Simerpreet Kaur
Associate, BYJU’s Exam Prep
The objective of this research is to conduct a bibliometric analysis on Digital Citizenship to assess how far this idea has progressed since its debut in education. This study employs bibliometric methodologies based on 544 research papers extracted from Scopus between 2002 and 2021. Bibliometric Analysis has been done based on citation analysis and co-occurrence of author keywords. The study sheds light on the nature and trajectory of research on the topic of Digital Citizenship during the last decade. Aside from that, the study identifies the most significant authors, journals, organizations, and nations in the field of Digital Citizenship research, as well as potential future research areas in this field. The use of a single database and the inability to contextualize the citation structure of papers revealed by the review are both limitations of the study. This research will help practitioners get a thorough knowledge of the notion of digital citizenship, as well as its necessity and significance in education. This research identifies the literature and shows the field's progressive evolution through time.
Digital citizenship, Bibliometric analysis, Citation analysis, Co-occurrence of author keywords, Global Citizenship Education, Digital Citizen