Research Output On Quality Assessment And Higher Education: A Bibliometric Study Using Biblioshiny

Abstract

The study data contains of 3626 documents was retrieved from the Web of Science database for the period of 5 years (2017–2021) on 2nd March, 2022. Data analysis was performed using Biblioshiny. The results of the study revealed that the major increase was observed during 2017– 2020, whereas the maximum number of publications (N = 57) in a single year was published in the year 2020. Similarly, the highest number of citations (N = 852) were observed in the year 2021. The most productive countries in terms of citation were the United States (N = 8057 citations), the United Kingdom (N = 4026 citations), and Australia (N = 2588 citations). Results further indicated that more than 54 of the research papers published in the journal Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education. The study also found that the University of Toronto (Canada) has published the highest papers, i.e. 164. On the theme Quality Assessment and Higher Education field. Overall, the findings of the study reveal that most of the research in the aforementioned field originated from the developed countries which can be related to the developments in the Quality Assessment and Higher Education field. The study indicates the importance of Quality Assessment and Higher Education in the educational context due to an increased trend of inclusion and diversity in the education field.