Reading and Literacy Development
Reading and Literacy Development is a research topic within Developmental and Educational Psychology. Science Explorer counts 39k research works in it since 1950. 25.9% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to the development of reading skills, dyslexia, and literacy instruction. It includes research on visual word recognition, language development, reading comprehension, phonological awareness, and the neurological basis of reading. The cluster also explores interventions for children with reading difficulties and the impact of vocabulary development on reading ability.
- Reading Acquisition
- Dyslexia
- Visual Word Recognition
- Language Development
- Reading Comprehension
- Phonological Awareness
- Literacy Instruction
- Neurological Basis of Reading
- Vocabulary Development
- Orthographic Processing
- Research works
- 39k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 10k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 25.9% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +6% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Reading and Literacy Development research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.5k and 376 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 1.5k works
- 2 China 376 works
- 3 United Kingdom 291 works
- 4 Germany 213 works
- 5 Canada 194 works
- 6 Türkiye 189 works
- 7 France 175 works
- 8 Spain 159 works
- 9 Italy 140 works
- 10 Indonesia 139 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Reading and Literacy Development research?
By volume in 2022–2025, University of Haifa publishes the most Reading and Literacy Development research, followed by Florida State University and Georgia State University.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 University of HaifaIsrael 32 works
- 2 Florida State UniversityUnited States 30 works
- 3 Georgia State UniversityUnited States 29 works
- 4 The University of Texas at AustinUnited States 28 works
- 5 Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands 28 works
- 6 Education University of Hong KongHong Kong 27 works
- 7 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 27 works
- 8 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 24 works
- 9 Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong 23 works
- 10 Macquarie UniversityAustralia 23 works
Who are the leading researchers in Reading and Literacy Development?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Reading and Literacy Development include Robert J. Sternberg, Howard Gardner and Ann L. Brown.
- 1 Robert J. Sternberg United States 4.4k citations
- 2 Howard Gardner United States 3.7k citations
- 3 Ann L. Brown United States 3.5k citations
- 4 Karl Friston United Kingdom 3k citations
- 5 Alan Baddeley United Kingdom 2.9k citations
- 6 David E. Rumelhart United States 2.6k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Reading and Literacy Development research done?
The largest centres of Reading and Literacy Development research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Paris (France), New York (United States) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tai Po, Tallahassee and Nijmegen.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- Tai PoCN · 28.2 works35×
- TallahasseeUS · 32.3 works14×
- NijmegenNL · 40.9 works12×
- HaifaIL · 42.1 works11×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Reading and Literacy Development than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Reading and Literacy Development?
Among universities, judged by research, Education University of Hong Kong, University of Oslo and University of California, Irvine 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Education University of Hong KongHong Kong | 75.1 | 39.3% | 35.6× | 27 | +83.7% |
| 2 | University of OsloNorway | 72.2 | 47.6% | 7.9× | 20 | +136.4% |
| 3 | University of California, IrvineUnited States | 70.1 | 62.6% | 6.7× | 20 | +86.3% |
| 4 | University of HaifaIsrael | 66.3 | 34.7% | 27.7× | 32 | -13.7% |
| 5 | Bar-Ilan UniversityIsrael | 65.4 | 44.8% | 14.0× | 19 | +13.7% |
| 6 | University of MacauMacau | 65.4 | 26.0% | 8.4× | 14 | +387.6% |
| 7 | Florida State UniversityUnited States | 63.9 | 28.9% | 18.2× | 30 | +25.3% |
| 8 | Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands | 63.1 | 23.2% | 12.7× | 28 | +18.4% |
| 9 | Macquarie UniversityAustralia | 63.1 | 32.5% | 12.3× | 23 | -5.7% |
| 10 | Georgia State UniversityUnited States | 60.4 | 25.1% | 18.6× | 29 | +25.0% |
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 Reading and Literacy Development research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 6% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Reading and Literacy Development.
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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.