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Science and Education Research

Science and Education Research is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 32k research works in it since 1952. 6.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on science education in schools and universities, covering topics such as teaching methodologies, didactic models, active learning, health education, HIV/AIDS prevention, youth knowledge, educational games, curriculum development, and teacher training.

  • Science Education
  • Teaching Methodologies
  • Didactic Models
  • Active Learning
  • Health Education
  • HIV/AIDS Prevention
  • Youth Knowledge
  • Educational Games
  • Curriculum Development
  • Teacher Training
Research works
32k
fractional, since 1952
In the world top 10%
1.9k
per year above
Top-10% rate
6.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+72%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Science and Education Research research?

By volume, Brazil and the United States publish the most (7.8k and 260 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Brazil 7.8k works
  2. 2 United States 260 works
  3. 3 Portugal 185 works
  4. 4 Spain 100 works
  5. 5 ?? 82 works
  6. 6 Mexico 73 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 41 works
  8. 8 France 35 works
  9. 9 Colombia 32 works
  10. 10 Chile 30 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: 90.3%United States: 3.0%Portugal: 2.1%Spain: 1.2%6 others listed: 3.4%90%largest
Brazil7,848 · 90.3%United States260 · 3.0%Portugal185 · 2.1%Spain100 · 1.2%6 others listed294 · 3.4%

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

Which institutions lead Science and Education Research research?

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

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) Brazil 140 works
  2. 2 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Brazil 130 works
  3. 3 Universidade Federal do Pará Brazil 129 works
  4. 4 Universidade Estadual do Ceará Brazil 106 works
  5. 5 Universidade de São Paulo Brazil 106 works
  6. 6 Universidade Federal de Santa Maria Brazil 102 works
  7. 7 Universidade Federal do Ceará Brazil 100 works
  8. 8 Universidade Federal do Paraná Brazil 98 works
  9. 9 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Brazil 98 works
  10. 10 Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Brazil 96 works

Who are the leading researchers in Science and Education Research?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Science and Education Research include Carlos Fiolhais.

  1. 1 Carlos Fiolhais 3.9k citations

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

Where is Science and Education Research research done?

The largest centres of Science and Education Research research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Fortaleza (Brazil) and Belém (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Bagé, Vitória da Conquista and Chapecó.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 São Paulo Brazil 933 works
  2. 2 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 530 works
  3. 3 Fortaleza Brazil 295 works
  4. 4 Belém Brazil 274 works
  5. 5 Recife Brazil 267 works
  6. 6 Curitiba Brazil 255 works
  7. 7 Brasília Brazil 228 works
  8. 8 Salvador Brazil 212 works
  9. 9 Belo Horizonte Brazil 201 works
  10. 10 Manaus Brazil 192 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. BagéBR · 71.1 works74×
  2. Vitória da ConquistaBR · 63.7 works72×
  3. ChapecóBR · 71.1 works72×
  4. LajeadoBR · 23.6 works69×
  5. SobralBR · 20.1 works67×
  6. BlumenauBR · 48.3 works65×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Science and Education Research than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Science and Education Research?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Universidade do Estado do Pará and Universidade Federal do Amazonas 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 6.92%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidade Federal de Pernambuco: 96, 7.0%Universidade do Estado do Pará: 83, 7.3%Universidade Federal do Amazonas: 94, 5.2%Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais: 15, 10.9%Universidade Federal do Piauí: 64, 6.0%Universidade Federal do Pampa: 70, 6.4%Universidade Federal de São Paulo: 44, 10.1%Universidade de Pernambuco: 49, 6.8%Universidade Estadual do Ceará: 106, 4.5%Universidade Federal de Alagoas: 80, 5.0%Faculdade de Ciência…Universidade do Esta…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
1Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Brazil 72.07.0%22.3×96 +236.8%
2Universidade do Estado do Pará Brazil 71.87.3%75.2×83 +212.5%
3Universidade Federal do Amazonas Brazil 67.75.2%50.2×94 +191.7%
4Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de Minas Gerais Brazil 67.410.9%28.2×15 +505.4%
5Universidade Federal do Piauí Brazil 67.16.0%37.3×64 +196.8%
6Universidade Federal do Pampa Brazil 67.06.4%74.3×70 +181.6%
7Universidade Federal de São Paulo Brazil 66.910.1%12.4×44 +95.6%
8Universidade de Pernambuco Brazil 66.76.8%39.0×49 +260.2%
9Universidade Estadual do Ceará Brazil 66.54.5%71.0×106 +185.2%
10Universidade Federal de Alagoas Brazil 66.55.0%44.6×80 +396.8%

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 Science and Education Research research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 72% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Science and Education Research.

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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.