<![CDATA[The study aims to map publication trends, dominant themes, and the developmental direction of unplugged CTD research within the context of early childhood education. Data were retrieved from Google Scholar using the Publish or Perish application for publications issued between 2020 and 2025. A total of 500 articles, selected based on topic relevance, metadata completeness, and publication period, were analyzed using VOSviewer to identify keyword relationships and thematic research clusters. The findings indicate relatively stable growth in publications, accompanied by a fairly high citation rate, and the emergence of ten major thematic clusters. The most prominent themes include thinking skill, technology, and unplugged assessment, while recent research trends increasingly focus on the development of assessment instruments for computational thinking. The novelty of this study lies in its scientific mapping of the thematic structure, research trends, and research gaps in unplugged computational thinking development, providing both theoretical and practical references for the advancement of early childhood education.]]>
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