A Mapping Global Research Trends on COVID-19 in Education: A Bibliometric Analysis

Abstract

The study aims to reveal the studies' profile on COVID19 in journals in the field of education. For this purpose, we scanned the global COVID-19-related educational literature officially published and included in the Scopus database. “COVID”, “Coronavirus”, and “Corona” were used as the keywords to reach the relevant publications. 3039 publications were identified. Bibliometric analysis has been used to analyze these publications indexed by the SCOPUS database between January 2020 and May 2021. Within the scope of bibliometric analysis, Co-authorship networks researching the impact of COVID-19 on education, country collaboration, keyword co-occurrence, and organization collaboration were analyzed. According to the keyword co-occurrence analysis, "online learning" was the most used keyword, followed by "higher education" and "distance learning". The United States and the United Kingdom were leading countries in the number of publications and country co-authorship. The top-performing organization was the University of Hong Kong in terms of organizational collaboration.