scientometric Mapping of Educational technology (۱۹۹۹-۲۰۲۲)

Educational technology has grown appreciably in recent years and the number of books and articles published in this field is increasing day by day, and therefore the necessity of scientific research is determined. The current research is a kind of descriptive study that was carried out using scientometric indicators. the research area includes all the articles on Educational technology that were indexed in the Science Direct citation database from ۱۹۹۹ to ۲۰۲۲, and after filtering them, ۷۵۵۰ of them were analyzed with the help of Excel and VOS Viewer software. It was analyzed for analysis and display of data. The results of the research show that the number of articles has an upward trend and ۲۰۱۵ had the largest share in the number of articles. Also, Research articles (۷,۴۴۲), Journal Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences (۲,۱۱۱) and scientific field Social Sciences (۳,۲۲۰) were ranked first. ۱۳ clusters were identified that the topics of lifelong learning, instructional design, secondary education, interactive learning environment, architectures for educational, and pedagogical are very popular and also Previous in the field of Elearning and subjects: COVID-۱۹, artificial intelligence, gamification, learning analytics, augmented reality, and Distance learning are new in the field of Educational Technology.

Keywords:

Educational Technology , VOSviewer , Scientometrics