<![CDATA[Background: Table tennis research in Indonesia has addressed physical education, coaching, motor skills, instructional media, and athlete performance. However, no national bibliometric study has systematically mapped its publication growth, collaboration structure, geographical distribution, and thematic development. Objective: This study aims to map the development, contributors, collaboration patterns, institutional and regional distribution, and major research themes of table tennis research in Indonesia from 2016 to 2026. Methods: A bibliometric analysis was conducted using OpenAlex and Scopus. The search identified 421 records, consisting of 357 records from OpenAlex and 64 from Scopus. After removing 43 duplicates, 378 records were screened, 17 were excluded, and 361 were assessed for eligibility. A further 36 records were excluded because of incomplete metadata, resulting in a final corpus of 325 journal articles. Data were analysed using Bibliometrix and Biblioshiny. Results: The final dataset included 325 documents published across 186 sources and written by 754 authors. The annual publication growth rate was 14.87%, with an average of 2.83 co-authors and 1.345 citations per document. Publications increased from five documents in 2016 to 45 in 2025, while the 2026 count remained incomplete. Research was concentrated in Indonesian physical education and sport journals. The dominant themes included table tennis learning, basic techniques, student populations, athlete performance, forehand drive, experimental research, and correlational studies. International co-authorship remained very limited at 0.6154%. Conclusion: Table tennis research in Indonesia has grown substantially, but its collaboration networks, methodological standardisation, geographical integration, and international visibility remain limited. Future research should strengthen multi-institutional and cross-provincial collaboration, standardise research instruments, expand longitudinal and performance-based studies, improve metadata quality, and develop international research partnerships.]]>
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