A Bibliometric Analysis on Efficiency in Education

Abstract

This research aims to reveal the structure of the field by addressing the efficiency in education literature from a holistic perspective. The study conducted a bibliometric analysis with 1315 publications covering the period between 1970 and 2022 obtained from the SCOPUS and Web of Science databases. According to the results of the study, the annual growth rate of efficiency in education literature is approximately 9%. The last 10 years of growth cover more than half of the 50 years of literature. The dominant journal in the field is "Economics of Education Review". Among 78 countries, China and the United States have made the largest contribution and collaborations. Data envelopment analysis, stochastic frontier analysis, higher education, productivity and performance, technical efficiency, scale efficiency, allocative efficiency, and cost efficiency are the main themes of the field. Research efficiency, ranking, quality, school efficiency, competition, e-learning, and education in Europe are the trending topics in the field.

Keywords: efficiency, education, efficiency in education, review, bibliometric analysis.