Study on Brainstorming from 1981 to 2022 in Education: A Bibliometric Analysis

OpenAlex · İngilizce

This research was conducted to analyze the application, utilization or use of brainstorming technique in the education field. The aim of this study is to examine the studies published on the brainstorming technique with bibliometric analysis and to determine and evaluate the publications, trends, citation relationships etc. followed in this field. Bibliometric analysis is used to identify the current status of research and the critical points in bibliometric data mapping can help predict future research trends so it is aimed to benefit scientists doing research in these fields and to produce usable data by providing statistical information on the basis of publications, authors, sources, institutions and countries. Therefore, it is given the general, conceptual, intellectual and social structure of brainstorming technique in the study. In this context, 305 articles on the brainstorming technique published in the WoS database between 1981 and 2022 were analyzed through the R program. According to the analysis results, 803 authors used the brainstorming technique in their research in 218 different journals. Additionally, an average of 9.06 publications were made annually and 15.14 citations per article were made to these publications annually. Among these studies, the author who published the most on the brainstorming technique was Paulus PB. Creativity Research Journal has the most articles published, with 14 publications. In terms of countries, the most publications were made in the United States of America.