Bibliometric Analysis of Studies on Philosophy for Children In the Field of Education

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to present a bibliometric analysis of scientific articles published in internationally indexed Web of Science (WoS) journals on the topic of philosophy for children in the field of education. This study of articles in the field of education focused on several key fields, including the number of studies, the journals in which they were published, an analysis of authors, the distribution of institutions and countries, the use of keywords, and the identification of general trends. The Bibliometrix program in the R library was employed for the analysis of the research. As a consequence of this analysis, 1120 articles published between 1977 and 2024 were identified as meeting the requisite criteria. In the field of education, the journal in which articles on “philosophy for children” were published most frequently was “Childhood and Philosophy”. The author with the highest number of studies, citations, and index value in this field was K. Murris. The country in which the most studies were conducted was the United States of America, and the institution where the most studies were conducted was Montclair State University. The most significant keyword in this field was “philosophy for children”. It is hypothesized that this comprehensive presentation of research findings will serve as a valuable reference point for future research endeavors and inform the direction of future research.

Keywords

• Bibliometric Analysis
• Educational Research
• Philosophy for Children

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