Mapping the Educational Applications of Augmented Reality Research using A Bibliometric Analysis

Abstract

The use of technology in education is increasingly popular, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, where all sectors are affected, especially education. The limitations of learning interactions such as practicum in the Lab become one of the obstacles during the learning process. Educational Applications of Augmented Reality is a solution to this challenge. The purpose of this study is to reveal research trends over the last twenty years with bibliometric analysis to examine the results of articles related to the use of Educational Applications of Augmented Reality (AR). For bibliometric mapping analysis, 943 articles were accessed and for content analysis from the Scopus database from 2001 to 2020. This study visually maps scientific publications in indexed digital techniques with bibliometric analysis in various countries. This study collects data from the Scopus database, uses the Scopus website analysis feature, and visualizes the bibliometric network using Vosviewer. The method used consists of five stages: determining search keywords, initial search results, refinement of search results, initial compilation, and data analysis. Among the articles most published and indexed by Scopus, papers published by researchers in the United States (US) have the highest number of publications (107), followed by Spain (91) and Italy with 43 academic publications. Computers and Education is the most cited journal, with 845 citations. This data was taken in July 2021. The processed data shows the pattern and trend of increasing international publications in Educational Applications of Augmented Reality, namely the Scopus index.