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Rural and Ethnic Education

Rural and Ethnic Education is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 15k research works in it since 1958. 5.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of rural education, social movements, and public policies, with a focus on teacher training, pedagogy of alternation, and agroecology. It also delves into decolonial perspectives, land reform, and the role of community schools in promoting inclusive education for rural populations.

  • Rural Education
  • Social Movements
  • Pedagogy of Alternation
  • Teacher Training
  • Public Policies
  • Agroecology
  • Community Schools
  • Decolonial Perspectives
  • Land Reform
  • Educação do Campo
Research works
15k
fractional, since 1958
In the world top 10%
833
per year above
Top-10% rate
5.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+121%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Rural and Ethnic Education research?

By volume, Brazil and the United States publish the most (4.4k and 116 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Brazil 4.4k works
  2. 2 United States 116 works
  3. 3 Portugal 80 works
  4. 4 Spain 50 works
  5. 5 ?? 41 works
  6. 6 Mexico 38 works
  7. 7 Argentina 23 works
  8. 8 France 20 works
  9. 9 Belgium 19 works
  10. 10 Colombia 19 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.

Brazil: 91.5%United States: 2.4%Portugal: 1.7%Spain: 1.0%6 others listed: 3.4%92%largest
Brazil4,370 · 91.5%United States116 · 2.4%Portugal80 · 1.7%Spain50 · 1.0%6 others listed160 · 3.4%

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

Which institutions lead Rural and Ethnic Education research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidade Federal do Pará publishes the most Rural and Ethnic Education research, followed by Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) and Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul.

Who are the leading researchers in Rural and Ethnic Education?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Rural and Ethnic Education include Paulo Freiré.

  1. 1 Paulo Freiré Switzerland 1.1k citations

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

Where is Rural and Ethnic Education research done?

The largest centres of Rural and Ethnic Education research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Belém (Brazil) and Salvador (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Vitória da Conquista, Cruz das Almas and Macapá.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 468 works
  2. 2 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 283 works
  3. 3 Belém Brazil 182 works
  4. 4 Salvador Brazil 160 works
  5. 5 Brasília Brazil 137 works
  6. 6 Recife Brazil 132 works
  7. 7 Fortaleza Brazil 120 works
  8. 8 Belo Horizonte Brazil 119 works
  9. 9 Curitiba Brazil 113 works
  10. 10 Manaus Brazil 105 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Vitória da ConquistaBR · 47.9 works100×
  2. Cruz das AlmasBR · 30.3 works93×
  3. MacapáBR · 32.2 works89×
  4. Rio BrancoBR · 32.6 works88×
  5. CáceresBR · 36.6 works86×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Rural and Ethnic Education than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Rural and Ethnic Education?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidade Federal do Pará, Universidade de Brasília and Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 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%5%10%mean 7.93%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidade Federal do Pará: 113, 8.0%Universidade de Brasília: 64, 9.5%Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro: 52, 7.5%Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais: 56, 9.7%Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora: 23, 9.3%Universidade Estadual do Paraná: 17, 9.8%Universidade Estadual do Ceará: 51, 6.4%Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro: 74, 6.5%Universidade Federal de Goiás: 41, 6.5%Southwest Bahia State University: 48, 6.1%Universidade Federal…Universidade de Bras…Universidade Federal…Universidade Federal…
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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 Universidade Federal do ParáBrazil 81.48.0%60.4×113 +282.4%
2 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 77.39.5%24.1×64 +151.9%
3 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 74.17.5%14.7×52 +192.4%
4 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 72.39.7%16.4×56 +93.3%
5 Universidade Federal de Juiz de ForaBrazil 72.39.3%18.5×23 +326.0%
6 Universidade Estadual do ParanáBrazil 71.19.8%60.1×17 +255.0%
7 Universidade Estadual do CearáBrazil 70.76.4%63.1×51 +253.5%
8 Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 70.66.5%34.7×74 +153.4%
9 Universidade Federal de GoiásBrazil 70.06.5%27.0×41 +252.9%
10 Southwest Bahia State UniversityBrazil 69.36.1%99.6×48 +365.5%

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 Rural and Ethnic Education research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 121% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Rural and Ethnic 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.