Papers on “teacher professional development”
Research on “teacher professional development” in the 480 tracked journals: papers per year and category, the journals, institutions and countries publishing it, the keywords studied with it and its most-cited papers. It is not among the most frequent keywords of the last 30 days, so this page has no list of its latest papers. Also as Markdown.
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Key findings#
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), the keyword “teacher professional development” appeared in 317 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in higher education and research (259), economics (31) and management (10).
- 55 of them were published in 2025, against 16 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Education University of Hong Kong (8), Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education (6) and University of Cambridge (4).
- The journals publishing most of them were Studies In Educational Evaluation (39), International Journal of Educational Development (31) and Computers and Education Artificial Intelligence (31).
- The most-cited of them is “Embracing the future of Artificial Intelligence in the classroom: the relevance of AI literacy, prompt engineering, and critical thinking in modern education” (International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 2024), with 1,113 citations.
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Higher Education and Research | 10 | 19 | 27 | 20 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 30 | 47 | 43 |
| Economics | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Management | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| AI | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Operations Research | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Information Systems | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Tourism and Hospitality | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Health Economics and Policy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marketing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| All categories | 16 | 22 | 33 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 42 | 55 | 51 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Education University of Hong Kong | 8 |
| 2 | Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education | 6 |
| 3 | University of Cambridge | 4 |
| 4 | Chinese University of Hong Kong | 3 |
| 5 | Hong Kong Polytechnic University | 3 |
| 6 | Leuphana University of Lüneburg | 3 |
| 7 | Monash University | 3 |
| 8 | Peking University | 3 |
| 9 | University of South Florida | 3 |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin–Madison | 3 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 25 |
| 2 | Germany | 22 |
| 3 | United States | 22 |
| 4 | United Kingdom | 17 |
| 5 | Turkey | 17 |
| 6 | Spain | 13 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | 13 |
| 8 | Australia | 10 |
| 9 | Canada | 6 |
| 10 | Norway | 6 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | pre-service teachers | 33 |
| 2 | artificial intelligence in education | 24 |
| 3 | AI literacy | 14 |
| 4 | ChatGPT | 14 |
| 5 | generative AI | 14 |
| 6 | teacher perceptions | 10 |
| 7 | academic performance | 9 |
| 8 | inclusive education | 9 |
| 9 | AI ethics | 8 |
Most-cited papers#
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Papers on “teacher professional development”. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/teacher-professional-development
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