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Technology in Education and Healthcare

Technology in Education and Healthcare is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 3.9k research works in it since 1963. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of education and technology, including topics such as gender bias in physics grading, the role of teaching experience, digitalization of public discourse, sustainable development goals in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the impact of remote education on society. It also delves into the use and impact of Information and Communication Technologies (TICs) in various educational settings.

  • Education
  • Technology
  • Gender Bias
  • Digitalization
  • Distance Learning
  • TICs
  • Teaching Experience
  • Sustainable Development Goals
  • Remote Education
  • Social Impact
Research works
3.9k
fractional, since 1963
In the world top 10%
393
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
Mexico
27% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Technology in Education and Healthcare

Which countries lead Technology in Education and Healthcare research?

By volume, Mexico and Spain publish the most (323 and 275 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Mexico 323 works
  2. 2 Spain 275 works
  3. 3 Ecuador 207 works
  4. 4 Colombia 107 works
  5. 5 Peru 101 works
  6. 6 Argentina 41 works
  7. 7 ?? 39 works
  8. 8 United States 35 works
  9. 9 Brazil 34 works
  10. 10 Chile 30 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: 27.1%Spain: 23.1%Ecuador: 17.4%Colombia: 9.0%6 others listed: 23.4%27%largest
Mexico323 · 27.1%Spain275 · 23.1%Ecuador207 · 17.4%Colombia107 · 9.0%6 others listed279 · 23.4%

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

Which institutions lead Technology in Education and Healthcare research?

By volume in 2022-now, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México publishes the most Technology in Education and Healthcare research, followed by Tecnológico Nacional de México and University of Guayaquil.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 30 works
  2. 2 Tecnológico Nacional de MéxicoMexico 25 works
  3. 3 University of GuayaquilEcuador 24 works
  4. 4 Universidad César VallejoPeru 19 works
  5. 5 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 19 works
  6. 6 Universidad de GuadalajaraMexico 18 works
  7. 7 Universidad Estatal de MilagroEcuador 16 works
  8. 8 Universidad de PanamáPanama 14 works
  9. 9 Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador 14 works
  10. 10 Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo LeónMexico 14 works

Who are the leading researchers in Technology in Education and Healthcare?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Technology in Education and Healthcare include Francisco Herrera.

  1. 1 Francisco Herrera Spain 141k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

What are the most cited papers in Technology in Education and Healthcare?

The most cited paper in Technology in Education and Healthcare is "Impacto de las TIC en la educación: Retos y Perspectivas" (Ronald M. Hernández, 2017), with 378 citations. Next come "Transformation or evolution?: Education 4.0, teaching and learning in the digital age" (361) and "Extracting and mapping industry 4.0 technologies using wikipedia" (232).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Impacto de las TIC en la educación: Retos y Perspectivas Ronald M. Hernández · Propósitos y Representaciones Open access 10 Apr 2017 378
2 Transformation or evolution?: Education 4.0, teaching and learning in the digital age Christopher Alan Bonfield, Marie Salter, Alan Longmuir et al. · Higher Education Pedagogies Open access 2020 361
3 Extracting and mapping industry 4.0 technologies using wikipedia Filippo Chiarello, Leonello Trivelli, Andrea J. Bonaccorsi et al. · Computers in Industry Open access 15 May 2018 232
4 Una revisión actualizada del concepto de eLearning. Décimo Aniversario Francisco José García‐Peñalvo, Antonio M. Seoane Pardo · Education in the Knowledge Society (EKS) Open access 27 Mar 2015 224
5 Las TIC y la formación inicial de los docentes. Modelos y competencias digitales Julio Cabero Almenara, Almudena Martínez Gimeno · Profesorado Revista de Currículum y Formación del Profesorado Open access 28 Sep 2019 211
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Where is Technology in Education and Healthcare research done?

The largest centres of Technology in Education and Healthcare research in 2022-now are Mexico City (Mexico), Madrid (Spain), Guayaquil (Ecuador) and Bogotá (Colombia).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 Mexico CityMexico 83 works
  2. 2 MadridSpain 74 works
  3. 3 GuayaquilEcuador 47 works
  4. 4 BogotáColombia 44 works
  5. 5 LimaPeru 39 works
  6. 6 TrujilloPeru 28 works
  7. 7 BarcelonaSpain 24 works
  8. 8 Panama CityPanama 22 works
  9. 9 QuitoEcuador 22 works
  10. 10 XalapaMexico 22 works
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Where is the best place to study Technology in Education and Healthcare?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Guayaquil, Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Universidad César Vallejo score highest, combining citation excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

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One dot per university in the first ten of the table below, at the default weights. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

Citation 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 GuayaquilEcuador 79.824.1%124.8×24 +598.4%
2Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 66.818.2%17.9×19 +160.2%
3Universidad César VallejoPeru 64.719.4%58.6×19 +875.0%
4Universidad de SevillaSpain 56.820.4%16.1×11 +13.0%
5Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 51.95.0%24.8×30 +210.1%
6Universidad Estatal de MilagroEcuador 51.617.1%120.3×16 -
7Universidad de GuadalajaraMexico 46.08.0%51.1×18 +137.6%
8Universidad Bolivariana del Ecuador 43.515.0%147.2×14 -
9Universidad de GranadaSpain 43.311.9%16.4×11 +4.2%
10Universidad Rey Juan CarlosSpain 40.912.5%35.9×11 +742.5%

Universities only. The score blends citation 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 Technology in Education and Healthcare, country by country

Is Technology in Education and Healthcare research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 33% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Technology in Education and Healthcare.

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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 Technology in Education and Healthcare as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0050% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Technology in Education and Healthcare 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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