Mapping Knowledge Domain Analysis in Smart Education Research

Xing-Rong Guo, Xiang Li and Yi-Ming Guo
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Xing-Rong Guo: College of Foreign Languages, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai 201306, China
Xiang Li: College of Foreign Languages, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai 201306, China
Yi-Ming Guo: School of Economics and Management, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai 201306, China

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 23, 1-28

Abstract: Smart education is considered an inevitable choice and an important educational trend development in the Information Age. Smart education development can promote learning opportunities to master high-quality education and lifelong learning. It vigorously promotes sustainable development. A bibliometric analysis was performed to better understand smart education research field knowledge structures and help researchers understand smart education research field characteristics. VOSviewer and CiteSpace were used to analyze 2358 Web of Science core collection articles related to smart education. The articles were dated 2000–2021. This study visually presents a systematic overview of smart education literature research, including the publication outputs, main categories, most influential countries, organizations, journals, and authors, important documents, and research academic trends. Using a series of cooperation analyses, this paper looked at research cooperation among countries and regions, organizations, and authors to build a smart education knowledge structure map. A smart education theoretical framework was proposed based on the literature review. A bibliometric analysis of the existing research results provided useful and innovative suggestions for researchers and practitioners in the field of smart education.

Keywords: smart education; mapping knowledge domain; bibliometric analysis; VOSviewer; CiteSpace (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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