Mapping the Publications of e-learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Bibliometric Analysis
Afsaneh Dehnad1, Mohammadhiwa Abdekhoda2,3★★ Corresponding author
- 1School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IRAN.
- 2Department of Medical Library and Information Sciences, Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Management, Tabriz, IRAN.
- 3School of Health Management and Medical Informatics, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IRAN.
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Mohammadhiwa Abdekhoda
Department of Medical Library and Information Sciences, Iranian Center of Excellence in Health Management, Tabriz, IRAN.
Received: 16-05-2022; Revised: 09-01-2023; Accepted: 16-02-2023.
Volume 12, Issue 1 · pp. 35–43 · PUBLISHED · DOI: 10.5530/jscires.12.1.007
ABSTRACT
Since the prevalence of COVID-19, e-learning has become an extensively dominant approach of education among the Universities and institutions. This study was conducted to explore the growth, and global trend of e-learning during the COVID-19 publications and to evaluate them by analyzing various features of the research outputs. The global publications on e-learning and COVID-19, indexed in Web of Science (WOS), were retrieved and analyzed by bibliometrix package of R software. There were 491 publications retrieved and then exported in a plain text format to the bibliometrix software. The results showed that the publication on the concept of e-learning and COVID-19 started in 2020, increased rapidly after the COVID-19 pandemic, and thereafter has received increasing attention by researchers, particularly in 2021. We found that the USA is the leading country with the highest number of publications followed by India, Spain, Saudi Arabia, Jorden and the UK. Also, the findings show that “Education”, followed by “Students”, “Impact” and “Model”, have the highest frequency among keywords in the literature, indicating that e-learning is a general topic in many fields. Conceptual structure map analysis classified the e-learning and COVID-19 publications into four main clusters. This study aimed to presents a comprehensive scenario of e-learning and COVID-19 publications after the prevalence of the pandemic. The results of this paper, can contribute to the existing knowledge, via showing e-learning and COVID-19 research volumes and trends. The outcome of this paper should be considered by institutions, universities, researchers and librarians.
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Dehnad, A., & Abdekhoda, M. (). Mapping the Publications of e-learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Bibliometric Analysis. Journal of Scientometric Research, 12(1), 35–43. https://doi.org/10.5530/jscires.12.1.007