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Social Development and Education Research

Social Development and Education Research is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 948 research works in it since 1954. 10.1% 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 social research, education, and development. It includes studies on community participation, literacy, globalization, healthcare, economic development, gender equality, environmental performance, and cultural citizenship.

  • Social Research
  • Education
  • Community Participation
  • Literacy
  • Globalization
  • Healthcare
  • Economic Development
  • Gender Equality
  • Environmental Performance
  • Cultural Citizenship
Research works
948
fractional, since 1954
In the world top 10%
96
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+33%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
South Africa
37% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Social Development and Education Research

Which countries lead Social Development and Education Research research?

By volume, South Africa and Nigeria publish the most (57 and 33 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 South Africa 57 works
  2. 2 Nigeria 33 works
  3. 3 Kenya 19 works
  4. 4 United States 13 works
  5. 5 India 8 works
  6. 6 Tanzania 6 works
  7. 7 Indonesia 5 works
  8. 8 China 5 works
  9. 9 United Kingdom 4 works
  10. 10 Zimbabwe 4 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.

South Africa: 37.0%Nigeria: 21.3%Kenya: 12.4%United States: 8.5%6 others listed: 20.9%37%largest
South Africa57 · 37.0%Nigeria33 · 21.3%Kenya19 · 12.4%United States13 · 8.5%6 others listed32 · 20.9%

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

Which institutions lead Social Development and Education Research research?

By volume in 2022-now, University of South Africa publishes the most Social Development and Education Research research, followed by University of Limpopo and University of Venda.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 University of South AfricaSouth Africa 9 works
  2. 2 University of LimpopoSouth Africa 7 works
  3. 3 University of VendaSouth Africa 7 works
  4. 4 Tshwane University of TechnologySouth Africa 6 works
  5. 5 Kenyatta UniversityKenya 6 works
  6. 6 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa 3 works
  7. 7 University of the Free StateSouth Africa 3 works
  8. 8 Delta State UniversityNigeria 2 works
  9. 9 Federal College of Education, KanoNigeria 2 works
  10. 10 Durban University of TechnologySouth Africa 2 works

What are the most cited papers in Social Development and Education Research?

The most cited paper in Social Development and Education Research is "Case Study Research: Design and Methods" (Harris Chaiklin, 1991), with 39,932 citations. Next come "How Many Interviews Are Enough?" (20,652) and "Document Analysis as a Qualitative Research Method" (12,630).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Case Study Research: Design and Methods Harris Chaiklin · The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease Feb 1991 39,932
2 How Many Interviews Are Enough? Greg Guest, Arwen Bunce, Laura Johnson · Field Methods 23 Dec 2005 20,652
3 Document Analysis as a Qualitative Research Method Glenn A. Bowen · Qualitative Research Journal 3 Aug 2009 12,630
4 Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches, 3rd ed. John W. Creswell 2009 6,320
5 A method of analysing interview transcripts in qualitative research Philip Burnard · Nurse Education Today Dec 1991 2,536
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Where is Social Development and Education Research research done?

The largest centres of Social Development and Education Research research in 2022-now are Pretoria (South Africa), Nairobi (Kenya), Polokwane (South Africa) and Thohoyandou (South Africa).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 PretoriaSouth Africa 18 works
  2. 2 NairobiKenya 10 works
  3. 3 PolokwaneSouth Africa 7 works
  4. 4 ThohoyandouSouth Africa 7 works
  5. 5 JohannesburgSouth Africa 6 works
  6. 6 DurbanSouth Africa 6 works
  7. 7 KanoNigeria 3 works
  8. 8 BloemfonteinSouth Africa 3 works
  9. 9 Dar es SalaamTanzania 3 works
  10. 10 AbrakaNigeria 2 works
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Where is the best place to study Social Development and Education Research?

Among universities, judged by research, University of South Africa 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.

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
1University of South AfricaSouth Africa 10.013.5%114.9×9 +53.4%

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 Social Development and Education Research, country by country

Is Social Development and Education Research research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 33% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Social Development 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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Social Development and Education Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00069% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Social Development and Education Research 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%Social Development and Education Research10.5% in 202520102020

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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