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Although research from the Asia-Pacific region has been increasing, much is unknown about research trends, authors, and institutions in the region, especially in relation to learning and instruction. It is important to have an understanding of current research to identify its strengths and weaknesses and to chart future research directions. It is also useful to identify prominent and productive authors and institutions in the Asia-Pacific to enhance international and regional collaboration between researchers. Twelve top international journals from 2002 to 2011 in the fields of educational psychology, educational technology, and learning sciences were examined. New bibliometric measures, such as the q 2 index, as well as co-authorship network analysis, and cluster analysis methods were utilized to provide insights into Asia-Pacific authors and institutions in the field of learning and instruction research.
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This formula from Howard et al. (1987) is used to calculate the credit of an author in a multi-authored article:
$$ {\text{Credit = (1}} . 5^{n - i} )/\left( {\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{n} {1.5^{i - 1} } } \right), $$where n represents the total number of authors and i represents the order of a particular author. For instance, in a three-author article, the first gets 0.47 credit unit; the second gets 0.32; and the third gets 0.21. The sum of credits is always 1 for a single article regardless of the total number of authors.
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Koh, E., Cho, Y.H. & Caleon, I. Learning and Instruction Research in the Asia-Pacific Region from 2002 to 2011: Examining Trends, Authors, and Institutions. Asia-Pacific Edu Res 24, 719–730 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40299-014-0224-z
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