Journal of Educational Sciences
Vol. 9 No. 6 (2025): Journal of Educational Sciences

A Critical Thinking Research Trends: A Bibliometric Analysis (2020–2025)

Afifah, Sri Nur (Unknown)
Dahlan, Dadang (Unknown)
Kurniawati, Susanti (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
05 Nov 2025

Abstract

This study aims to analyze publication trends related to critical thinking over the past five years (2020–2025) using a bibliometric approach. Data were collected from the Scopus database and processed using R  Studio with the Bibliometrix package. The results reveal a significant increase in the number of publications each year, indicating growing scholarly attention to the topic of critical thinking. Leading publication sources include Thinking Skills and Creativity and Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice. Frequently appearing keywords such as “critical thinking,” “education,” and “higher education” highlight the strong connection between critical thinking and the educational domain. Citation network and keyword co-occurrence analyses demonstrate the existence of dominant research clusters, particularly within the context of 21st-century learning. These findings offer insight into the current development trajectory of critical thinking research and provide a foundation for future studies to explore underexamined areas in the field.  

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JES

Publisher

Subject

Religion Humanities Education Library & Information Science Other

Description

JES publishes original articles on the latest issues and trends occurring regionally and internationally in the educational sciences with the aim to advance our knowledge both in term of theory and practice. Moreover, this journal also covers the issues concerned with the following special sections: ...