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Science Education and Perceptions

Science Education and Perceptions is a research topic within Developmental and Educational Psychology. Science Explorer counts 7.1k research works in it since 1950. 10.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the perceptions of scientists and engineers among children, focusing on the influence of media, cultural stereotypes, and educational interventions. It investigates the impact of gender representations, media influences, and cultural factors on children's views of scientists and engineers. The Draw-a-Scientist Test is used as a tool to assess and compare children's perceptions across different demographics and educational settings.

  • Children's Perceptions
  • Scientists
  • Engineers
  • Media Influences
  • Gender Representations
  • Cultural Stereotypes
  • Science Education
  • Elementary Students
  • Draw-a-Scientist Test
  • STEM Diversity
Research works
7.1k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
722
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+5%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
39% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Science Education and Perceptions

Which countries lead Science Education and Perceptions research?

By volume, the United States and Türkiye publish the most (407 and 171 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 407 works
  2. 2 Türkiye 171 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 103 works
  4. 4 Brazil 85 works
  5. 5 China 69 works
  6. 6 Australia 51 works
  7. 7 Canada 45 works
  8. 8 Germany 40 works
  9. 9 Spain 39 works
  10. 10 India 35 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: 38.9%Türkiye: 16.4%United Kingdom: 9.8%Brazil: 8.1%6 others listed: 26.8%39%largest
United States407 · 38.9%Türkiye171 · 16.4%United Kingdom103 · 9.8%Brazil85 · 8.1%6 others listed280 · 26.8%

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

Which institutions lead Science Education and Perceptions research?

By volume in 2022-now, Mi̇lli̇ Eği̇ti̇m Bakanliği publishes the most Science Education and Perceptions research, followed by Hacettepe University and Gazi University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Mi̇lli̇ Eği̇ti̇m BakanliğiTürkiye 10 works
  2. 2 Hacettepe UniversityTürkiye 8 works
  3. 3 Gazi UniversityTürkiye 8 works
  4. 4 The Ohio State UniversityUnited States 7 works
  5. 5 University at Buffalo, State University of New YorkUnited States 7 works
  6. 6 University of TorontoCanada 6 works
  7. 7 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 6 works
  8. 8 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 5 works
  9. 9 Deakin UniversityAustralia 5 works
  10. 10 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States 5 works

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

The most cited paper in Science Education and Perceptions is "Strong Inference" (John Rader Platt, 1964), with 2,887 citations. Next come "The National Science Education Standards" (2,886) and "Understanding the science experiences of successful women of color: Science identity as an analytic lens" (2,412).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Strong Inference John Rader Platt · Science 16 Oct 1964 2,887
2 The National Science Education Standards William F. McComas · SensePublishers eBooks Book chapter 30 Dec 2013 2,886
3 Understanding the science experiences of successful women of color: Science identity as an analytic lens Heidi B. Carlone, Angela C. Johnson · Journal of Research in Science Teaching Open access 11 Sep 2007 2,412
4 Being alive essays on movement, knowledge and description Timothy Ingold 2011 2,309
5 Students' and teachers' conceptions of the nature of science: A review of the research Norman G. Lederman · Journal of Research in Science Teaching Apr 1992 2,165
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Science Education and Perceptions research done?

The largest centres of Science Education and Perceptions research in 2022-now are Ankara (Türkiye), Istanbul (Türkiye), London (United Kingdom) and Beijing (China). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Ankara and Istanbul.

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 AnkaraTürkiye 35 works
  2. 2 IstanbulTürkiye 26 works
  3. 3 LondonUnited Kingdom 25 works
  4. 4 BeijingChina 20 works
  5. 5 New YorkUnited States 16 works
  6. 6 Rio de JaneiroBrazil 16 works
  7. 7 São PauloBrazil 14 works
  8. 8 ParisFrance 11 works
  9. 9 TorontoCanada 10 works
  10. 10 SydneyAustralia 9 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. AnkaraTR · 34.7 works7.5×
  2. IstanbulTR · 25.7 works3.9×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Science Education and Perceptions than the world average.

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Is Science Education and Perceptions research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Science Education and Perceptions.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Science Education and Perceptions as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0059% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Science Education and Perceptions 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.

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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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