Educational technology in physical education learning: A bibliometric analysis using Scopus database

Abstract

The primary aim of the present study was to conduct a bibliometric analysis of the journal articles published in Scopus database on educational technology in physical education learning. In accordance with the objectives of this study, a systematic search was carried out in the Scopus database, which included high-quality scientific literature in more than 250 disciplines, including social sciences, and humanities. “Technology and Physical Education", followed by “Education" and "School" were the primary search terms used for the identification of studies and several health based databases were searched in English language literature in the Scopus database from 1999-2021. A total of 131 journal articles were published in the Scopus database within the time line of 1999-2021. A very low amount of literature was available relevant to technology and physical education within the timeframe of 1999 to 2009. Based on publications in the Scopus database, the findings revealed that: 1) The number of publications has increased, although there was an up-and-down trend from year to year. 2) Most of the publications were written by researchers located in several countries and universities. 3) “Structure and content of the educational technology of managing students' healthy lifestyle” written by Alexander & Vladislav (2015) was the most cited article with 46 citations. 4) Universidad de La Sabana, Colombia, was found to be the most productive institution with 5 publications. 5) The keyword with the highest number of occurrences (19) in the research sample was “educational technology selection”.

Physical training tennis serve performance on adolescent: A systematic review

“…A literature search is systematically limited from 2007 to 2023 and uses two electronic databases, namely Scopus and Web of Science (WoS). Both databases are considered the leading citation indexing systems (Farid et al, 2020) and are most frequently visited by previous researchers worldwide (Perdima et al, 2022;Sweileh, 2020;Yang et al, 2021). The search strategy carried out is a systematic investigation of this topic carried out using OR operations.…”

Educational technologies and elementary level education – A bibliometric review of scopus indexed journal articles

“…Refs. [ [9] , [10] , [11] , [12] ]), a review concentrating specifically on studies at the primary or elementary level is absent. Hence, a need for this review.…”

“…The study by Chen et al [ 9 ] was a bibliometric analysis of the publications published by the “British Journal of Educational Technology” from 1971 to 2018, while Phillips and Ologun [ 10 ] conducted a bibliometric review of the current literature in learning analytics in relation to educational technologies. Also, Chen et al [ 11 ] used the bibliometric technique to analyse the trend in education technology research in a top-ranked called “Journal Computers & Education”, while Elra Perdima et al [ 12 ] present a bibliometric review of SCOPUS-indexed journal articles on educational technology in physical education learning. This review is important in that while educational technologies continue to revolutionise teaching and learning [ 13 ], the landscape of the studies that have been done on these technologies at the primary or elementary level of education, to the best of our knowledge appears to be an area that has not been brought to the fore.…”

“…Phillips and Ozogul [ 10 ], as well as Chen et al [ 11 ], conducted similar analyses on learning analytics in educational technologies and a 40-year period of the Computers and Education journal articles, respectively. Additionally, Perdima et al [ 12 ] analysed journal articles in the Scopus database related to educational technology in physical education. However, none of these reviews addressed studies on educational technology at the primary or elementary education level.…”

“…The study aims to fill a gap in the existing literature by concentrating on educational technology at primary and elementary levels—a focus area often overlooked in previous bibliometric reviews (e.g., Refs. [ [9] , [10] , [11] , [12] ]. Through employing bibliometric analysis, the study not only evaluates and assesses scholarly output but also identifies influential researchers, trending topics, and provides valuable insights to guide future research in the field, building on the work of past scholars [ 17 , 18 ].…”