Integration of Knowledge in Education

Abstract

Based on the citation records, this study for the first time examines the bibliometric characteristics of integration of knowledge in education literature from the year 1985 to June 2020. This study reviews total 102 documents published in the Web of Science index journals. For the visualization and analysis, VOSviewer software was applied. The bibliometric results identified the most productive and impactful authors and journals in this literature. After the science mapping of bibliometric data, this paper identifies the major underlying research themes integration of knowledge in education. The key themes in this literature include the knowledge transfer, higher education, university, innovation and management. Among these keywords, knowledge transfer, higher education and model show the strongest correlation, followed by innovation, commercialization; performance and management; multiple intelligence and information. However, there is no significant correlation among keywords like knowledge transfer, knowledge integration, healthcare, and multiple intelligence. Therefore, future research can be directed focusing on these keywords to expand the existing knowledge in this literature.