Script Journal: Journal of Linguistic and English Teaching
Vol. 11 No. 1 (2026): April (Article in Press)

A Bibliometric Analysis of Translation Studies in Indonesia: Mapping Trends and Research Trajectories

Novriyanto Napu (Universitas Negeri Gorontalo)
Usman Pakaya (Universitas Negeri Gorontalo)
Hanisah Hanafi (Universitas Negeri Gorontalo)
Moon Hidayati Otoluwa (Universitas Negeri Gorontalo)
Amirullah Abduh (Universitas Negeri Makassar)



Article Info

Publish Date
18 Apr 2026

Abstract

Background: Translation Studies has expanded internationally through bibliometric, computational, and interdisciplinary developments, yet the publication trajectory of Translation Studies in Indonesia has not been mapped systematically. A bibliometric overview is therefore needed to identify the field’s thematic concentration, collaboration patterns, and publication visibility. Methodology: This study employed a bibliometric design using records retrieved from Scopus and selected Indonesian peer-reviewed journals published between 2014 and 2025. After eligibility filtering, 137 Indonesia-focused records and 7,113 international reference records were analyzed using Biblioshiny. Findings: Indonesian Translation Studies was dominated by humanistic, pedagogical, and culturally oriented themes, whereas corpus-based, computational, and machine-translation topics appeared less frequently. In contextual comparison with the international reference set, the Indonesian corpus showed slower thematic diversification and lower visibility of technology-oriented translation research. Conclusion: These findings indicate that Indonesian Translation Studies is growing, but its publication profile remains more concentrated in humanistic and pedagogical domains than in technology-oriented and corpus-based areas. This pattern matters because it influences how the field may engage with emerging methods, international collaboration, and wider scholarly visibility in contemporary Translation Studies. Originality: This study provides a bibliometric mapping of Indonesian Translation Studies based on peer-reviewed publication records and situates the national corpus in contextual comparison with an international reference set.

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Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media

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