From Villages to Knowledge: A Bibliometric Analysis of Community Learning and Capacity Building in Rural Development

Raden Roro Ratnasari Dwi Riyanti (Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Sebelas Maret)
Mulyanto Mulyanto (Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Sebelas Maret)
Akhmad Daerobi (Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Sebelas Maret)

Edueksos: Journal Pendidikan Sosial dan Ekonomi
Vol. 15 No. 01 (2026): EDUEKSOS: Jurnal Pendidikan Sosial dan Ekonomi

This study maps rural and village development research (2001–2025) with a focus on community learning and capacity building. Addressing the gap that no prior bibliometric study has integrated village development policy, community learning, and capacity building within a single framework, this research employs a quantitative bibliometric design analyzing 219 Scopus-indexed English articles (filtered from 335 records retrieved on January 1, 2026). Data were processed using Bibliometrix and Biblioshiny in R Studio. The results show a 13.64% annual publication growth rate, with China, India, and Indonesia as leading contributors, and dominant themes are centered on capacity building, sustainability, governance, empowerment, and social capital. These findings offer evidence-based guidance for strengthening Village Fund and BUMDes policies and identifying future research directions.