Jurnal VARIDIKA
Volume 38 No 3, December 2026

The The Landscape of Textbook Evaluation Research: A Bibliometric Analysis of Changing Media and Evaluative Approaches

Firstya Evi Dianastiti (Indonesian Language and Literature Education, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
Gallant Karunia Assidik (Indonesian Language and Literature Education, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Indonesia)
Mashud Syahroni (Indonesian Language and Literature education, Universitas Tidar, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
07 Apr 2026

Abstract

This study aims to describe performance analysis and co-occurance analysis of “textbook evaluation” keywords based on bibliographic analysis. This research uses quantitative descriptive methods in the form of bibliometric analysis that used the Vosviewer application as the data processor and conducts using the PRISMA method. Research articles collected on the Scopus with a publication period of the last 12 years, from 2013 to 2025. The results of research based on (a) performance analysis and (b) the conceptual structure of the research based on the relationship between keywords The data analysis showed that medical science and language science were the two most researched subjects. Furthermore, from the research findings, it can be concluded that the research trend with textbook evaluation topic has two major themes; textbook content analysis and digital textbooks. The future researchers suggest examining the content of textbooks with changes in students' skills and/or attitudes or evaluating the content of textbooks with a particular learning approach. In terms of digital textbook topics, the development of digital textbooks that utilize the latest technology and the utilization of textbook evaluation is still very possible to be observed.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

varidika

Publisher

Subject

Education Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Mathematics Other

Description

Journal Varidika is an open access journal published by Lembaga Pengembangan Publikasi dan Buku Ajar, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta, twice a year (June and December). The journal focus on both empirical and literature studies in educational field, specifically on HOTS-based education, distance ...