The research trends in elementary education: a bibliometric and content analysis from Indonesia accredited journals

Abstract

Understanding the research trend in the elementary education level is essential for future research directions that could strongly contribute to the educational field. The purpose of this research was to analyze the research trend in elementary education level in Indonesia. Bibliometric and content analysis was applied to answer the research questions. The data source of this study was articles published by Indonesian Journal that accredited by the science and technology index (SINTA). In order to maintain the credibility of the data, we were selected the journal article only for those published in Journal with SINTA level 2 during the period of 2017 to 2019. The bibliometric analysis was conducted using the VOSviewer program. Moreover, the content analysis was conducted using unitizing-sampling-recording-reducing-inferring-and narrating. The finding of our study describes the research trend in Indonesia based on aspects: 1) researcher network; 2) topic; 3) method; 4) subject; 5) research location; 6) data collection; and 7) analyses. Therefore, as our recommendation, there is a need for elementary education researcher to conduct their study that drives to the research trend as we reported.