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Vocational and Entrepreneurial Education

Vocational and Entrepreneurial Education is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 14k research works in it since 1951. 11.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on vocational education and training, with an emphasis on entrepreneurship, work-based learning, curriculum development, and skill enhancement. It explores the development of teaching factory models, the integration of entrepreneurship education, and the improvement of employability skills through practical learning approaches.

  • Vocational Education
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Training
  • Work-Based Learning
  • Curriculum Development
  • Skill Development
  • Teaching Factory
  • Employability Skills
  • Production-Based Learning
  • Educational Policy
Research works
14k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
1.6k
per year above
Top-10% rate
11.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+294%
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Which countries lead Vocational and Entrepreneurial Education research?

By volume, Indonesia and ?? publish the most (6.4k and 186 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Indonesia 6.4k works
  2. 2 ?? 186 works
  3. 3 Malaysia 107 works
  4. 4 United States 53 works
  5. 5 Philippines 53 works
  6. 6 India 37 works
  7. 7 Thailand 34 works
  8. 8 Nigeria 29 works
  9. 9 China 25 works
  10. 10 Russia 19 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.

Indonesia: 92.2%??: 2.7%Malaysia: 1.5%United States: 0.8%6 others listed: 2.8%92%largest
Indonesia6,418 · 92.2%??186 · 2.7%Malaysia107 · 1.5%United States53 · 0.8%6 others listed197 · 2.8%

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

Which institutions lead Vocational and Entrepreneurial Education research?

By volume in 2022–2025, State University of Padang publishes the most Vocational and Entrepreneurial Education research, followed by State University of Malang and Universitas Negeri Surabaya.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 State University of PadangIndonesia 237 works
  2. 2 State University of MalangIndonesia 203 works
  3. 3 Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia 166 works
  4. 4 State University of MakassarIndonesia 159 works
  5. 5 Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 142 works
  6. 6 Universitas Patria ArthaIndonesia 121 works
  7. 7 State University of JakartaIndonesia 120 works
  8. 8 State University of MedanIndonesia 112 works
  9. 9 State University of SemarangIndonesia 109 works
  10. 10 Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia 103 works

Who are the leading researchers in Vocational and Entrepreneurial Education?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Vocational and Entrepreneurial Education include Sugiyono Sugiyono and Imam Gunawan.

  1. 1 Sugiyono Sugiyono Indonesia 3.2k citations
  2. 2 Imam Gunawan Indonesia 328 citations

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

Where is Vocational and Entrepreneurial Education research done?

The largest centres of Vocational and Entrepreneurial Education research in 2022–2025 are Jakarta (Indonesia), Surabaya (Indonesia), Bandung (Indonesia) and Makassar (Indonesia). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Kelurahan Tounsaru, Madiun and Padang.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Jakarta Indonesia 734 works
  2. 2 Surabaya Indonesia 436 works
  3. 3 Bandung Indonesia 410 works
  4. 4 Makassar Indonesia 359 works
  5. 5 Medan Indonesia 351 works
  6. 6 Malang Indonesia 344 works
  7. 7 Padang Indonesia 315 works
  8. 8 Yogyakarta Indonesia 308 works
  9. 9 Semarang Indonesia 285 works
  10. 10 Surakarta Indonesia 185 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. Kelurahan TounsaruID · 38.6 works23×
  2. MadiunID · 21.1 works22×
  3. PadangID · 315.2 works22×
  4. TulungagungID · 29.6 works20×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Vocational and Entrepreneurial Education than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Vocational and Entrepreneurial Education?

Among universities, judged by research, Indonesia University of Education, Sebelas Maret University and State University of Padang 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%10%20%mean 12.77%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Indonesia University of Education: 142, 15.8%Sebelas Maret University: 103, 16.4%State University of Padang: 237, 11.8%State University of Malang: 203, 11.8%Universitas Negeri Surabaya: 166, 10.8%Yogyakarta State University: 103, 12.4%Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha: 42, 15.5%State University of Makassar: 159, 9.5%Universitas Muhammadiyah Tapanuli Selatan: 47, 13.8%State University of Medan: 112, 9.9%Sebelas Maret Univer…Indonesia University…State University of …State University of …
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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 Indonesia University of EducationIndonesia 78.815.8%20.7×142 +1466.7%
2 Sebelas Maret UniversityIndonesia 78.016.4%16.0×103 +1020.9%
3 State University of PadangIndonesia 76.311.8%32.0×237 +1328.8%
4 State University of MalangIndonesia 76.011.8%30.9×203 +1572.0%
5 Universitas Negeri SurabayaIndonesia 73.210.8%32.1×166 +2111.1%
6 Yogyakarta State UniversityIndonesia 72.712.4%26.3×103 +416.4%
7 Universitas Pendidikan GaneshaIndonesia 70.915.5%15.4×42 +1540.4%
8 State University of MakassarIndonesia 70.89.5%29.2×159 +513.4%
9 Universitas Muhammadiyah Tapanuli SelatanIndonesia 69.513.8%15.7×47 +1131.7%
10 State University of MedanIndonesia 69.19.9%22.2×112 +1285.6%

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 Vocational and Entrepreneurial Education research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 294% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Vocational and Entrepreneurial 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.