A bibliometric study of e-learning literature on SSCI database

Authors:
Johannes K. Chiang;Chen-Wo Kuo;Yu-Hsiang Yang
Affiliations:
Department of Management Information System, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan;Department of Management Information System, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan;Department of Management Information System, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan
Venue:
Edutainment'10 Proceedings of the Entertainment for education, and 5th international conference on E-learning and games
Year:
2010

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Abstract

This paper investigates the publishing trends of e-learning literature catalogued in SSCI database during 1967-2009. Our findings indicate that (1) the quantity of recent research on e-learning is expanding remarkably; (2) the frequency indexes of authors productivity do not appear to abide by Lotca's Law; (3) most research papers on e-learning are generated by multiple authorship; and (4) applications of e-learning have most found in research areas such as Education & Educational Research, Information Science & Library Science, and Computer Science/Interdisciplinary Applications. Finally, future directions of research on e-learning are considered. Moreover, according to Bradford's Law, the three zone ratio comparisons almost equal as 1:8:82, which means the data does match Bradford's Law. And the seven core journals in e-learning are identified and analyzed.