A bibliometric review of career education from contemporary literature with vosviewer and biblioshiny

• Main Authors: Qiang, Zhao, Kenny, Cheah S.L., Xuanfang, Jin
• Format: Article
• Published: Sciedu Press 2022
• Subjects: L Education (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/43642/; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85143878123&doi=10.5430%2fjct.v11n8p259&partnerID=40&md5=d2c634746694bb1049e33d6de9b9fc7b

In recent years, career education has been an important topic for research due to its impact on student's personal development, especially on their decision-making and future employability. The need for present education systems to revamp themselves to suit the needs at different levels from adult education, higher education, schools, and various fields of research. However, there is much to be described in the body of knowledge from the perspective of bibliometric analysis. This article examines the term 'career education from the Web of Science (WoS) database between the years 2018 and 2021. The bibliometric analysis results have indicated the trends of career education as data is scooped up from the Web of Science database. In terms of selective content analysis on highly cited articles, this section will discuss the trends of career education in higher education, in schools, in adult education, and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. There will also be some discussions on limitations and challenges in career education and some future suggestions for research. © 2022 by the Author(s).