A COMPUTATIONAL BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF SCIENCE EDUCATION RESEARCH USING VOSVIEWER

Science education is a very important science to learn and discuss because it is tightly related to everyday life. The phenomena that exist in the environment are related to science, so science education is important to learn. In addition, research on science education is important. This research aimed at the analysis of bibliometric data in the field of science education by using the mapping analysis software VOSviewer. Research data is also obtained through the reference manager application. The search results from the keyword "Science education" are used as data in this research. From the search results in the 2017-2021 range, we obtained data from as many as 991 relevant published articles. The results showed that from 2017 to 2021 the number of research on science education continued to decline. A significant decrease occurred in 2019. Until now, the exact causative factor has not been found, but one of the suspected factors is the result of the deployment of Covid-19. The conditions and situations of the pandemic have resulted in researchers experiencing a decrease in the productivity of their research activities. The results of this study show how important it is to use bibliometric analysis data. This research demonstrates the score of the analysis bibliometric about providing information on how the phenomena occur. This research was meant the assist and serve as to reference for researchers undertaking as well as deciding on research topics, especially about science education.