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Science and Science Education

Science and Science Education is a research topic within Political Science and International Relations. Science Explorer counts 11k research works in it since 1950. 9.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers discusses the impact of the science funding crisis in Brazil, particularly focusing on the deleterious effects on scientific output, research budget cuts, and the challenges faced by Brazilian scientists. It also delves into topics such as social media platforms in education, scientific denialism, quantum theory, and the design and communication of scientific research.

  • Science Funding
  • Brazilian Scientists
  • Research Budget Cuts
  • Scientific Output
  • Social Media Platforms
  • Education
  • Scientific Denialism
  • Quantum Theory
  • Scientific Research Design
  • Social Impact
Research works
11k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+10%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
Brazil
84% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Science and Science Education

Which countries lead Science and Science Education research?

By volume, Brazil and Portugal publish the most (2.4k and 124 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Brazil 2.4k works
  2. 2 Portugal 124 works
  3. 3 United States 104 works
  4. 4 Spain 71 works
  5. 5 France 43 works
  6. 6 Argentina 41 works
  7. 7 United Kingdom 27 works
  8. 8 Colombia 23 works
  9. 9 Mexico 22 works
  10. 10 ?? 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: 83.5%Portugal: 4.3%United States: 3.6%Spain: 2.5%6 others listed: 6.1%84%largest
Brazil2,402 · 83.5%Portugal124 · 4.3%United States104 · 3.6%Spain71 · 2.5%6 others listed175 · 6.1%

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

Which institutions lead Science and Science Education research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidade de São Paulo publishes the most Science and Science Education research, followed by Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul and Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 93 works
  2. 2 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 80 works
  3. 3 Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil 70 works
  4. 4 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 59 works
  5. 5 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 56 works
  6. 6 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 54 works
  7. 7 Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)Brazil 54 works
  8. 8 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 53 works
  9. 9 Universidade Federal do ParanáBrazil 41 works
  10. 10 Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil 41 works

Who are the leading researchers in Science and Science Education?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Science and Science Education include Pierre Bourdıeu, Michel Foucault and Peter Jay Hotez.

  1. 1 Pierre Bourdıeu France 268k citations
  2. 2 Michel Foucault France 208k citations
  3. 3 Peter Jay Hotez United States 166k citations
  4. 4 Diego Augusto Santos Silva Brazil 152k citations
  5. 5 Bruno Latour France 129k citations

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

What are the most cited papers in Science and Science Education?

The most cited paper in Science and Science Education is "O papel da informetria e da cienciometria e sua perspectiva nacional e internacional" (César A. Macías-Chapula, 1998), with 581 citations. Next come "Coverage analysis of Scopus: A journal metric approach" (383) and "A universidade pública sob nova perspectiva" (323).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 O papel da informetria e da cienciometria e sua perspectiva nacional e internacional César A. Macías-Chapula · Ciência da Informação Open access 1998 581
2 Coverage analysis of Scopus: A journal metric approach Félix de Moya Anegón, Zaida Chinchilla‐Rodríguez, Benjamín Vargas‐Quesada et al. · Scientometrics 10 Jul 2007 383
3 A universidade pública sob nova perspectiva Marilena de Souza Chauí · Revista Brasileira de Educação Open access Dec 2003 323
4 Ciência com consciência Angelina Batista · Interface - Comunicação Saúde Educação Open access Feb 1999 287
5 Uma análise de pressupostos teóricos da abordagem C-T-S (Ciência - Tecnologia - Sociedade) no contexto da educação brasileira Wildson Luiz Pereira dos Santos, Eduardo Fleury Mortimer · Ensaio Open access Dec 2000 271
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Where is Science and Science Education research done?

The largest centres of Science and Science Education research in 2022-now are São Paulo (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Brasília (Brazil) and Belo Horizonte (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Cuiabá and Salvador.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 São PauloBrazil 317 works
  2. 2 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 254 works
  3. 3 BrasíliaBrazil 122 works
  4. 4 Belo HorizonteBrazil 107 works
  5. 5 CuritibaBrazil 98 works
  6. 6 Porto AlegreBrazil 98 works
  7. 7 FlorianópolisBrazil 87 works
  8. 8 SalvadorBrazil 71 works
  9. 9 CampinasBrazil 67 works
  10. 10 RecifeBrazil 51 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. CuiabáBR · 27.4 works37×
  2. SalvadorBR · 71.1 works35×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Science and Science Education than the world average.

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

Among universities, judged by research, Universidade de São Paulo, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 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%10%20%mean 11.88%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →Universidade Federal…Universidade Federal…Universidade Federal…Universidade de São …
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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Universidade de São PauloBrazil 75.98.0%17.5×92 +21.4%
2Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 71.711.4%39.6×80 -3.0%
3Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 70.513.1%29.4×59 +5.5%
4Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 69.412.3%27.7×53 +26.3%
5Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do NorteBrazil 67.313.2%31.7×31 +54.4%
6Universidade Federal de São CarlosBrazil 64.511.1%39.7×40 +15.7%
7Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 64.411.4%36.5×54 +1.0%
8Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil 63.411.1%40.8×70 -6.0%
9Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)Brazil 62.512.1%26.0×56 -9.8%
10Universidade Federal do Espírito SantoBrazil 62.315.1%33.2×27 +56.5%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Science and Science Education, country by country

Is Science and Science Education research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are Science and Science 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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Science and Science Education as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.015% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Science and Science Education0.013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Science and Science Education over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Science and Science Education9.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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