Student Assessment and Feedback
Student Assessment and Feedback is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 16k research works in it since 1950. 37.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on formative assessment, feedback practices, and their impact on self-regulated learning in education. It explores topics such as peer assessment, assessment literacy, rubrics, student and teacher perceptions, and the influence of feedback on learning outcomes.
- Formative Assessment
- Feedback
- Self-regulated Learning
- Peer Assessment
- Assessment Literacy
- Rubrics
- Student Perception
- Teacher Practice
- Learning Outcomes
- Educational Research
- Research works
- 16k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 5.9k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 37.1% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +25% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Student Assessment and Feedback research?
By volume, the United States and China publish the most (725 and 270 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 725 works
- 2 China 270 works
- 3 United Kingdom 251 works
- 4 Australia 174 works
- 5 Indonesia 161 works
- 6 Canada 120 works
- 7 Germany 105 works
- 8 Türkiye 100 works
- 9 Spain 85 works
- 10 Malaysia 85 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.
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Which institutions lead Student Assessment and Feedback research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Education University of Hong Kong publishes the most Student Assessment and Feedback research, followed by University of Hong Kong and The University of Melbourne.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Education University of Hong KongHong Kong 24 works
- 2 University of Hong KongHong Kong 19 works
- 3 The University of MelbourneAustralia 18 works
- 4 University of AucklandNew Zealand 17 works
- 5 Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore 15 works
- 6 Deakin UniversityAustralia 15 works
- 7 University of South AfricaSouth Africa 14 works
- 8 Educational Testing ServiceUnited States 13 works
- 9 Queen's UniversityCanada 12 works
- 10 UNSW SydneyAustralia 12 works
Who are the leading researchers in Student Assessment and Feedback?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Student Assessment and Feedback include Herbert W. Marsh, Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer and Dragan Gašević.
- 1 Herbert W. Marsh Australia 4.6k citations
- 2 Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer Netherlands 2.2k citations
- 3 Dragan Gašević Australia 1.9k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Student Assessment and Feedback research done?
The largest centres of Student Assessment and Feedback research in 2022–2025 are London (United Kingdom), Melbourne (Australia), Beijing (China) and Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Tai Po.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
Where it is the local speciality
- Tai PoCN · 24.4 works46×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Student Assessment and Feedback than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Student Assessment and Feedback?
Among universities, judged by research, University of Macau, Deakin University and Education University of Hong Kong 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 | University of MacauMacau | 82.2 | 71.4% | 10.7× | 12 | +347.4% |
| 2 | Deakin UniversityAustralia | 76.6 | 64.4% | 9.6× | 15 | +210.6% |
| 3 | Education University of Hong KongHong Kong | 74.2 | 58.4% | 47.5× | 24 | +25.1% |
| 4 | Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore | 65.0 | 75.7% | 5.5× | 15 | +78.5% |
| 5 | University of Hong KongHong Kong | 63.1 | 63.9% | 6.3× | 19 | +19.0% |
| 6 | University of AucklandNew Zealand | 61.9 | 46.4% | 9.4× | 17 | +60.0% |
| 7 | Queen's UniversityCanada | 60.3 | 46.8% | 9.1× | 12 | +158.2% |
| 8 | Dublin City UniversityIreland | 59.8 | 61.9% | 16.1× | 9 | — |
| 9 | Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong | 54.6 | 83.2% | 3.7× | 11 | +20.3% |
| 10 | Can Tho UniversityVietnam | 50.3 | 49.9% | 16.5× | 9 | — |
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 Student Assessment and Feedback research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 25% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Student Assessment and Feedback.
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.