Abstract:
Background/purpose – The current study aims to analyze the thematic
structures and trends of scientific publications that examine the relationship
between the COVID-19 pandemic and education, while presenting a
roadmap for future research on this topic.
Materials/methods – The data were obtained from the Web of Science
Core Collection (WoSCC) bibliographic database by identifying the
publications that examine the relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic
and education, then were analyzed using bibliometric methodology and
content analysis. VOSviewer, GraphPad softwares, and visualization maps
were used to analyze the data and to present the findings.
Results – The results of the study show that publications examining the
relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and education focused on
“online education” and “teacher education,” while the countries that
contributed the most to publications on this issue were USA, United
Kingdom, Canada, and Spain. It was determined that most publications
preferred the “theoretical model” and the majority of the research data
were obtained through “scale/interview forms.” Furthermore, the findings
of this study revealed that during the COVID-19 pandemic period, the
editorial/refereeing processes of the articles submitted to academic journals
were carried out very quickly and the articles were published unusually
quickly.
Conclusion – This study indicated that the majority of scientific studies on
COVID-19 are focused on the field of health, and that there is limited edition
research on COVID-19-related education. To the best of the authors’
knowledge, the current study is the first research article in the international
literature to examine the thematic structures and trends of scientific
publications on the relationship between solely education and COVID-19
through bibliometric and content analysis; and contributes to the knowledge
base on COVID-19-related education by mapping the existing knowledge.
