Scientometrics: A Concise Introduction and a Detailed Methodology for the Mapping of the Scientific Field of Computing Education

Past, Present and Future of Computing Education Research. Springer. 2022

18 Pages Posted: 27 Jul 2022

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Sonsoles López-Pernas

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Mohammed Saqr

University of Eastern Finland

Mikko Apiola

University of Turku; University of Eastern Finland

Date Written: July 7, 2022

Abstract

Scientometrics has emerged as a research field for the evaluation and mapping of scientific fields, exploring research themes, collaboration clusters and identifying gaps and future trends. While early implementations have focused on quantitative metrics, recent directions emphasize a more nuanced approach that combines qualitative methods with quantitative analysis that triangulates several aspects, e.g., temporal trends, network and semantic analysis. This chapter reviews scientometrics as a research methodology and discusses the strengths and weaknesses and how such weaknesses can be amended. The chapter will also discuss the main methodological approach and its theoretical underpinnings used in some of the book chapters that make use of scientometrics as a means to map the field of CER.

Keywords: scientometrics, computing education research, bibliometrics

Suggested Citation

López-Pernas, Sonsoles and Saqr, Mohammed and Apiola, Mikko, Scientometrics: A Concise Introduction and a Detailed Methodology for the Mapping of the Scientific Field of Computing Education (July 7, 2022). Past, Present and Future of Computing Education Research. Springer. 2022, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4156916 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4156916

Sonsoles López-Pernas (Contact Author)

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid ( email )

Mohammed Saqr

University of Eastern Finland ( email )

PO Box 111
Joensuu, 80100
Finland

Mikko Apiola

University of Turku ( email )

Turku, 20014
Finland

University of Eastern Finland ( email )

PO Box 111
Joensuu, 80100
Finland

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