Bibliometric Analysis of Early Literacy Trends in the Digital Era

Abstract

Early literacy refers to the basic skills and knowledge children need before they learn to read and write fluently. This is an early stage in literacy development, where children begin to develop an understanding of written language. This research aims to determine trends in writing literacy articles (early literacy) and articles with the highest number of citations, mapping and looking for trends in international scientific publications using the Scopus database. The research method used is bibliometric analysis. 200 articles form the population of this research. Of the 200 existing articles, 80 articles were selected as research samples. Data is saved in Microsoft Excel for data processing purposes and in RIS format for VOSviewer software to carry out publication trend mapping and analysis. In the period 2018-2023, the number of articles published decreased. A significant decline occurred in 2018-2019. The results of the mapping analysis using VOSViewer software have six themes, namely "research," "text," "contribution," "connection," "validation," and "reader." These themes can be used as references for further research.