E-Learning Research in The Middle East: A Bibliometric Analysis

Abstract

E-learning published research articles has been increasing consistently. Such an abundance availability of knowledge warrants for investigation looking into bibliometric characteristics of a specific research area. The objective of this study is to present the research trend of e-learning in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman and Kuwait. This study adopted a bibliometric analysis based on 430 documents obtained from the Scopus database. To achieve the objectives of this study, various tools have been employed, such as Harzing's Publish or Perish, VOSviewer, and Microsoft Excel. This study presents the results using standard bibliometric indicators. Finally, this study extends findings on e-learning literature by using bibliometric approach and provide meaningful insights on the trend of previous literature.

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