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Writing and Handwriting Education

Writing and Handwriting Education is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 9.8k research works in it since 1951. 32.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on effective strategies for writing instruction in education, including handwriting development, self-regulated strategy development, meta-analyses of writing interventions, and the impact of writing on learning and academic achievement. It covers a wide range of topics related to writing skills, motivation, cognitive development, and interventions for students with learning disabilities.

  • Writing Instruction
  • Handwriting Development
  • Self-Regulated Strategy Development
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Adolescent Students
  • Elementary Grades
  • Cognitive Developmental Perspective
  • Reading Interventions
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Occupational Therapy
Research works
9.8k
fractional, since 1951
In the world top 10%
3.1k
per year above
Top-10% rate
32.0%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+15%
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Which countries lead Writing and Handwriting Education research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (417 and 126 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 417 works
  2. 2 China 126 works
  3. 3 Indonesia 110 works
  4. 4 Türkiye 105 works
  5. 5 France 74 works
  6. 6 Spain 67 works
  7. 7 Canada 65 works
  8. 8 United Kingdom 57 works
  9. 9 India 47 works
  10. 10 Germany 45 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: 37.4%China: 11.3%Indonesia: 9.9%Türkiye: 9.4%6 others listed: 32.0%37%largest
United States417 · 37.4%China126 · 11.3%Indonesia110 · 9.9%Türkiye105 · 9.4%6 others listed356 · 32.0%

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

Which institutions lead Writing and Handwriting Education research?

By volume in 2022–2025, University of California, Irvine publishes the most Writing and Handwriting Education research, followed by Georgia State University and Arizona State University.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of California, IrvineUnited States 11 works
  2. 2 Georgia State UniversityUnited States 9 works
  3. 3 Arizona State UniversityUnited States 8 works
  4. 4 University of AucklandNew Zealand 8 works
  5. 5 Florida State UniversityUnited States 8 works
  6. 6 University of DelawareUnited States 8 works
  7. 7 University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States 7 works
  8. 8 Michigan State UniversityUnited States 7 works
  9. 9 Texas A&M UniversityUnited States 7 works
  10. 10 Education University of Hong KongHong Kong 7 works

Who are the leading researchers in Writing and Handwriting Education?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Writing and Handwriting Education include Ken Hyland, Steve Graham and Danielle S. McNamara.

  1. 1 Ken Hyland United Kingdom 1.7k citations
  2. 2 Steve Graham United States 1.6k citations
  3. 3 Danielle S. McNamara United States 1.3k citations

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

Where is Writing and Handwriting Education research done?

The largest centres of Writing and Handwriting Education research in 2022–2025 are Ankara (Türkiye), Beijing (China), Paris (France) and Montreal (Canada).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Ankara Türkiye 22 works
  2. 2 Beijing China 21 works
  3. 3 Paris France 18 works
  4. 4 Montreal Canada 13 works
  5. 5 Tehran Iran 13 works
  6. 6 London United Kingdom 13 works
  7. 7 Shanghai China 13 works
  8. 8 Irvine United States 11 works
  9. 9 Istanbul Türkiye 11 works
  10. 10 Hong Kong China 11 works
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Where is the best place to study Writing and Handwriting Education?

Among universities, judged by research, University of California, Irvine, University of Auckland and Arizona State 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.

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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 University of California, IrvineUnited States 83.365.7%10.9×11 +103.0%
2 University of AucklandNew Zealand 47.257.0%8.8×8 +66.1%
3 Arizona State UniversityUnited States 39.775.8%7.0×8 +25.5%
4 Georgia State UniversityUnited States 31.544.2%17.0×9 -14.8%

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 Writing and Handwriting Education research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Writing and Handwriting Education.

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Which topics inside it are moving

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