Update on the Development of Educational Research in Vietnam until 2023: A Bibliometrics Analysis using Web of Science Database

Abstract

Scientific research in education is the process of investigating and exploring issues about educational management, teaching, and learning activities within educational institutions. It plays a crucial role in generating new solutions for educational activities, thereby enhancing the quality of education. This esearch aims to analyze the development trends and update new trends in scientific research in education in Vietnam from 1991 to 2023. This research utilized quantitative analysis methods through databases published in the field of educational science, collecting a dataset of 636 original articles from the Web of Science (WOS). The research results indicate that the number of publications related to educational research on WOS by Vietnamese authors was limited before 2018. However, the number in the last 5 years has increased significantly, accounting for approximately 88.68% of the total articles. This increase is a direct result of significant changes in the Vietnam national primary education in 2018 and the establishment of the Education Law in 2019. Vietnamese researchers collaborated with 10 common partner countries, with Australia being the most frequent research collaborator. The Journal for Education Teacher and Trainers (JETT) is the journal that published the most educational scientific works by Vietnamese authors. The topics published on educational science in Vietnam are diverse, with some highly focused keywords, such as ‘higher education’, followed by ‘online education’, ‘high school education’, and 'covid-19’.