Bibliometric study on Quality Education

Abstract

Meeting the 17 sustainable development goals (SDG) declared in the 2030 Agenda is vital for our survival. Its fulfillment is incomplete without achieving an education for sustainable development. Previous bibliometric studies partially analyze the scientific production related to Quality Education, which does not allow knowing its bibliometric behavior. For this reason, this study analyzes the scientific production of objective 04 (Quality Education) during the 2017-2021 period. The Clarivate Analytics Incite tool was used to obtain the information and, to search for the documents and their metrics, the Web of Science Core Collection. 189,364 documents were identified from them, 141,372 were analyzed, distributed as follows: articles (135,476) and reviews (5,896). For the analysis and representation of the data, the VOSViewer tool was used, as well as Tornado and Sankey type diagrams. The results show that the terms with the highest co-occurrence were: COVID-19 (7,366), Mental health (5,903), Higher Education (5,659), Education (5,547), Gender (5,152), Sustainability (4,689), Food insecurity (4,394), Depression (3,444), and Health (3,338). The most influential sustainable development goals with Quality Education were 03 (Good Health and Well-being), 05 (Gender Equality) and 10 (Reduced Inequality). In relation to the countries with more than 1,000 published documents, the following stand out: the United States (46,937), the United Kingdom (14,611), Australia (11,659) and the People's Republic of China (10,307). The analysis of the scientific production justifies those efforts toward curricular sustainability and the integration of the sustainable development goals are still insufficient.

Keywords: Bibliometrics, education, quality education, sustainability, statistical studies