Bibliometric analysis of trends in educational planning for higher education: 2013-2023 / Matin ... [et al.]

Education always strives to improve its quality to produce prepared graduates capable of facing the challenges and developments of the times. To achieve quality outcomes, educational planning is a crucial step. The purpose of this research is to identify and analyze trends in educational planning from 2013 to 2023, to benefit higher education. The research method employed in this study is bibliometric analysis, which involves statistical analysis and is supported by Vosviewer software to visualize data obtained from the Scopus database. The results of the study indicate that there were 476 publications during the past 10 years, and it is observed that educational planning trends have experienced fluctuations during this period, with the year 2020 having the highest number of publications. Furthermore, the study also provides insights into publication trends, the most common affiliations for publication, the countries with the most publications, the subject areas with the most publications, the most frequently cited sources and source titles, as well as keyword co-occurrence analysis using Vosviewer. This research contributes to higher education institutions seeking to engage in educational planning and to researchers interested in conducting research based on density visualization.