Knowledge structures of scientific production on COVID-19 in the sphere of education: the case of publications indexed in the Web of Science during 2020

Clemente Rodríguez-Sabiote (), Álvaro Manuel Úbeda-Sánchez, Oswaldo Lorenzo-Quiles and José Álvarez-Rodríguez
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Clemente Rodríguez-Sabiote: University of Granada
Álvaro Manuel Úbeda-Sánchez: University of Granada
Oswaldo Lorenzo-Quiles: University of Granada
José Álvarez-Rodríguez: University of Granada

Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, 2023, vol. 57, issue 5, No 16, 4285-4305

Abstract: Abstract This study seeks to explore the different knowledge structures in the sphere of educational research into COVID-19 during 2020. Using bibliometric methods, analysis was performed of a sample of 308 scientific articles retrieved from the Web of Science database. Using different data analysis techniques combining co-occurrence analysis, co-citation analysis and factorial analysis, All Keywords and Keywords Plus were used to achieve the main research objective: identification of the main themes and trends of production in the sphere of educational research into COVID-19. The main findings of this study in terms of the conceptual structure show that analysis of the centrality and density of the thematic trends points to a generalised structural change in the entire educational system towards methodological teaching–learning procedures oriented towards distance education. As for the intellectual structure, among the host of authors and sources of information involved only a select few have a greater influence on the scientific community. Finally, in terms of social structure, there is limited collaboration between authors and institutions from different countries. However, this collaboration is more intense within countries themselves and in terms of their own production, with the USA being the country with the strongest links.

Keywords: Knowledge structures; COVID-19; Educational sphere; Bibliometric analysis; Scientific mapping (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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