A bibliometric analysis of quality assurance in higher education institutions: Implications for assessing university's societal impact

Shahzad Khuram, Ch. Abdul Rehman, Nadia Nasir and Natasha Saman Elahi

Evaluation and Program Planning, 2023, vol. 99, issue C

Abstract: This study aims to provide a bibliometric overview of quality assurance (QA) research in higher education institutions (HEIs) from 1993 to 2022 and to identify significant trends. Scopus was utilised to retrieve data from 321 selected articles from 191 different sources. The methodology included science mapping with bibliometric indicators such as citations, co-citation analysis, and bibliometric coupling. Analysis of the data was done using VOSviewer and R-package using Biblioshiny. The findings indicate an increase in the number of articles and authors per paper that highlight QA key issues, the most promising QA practices, and the topics for future research. This study has significant importance to orient HEI's QA process towards the assessment of the university's societal impact.

Keywords: Quality Assurance; Higher education institution; Bibliometric analysis; Societal impact (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2023.102319

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