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Social Skills and Education

Social Skills and Education is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 9k research works in it since 1952. 11.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the importance of social skills, emotional intelligence, and life skills in the education and development of adolescents and university students. It covers topics such as teacher training, communication, and the role of soft skills in pedagogy.

  • Social Skills
  • Education
  • Adolescents
  • University Students
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Teacher Training
  • Life Skills
  • Communication
  • Soft Skills
  • Pedagogy
Research works
9k
fractional, since 1952
In the world top 10%
1.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
11.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+98%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Social Skills and Education research?

By volume, Mexico and Ecuador publish the most (454 and 406 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Mexico 454 works
  2. 2 Ecuador 406 works
  3. 3 Peru 389 works
  4. 4 Colombia 334 works
  5. 5 Spain 288 works
  6. 6 Brazil 231 works
  7. 7 Chile 145 works
  8. 8 Argentina 116 works
  9. 9 Venezuela 73 works
  10. 10 United States 57 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.

Mexico: 18.2%Ecuador: 16.3%Peru: 15.6%Colombia: 13.4%6 others listed: 36.5%18%largest
Mexico454 · 18.2%Ecuador406 · 16.3%Peru389 · 15.6%Colombia334 · 13.4%6 others listed910 · 36.5%

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

Which institutions lead Social Skills and Education research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Universidad César Vallejo publishes the most Social Skills and Education research, followed by Ação Educativa and Universidad Estatal de Milagro.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Universidad César VallejoPeru 102 works
  2. 2 Ação EducativaBrazil 60 works
  3. 3 Universidad Estatal de MilagroEcuador 46 works
  4. 4 Universidad Técnica de AmbatoEcuador 36 works
  5. 5 Universidad Técnica de ManabíEcuador 32 works
  6. 6 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 31 works
  7. 7 National University of San MarcosPeru 31 works
  8. 8 Universidad de San Carlos de GuatemalaGuatemala 27 works
  9. 9 Universidad Metropolitana de Educación, Ciencia y TecnologíaPanama 25 works
  10. 10 Pontificia Universidad Católica del EcuadorEcuador 23 works

Where is Social Skills and Education research done?

The largest centres of Social Skills and Education research in 2022–2025 are Lima (Peru), Bogotá (Colombia), Trujillo (Peru) and Mexico City (Mexico). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in La Libertad and Trujillo.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Lima Peru 140 works
  2. 2 Bogotá Colombia 129 works
  3. 3 Trujillo Peru 124 works
  4. 4 Mexico City Mexico 109 works
  5. 5 São Paulo Brazil 91 works
  6. 6 Guayaquil Ecuador 86 works
  7. 7 Santiago Chile 54 works
  8. 8 Quito Ecuador 53 works
  9. 9 Ambato Ecuador 50 works
  10. 10 Madrid Spain 49 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. La LibertadEC · 23.1 works152×
  2. TrujilloPE · 124.5 works101×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Social Skills and Education than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Social Skills and Education?

Among universities, judged by research, Universidad de Granada, University of Almería and Universidad de Zaragoza 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%20%40%mean 23.99%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidad de Granada: 18, 31.8%University of Almería: 10, 36.0%Universidad de Zaragoza: 10, 34.2%Universidad César Vallejo: 102, 15.8%Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador: 23, 28.7%Universidad de Guadalajara: 21, 18.1%Universidad Católica de Temuco: 9, 20.5%Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios: 20, 13.3%Universidad Estatal Península de Santa Elena: 23, 19.9%Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro de Manabí: 18, 21.6%University of AlmeríaUniversidad de Zarag…Universidad de GranadaUniversidad César Va…
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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 Universidad de GranadaSpain 76.831.8%12.0×18 +227.0%
2 University of AlmeríaSpain 74.836.0%24.0×10 +193.2%
3 Universidad de ZaragozaSpain 73.434.2%10.1×10 +190.0%
4 Universidad César VallejoPeru 72.915.8%132.5×102 +1135.2%
5 Pontificia Universidad Católica del EcuadorEcuador 65.828.7%71.1×23 —
6 Universidad de GuadalajaraMexico 64.118.1%25.2×21 +384.1%
7 Universidad Católica de TemucoChile 61.620.5%65.3×9 +189.5%
8 Corporación Universitaria Minuto de DiosColombia 58.913.3%105.7×20 +494.0%
9 Universidad Estatal Península de Santa ElenaEcuador 56.719.9%152.3×23 —
10 Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro de ManabíEcuador 56.121.6%90.5×18 —

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 Social Skills and Education research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 98% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Social Skills and 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.

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.