Journal of Educational Science and Technology
Volume 11 Number 3 December 2025

Mapping Indigenous Knowledge in Science Education: A Systematic Literature Network and Bibliometric Analysis

Kurdiati, Lintang Auliya (Unknown)
Susiloningsih, Esti (Unknown)
Fathurohman, Apit (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
20 Feb 2026

Abstract

This study aims to map and synthesize research on the integration of indigenous knowledge in science education published between 2015 and 2025. A systematic literature network analysis (SLNA) was employed by combining PRISMA-guided screening with bibliometric and science mapping techniques. Data were retrieved from the Scopus database, yielding 667 initial records that were refined through duplicate removal, title and abstract screening, and full-text eligibility assessment based on predefined criteria. This process resulted in a final corpus of 56 core articles. Biblioshiny and VOSviewer were used to analyze publication trends, citation relationships, thematic structures, and bibliographic coupling patterns. The findings indicate a consistent growth in research output, largely concentrated in Anglophone countries, with emerging cross-regional collaboration. Three dominant research streams were identified: curriculum contextualization, environmental sustainability, and culturally sustaining pedagogies. Bibliographic coupling further reveals a distinction between established theoretical frameworks and emerging pedagogical and epistemological approaches. The study concludes that indigenous knowledge integration in science education represents a rapidly evolving research field and provides a systematic conceptual mapping to support more inclusive, context-sensitive, and epistemically plural science learning.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JEST

Publisher

Subject

Education Engineering

Description

Jurnal EST mempublikasikan artikel hasil penelitian bidang studi kependidikan, yang berhubungan dengan belajar dan pembelajaran, teori dan praktik pendidikan, kebijakan pendidikan, pengembangan kurikulum dan materi pembelajaran, pendidikan budaya dan karakter bangsa, pendidikan guru, teknologi dan ...