Bibliometric Computational Mapping Analysis of Trend Virtual Reality in Education Using VOS Viewer

Abstract

This study aims to present a bibliometric analysis of the topic of trend virtual reality in education published in the Google Scholar database. The data used in this study totalled 986 published articles from 2013 to 2023. This study used reference management software, namely Publish or Perish for data collection, Microsoft Excel for data analysis, and VOSviewer for data visualization. The results show that virtual reality in education research has increased from 2013 to 2023. In 2023 the number of virtual reality in education studies has decreased by 78 publications from the previous year 2021 The results of bibliometric data mapping found 81 relevant items based on co-words and 6 items based on co-authorship. Each item is divided into 5 clusters (based on co-words) and 2 clusters (based on co-authorship). International Journal of virtual reality in education is a journal that publishes many publications on keywords. It is hoped that the findings of this study can become a reference and provide direction for future researchers with similar themes, for example, the link between virtual reality in education and digitalization in education.