles and Barry J. Zimmerman.

  1. 1 Herbert W. Marsh 4.6k citations
  2. 2 Jacquelynne S. Eccles 3.6k citations
  3. 3 Barry J. Zimmerman 3.2k citations
  4. 4 Jeanne Brooks‐Gunn 2.9k citations
  5. 5 Greg J. Duncan 2.7k citations
  6. 6 Robert C. Pianta 2.5k citations

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

Where is Parental Involvement in Education research done?

The largest centres of Parental Involvement in Education research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), New York (United States), Ankara (Türkiye) and Shanghai (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tai Po.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 71 works
  2. 2 New York United States 56 works
  3. 3 Ankara Türkiye 47 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 41 works
  5. 5 London United Kingdom 37 works
  6. 6 Chicago United States 36 works
  7. 7 Istanbul Türkiye 34 works
  8. 8 Melbourne Australia 34 works
  9. 9 Washington D.C. United States 33 works
  10. 10 Montreal Canada 32 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Tai PoCN · 29.9 works45×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Parental Involvement in Education than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Parental Involvement in Education?

Among universities, judged by research, Beijing Normal University, Education University of Hong Kong and University of Virginia 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%50%100%mean 66.89%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Beijing Normal University: 32, 69.6%Education University of Hong Kong: 29, 69.7%University of Virginia: 24, 61.0%University of Macau: 9, 78.5%Mississippi State University: 10, 73.8%University of Jyväskylä: 12, 62.3%University of Stavanger: 10, 63.1%University of Hong Kong: 20, 64.6%East China Normal University: 17, 55.3%Chinese University of Hong Kong: 17, 71.0%University of MacauEducation University…Beijing Normal Unive…University of Virginia
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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
1Beijing Normal University China 78.469.6%10.6×32 +67.3%
2Education University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 77.569.7%45.0×29 +18.4%
3University of Virginia United States 66.761.0%9.6×24 +41.9%
4University of Macau Macau 66.378.5%6.2×9 +177.6%
5Mississippi State University United States 65.573.8%11.9×10 +100.8%
6University of Jyväskylä Finland 64.462.3%15.6×12 +78.0%
7University of Stavanger Norway 62.663.1%16.9×10 +91.5%
8University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 60.464.6%5.2×20 +40.6%
9East China Normal University China 58.455.3%7.8×17 +103.0%
10Chinese University of Hong Kong Hong Kong 58.071.0%5.4×17 -3.4%

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 Parental Involvement in Education research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 22% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Parental Involvement in Education.

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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.