STEM Education
STEM Education is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 48k research works in it since 1954. 11.8% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the development and effectiveness of various teaching and learning methods in the context of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education. It includes topics such as problem-based learning, interactive multimedia, mobile learning, teacher performance management, virtual reality, and the integration of Islamic values and local wisdom into education.
- Problem Based Learning
- STEM Education
- Interactive Multimedia
- Critical Thinking Skills
- Mobile Learning
- Teacher Performance
- Local Wisdom
- Virtual Reality
- Islamic Values
- Digital Learning
- Research works
- 48k fractional, since 1954
- In the world top 10%
- 5.6k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 11.8% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +272% the tick is no change
Which countries lead STEM Education research?
By volume, Indonesia and ?? publish the most (21k and 523 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Indonesia 21k works
- 2 ?? 523 works
- 3 Malaysia 155 works
- 4 United States 137 works
- 5 Philippines 92 works
- 6 Singapore 67 works
- 7 Sudan 60 works
- 8 Thailand 46 works
- 9 India 39 works
- 10 China 29 works
How concentrated that is
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Which institutions lead STEM Education research?
By volume in 2022–2025, State University of Padang publishes the most STEM Education research, followed by State University of Medan and Indonesia University of Education.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 State University of PadangIndonesia 809 works
- 2 State University of MedanIndonesia 726 works
- 3 Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 660 works
- 4 Universitas Muhammadiyah Tapanuli SelatanIndonesia 575 works
- 5 State University of MakassarIndonesia 560 works
- 6 Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia 557 works
- 7 Universitas PGRI SemarangIndonesia 552 works
- 8 State University of MalangIndonesia 513 works
- 9 University of MataramIndonesia 489 works
- 10 State University of SemarangIndonesia 488 works
Who are the leading researchers in STEM Education?
The most-cited researchers publishing on STEM Education include Sugiyono Sugiyono, Agus Purwanto and Edy Purwanto.
- 1 Sugiyono Sugiyono Indonesia 3.2k citations
- 2 Agus Purwanto Indonesia 348 citations
- 3 Edy Purwanto Indonesia 346 citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is STEM Education research done?
The largest centres of STEM Education research in 2022–2025 are Medan (Indonesia), Jakarta (Indonesia), Semarang (Indonesia) and Makassar (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Padangsidempuan, Purworejo and Tasikmalaya.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Medan Indonesia 1.6k works
- 2 Jakarta Indonesia 1.3k works
- 3 Semarang Indonesia 1.2k works
- 4 Makassar Indonesia 1k works
- 5 Padang Indonesia 992 works
- 6 Bandung Indonesia 957 works
- 7 Yogyakarta Indonesia 889 works
- 8 Surabaya Indonesia 816 works
- 9 Malang Indonesia 796 works
- 10 Bengkulu Indonesia 610 works
Where it is the local speciality
- PadangsidempuanID · 575.2 works62×
- PurworejoID · 68.8 works53×
- TasikmalayaID · 209.8 works46×
- Kelurahan TounsaruID · 214.1 works40×
- Muara BungoID · 37.3 works38×
- Kediri55.8 works38×
- KudusID · 236.2 works37×
- BangkinangID · 57.6 works37×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in STEM Education than the world average.
Where is the best place to study STEM Education?
Among universities, judged by research, Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha, Yogyakarta State University and Jambi University 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.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Universitas Pendidikan GaneshaIndonesia | 80.5 | 18.6% | 38.3× | 329 | +1838.5% |
| 2 | Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia | 77.1 | 14.7% | 35.9× | 438 | +472.4% |
| 3 | Jambi UniversityIndonesia | 76.8 | 15.5% | 23.9× | 347 | +597.5% |
| 4 | Universitas GarutIndonesia | 75.9 | 20.8% | 18.5× | 56 | +398.9% |
| 5 | Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia | 75.5 | 12.8% | 34.5× | 557 | +215.1% |
| 6 | State University of PadangIndonesia | 75.0 | 11.3% | 34.9× | 809 | +2043.5% |
| 7 | Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia | 74.5 | 11.5% | 30.8× | 660 | +1475.6% |
| 8 | University of MataramIndonesia | 73.6 | 11.9% | 28.0× | 489 | +516.7% |
| 9 | University of Sarjanawiyata TamansiswaIndonesia | 73.6 | 18.1% | 24.2× | 75 | +582.5% |
| 10 | Universitas Muhammadiyah Prof Dr HamkaIndonesia | 73.4 | 15.1% | 39.0× | 181 | +1121.0% |
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 STEM Education research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 272% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2024. The fastest-growing topics are STEM Education.
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Which topics inside it are moving
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