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Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes

Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes is a research topic within Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Science Explorer counts 14k research works in it since 1950. 10.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on Cognitive Load Theory and its application in multimedia learning, instructional design, and educational technology. It explores strategies to reduce cognitive load, optimize learning from multimedia content, and enhance instructional efficiency. The research also delves into the use of eye-tracking technology, pedagogical agents, and self-explanation prompts to improve learning outcomes.

  • Cognitive Load Theory
  • Multimedia Learning
  • Instructional Design
  • Cognitive Architecture
  • Interactive Multimedia
  • Educational Technology
  • Learning Efficiency
  • Eye-Tracking Research
  • Pedagogical Agents
  • Self-Explanation
Research works
14k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.4k
per year above
Top-10% rate
10.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+13%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
33% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes

Which countries lead Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (593 and 326 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 593 works
  2. 2 China 326 works
  3. 3 Germany 281 works
  4. 4 Indonesia 139 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 106 works
  6. 6 Japan 83 works
  7. 7 Türkiye 71 works
  8. 8 India 70 works
  9. 9 Australia 68 works
  10. 10 Canada 65 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.

United States: 32.9%China: 18.1%Germany: 15.6%Indonesia: 7.7%6 others listed: 25.7%33%largest
United States593 · 32.9%China326 · 18.1%Germany281 · 15.6%Indonesia139 · 7.7%6 others listed462 · 25.7%

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

Which institutions lead Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes research?

By volume in 2022-now, Central China Normal University publishes the most Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes research, followed by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Beijing Normal University.

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Central China Normal UniversityChina 18 works
  2. 2 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 17 works
  3. 3 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 16 works
  4. 4 Leibniz AssociationGermany 14 works
  5. 5 Shaanxi Normal UniversityChina 13 works
  6. 6 Technical University of MunichGermany 12 works
  7. 7 Utrecht UniversityNetherlands 12 works
  8. 8 National Taiwan Normal UniversityTaiwan 11 works
  9. 9 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany 11 works
  10. 10 UNSW SydneyAustralia 10 works

Who are the leading researchers in Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes include Geoffrey E. Hinton, Daniel J. Kahneman and Albert Bandura.

  1. 1 Geoffrey E. Hinton Canada 454k citations
  2. 2 Daniel J. Kahneman United States 395k citations
  3. 3 Albert Bandura United States 370k citations
  4. 4 Ronald Carl Petersen United States 207k citations
  5. 5 Herbert A. Simon United States 179k citations
  6. 6 Ian J. Deary United Kingdom 176k citations
  7. 7 Chris Frith United Kingdom 175k 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 Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes?

The most cited paper in Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes is "The Analytic Hierarchy Process" (Thomas L. Saaty, Kevin P. Kearns, 1985), with 15,416 citations. Next come "Levels of processing: A framework for memory research" (9,656) and "Cognitive Load During Problem Solving: Effects on Learning" (9,446).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Analytic Hierarchy Process Thomas L. Saaty, Kevin P. Kearns · Elsevier eBooks Book chapter 1985 15,416
2 Levels of processing: A framework for memory research Fergus I. M. Craik, Robert S. Lockhart · Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior Dec 1972 9,656
3 Cognitive Load During Problem Solving: Effects on Learning John Sweller · Cognitive Science Apr 1988 9,446
4 Feeling and thinking: Preferences need no inferences. Robert B. Zajonc · American Psychologist Open access Feb 1980 7,922
5 Eye movements in reading and information processing: 20 years of research. Keith Rayner · Psychological Bulletin Nov 1998 7,711
All 99 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Where is Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes research done?

The largest centres of Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes research in 2022-now are Beijing (China), Wuhan (China), Munich (Germany) and Taipei (Taiwan).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 BeijingChina 43 works
  2. 2 WuhanChina 30 works
  3. 3 MunichGermany 26 works
  4. 4 TaipeiTaiwan 25 works
  5. 5 TokyoJapan 25 works
  6. 6 ShanghaiChina 24 works
  7. 7 LondonUnited Kingdom 23 works
  8. 8 SydneyAustralia 21 works
  9. 9 Xi'anChina 20 works
  10. 10 ParisFrance 19 works
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Where is the best place to study Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes?

Among universities, judged by research, Central China Normal University, Beijing Normal University and University of Duisburg-Essen 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 21.75%fractional works in this field (log) →share of work in the world top 10% →University of Duisbu…Technical University…Beijing Normal Unive…Central China Normal…
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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.

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
1Central China Normal UniversityChina 73.212.5%31.4×18 +68.6%
2Beijing Normal UniversityChina 73.021.0%8.7×16 +143.2%
3University of Duisburg-EssenGermany 68.623.2%11.4×10 +142.0%
4Technical University of MunichGermany 68.022.6%5.8×12 +70.4%
5UNSW SydneyAustralia 67.731.6%5.0×10 -2.3%
6Shaanxi Normal UniversityChina 65.117.8%20.4×13 +215.0%
7University of California, Santa BarbaraUnited States 61.023.5%13.7×10 -64.8%
8Utrecht UniversityNetherlands 58.016.5%7.1×12 -4.2%
9University of Education FreiburgGermany 55.922.9%152.6×8 +199.6%
10East China Normal UniversityChina 55.225.9%7.8×9 +23.4%

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 Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes, country by country

Is Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% higher than in 2018-2021, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes.

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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 Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0088% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes 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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