Major Trends in School Library Research : A Bibliometric Analysis

Nur Farissa Binti Baharudin; Erin Carina Jauti; Nur Arfa Binti Basiran; Gema Rullyana; Suci Yanti Ramadhan; Safitri Maharani An Nur

doi:10.17509/pdgia.v21i3.65088

Major Trends in School Library Research : A Bibliometric Analysis

Nur Farissa Binti Baharudin, Erin Carina Jauti, Nur Arfa Binti Basiran, Gema Rullyana, Suci Yanti Ramadhan, Safitri Maharani An Nur

Abstract

This study provides an overview of research related to school libraries from 2010 to 2023. We used bibliometric analysis and text mining on 749 articles from Scopus-indexed journals to examine the impact of factors such as the most productive and influential authors, country and institution, and influential journal sources. We also investigate key trends in the school library research literature and identify active research areas. This research serves as a resource for future research regarding school libraries. Specifically, our results show that the most cited articles come from the United States (45%), followed by Nigeria (7.2%), the United Kingdom (5.1), Australia (4.5), and India (4.0%). The most productive year in terms of the number of articles published was 2021, namely 79 publications. Of the 1264 authors involved in this research, Merga, Margaret Kristin is the most productive author, while the most influential author is Chu, S. K. W., Tse, S. K., & Chow, K., who has been cited by other research 109 times in the Scopus database. Keyword analysis reveals current research trends in the field of school libraries. Hopefully, the results obtained from this research will provide valuable information for researchers to identify future hotspots in school library-related disciplines better

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Bibliometric Analysis, School Library, Keywords Analysis

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17509/pdgia.v21i3.65088